The Spare Room
Chapter One: Introduction
Sitting in her cubicle Quinn looks out the window and sighs as the sun finally peers over the tall buildings and lights up her building with oranges strips of light, the day was just beginning and she already wanted to crawl back into bed so he could shut out the world. Quinn was having a ruff week since Monday when she put the spare room in her mother's condo up on Craigslist; she had been receiving texts and calls from various people wanting to know when they could meet with her to talk about the spare room.
Quinn's mother Judy passed away a few months after she graduated college from liver disease, when Quinn found out Judy was sick and she rushed to her mother's side offering her to come and live with her. Judy didn't want to move to New York truth be told Quinn really wasn't the first person that Judy called for help but she was the only one who was willing to drop everything for her mother, Quinn and her mother always seemed to butt heads every time they were together but Judy needed someone to rely on and she was surprise when Quinn didn't hesitate to be there for her.
Judy decided on her death bed that she'd give her condo to Quinn and she wanted to leave all her belongings to Quinn as well because she was the only one who stepped up in her time of need, all of Judy's other children were too busy or had their own problems to deal with. So she had a new will made up before she passed so no one could take a thing from Quinn.
Quinn had no idea why her mother would do such a thing, but she was grateful she still would have a roof over her head and Judy's belongings to keep her afloat until she was ready to part with some of them. "Hey, Umm Quinn... Are you going to answer that?" One of Quinn's coworker pulls her from her thoughts as the cell phone begins to ring once more, Quinn just watches as her phone vibrates to the edge of the desk then stops right before falling on to the carpet covered cement.
"Guess not." The coworker walks away as Quinn looks away from the picture of her mother on her desk and opens her cell phone to see who it is, of course it was the one person that she didn't want to talk to at the moment. Quinn stares at the phone screen a moment longer then closes it, Quinn's sister Franny had been calling her the past few weeks and hounding Quinn about her mother's belongings.
"Why can't you just leave me alone?" Quinn whispers into her cubical as she shoves her cell phone angrily into her pocket. Apparently Franny wanted some of her mother's things so her children had something to remember their grandmother but right now Quinn could part from anything and she knew that Franny would just pawn her mother's things in the end, Quinn places photo she was holding back on the desk and goes back to typing aimlessly at her computer.
Quinn's work phone goes off and she reluctantly reaches to answer it, Quinn really didn't want to pick the phone up and realize that it was just her sister calling to hound her. "This is Miss. Fabray speaking." Quinn listens carefully to her boss's assistant as she calmly tells her to come down to her boss's office, Quinn sighs heavily as she sadly places the phone down against the receiver.
Reluctantly Quinn walks to her bosses office and she sits down on the only seat available at the moment, her boss's assistant slowly closes the door and as the blinds go down to block the view from hall way Quinn realizes in that instant that she' going to get fired. Quinn's boss quickly types something down on her computer before turning to Quinn and flashing her a reassuring smile, Her boss then folds her hands on her desk and looks at Quinn dead on with a serious expression as her assistant sits down next to Quinn.
"Let me start off by saying you are one of the most talented writers we have here at Tate Publishing and even though we really need you on the floor my associates and I think your talents are not being taken advantage of fully. So we'd like it if you accepted our offer to become our chief editor." Quinn's jaw slacks slightly as her boss's smile creeps back onto her face, a promotion. They want to promote Quinn to editor, one of the best jobs Quinn could get with her lack of experience, Quinn felt as if she was dreaming but it wasn't a dream and it was all right in her grasp.
Quinn sat there and stared at her boss in shock for a moment until the phone starts to ring, her assistant quickly walks out of the office and the phone stops ringing. "I don't know what to say Mrs. Harrison. I've wanted this job for so long and now it sitting right here in front of me.." Quinn's phone vibrates in her pocket and she closes her eyes, Franny just leave me alone for two seconds I'm making the most important decision in my life time.
"If you need time to think about it.." Quinn quickly shakes her head and stands up to take her boss's hand in hers, her boss takes Quinn's hand without a moment's pause and shakes it happily. "Welcome to the big leagues Miss. Fabray. We're happy to have you." Quinn miles happily and thanks her boss repeatedly before leaving her office, as she goes to walk back to her cubicle her boss's assistant stops her at the desk outside.
Quinn smiles at the small woman as she hands Quinn a piece of paper with a bunch of number on it, Quinn studies the paper trying to figure out what it all means. "Okay Miss. Fabray your new office is on the 20th floor. The first phone number is your office number, the second is your assistant's and the third is your faxes please don't mix them up." Quinn nods her head quickly before the assistant takes the paper from her hand and writes something down quickly, as she takes the paper back the assistant walks around the desk.
"Okay your office number is in the top right corner and as soon as you box up your cubicle security will happily take them to your office for you." Quinn's eye widen once more as she nods her head and walks nonchalantly back to her cubicle to pack up her personal belongings, there were boxes already placed in her cubicle and everyone around her was looking utterly confused.
One of Quinn's coworker's walks up to her cautiously and gives her a reassuring pat on the back, Quinn looks at her confused as she places an empty box on her computer chair. "We're sure going to miss you around here Quinn. Make sure to give us your email so we can stay in touch." Quinn stops dead in her tracks and looks around the room, all her coworker's thought she got sacked and they all looked secretly happy about it.
"Okay, but I'll still be coming around.." They all glance around the room at each other in confusion as Quinn removes all her pictures from her cork board and packs her pictures neatly in the box, she grabs the boxing tape to secure the box as a very young and extremely attractive woman walks towards Quinn's cubicle.
All the guys stare in awe and the girls rolls their eyes trying not to seem jealous, she had short brown hair and very long legs that went on for miles. As she approaches Quinn's cubicle she clears her throat loudly, Quinn looks up from the box she was taping and is in complete awe. "My, my. It seems that Miss. Fabray has seen a ghost." The long legged woman says with a thick southern accent that draws everyone into her. She winks at Quinn before placing the clipboard she had in her hand on Quinn's desk, Quinn looks down at the clipboard and at the top of the page it says 'Legal Document' and under it in smaller letters said 'Binding Contract'.
"I need this back on my desk by the end of the day Miss. Fabray." The woman turns around and walks away, she was gone as fast as she came Quinn's eyes were still bulging from her head and a huge lump was stuck in her throat. Quinn melts as the feeling of those big brown doe eyes slips slowly away, she almost looked identical to an old friend and it amazed her to no end.
As Quinn tries to gain her composure her boss's assistant comes over to her cubicle and her coworkers go back to work, her boss's assistant looks down at the clipboard and smiles widely. "Ah, I see you met your assistant Candice. She's new like you but she came well recommended I assure you." Rachel is her assistant? This day couldn't get any better, Quinn smiles brightly as she puts the last of her personal things in the last box and closes it.
"Well Miss. Fabray all you need to do is sign your contract, after you read it of course. And you'll be well on your way. I'll send for security See you later, chief." Quinn smiles wider as she walks away to call the security guards up to help Quinn, Quinn grabs her markers off her desk and shoves them into her pocket. The markers hit her phone and she it dawns on her that she forgot to check her phone, she digs around in her pocket and pulls out her cell.
Three new texts it reads on her flashing screen, the first one was from a guy who wanted to know if she was single instantly deletion. The second text was from her sister saying they needed to talk and the last one was from a woman who was 22 years old, she just broke up with her significant other and she needed a place to move as soon as possible. She was clean and quiet, had no pets and worked as a manager of their local opera house. She seemed perfect, almost too perfect.
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Quinn walks proudly to the elevator as the security walks behind her with her boxes in their hands, her coworkers all watch mostly in jealousy as the elevator opens and Quinn is face to face with her assistant Candice. "Going up Miss. Fabray?" Quinn slightly nods and gets into the elevator with her assistant and the security guards, as the doors go to close a hand stops them from closing all the way and they reopen slowly revealing the old man that Quinn despised the most in this company.
"So I see that they finally fired your ass. I'm glad! You were dead weight anyways to this company. Your writing was shite and it nearly put me to sleep every time I had to review your articles. Good riddance Miss. Quinn Fabray and don't let the door hit your flat ass on the way out." Candice and the security guards stand completely still in shock as Quinn steps out of the elevator and faces the older man head on, Quinn knew that she could fire him right then and there but she wanted some revenge first.
Quinn grabs the older man by his tie and pulls his tie harshly so they're face to face as she rips him a new ass hole, all her former coworkers are frozen with fear as Quinn shows her true colors for the first time in months. "Listen here fuck face. I've been pretty tolerant of your lazy ass these past couples of years and Rodney, I've finally reached my limit. You are a nasty, perverted, extremely lonely, soon-to-be jobless old fart and if I were you I'd try to be nice to your next boss." Quinn shoves Rodney away from her face with incredible force and he stumbles a few steps backwards then plops into his chair, as Quinn walks back into the elevator everyone looks at her still very confused and lightly shocked by her actions.
"Welcome to hell my minions. I'm your new chief editor!" Quinn grins happily as the elevators close shut right at the end of her speech, Quinn glances at her assistant and see's the smirk that had spread across her face during her lovely speech to Rodney. Quinn raises an eyebrow and the expression on her assistants face fell as she looked at the floor, the security guards start to laugh loudly making the whole shaft echo as Quinn's smile gets wider.
Candice laughs lightly for a moment before the elevator doors open up to Quinn's new office, her new boss seemed like she was going to be a bitch to work with but she knew how to deal with woman like Quinn. "So Miss. Fabray if you'll follow me." Candice steps out of the elevator and slowly walks down the hall way, she could feel that all eyes were on her but she really didn't care Candice was used to being drooled over.
"Right this way Miss. Fabray." Candice opens the office door and smile brightly as Quinn's eyes sparkle with amazement because of her new office, Candice pull the blinds up to pour in the light and the rays of the sun cascade through the window washes over everything. It was like Quinn was a kid at a candy store and she didn't know what to do first, this amused Candice to no end as Quinn walks around her new office touching everything in sight. The security guards place Quinn's boxes down on her new desk and she thanks them for their service, well at least her new boss was more well-mannered than her previous boss's.
Candice walks out of her boss's office and sits down at her desk and puts her head piece in, she looks over at the young man across from her and he gestures to his headset. As she clicks her headset on and she hears his feminine voice and grins, all the assistants on this floor where either very gay or on the verge of being gay and she loved it. "Your boss is a hot piece of ass girl. I mean that suit hugs her in all the right place. WOOF!" Candice's mouth opens in shock as the young man laughs loud enough that she can hear him from down the hall, she never ever thought about any of her bosses that way and she wasn't about to start now.
"Rory I thought you were gay? You bad boy, are scamming on the new chief editor?" Rory blushes slight crimson as he looks at the computer screen to check on his work schedule and his boss's appointments for the day, Candice knew that she had embarrassed him by the way he was avoiding eye contact. She loves the power she holds over all the other assistants because she was known for being the best, Candice's headset beeps and she glances over her should at her boss.
Quinn gestures for her to come into her office and Candice quickly gets up from her desk and saunters into the room swinging her hips a little sexier than normal, Candice always got enjoyment out of making her bosses drool over her but it was harder with the woman than the men and the challenge of woman excited her. "Umm Candice could you send this up to Mrs. Harrison as soon as possible. I'd greatly appreciate it." Quinn hands Candice the folder that has her contract and Quinn goes right back to arranging her personal things around her office, Candice nods quickly and walks out of her boss's office making a quickly stop at her desk before taking Quinn's contract to the literacy publisher.
"Phillips!" Candice hastily turns on her heel and is met with the older man her boss threatened a few hours ago, she gulps audibly as he pushes himself into her personal space and presses his nose against hers angrily. A shiver runs down her spin as she tries to back away from the angered man but hits a wall instead, Rodney smirks bitterly and slams his hand against the wall so she can't escape until he lets her go.
Candice takes a deep breath and stiffens her posture, she musters up a stone cold expression and tries to push the fact that she is afraid of this man out of her mind. "You tell your boss that I'm going to make her life a living hell for what she did to me today. She can't fuck with me and get away. You got it?" Candice nods her head slightly and he smacks his hand into the wall, she flitches as the sound and Rodney chuckles darkly at Candice's now scared expression.
"You know Phillip's I'm not in your department anymore. How about you come down after your shift and I screw you till your flat. If you know what I mean." Rodney winks at Candice as he runs his free hand up and down the outside of her thigh, Candice turns her head to the side and scrunches her eyes shut as the older man's hands inches towards her skirt.
Rodney's hand disappears from her leg and opens her eyes slowly, the next thing she sees is Rodney flying across the hallway and slamming into the wall with force. Quinn's slim hands wrap around the older man collar and pushed him back into the wall as he tried desperately to stand back up. "Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in my department Rodney." Rodney yanks Quinn's hands from his now torn collar as Candice quickly walks over to Quinn in a frightened daze and stands behind her to feel some sort of security, Quinn takes a deep breath and backs away from the older man to give him so space to breath.
"Oh she was begging for it. Walking around in those tight little skirts and the fuck me heels. Longing for someone to ram her into the wall and have their way with her.." The last thing Rodney saw before blacking out was Quinn's fist coming straight as his face, he laid their on the ground by Quinn's feet knocked out cold from a simple punch to the nose. He deserved it and now Quinn had a good reason to fire him, Quinn turns around and Candice is taken back by the angry expression on her boss's face.
Quinn lets out a shake breath and picks up her folder that had fallen out of Candice's hand moments ago, she thrusts the folder into Candice's arms and scowls at her assistant in disappointment. "You deliver this to my superior then come back to my office. Oh and call security too for this ass wipe." Quinn steps over Rodney as he starts to come to, Candice knew that her boss was mad but she didn't have to take it out on her.
A/N: Please do not hesitate to tell me what you think of this little chapter.. I know I haven't finished 'A Miracle In Disguise' yet but I'm working on it and I'll have the last chapter up in a few days, hopefully. I'm in the process of selling my laptop so I'll be writing when I can, you know how it is :)