The bored looking woman

She's so pretty! I love her red hair; Mary thought as she admired the petite young woman who sat behind the front desk staring at a monitor with a bored expression on her face. Entranced, Mary did not realize that she had stopped and been staring wordlessly for several moments.

“Can I help you?” The woman asked abrasively without ever looking up from the computer screen.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I wasn’t paying attention,” Mary answered sheepishly.

“Obviously! What’s your name?” The woman asked as she continued to type.

“Uh, Mary. Mary Currie,” Mary said in a small voice.

“I'm Amy. Now if you don’t tell me what it is you need then I’m going to have to ask you to leave,” The fiery redhead replied coldly.

“Hey, I’m a guest here. That’s not very nice,” huffed Mary.

Amy sighed and composed herself. “What can I do for you, Miss Currie?” Amy said with false hospitality through gritted teeth.

“I need to know where the nearest 24-hour **** store is,” Mary replied.

“Nearest one is six blocks away. But it’s not exactly safe to be walking around the city outside of the hotel area this time of night. What is it you need maybe I can help?" Amy answered with a cool professional demeanor.

Crap! I can’t tell her I need Plan B. She already dislikes me. On top of that, she’ll think I’m a slut too. “I really need some Tylenol,” Mary lied.

Amy reached under the counter grabbed a bottle and then passed it to Mary.

“There you go. Anything else?” asked the irritated receptionist.

Great! Of course, she had Tylenol. Got to ask for something else! Something they wouldn't keep on hand; thought a frantic Mary. “I also need… Ugh, feminine products,” stammered Mary.

Amy finally looked up from the monitor to stare at Mary’s face. Mary felt like the receptionist was trying to read her to see if she could tell that Mary was not being totally honest.

“Uh huh. Whatever. Give me a sec” Amy said as she went over to the attractive looking man on the other side of the desk and said something to him before walking back over to Mary “David there is going to cover me for a while. I’ll drive you to the pharmacy.”

“Why would you do that?” Mary asked in complete shock.

“Nothing better than an excuse to get out of work. Come on let’s go.” Amy shrugged as she led Mary out.