Agnes & Zoey: The Diner Nightshift.

Nightshift at the Diner.

The wall clock clunked as its hands slowly moved ever onward, indicating that yet another long minute had ticked by of yet another nightshift. It had been normal Friday night for the diner. Most the earlier university crowd had long been and gone, heading on out to various parties, study groups and the like. Zoey was alone in the kitchen and had just finished the washing up and preparing to put out a bowl of scrap food for the dog that always seemed to be hanging around the back ally whenever she was on shift.

Out in the diner itself Agnes had once again fallen asleep at the counter. This was starting to become a bit of a habit lately and not only during long slow nightshifts. In one of the large booths by the window that looked out on to the street, sat a couple of art students with varies text books and notes spread out over the table still, discussing the lecture they had attended on today earlier. While over in a quite corner booth Peter Sylvestre and a cheer leader were shearing a milkshake and seemed completely unaware of the late hour.

The hands on the clock clunked once more signaling the top of the hour, the door swung open and the local beat cop entered the diner as he did every night around this time for his regular coffee and doughnut.