Abuse - Chapter 1
#2 of Abuse
Jude is stuck in a rut, get up, get yelled at, go to work, go home, get yelled at again. However, Jude's world is about to change, with the help of his friends Gavin and Claudia, Jude will end his vicious cycle and be a lot better off.
Chapters that are NSFW will be rated as adult
If you have not read teh Introduction/Preview PLEASE read it, it's crucial to the story.
"Foster! You're 20 minutes late!" Shouted the tigress as Jude walks in through the employee entrance
"I'm sorry Claudia, I-" Claudia raised her hand to silence him. "I know you're taking any hours you can get, but I have no choice, you're on probation, and I'm afraid you're no longer working the register, you're stock boy for the next two weeks..."
"Claudia, please" "I'm sorry Jude, I know we're friends, but since I'm manager, I can't make any exceptions." As Claudia walks out of the employee entrance/locker-room/break room, Jude sighs and puts his backpack in his locker
As Jude is walks the isles, checking to see what needs to be restocked, an elderly mouse woman, about 2 feet shorter than Jude walks up to him.
"Excuse me young man, can you please help me, my grandchildren love cheesecake, and I was going to make them some, but it seems that whoever stocks the shelves here neglected to take into mind the vertically challenged and placed the box on the top shelf."
She then points to the mix box, Jude scales the shelf to reach the box.
"Ha! got it ma'am!" when suddenly, Jude loses his grip and lands on his back in the middle of the isle with a loud thud. The cheesecake box lands in the old woman's shopping cart. "Thank you young man!"
The old mouse now wanders off towards the register area. Jude rolls over and tries to stumble to his feet, leaning against the shelves, suddenly, a sharp jab of excruciating pain jabs Jude's lower back. Jude falls to the floor yet again with a loud thud and a scream of pain.
"Jude! What the fuck happened man? I heard your scream all the way in the furniture department!" "Oh, hey Gavin, yeah, this mouse lady asked me to get something from the top shelf, and, I, uh... slipped."
Gavin is a hyena with light brown fur and black spots speckling his body, also Jude's best friend since high school. Gavin extends his paws to help support him "Jude, why didn't you go get a step ladder? It would have been a lot easier." "Yea, you're right. I'm always making stupid mistakes like that, and this time, I might have actually broken something."
Gavin sets Jude down on a chair in the break room and goes to pour a cup of coffee "Do you want one?" Jude shakes his head denying the cup "Could you get me a bag of ice out of the freezer please?" Gavin returns with his cup of coffee and a bag of ice. Jude places the ice pack on his lower back and gasps as the freezing cold touches his aching back.
"Jude, what's wrong? You haven't seemed like your carefree self recently." Jude looks down at his lap, ignoring what his friend had just asked him. Gavin notices and takes his cue to change the topic. "Hey, Jude, I bet you can get worker's comp. You won't have to work and you can spend more time with your boyfriend, Ajax is his name right?" "Um, yea... Of course I want to spend time with him! But I wouldn't feel right about taking money from the company."
Claudia enters, seemingly in a better mood than this morning. "Hey, Gavin, why aren't you out on the floor? This isn't your break period." She then notices Jude sitting in the room too with his ice pack. "Jude, you're already on probation, why aren't you stocking the shelves?" "Jude slipped while getting a box off the top shelf for a customer; I heard him scream and went to help him."
Gavin stands up "Hey I'll check in on you later, I've got to get back to my post." He then whispers something to Claudia and walks out the door. Claudia takes a seat next to Jude and asks him how his back is feeling. "Hey, I can get you worker's comp, you've been working really hard, and it might be good for you to stay home and rest a while." "I'm not even sure what I hit. Plus Ajax doesn't like me around during the day. God knows what he does while I'm gone." "Still, I'm going to give you the rest of the day off"