Title: Glad I Met You
Pairing: AmericaXReader
Summary: You are a young and accomplished business woman who's heart was been broken by someone you loved so much you could barely stand it. You have put walls up to keep from being hurt, but after meeting a fun loving speaker out a conventions those walls slowly start to deteriorate.
Disclaimer/Warning: No, I in fact do not own hetalia. And there will be language and human names of the countries are used.
[Name] knew she needed to get over it, them- him. But as she stared at herself in the mirror for the first time in days all she could feel is nothingness. It was an odd feeling- almost not a feeling at all- but it was there. She splashed cold water over face in hopes to regain some of her senses, but it did no good. She couldn't risk missing another day of work so despite how sick she felt and how much she wanted to crawl into bed and stay there; she put on her best business suit. She carefully did her hair and put on a small amount of makeup- just enough to make it look like she had slept the night before.
I'm strong, she reminded herself. I can handle anything thrown at me. I am a champion. However, as she left her apartment and got in her car she felt like she just lied to herself.
When she arrived at work she could hear the whispers- rumors being rehashed and created. It was sickening. She walked with her head held high and a small smirk on her face. Act like you got it all together, she told herself, have a break down later.
"Morning Ludwig," She greeted, sticking her head into her secretaries office. The blond man's head snapped over to her in shock.
"Guten morgen," The young German greeted. "Glad to see you feeling better."
She forced a smile, "Glad to be feeling better." She moved closer to his desk, picking up some files. "Reports from over the week?"
"Ja," He replied. "Edelstein wants to speak with you a.s.a.p."
She couldn't help but groan at the mention of her boss. "Lovely." Taking the files with her across the hall to her office, she dived into her work- listening and rely to messages, typing up reports and emails. She didn't stop until she realized she was hungry around two in the afternoon- she had been working for five hours straight.
"Want to get something to eat Ludwig?" She asked, walking across the hall.
"Nein, I already ate but you still need to talk to Edelstein," He replied sternly. For a secretary he was bold talking to him boss in such a way. However, [Name] knew he meant well and let it slide- he had never used the tone out of term and she knew he was right any way.
"Thanks for reminding me," She replied, turning on her heals and forcing herself to move towards her boss' office. For some reason I have a feeling I'm not going to like what he has to say.
Sure enough, her cocky Austrian boss smirked at her and said: "Good to see you back [Last Name], however it will be a short reunion."
"Dare I ask why," She said drily.
"You're heading over to London for a conference," He replied. "And I will not take no for an answer. You leave in two days- all information has been emailed to you."
Any retort she could possibly say was then drowned out by the sound of him playing his piano. How he had gotten the piano into his office was beyond her, but right now she felt like she had enough anger to break the instrument into tiny pieces.
She had left work immediately after finding out about her meeting- barely taking the time to tell Ludwig goodbye.
"MATTHEW!" She screeched into the phone, almost hitting a child as she blew past a stop sign. "I HATE THAT MAN SO MUCH! I WOULDN'T EVEN CARE IF HE BURNED IN HELL FOR OFF OF ETERNITY!"
"[N-Name]!" The shy Canadian stammered at his friend's anger. He could almost feel the flames of her rage from over the phone. "Please calm down and tell me who we are talking about. And I know you probably just blew a stop sign. If you can't drive reasonably while angry pull over your car."
"My stupid, ignorant, arrogant boss!" She rambled, ignoring her friend's driving advice. "He knows I haven't been feeling well and he has the nerve to send me off!"
Matthew Williams- [Name]'s best friend since their college days- sighed deeply. "It might do you some good though. You've been off for weeks and you need to get out of town to regain yourself."
"What does that mean?" She growled.
"Meaning to take the trip as a change to relax, meet some people."
"But don't you get it Mattie?" She whined, "I don't want to meet people. I want to stay home in my comfortable bed."
"Too bad," He replied. As much as he loved [Name] she was too much for him sometimes. "You're going and you don't have a choice. Make the most of it."
{London}
[Name] wanted to be anywhere but at the convention center in London, England. She wanted be at home in her favorite comfortable pajamas. When she had voiced this to her boss he simply smiled at her and said: "People and hell want ice water." She had never hated someone so much in her entire life.
She walked into one of the seminars she was assigned to go to. It was entitled: Be The Office HERO!
This is going to be a long day, she thought with a long sigh. She at a table and busied herself on her company issued iPhone-wanting to look anti-social and determined not to enjoy this convention.
However, that did not last very long. The speaker- Alfred F. Jones was a talkative and over the top young man who was passionate about the topic he was talking about. The way he talked drew her and everyone else in- talking about leadership and how to get your associates to be more productive. She took notes on key points and decided to give some of his suggestions a try. She couldn't help but smile whenever he cracked a joke and poked fun at one of the audience members- the guy had an amazing personality.
After the seminar she tucked her notes away in her notebook and headed out to get some refreshments. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed Alfred moving through the crowed- greetings those he had spotted in the seminar. She figured he hadn't noticed her and continued pouring her coffee. "Hi!" A cheerful voice boomed beside her, almost making her drop her beverage in shock. She turned and saw Alfred standing beside her with a smile on his face- blue eyes sparkling. "Did you enjoy the seminar?"
"I did actually," She replied. "It was very interesting Mr. Jones, and I plan on using some of your suggestions."
His smile grew, "That's awesome to hear! I was worried I would bore everyone to death."
Even if someone was bored in that seminar and wanted to go to sleep his voice is way too loud to do so. "Everyone around me was very interested. Do you do any other seminars?"
"I have some on equality and keeping democracy in the office," He replied. "I won't be doing those at this convention though."
She was actually disappointed to hear that- she wouldn't have minded going to another one of his seminars. "That's too bad. I wouldn't have minded listening to another."
Alfred glanced at his watch before looked back at her. "Want to go to lunch with me? I can give you slim down versions if you'd like."
For the first time in weeks, [Name] could almost feel a real smile crawl on her face. "That would be great," She held out her hand. "I'm [Full Name] by the way- Director in the [department name] department of [Company name]."
"Alfred F. Jones," He replied, shaking her hand. "Office Hero."
[Author's Corner]
~I've actually been working on this story on a different website for awhile now and decided to bring it here to see how everyone liked it!
~This idea came from a Prince of Tennis dream novel and if you'd like the link just ask!
~any questions/comments/concerns can be put in a review for me to read and get back to you!
