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APOV
"Is this Anastasia Steele?" the voice on the other end of the phone line said after I had answered.
"Yes, who may I ask is this?" I asked, in a calm but still yet confused voice.
"Anastasia Steele, this is Olivia Smyth from Grey Enterprises Holdings Incorporated and I am pleased to announce that you have been selected to take part in our internship programme here in Seattle, if you are still interested" the woman on the other end of the line said.
"Yes, yes – I am still interested in the position" I replied, almost giddily - Grey Enterprises Holdings Incorporated was one of the best places to work for in the whole of Seattle, and when I applied for an internship there, I thought that there hadn't been a hope in hell of me ever being offered a job there! But whenever I passed the telephone interview and then the formal interview, I figured that I was in with a reasonable shot here.
"Good. Now, you along with four other candidates have been selected to take part in the internship programme, and after a period of six months, one of you will be offered a permanent position within the company" Olivia continued.
"Okay" I answered – but only I had realised that she wouldn't be able to see me nodding my head.
"You are expected to be at GEH Head Offices at 9 am on Monday morning. You are expected to report straight to reception upon your arrival, and you – along with the other interns will be briefed on your duties and responsibilities as well as a few other things. The head of Human Resources – Pamela Warren will head this meeting, and Mr. Grey himself is also expected to be in attendance as well" she finished, in what I had come to learn was her usual tone of voice.
"Mr Grey will be there?" I said, surprised – and then I smacked my hand off of my head. Way to sound like an absolute and total idiot, Steele I thought to myself.
"Yes. He likes to keep a firm grasp on all of his employees, and that includes meeting each of them personally whenever they first begin to work for him" she replied.
"Okay" I answered dumbly – because for once in my life, I just didn't know what to say.
"That will be all, Miss Steele. We will see you on Monday morning" the woman finished off, and before I had the chance to say anything, she promptly hung up.
Well, wasn't that just polite, I thought almost sarcastically to myself, as I ended the call before throwing my cell phone down onto the sofa that I was currently sitting on, with a smile firmly in place on my face.
However, I didn't have any time to think about Olivia Smyth's rudeness as my best friend – and roommate, Katherine Kavanagh came flying in through the front door of our apartment like a paedophile in a play park.
"Hey, Kate" I said, greeting her, with my smile still firmly in place.
"Hey, Steele. What's got you so happy?" she asked, whenever she had put all of her shopping bags into her bedroom, and then returned into the living room.
"I just got offered an internship with Grey Enterprises Holdings" I grinned.
"Whoa. Seriously?!" Kate cheered, seemingly disbelieving me.
"Yeah. Seriously. I start on Monday morning, along with the four other interns" I smiled, and then got the oxygen effectively knocked right out of me when Kate came flying across the room, enveloping me into a big hug.
"I'm so excited for you, Steele!" she grinned, after she had pulled back.
"I can't wait – this is an amazing opportunity for me! I am officially going to be an intern for Grey Enterprises Holdings" I cheered, the news just fully sinking in.
"Right. That settles it. We are going out tonight to celebrate" Kate said, a tone of finality in her voice.
"But Kate …" I began, my face falling slightly.
"No buts, Ana. It's about time we did some partying, and what better excuse do we have than to celebrate your new job!" Kate said.
"Ugh. Fine!" I exclaimed, all but throwing my arms up in the air – very much like a toddler who wasn't getting her own way, and Kate just smirked at me.
I really was too easy to wear down sometimes.
Perhaps I should look into becoming a much harder person? And maybe not so soft anymore.
Yeah, I very much doubted that I would be able to do that.
"Right well, we should phone Jose and Ethan to tell them the good news too! Maybe my big brother and our photographer buddy will want to come out with us to celebrate and all! It's about time we spent some time with the boys too!" Kate said, excitedly.
"Fine" I said, resigned to the fact there really was no dealing with her and that it really was much easier for me just to agree with her. Plus, a night out with her couldn't be that bad surely? And she was right. We hadn't had much to celebrate over the past while, what with me finding out that my boyfriend of two years, Thomas was cheating on me with another man, and then with Kate's aunt passing away from cancer.
It would be good for us to get out and have some fun for once.
And hopefully, this new job of mine would be the equivalent of a new leaf, figuratively. And it would also mark my first post-graduate job.
"Let's go and get the boys all roped into it then" Kate said, excitedly and before I even had any chance to reply at all, I was being whisked away into Kate's bedroom where she then began to thrust dress after dress at me, forcing me to try each of them on until she had found what she classed as the best one.
Just as I was pulling on some sky high heels that were sure to hurt like absolute hell on my feet, the doorbell rang, and I hobbled along from the living room sofa where I had been in the process of putting on the second shoe, to open it.
"Hey, Ana. Kate says we are all celebrating tonight" Jose said as I stood aside to let him in.
"Yeah. We are heading out to a club somewhere – I have absolutely no idea where, since Kate wants to celebrate the fact that I just got a new job!" I said, with a small smile in place.
"Oh … well done you! Where's it for?" Jose said, with a wide grin.
"It's an internship for Grey Enterprises Holdings Inc." I answered, just as Ethan arrived.
"And I do believe a congratulations are in order, Ana" Ethan said, also entering the room. I went back over to the sofa to pull on that second shoe.
"Yes, it's amazing isn't it! Ana working for the esteemed Grey Enterprises!" Kate said, skilfully putting in one of her earrings – and she wasn't even anywhere near a mirror either!
I had to awe at her skill.
"Oh wow, Ana! I always knew that you would manage to go far! But to work at Grey Enterprises – on your very first post-graduate job and all! Absolutely incredible" Ethan said, and the look on his face simply echoed the words that were coming out of his mouth.
"Thanks for the compliments, but don't get too excited Ethan. It's just an internship – plus there are four other candidates and only one of us is going to end up with the job at the end of the six months. It's still highly unlikely that I am going to end up working for Grey full time – I do only have a 20% chance of winning the job after all!" I said, refusing to get any of my hopes up, only for them to be dashed so completely and truly in the end.
"Pish posh, Ana! Everybody here – including yourself – knows that you are the best person for the job!" Jose butted in, while folding his arms across his chest and raising his eyebrow slightly at me, almost as if he was daring me to say something to him in return.
"Ugh. Fine. Whatever you say" I said, almost with a resigned smile on my face, as I pulled my cardigan off of the back of the sofa, and Kate picked hers up off of the chair.
"And it looks as if we are all set! Let's get this party started!" Kate shouted out, as we made our way out of the apartment and into a waiting taxi downstairs.
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