The Can.

Waking up, bleary eyed and exhausted, Frank smiled to himself at how well things had been going this past week. He felt like he was in a dream, not only had he nailed his busty neighbor but also her gorgeous sister.

The happiness soon faded as he rolled over and looked at the clock on the bedside table. He was late for work again. Katherine surely would fire him now.

As he scrambled for any sort of clothing he could find he sprinted to his car. He made several return entrances to his house before he had everything ready but eventually Frank made it into the drivers seat. Pulling away, he had a total disregard for the road rules as he swerved in between traffic and sped his way to the office.

Sloppily parking in front of the building, Frank burst through the front door. He was 10 minutes late. The office was eerily quiet when Frank arrived. No one noticed him enter and he tiptoed to his desk.

“Katherine just went out for coffee, she did not look happy.” Jess grimaced, as he took his seat next to her.

“Fuck.” Frank let out slowly, realizing that his last day in the office would be a slow ****.

The next 45 minutes were the most anxiety inducing moments of Frank’s young life. Every person who spoke, every phone that rang and anyone who opened a door made his heart leap. Finally the moment of truth arrived.

Surveying the room while she entered, Katherine glared at Frank. “See me now please Franklin.” She added, striding to her office.

Frank felt awful because knew he was about to be fired, but shocked because he couldn’t believe Katherine had the decency to do it privately in her office. Getting up his legs felt like rubber as he followed her into the small private space. Each dreaded step seemed to take longer than the last but eventually he made it to the room and shut the door behind him.

“Sit.” She said abruptly before she sat down also.

“Katherine, I know I’ve been late a couple of times recently but if you could just…” Frank blurted out quickly.

“Stop!” she cut him off, “This was your last chance Franklin, you’re fired. Pack your things.”

Time seemed to stand still as he crumbled into despair. How could this have happened? He always worked hard. He always tried his best despite the horrifically boring nature of the job. How was he going to pay the rent?

Frank thought for a minute. Not too long ago an alien had told him he would be travelling to another world in 6 weeks. He wouldn’t need to pay rent anyway. The sudden irrelevance of his job, and the money he used to need just fell away from Frank. He didn’t need this job. In fact, not having this job would give him more time to do the things he always wanted here on earth.

“Did you not hear me? You’re fired.” Katherine repeated nastily.

A sudden feeling of hate and contempt came crashing down over Frank. This woman had always taken a particular disliking to him and made his time here in the office a living nightmare. Frank knew exactly what he wanted to do, and now was the perfect time to do it.