Part 1 : Glasses are hot
"Hm sexy with the glasses Prescott."
Kathryn looked up, surprised. Her notes were on her lap but she was absent-mindedly looking out the window, daydreaming. The sound of Lily's voice broke her reverie. The latter had just entered the room and was greeted by a confused look on Kathryn's face.
"What? Can't I compliment you now?" Lily asked innocently.
The redhead stared at her for several minutes, the time for the information to sink in.
"Hm yeah, sure." She answered. "Thanks." She smiled shyly.
She tried to hide the red shade blooming under her cheeks by reporting her attention back to her notes. Not that she was actually focused, but she was an actress she told herself. She could at least pretend not to be that flattered by Lily's nice words. Well she couldn't call them nice. Flirty maybe?
"Humph." She groaned out-loud in frustration.
"Something wrong?" Lily asked while sitting on the couch next to her.
"Nothing" Kat muttered.
She tried to ignore Lily's presence but she was suspecting her friend to do everything possible not to be ignored. First she sighed loudly. Then she tapped on her knee with her fingertips. Then she just stared at Kat and, even if Kat only saw it from the corner of her eyes, she could tell that the peroxide blonde was widely grinning.
"What now?" she asked slightly annoyed.
"I got something to tell you" Lily said; wide grin still spreading across her face.
Kat put her notes aside and turned to the blonde. "Yeah?"
"We're gonna be together! How great is that KitKat?"
Kathryn stared at her with wide eyes until she finally understood the real meaning of her words.
"Oh the job right?" She couldn't help being slightly disappointed.
"Yes! What else?" Lily offered her a bright smile and took her hand. "Come on it's gonna be fun!"
Here they were. Monday morning. First day of July, first day of work. Kathryn and Lily had to get a job for the summer and Lily thought it would be fun for them to work at the same place. It was office work, nothing really amazing but at least they would earn some money and have some experience. They were standing outside of the impressive building, admiring it. Kat felt something warm taking her hand and before she realized Lily had intertwined their fingers together. This gesture took her aback but she felt surprisingly reassured. They entered the building hand in hand with shy smiles on their faces.
"Here you are!" a tall man exclaimed at the other end of the hall. "Follow me Mesdemoiselles" he said while gesturing to an elevator. They both would work on the 22nd floor, and in the same office. Lily smiled when the man explained them that as summer auxiliary clerks, they shouldn't have too much work. He led them through the corridors and introduced them to their new colleagues. Kathryn just nodded and smiled while Lily answered with an enthusiastic "Nice to meet you" to every greeting. Their respective offices were facing each other.
"Christ! I'm gonna see you all day long" Lily whispered into Kat's ear and giggled.
"Yeah poor you Loveless" Kat answered with a cheeky smile. She definitely loved the proximity.
The man wished them a nice day; he would be in the office next to their own if they needed any help.
Kat took a minute to look around her. They were four in the room, two colleagues and the two of them. Each of them had a computer and a phone; and the view from the windows was breathtaking. Marc and Maud, their colleagues, told them they would be at a meeting for the next hour and left the room. Kat nodded and stepped closer to the biggest window to admire the view. She was mesmerized by the traffic underneath her and the thousands of little silhouettes moving in every way. She heard quiet footsteps walking toward her and felt two arms circling her waist. Lily was just behind her, her chin resting on her shoulder.
"Looks nice" she said softly.
"Feels nice" Kathryn answered and blushed immediately after realizing what she just said. Lily squeezed her waist and just smiled. She then planted a kiss on her cheek before letting go of her waist. Kathryn felt oddly disappointed when the blonde pulled away but didn't say anything. They exchanged a smile and headed to their desks.
The morning went on without any noticeable event. Each of the girl got little stuffs to do separately. Kat was sent on the 20th floor to tidy some files and Lily stayed at her floor and went from one office to the other to bring everyone their mail, photocopies, supplies etc. It was almost midday when they finally meet again in the elevator. The redhead was holding a whole lot of files in her arms and Lily gladly helped her.
"Let me take these" she said.
"Thanks" Kat sighed in relief.
"Where are you going?" Lily asked
"15th floor. Records room. You can't imagine how messy this room is. I honestly don't know how they can find anything in there."
Lily pushed the button and just smiled at her friend. Kat smiled back, although she didn't really know why. Her smile disappeared when the elevator made a weird noise. She didn't like close spaces and a wave of panic rushed through her body when the noise grew louder.
"What the hell?" she looked at Lily
The peroxide blonde didn't know what was happening either but at least she seemed calm. She looked at the illuminating buttons as the floors were passing by and back at Kat.
"It's okay, look, it's still working." She put the files on the floor and took Kat's free hand. It was a bit sweaty so she stroke the redhead's skin, hoping it would sooth her. Kathryn breathed heavily and smiled at Lily, silently thanking her. She stared into her blues eyes and felt her heartbeat slower a little. The peaceful look on Lily's face made her feel more comfortable and she was almost completely reassured when another loud noise echoed. The elevator shook a little and stopped abruptly. Kathryn could only see the shock on Lily's face before the light went down.