A/N: Okay, so I am hoping that this story will turn out pretty well. This is my first Moonlight fic that I have attempted and I am a little unsure about its future. I have the story mapped out but we shall have to wait and see.

This story is all about Josef, he's my favorite. It's a JosefOC pairing and I am sure that the characters are going to be a little OOC. I write for enjoyment and I am not claiming to be a wonderful author. Take this for what it is, a piece of stress release for the author and nothing more.

Please R&R and let me know what you think of this story so far, I will greatly appreciate anything that I get at this point.

Disclaimer: I do not own Josef, Mick or anyone else that you may recognize. Riley and all of the others that come out of my head are of course mine. No copy write infringement is intended.

Chapter 1

The start of yet another day. Well, I guess night is more like it. My days and nights have gotten so turned around during the past year. So much has happened, I can't believe it. But now is not the time to be dwelling on the past. I am late for work, again. Seriously, it was 10 pm and I was supposed to be at work by 10:30. The drive in alone took almost 20 minutes. This is the second time this week. Oh, Mr. Konstantin is going to absolutely kill me. Really, I have no problems at all for the first year that I work there, and now that I have been promoted and have started working in his personal office, I cant seem to do anything right.

I ran around the room slightly panicked. I hadn't gotten back to my apartment until close to 6:30 tonight. Mr. Konstantin was just about to close a huge deal and had us all working around the clock to make sure that something didn't go wrong so close to closing. And of course, as his new personal assistant, I had to be there at all times. I began to throw things into my bag as I quickly found what I hoped was all I would need for the night to come.

I thought that I had everything and therefore ran to the door. I grabbed my keys and cell on the way out. I then proceeded to run down the 7 flights of stairs that separated me from the street level where my car would be waiting for me. As I ran out the door, with 15 minutes left to get to work on time, my phone rang. I looked down at the caller ID. Of course; Adien.

"Hey, Adien, listen I really don't have time to talk. I am running so late. I am supposed to be at work in… 13 minutes now, and Mr. Konstantin already made it clear that today was not a day to walk in late."

"Fine. Listen Riley, we are all getting together for dads birthday on Sunday, at about 10. Mom won't tell me where we are going, but she did ask me to tell you. We all want you there. You think you can get some time off of work to be there?"

"I'll try Adien. Things are really hectic right now, but I will try. Listen, I am driving now so can I call you back later? I really need to make it to work on time today."

"Yeah, whatever, Riley. Call me when you get out of work, ok Sis?" Seriously, can you just see the lack of trust that is there? My own family has to beg me to call them?

"I promise, Adien. I will call you when I get out of work and I will do my best to make it to the party on Sunday, but I really have to hang up now. I will talk to you tomorrow morning." I hung up with a sigh. This family drama is not what I wanted to deal with right now. I turned my attention to the road and to trying to get to work close to on time.

The traffic was tricky but I managed to make it to work only 5 minutes late. I ran to the elevator and hit the button for the top floor. I climbed in quickly and fidgeted all the way to the top. When I stepped out onto the 20th floor of the building I made a quick turn to the left and went to hide in my office for a few minutes. As I hung my coat up and grabbed my shoes to change into I heard the phone on my desk begin to page. Mr. Konstantin.

I took a deep breath and hit the speaker button. "Good morning Mr. Konstantin, what can I do for you?" I was proud of myself. I had managed to keep the nervousness out of my voice, not that he would be fooled. Konstantin always seemed to know what was going on with his staff; actually he was good at reading anyone who he came into contact with.

"Good Morning Riley. I won't reprimand you for being late seeing as nothing of great consequence happened, but this is the last warning that I plan on giving you. You are too competent for me to fire, but I suggest you do not push me any farther than this. I have an appointment with Mr. St John at around 1:00. Call him and ask if he can manage to be here by lets say 12:00. Let me know when you have talked to him."

"Of course, Sir. I will let you know as soon as the appointment is rescheduled." I hung up the phone and took a breath. It didn't seem to matter that he was reprimanding me and threatening my job, he left me breathless in the best way possible. I just have to keep in my mind that he is a pompous ass hole and it just wasn't a good idea. Just focus on what you are supposed to be doing. Call St. John and reschedule there appointment.

I picked up the phone and started in on trying to get a hold of Konstantin's long time friend and sometimes business partner. The day went rather smoothly after the rather disastrous first 10 minutes. I was able to move around all of Mr. Konstantin's appointments to a time frame that better fit his mood and managed to even receive a complement within the first hour of the day. That is, until Mick showed up.

I stood up as Mick walked into the office. I had met this man on numerous occasions when he came in to see Mr. Konstantin. However that didn't seem to matter, I still turned to jelly as soon as he was here. I don't know what it was but there was something about him that just drew people to him, similarly to that of Mr. Konstantin without the arrogance.

"Riley, it is good to see you again. Could you let Josef know that I am here?" He smiled at me and I almost forgot what I was doing.

I snapped out of it and went back to let Mr. Konstantin know that his guest was here. I walked back to the end of the hall and knocked on the door.

"Enter." Of course, nothing but a cold dismissal from him. I shouldn't have expected anything more. I pushed the door open and quietly stepped in.

"Mr. Konstantin, Mr. St John is here for your appointment. Would you like me to send him back?" I kept my eyes locked on his. I had made the mistake of avoiding eye contact early in my career. Mr. Konstantin had taken it as a personal assault and informed me that if I was to continue to work for him I would learn how to stand with a certain amount of respect for myself and those around me. I was then put through 'lessons' as to how to look people in the eye and give a proper hand shake. However, when this event occurred I had only just started to work for the company. I didn't think he would have remembered which is why I was surprised to say the least when he spoke to me again.

"Riley, I am glad to see that you have learned to keep eye contact with people. Now, would you please take your darling self back out into the other room and escort my quest to the conference room?"

Shocked, to say the least that he had remembered what I imagined to be a rather small detail in his life, I turned around and left the room without another word. I walked back down the hall to where Mick was waiting. "Mr. St John? Mr. Konstantin will see you now. If you could follow me to the conference room." He smiled at me as I turned and led him to a room off of the main hall.

After showing Mick to the room, I closed the door and made my way back over to my desk. I took a deep breath as I tried to calm my heart beat. I go a year unnoticed and nothing ever went wrong. I was happy, I made it to work on time, and I never had any problems like this. I get a promotion and suddenly things start to go weird. I didn't think that was how things normally went but I am starting to think I really know nothing of what goes on in the business world and I am pretty sure that I don't really want to know.

The rest of the day passed far too slowly for my taste. I finished the paper work for Mr. Konstantin's meeting later that day. I showed clients around the building. I did everything that was expected of me. And throughout all of this the only thing that I could think of was how much I really wanted to just go home and crawl under my covers.

Twelve hour shifts were really starting to take there toll on me. 10:30 in the morning. I was exhausted and slightly edgy. I had been either sitting at my computer or showing clients around all day. I felt like I would go home and sleep for the next ten hours. I was packing up my things and getting ready to head home when he came up to me once again.

"Riley, you did good work today. Things have been a little out of hand the past few days and I wanted to thank you for doing your job so well. I know that you have only been in this position for about a month but you are probably one of the best PA's I have had in a while." I was surprised to see the look of sincerity on his face. I had been given hidden comments before and sometimes even been told that I did a decent job, but this was the most direct complement that I have ever received from him. "I am having a part for some of the office staff at my house Saturday night. It should start around ten and they normally last all night. I look forward to seeing you there." With that he turned around and walked away.

I stood rooted to the floor for a few minutes. By the time I had snapped out of my trance almost everyone else had left for the day. I slowly made my way back downstairs and out to my car. I needed sleep. I got in my car and ignored the fact that my phone was once again ringing. I turned my phone off and concentrated on the drive home. It had been a weird day.