Standing in her vince camuto lorim black patent pumps and her nanette lepore black blazer, she smoothed down the black french connection tank top she tucked into her tight burgundy ronny kobo skirt before stepping out of the gold-painted elevator onto the eighth floor on 77th avenue.
It was her first day interning at Stern Komodo LLC, and she was beyond excited. She took her kate spade notebook and tucked it into her burgundy givenchy nightingale purse beside her iPad. Pushing open the frosted glass double doors, she entered the firm with her head held high and a bright smile painted red by her chanel lipstick.
"Ms. Block, we've been expecting you." A girl sitting behind the counter gave her a bright white smile, blinking her almond shaped eyes at her before tossing her thick, glossy black mane over her shoulder and standing to come around to the other side.
"I am so excited you're here!" The secretary squealed, moving to give Massie a big hug. Massie, puzzled, gave her one in return.
"I'm the only person under twenty six who works here," she whispered to Massie before pulling away and extending a hand to her. "I'm Alicia Rivera, your new assistant. Well, the only office assistant here, but I'll be here to help guide you. I know transitioning can be hard, and some of our attorney's here are harder to warm up to than others."
"Oh, it's so nice to meet you!" Massie replied with fake-excitement, well, to Alicia it probably sounded genuine, but anyone who knew Massie knew it so wasn't. "How is my attorney? I still haven't met him yet." The brunette explained, her black kohl-lined eyes darting around the room to find the right office door.
"Ugh, super cute in a dark, brooding and damaged kind of way. He takes a lot to warm up to though, so hopefully you have thick skin. You must if they matched you with him," Alicia explained before beginning to lead her towards her new office room.
"He's just turned twenty six April fourth, so he's the second youngest. Total aries, though. Very impulsive, very aggressive, very stubborn. He's sociable, though." With a shrug, the latina pressed open the door and send a wide toothy smile to the attorney sitting at his desk.
"I have a delivery for you, Mr. Harrington! One intern, at your service." She smiled, turning to Massie and winking. "Buzz me if you need me!" With a giggle, Alicia returned back to her place at the front of the office and settled back into her chair.
Massie turned her attention to the attorney who was getting out of his chair to come greet Massie. "It's nice to meet you, I've read over your file, you seem very qualified. Nice to bring you on board."
"Nice to meet you too. Where should I start?" The girl was surprised at how good looking he was, what with his 'devil may care' attitude he oozed.
The man smirked. "Slow down, tiger. You just got here. I have paperwork on your desk to fill out in terms of payroll and benefits, then you have a to do box on your desk." With that, Derrick nodded and went back to his chair.
Massie followed his lead and stalked to her desk, inspecting it. It was just the two of them in this open room, with one door that separates his from hers. She hoped it wouldn't be closed, because she would not be able to deal with a weird partner who needed to work in silence.
She set her purse on her desk, and began to empty it. Massie placed a bottle of chanel number 19 on the desk, alongside her notebooks, givenchy-covered iPad, swarovski pens that were placed into the pen holder on the corner of the desk, and a golden plated name plate on the edge of the desk. She pulled out a round item that looked like an echo dot, and placed it on the left corner of the desk.
Derrick watched her in amusement, a smirk pulling at his lips. She was very attractive, seemed to be all bite and bark, which was something he was thankful for. He needed someone who could fool around a bit with him, play on his banter and not take it so personally.
All of a sudden, he heard waves crashing onto the shore.
"What the fuck is that?" Derrick questioned, standing at his desk and sauntering towards her area of the office.
"It's a white noise machine, it helps me concentrate."
"Turn. It. Off. I can't have my clients call and hear it thinking I'm on a Wailea Beach."
"Oh, you've been to Hawaii?" The girl asked with a glint in her eyes.
"I'm surprised you know where that even is," he snarked before turning back and going back to his desk.
"Well, this will be a blast," she thought to herself before rolling her eyes and crossing her arms over her chest.