Chapter 7 - The shooting range
I woke up the next morning and Esther was gone. She had a note on the bed.
'Sorry, the boss needed me to work morning shift. I made you some food. Feel free to roam around. Here's a spare key to my apartment. Have fun, I'll be back at 2'
I went into the kitchen and I saw some food and coffee. 'Esther really know how to cook!' I thought to myself as I bit into the eggs she made. The shooting range has been in my mind all day. 'Maybe I should work on my aim' I thought. I grabbed her laptop and looked up a shooting range place near by, the closest one was 10 minutes away on foot so I decided to take a jog. I got my shorts on and my badge, my gun carrier that I slipped on my leg and put my pistol in there. I tied my hair and wore a tank top because summer is HOT.
I went outside and I looked at my phone for directions and I started jogging. It was nice, the wind was in my hair and It felt nice. I decided to stop 8 minutes along the way for ice cream.
"Can I have vanilla in a cup please?" I asked politely.
"Sure thing!" The man replied.
"That will be $1.00." He said.
I gave him a dollar and started to walk away with my ice cream. Mmmm.. Vanilla ice cream... I finished it in a split second. I later reached the shooting range And I entered the place.
"Hello, how can I assist you today?" A young woman asked.
"Just here to practice my shooting." I replied. She looked puzzled.
"You look a bit young." She said concerned.
"Yes, but I'm pretty strong with my gun." I said patting my gun on my leg.
"Follow me then." She said skeptical. I followed her into a shooting zone and she told me to stand behind the line and gave me some headphones to block out the sound.
"Show me how good you really are." She said sarcastically.
"Will do." I replied pulling my gun and cocking it. I aimed and shot the target located on the chest. The paper then came closer and we checked out my shot. It was perfect.
"How was that?" I asked.
"Wow, you got something." She replied surprised.
"But let's see how good your aim is by shooting these cans." She said as she pointed to the cans. There were five cans all one foot apart.
"Okay." I replied.
"3..2..1..GO!" she announced. After she shouted 'go', I ran and shot each one of them and I was finished in 30 seconds. I looked back to the lady and her eyes were wide.
"Well, I have to be good. It's part of my job" I told her.
"You should enter a shooting contest. The winner is based on your aim, your speed, and your stealth." She said as she handed me a flier.
"I'll keep this I mind." I told her.
I left and It was 12:36 so I decided to head home and prepare some food for Esther, it'll help with my cooking skills. When I got home Esther was surprisingly there.
"Your home early." I told her.
"Yeah, the person working came late and they said since I took over for their early shift they would take over mine for the day." She replied.
"Cool, are you hungry? Let me try to cook." I said jokingly.
"Yeah, let's see how good you are. I'm not going to help." She told me.
"I think I know some stuff." I said.
I took me FOREVER but I managed to make some food that tastes good. Well to me. Esther sat down and she tasted each of the things I made, she would nod now and then.
"Okay, well I think the beef steak was good, it could use more seasoning." She told me.
"Okay, I'll keep that in mind." I replied.
"The chicken and potatoes taste really good. I like it." She told me as she ate a potato bit.
"And the rice, is.. Okay. It's kinda moist and together."
"Yeah rice is hard." I replied.
"Well, let's eat!" She exclaimed clapping her hands together. We ate and kinda enjoyed my meal. Later I showed her the flier and explained what was going to happen.
"Seems fun! But dangerous. you should go and win for me." She said jokingly.
"You think I really should?" I asked.
"Sure! Why not? just be really careful." She replied.
"Okay, I'll call the lady tomorrow then." I told Esther.
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