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Story Time*------------------------------------------------ -----------------

She pulled her glasses off and rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"Can't sleep...can't sleep..." she mumbled as she pushed her glasses back on lazily and began shuffling through the many papers than litered her desk. As she rummaged, a piece of paper began to ring. She froze and looked over to it. Snatching the paper up, she grabbed her cell phone and flipped it open,

"Hmmm?" She groaned shifting piles of papers around.

"Are you going to make it, Kamiya?"

"What ever are your speaking of?" She mumbled sarcastically, "Of course I am, I mean,...I had a whole TWO WEEKS TO WORK ON IT!!!!!!!!"

"Listen, if you think you can't handle it,...if you want another week I'm sure that I could work it out."

"NO!" Kaoru cried with wide eyes. She plopped down into her leather slump of a chair and ran her hand through her raven locks,"...no, I... I never back down to a deadline and I...I can't start now." She nearly whispered the last bit out.

"Okay,...what are you looking for now?"

"Looking...looking for?" she laughed an empty drained sort of laugh," Listen, buddy. I'm proofreading right now, my story is done...it's finished and...how...why would you think I was looking for something?"

"I can hear the papers flying everywhere, sweetheart." Kaoru snorted because his sarcastic remark was perfectly true.

"Listen Jack,... I will make that deadline. It's 3:00 in the morning, the thing is expected finished not to mention flawless by 9, and the whole story is half written, respectively. It's much better than last time. Now go to bed you distraction, I'll call you tomorrow."

She heard his soft chuckle before she clicked the phone shut. She sighed and lying her head at the top of the chair, she began to slowly move side to side.

"Pull this one off Kaoru," she muttered to herself," and it's a 2 week vacation in Paris." She shook her head hard trying to awaken herself and began to pluck away at the letters of the typewriter.

"Genius!!!!! Pure genius!" The chubby man sitting across from her exclaimed. He was the chief editor of the publishing company and he and Kaoru were having breakfast at 9 that very same morning.

She had finished the story, thank God, and had already booked an airplane ticket and hotel room in Paris. The editor was reading her draft that she brought over and from the looks of it, he loved it.

"Glad you think so." Kaoru muttered while lifting her glass and sliding 3 ice cubes into her mouth. She watched him stroke his tiny goatee a few times then put the packet down to beam at her.

"Brilliant,...bloody brilliant."

"Thank you. Now, if you will excuse me-"

"Where are you going?" the man asked with wide eyes.

"I am going on vacation." She muttered digging through her purse after pulling her jacket on. She pulled out sunglasses and a slip of paper with a number jotted down on it. "If you need me- emergencies only please,...I'll be at this number." She handed him the card and with a quick smile she slid her sunglasses on, strode out the exit, tripped (^^), regained composure, and crawled into a taxi.

"To the airport please." She smiled at the driver then sighed in happy content. She gazed out the window and watched the buildings and people as they passed by. Suddenly her purse began to vibrate.

Her eyes darted down and she pushed the purse away with thoughts of rats and such crawling through her head. She frowned when the vibrating was suddenly accompanied by a ringing sound and mentally smacked herself in the head as she pulled her phone out and flipped it open.

"Hello?" She said lightly while still cursing herself for her stupidity.

"Kaoru?" She stopped. Her usually bright and cheerful friend sounded extremely concerned.

"Misao? What's going on?" "It's Megumi. Her boyfriend cheated on her then dumped her and she's a wreck. We need you over here now!"

"But, Megumi doesn't seem like the type to-"

"KAORU!!!! Seriously! We're at the bar over on 84th okay?"

"Yeah, I'll be over in a sec." She flipped her phone shut and muttered out an apology and new directions to the driver. He made a U-turn and went the opposite way of Kaoru's freedom.

"There goes my vacation." She grumbled. -----------------------------------------------------------(tbc)------------ -------------------------------

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