Three Little Birds. (part II)

   Her coat dropped from her shoulders to her ankles.  Initially the coat had been a pure black coat but she had spent hours interweaving colours on it's surface.  The cottons caught the clouds' glow.  Rosa was a bit of a strange one, she hated being looked at but she knew that people would, so she would give them something at least half decent to look at.  The emptiness of the streets allowed her footsteps to echo down the road.
   Everything apart from her seemed to resonate muted colour, the lights were blue white, the sky was blue-white, even the trees seemed to lack their natural colour and was replaced by a darker blue.
   Her work clothes felt uncomfortable as she walked.  The white trimmings pushed against her up most thigh.
   Despite everything that had occurred she felt safer at work than anywhere else.  Despite that Robin appeared a bit of a sleazeball he wouldn't let anything happen to his girls.  More than once she had thought of talking to him about what was going on but was she really worth worrying over? Her fingers trembled.  Everything she got was exactly what she deserved.
   She walked under sign above her and continued on to her locker.  This was the closest place she had to a home, not somewhere to live but to people who would care for her.  The girls stuck together; it can be hard keeping your self together and everyone there had their own story.  Only Paloma knew what was going on.  Just so happened the night before her and Rosa had a bit of a wild night.
   "Yo, Rosa, happy Christmas"
   "Yeah you too" she looked away to the floor.
   "Oh relax you didn't do anything that stupid last night" her eyes flashed while she spoke just for a second as though remembering something that she dare not speak of.
   "Are you sure?"
   "I am sure, don't worry" Paloma giggled.  She had white hair that was very short, it clung to her head tightly with neat little curls.  When you looked at her if not for the colour of her hair you could imagine her to have walked straight out of a party in the nineteen twenties and her tendency to wear very unfitted clothes outside work only emphasis this look.
  They stood together in their work attire.  Half the girls in the room were wearing a variation of Santa's Little Helpers clothes which where all the less tasteful but at least they where only on waitressing duties.
  Rosa sighed "Time to go sell ourselves."
  "God you make us sound so cheep come on, have fun with them."
   Rosa's smile quivered slightly before Robin came behind her and patted her on the shoulder.  "Hey you're up, someones been asking for you" He winked at her.  She hadn't told him about Alex, this had been going on for months and she thought that he might be busy with some family or something, today of all days.
   Paloma gave her a nudge "TALK TO HIM"
   "No its pointless I mean I am not worth bothering over it will be fine like you say 'Everything's going to be alright'."
   "Yeah it will if you talk to him about it and sort this whole thing out, if you just leave it it will only get worse."
   "I will be fine." She flicked her hair as she walked through the curtain door and as she left a cocktail of alcoholic beverages wafted its scent into the dressing room.