Lorraine sits forward in the white leather chair, her perfectly manicured fingernails tapping impatiently against the desk, almost as if she were waiting for something to happen, though knowing she was expecting nothing. She sighed as she relaxed back into the chair, running a hand swiftly through her hair and lifting her feet onto the desk, her short black skirt and sky high heels completely complimenting her legs perfectly. She had been trying to sort the figures for the cuts she needed to make for over an hour now but she couldn't seem to find the focus, the concentration. It was driving her crazy.
She was driving her crazy.
She shook her head as she realised her thoughts had gone wandered again in a matter of seconds. "For God sake, Lorraine, snap out of it." She mumbled, barely registering she had spoken her thoughts aloud.
"Snap out of what?" Nikki's thick northern accent caused her body to tense slightly as she quickly removed her legs from the desk and stood up, straightening down her clothes. She failed to notice the way Nikki's breath had hitched in her throat at the sight of her tones legs so on show. "Sorry, rough day. Did you want something?"
Nikki looked slightly awkward, her feet shuffling against the floor, her hands in the pockets of her navy trousers. The way her arms were tensed made her shirt cling tightly to her body and Lorraine let her eyes linger for longer than she should have. "Er, you asked me here, Lorraine. Something about figures?"
Lorraine ran her hand through her hair again with a sigh, nodding. Of course she had, she'd spent so long daydreaming about Nikki she forgot she was actually supposed to be meeting with her, though only strictly professionally she assured herself.
"Sorry, Nik.." She let the nickname roll from her tongue effortlessly, "Like I said, It's been a stressful day." She motioned for her to sit which Nikki quickly did, avoiding her gaze, worrying that if she let herself look for long enough, Lorraine would see straight through her act, her perfectly formed lists and well thought out plans for the school. Her endless attempts at impressing her boss.
They spent a long while discussing the future of the school, Lorraine allowing herself to stare slightly as she listened intently to Nikki list off her endless ideas and plans for the school, all delicately thought out plans to help Lorraine in any way she could whilst keeping their personal lives separate. Nikki looked up as she eventually finished, biting the inside of her cheek as she saw the way Lorraine looked at her, her head tilted slightly with admiration across her face. "You've done a brilliant job with those plans, thanks Nikki." She gave her an honest smile, watching as Nikki blushed slightly, avoiding looking at her again. "Just doing my job." She had to stop herself from laughing at those words by standing up, busying herself. She assumed they both probably knew that if this was anyone else but Lorraine in front of her, the effort made would have been far less substantial.
Lorraine followed her lead, standing up with her, "Yeah well, I'm grateful anyways." She smiled, speaking in her strong cockney accent. She watched as Nikki nodded in acknowledgment and headed towards to door and before she could stop herself she was calling out her name, halting her, "Nikki! I um.. I was just wondering if you'd be free for a drink tonight?" She panicked, realising what she'd asked and the fear of rejection clouding her mind slightly, "Just to talk about work some more, of course. A change of scenery might do us both good?" She thought on her feet, getting control of the situation and keeping it professional again. She was straight, of course. Professional was all it was, all it could be.
Nikki gave a slow nod, her hand not leaving the door handle as she looked back at her, "Yeah sure, why not." She tried too seem to keen or nervous, she wasn't sure which was winning out at the moment.
Lorraine nodded, slightly more relaxed now. "Brilliant. I'll text you a time and place then. See ya later, Nik." She flashed her small grin, walking out past her open door Nikki was holding, leaving Nikki standing there in almost a daze for a moment.