--The Jokes On You--
No matter how hard Sakura tried she couldn't seem to remember what love was like. Her life had become so full and busy that she had no time for love. The only men she was close to was her father, brother and her boss. Okay, not that close with her boss. Sakura just wished that she could meet someone who could make her forget all about her busy life, and teach her what it's like to have fun once and a while. But who had the time?
"Sakura, would you mind telling us what you thought on this project is?" Her boss asked her. Sakura sat up, looking him in the eye. Of course, this was a little bit more difficult considering he only had one.
"Well, sir, it obvious that this would only attract a group of young adults, which is good, but it wasn't what we aimed for. Don't you think?" She asked him. He was stunned. Normally he was the one who put people on the spot, but Sakura had caught him with his own question.
"Well, Miss Kinomoto, when I ask you a question, I want an answer. Not a comparison." He smiled cockily. His name; Mr. Hattlin. He wasn't the best boss in the world, but hey, he did pay very well for the top associates.
"Yes sir." Sakura replied, lowering her head, pretending to be ashamed. She had learned very well from this job. Being in this job for almost 5 years brought great learning experiences. In her first few months, she found the easiest way to suck up to her boss was to make him feel superior. And why shouldn't he? He was, after all, the manager of her income!
"Well, we've been here for almost four hours now, and yet we're still no where near the end project. Tonight you are assigned work! A three page report on advertisement for teenagers and young adults." Mr. Hattlin spat, standing up from his large black leather arm chair. Sakura and her other 6 associates left the meeting room and walked into the beige hallway and passed the front counter. Instead of following suit with the other employees, Sakura turned down the next hall and into the 2nd door to her left. She knocked twice on the wooden door before opening it.
"Give me a sec!" A female voice screamed from inside. Too late. Sakura was standing in the doorway, chuckling to herself. The room was a complete mess. The girl with long black hair was busy doing up the buttons on her shirt, which were complete uneven, and there was a man with dark blue hair, whose glasses were falling off the end of his nose and his shirt was fully off on one shoulder.
"Tomoyo, what will I do with you?" Sakura chuckled, throwing her black breifcase into the corner on her office. Tomoyo stuck out her tongue at her and smoothed out her navy blue skirt.
"Come on, you guys have to find a new place to make out. Not my office!" Sakura was still laughing while she picked up random papers all over the floor and placed them back on her desk.
"Hey! It's my office too!" Tomoyo spat. Sakura walked around, shaking her head.
"Well, I better be off. Bye babe." Eriol whispered to Tomoyo, then kissed her on the head and left. He and Tomoyo had been going out for almost a year now, yet they still couldn't keep their hands off each other. Even at work.
"TOMOYO!" Sakura screamed when she realized what was on the floor behind her desk. Tomoyo hurried over to see what was wrong. Sakura stood beside her desk, her hands on her hips while Tomoyo checked to see what was wrong.
"What? It's only a condom!" Tomoyo just laughed, picking up the unused condom and placing it in the garbage across the room. Sakura shook her head and took a seat in the light blue chair and opened up her laptop. With a few clicks of a button, she would start her tree page essay and probably finish it by that night.
"Are you coming with me tomorrow?" Tomoyo asked, still picking up some of the random papers that were scattered throughout the room.
"Coming where?" Sakura said, taping her fingers along the keyboard only half listening to Tomoyo.
"Eriol's Christmas party?" Tomoyo said, looking up at her best friend who was now staring at Tomoyo with wide eyes.
"That's tomorrow?" Sakura questioned. She had totally forgot. It was now December 20 and Sakura had to work up until Christmas Eve. She had taken off tomorrow in advanced, but had forgotted about it.
"Yeah, you dummy! We still have to go Christmas shopping!" Tomoyo told her, replacing the fallen papers back onto her own desk. Tomoyo took a seat in her black chair and stared at Sakura, who was still in surprise.
"Well, let me finish this then we can head out." Sakura replied and began hectacly typing once more. Tomoyo sighed and pulled out her own laptop.
"Have you seen my phone?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura looked up from the screem and pointed to the floor underneath her desk. Tomoyo bent down and picked it up.
"Thank you."
After almost another 2 hours, Sakura had finally finished her three pages and saved it on her computer. She was going to save it on a disk, but she knew she would have time tomorrow before her last meeting of the day with her boss.
"Tomoyo, you ready to head out?" Sakura said, pulling on the dark brown jacket over her own clothes.
"Yeah." Tomoyo stood up, also put on her jacket and they both walked on into the front foyer.
"We'll see you tomorrow Megan!" Sakura waved good bye to the desk clerk, who smiled and waved back.
"Where to first?" Sakura asked Tomoyo as they waited in the elevator til it reached the main floor where they walked outside and got into Sakura's car, which happened to be red Honda NSX.
"Well, maybe we should head to the mall since it closes in an hour." Tomoyo replied, getting into the passengers side and placing her bag on the floor infront of her.
"Fine, then I have to stop by Chiharu's place and pick up my dress." Sakura told her. Tomoyo pouted.
"I thought I was making your dress!" She sighed as she watched as a few cars passed by them.
"You made it last time. This one is really nice." Sakura smiled and looked over at her sad best friend.
"Tomoyo you can help me pick out shoes!" Sakura laughed when her ears perked up. Tomoyo was Sakura's own personal shopper and clothes designer. Tomoyo was the main designer for their job while Sakura was third in head boss. Unfortunately, the two bosses that were ahead of her were Mr. Hattlin, who was a major pain in the butt, and Mr. Yas, who was the biggest perverted flirt that there ever was. But if she stayed in this job long enough, she be paid for almost twice as much then she gets now.
"Come on, stores don't stay open all night you know!" Tomoyo jumped out of the car and slammed the door. Both girls ran up to the glass doors and made their way to the nearest shoe store, which happened to be Aldo.
"Awww, Sakura these are sooo cute!" Tomoyo whinned, pushing Sakura into trying them on. Sakura sat down on the nearest chair and took of her black boots and put on a wonderfully light blue sandal-type shoe. The heel was about 2 inches. She stood up and examined herself in the mirror.
"Sakura! Those are perfect!" Tomoyo jumped happily. Sakura began to spin in the mirror, looking at them in every angle. They fit her perfectly. She carefully took them off, placed them back in the box and walked over to the counter.
"I'll take them!" She said happily.
Almost 10 minutes later, they ended up infront of Chiharu's house. Sakura made her way up to the wooden front door and knocked three times. A girl with long shiny brown hair opened the door.
"Hey Sakura!" She said happily. Sakura smiled.
"Hey, I came to get the dress." Sakura told her. She nodded and walked off to go get it. She returned a few minutes later, holding a light blue dress in her hands.
"Thanks for letting me borrow it!" Chiharu thanked Sakura.
"Any time! I'll see you later!" Sakura shouted from the end of the drive way, where she was parked. She got back in the car and turned on the engine.
"So what time is everyone going?" Sakura asked Tomoyo. Tomoyo raised her hand to her chin and thought for a bit.
"Probably about 7." Tomoyo replied.
"Okay, so that means I have time to go to work, drop off my paper and then still have time to get ready. Alright." Sakura said happily as she pulled out into the main street.
"Want to get ready at my place?" Tomoyo asked her. Sakura put on her blinker and pulled into an apartment parking lot.
"Sure, call me tomorrow." Sakura told her and waved good bye. Sakura started her car and headed home. Little did she know that tomorrow could possibly be the day that could change her whole life. And even her bosses.