Michele Dessler woke up with a terrible headache. She had been out "celebrating" the night before with her roommate, Adrienne. They were celebrating another friend's engagement. She was mad at herself for getting a hangover, usually she knew better, especially on the day she had her job interview today with the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). Then to add to her disappointment she had 30 minutes to get ready and get there.
She jumped up took a quick shower, got dressed, put on make up, and went to grab a guick Nutri-Grain bar and an Aspirin when she found her roommate in the kitchen eating pancakes.
"Why didn't you wake me up?" she said slightly frustrated from her early morning headache.
"Huh?" Adrienne said confused.
"Wh-, never mind." She decided not to bother with her friends cluelessness. She grabbed her "breakfast" and took the Aspirin then left. She was able to get there right on time by going over the speed limit and passing a few red lights along the way. She went in and the assistant showed her to the director's office. There were two men sitting there waiting on her.
The first man looked slightly aged with grey hair but not overly old. The other man, though, she had to mentally remind herself a few times to stop staring at him. She noticed that he had dark hair, looked younger than the other man, and was probably Hispanic. She later learned his name was Tony Almeida and the other man was George Mason. They asked her about her education, previous jobs, and whole bunch of other stuff to boring to list. Just to remind you it was not helping her headache and even though they noticed it was still nothing compared to her resume. Finally the meeting was over and she got her stuff gathered so she can leave.
"Were you alright today? You looked like you were in pain." Tony said when she had finally gotten everything together. She figured it would be best to tell him the truth.
"I was out with my friends last night celebrating my friend's engagement and had stayed out a little late so I woke up with a terrible headache." She found it necessary to leave out the drinking part.
" Well I'm pretty sure we're going to hire you so why don't I show you around?"
"Yeah, sure, that would be great." She said excited to be spendind time with Mr. Almeida.
(A/N- For those of you that are a bit slower than others, she likes him.) While he was giving her the tour they started talking ans she found out a few things about him. She learned that he was born in Chicago like her and was a Cubs fan. She could see he was a fan by his coffee mug. What she learned later, though, she would have never guessed. She was talking to one of her soon to be coworkers while Tony was talking on the phone. She found out that he was in a previous office relationship with a girl named Nina Myers a few months ago. I t turned out that she used him and was a traitor to the country. She was surprised that something like that happened to him. Then he showed up back from his phone call.
"Do you feel like you're familiarized with everything," he said.
"Um, yeah I think so."
"Good, trust me you'll get used to it after a while don't worry."
"Thanks."
"Have a nice day Ms. Dessler," he said with a slight smile that almost made her heart mealt. She knew this was going to be an interesting job.
"You too, Mr. Almeida."
