The Calling, Part IV: Living the Dream
Setting: Before Chapter 1 It was the one day of the year that the shop was closed. It was just for the best, when this time came around she didn’t give a shit about anything. Once she thought that maybe continuing to pierce and tattoo would get her mind off of this dark anniversary, but that was one of the times that she totally fucked over a client. She hated failing them like that. So it was just better to close the doors for those painful twenty-four hours where all she could think of was losing him. Janine twisted one of her dimple piercings. That was the amazing thing about them. It was an opportunity to take a little pain to leave something beautiful in its wake. It made her realize that beauty could - and in its most natural state, must - come out of pain. She loved what she did for that very reason. She never liked to cause pain, but it was always worth it to see a job well done. She got out a needle, twirling it in her fingers before ...