Chapter One
Twenty seven year old Katherine Pierce gave a little sleepy moan as she turned to her side, hoping to get at least another second of precious sleep, though she knew she was kidding herself. It was Monday.
Monday was a workday, the beginning of the week, which meant the most important day for Katherine. Katherine worked as Elijah Mikaelson's assistant. Elijah was the CEO of Mikaelson & Co. a company specializing in anything electronic from DVD players to computers. They were one of the lead rivals of the Apple Company which meant that even though Katherine was an assistant she felt like the actual CEO half of the time.
Katherine wondered how she had gotten stuck with the job from hell in the first place. But she thought that the better question was why was she still working for the pompous, holier than thou Elijah? The question was simple: she didn't want to be homeless.
And also she had been working as his assistant for the past three years might as well die with the place, right?
Katherine's head was pounding and then she remembered what she had been doing Sunday night. She should have stayed home and watched the evening news or a rerun of The Voice, but instead her outgoing and reckless friend Caroline had insisted that she, Katherine, and Bonnie go drinking at eight o'clock Sunday evening for 2x1 Margaritas and tequila shots. Big mistake.
Katherine was already feeling the hangover which probably wouldn't disappear until this afternoon at the earliest.
She wrinkled her nose when she felt the sun coming through the window in her dingy apartment in downtown, New York City. Wait, the sun? She usually got up before the sun got up. Her brown eyes opened. Crap.
She looked down and looked at the alarm that she had probably knocked down in her sleep. "Shit!" she cried out when she saw the digital numbers: 8:09 AM. She was supposed to be at the office by nine with Elijah's coffee already prepared, plus it took half an hour to arrive at the office every morning because of traffic.
There was no way that Katherine would make it in time. And if there was one thing that Elijah hated was tardiness. She got out of bed and stared at herself in her bathroom mirror, her curls were all over the place, her mouth felt dry, and there was mascara and lipstick from the night before splattered all over her face. She was going to kill Caroline the next time she saw her.
She quickly turned on the sink faucet and splashed her face to get the makeup off, there was no time to shower. She brushed her hair into a messy ponytail and quickly walked towards her closet, she would do her make up in the car. Katherine walked towards her closer and pulled out a black pencil skirt and a white blouse, she slipped into a pair of black flats, something she rarely did, but she was in no mood to wear heels today.
Katherine felt the pressure getting to her, she couldn't be late She just couldn't.
Katherine grabbed her handbag and practically ran out the door, knocking down whoever came her way. She jogged down the stairs while at the same time checking her cell phone-8:34, if she was lucky, then she could probably arrive before Elijah came through the double doors.
Katherine had to get there in time. There was no other option.
-End of Chapter One-
The next chapter will be longer, I promise! What do you think so far? :)