"Merlin I'm heading to a meeting with my father." Arthur said as he left the office not waiting for Merlin to say anything.
"Prat" Merlin said after the door had shut. It was three o'clock and Arthur had had him working none stop. He'd managed to get twenty minutes to find something to eat when Arthur was in another meeting. He was lucky the calls that came through on Arthur's phone could be directed to the work mobile he had been given earlier, along with his keys for the office and his ID card.
Two minutes after Arthur left the door opened and Gwen peeked round, "hey Merlin, do you want to come to the break room for half an hour. Arthur always goes for a meeting with his Dad on Mondays and Fridays, and when he does the rest of the staff meet in the break room for half an hour to catch up."
Merlin was excited by the idea of meeting the other staff but he had just got the job today he didn't want Arthur to find out he'd gone for a break on his first day. "I dunno Gwen I have a lot to do and I've just started I don't want to make a bad impression."
"Don't worry Merlin, Arthur is usually gone for over an hour and he still doesn't know we all meet up when he's not around. You'll have more than enough time to hang out with us and do your work. Plus all the rest of the staff want to meet you."
"Okay, sure, I'll come just let me get my phone." Merlin grabbed the mobile pressed some buttons on the desk phone so all calls would be directed to him and then followed Gwen to the break room.
There were quite a few people in the room luckily it was a large break room. "Hey guys this is Merlin, Arthur's new assistant." Hellos erupted round the room as everyone greeted Merlin. Merlin couldn't help but notice a lot of them had pity in their eyes. "Come on then let's get you a drink. What would you like?"
"Can I get a coffee please, very milky with lots of sugar." Merlin liked his coffee weak and sweet.
"You're going to need a lot of coffee to get through your days with my brother." A tall woman only made taller by her heels had joined him and Gwen, she had long black hair and was obviously attractive, if Merlin was interested in women he would have been drooling over her. "I'm Morgana by the way, Uther's other child. I'm a Lawyer here and you obviously know Gwen my assistant. Let me introduce you to my husband, Leon, he's also a Lawyer here." Merlin turned and called to a man who was stood with Lancelot and Gwaine. "Leon come here and meet Merlin."
The man walked over, "hey mate, sorry about your boss he may be my best friend but the guys a bit of a twat so just ignore him and get on with your jobs when he gets too much." Merlin though Leon seemed like a nice guy. "I'm gonna go back over there but if you ever need anything my door is always open, even if it's because you need me to talk to Arthur about his behaviour. But if I'm being honest I'd go to Morgana, she's better at knocking Arthur down a few pegs." Morgana and Gwen chuckled at this.
Merlin was introduced to a few other Lawyers including Gwaine's boyfriend Percival, who was massively built but seemed like a sweet guy. Merlin had met all the assistants who had all said they would help him when Arthur got to be too much. Merlin had only seen one guy who he didn't like and that was, Gwen's brothers Elyan's assistant, Mordred, who had been staring at Merlin the whole time. Mordred didn't seem like a bad guy just a bit creepy.
The half an hour passed quickly and soon Merlin was back at his desk sorting through all the messages Arthur had received on the phone that day ready to give to Arthur in order of urgency like Gwen had told him to do it. Once that was finished he began reading through the responses Arthur wanted typing up and sending to clients. He was doing that when the phone rang, it was Uther's assistant letting him know Arthur was just about to leave. He couldn't believe how nice everyone was being in helping him with Arthur.
Merlin got the coffee and left it on Arthur's desk before going back to the job at hand. Just as he began the door opened and Arthur wandered in. Merlin handed over all the messages and mentioned there was a coffee on his desk; Arthur looked shocked at this he couldn't believe how helpful his assistant was being on the first day.
"Oh, erm thank you Merlin." Arthur then spun away from Merlin and marched into his office unable to believe he just thanked an assistant. Merlin was also in shock by this, but it gave him hope that maybe his boss wasn't as bad of a guy as he'd first believed.
The end of the day came quickly after that meeting; Merlin was just about to leave when he thought he better check on his boss one last time. Merlin knocked on the door and popped his head round when told to enter. "Arthur, I'm just about to leave do you need anything before I go?"
"No thanks Merlin, I'm just going to finish up this document then I think I'll leave. Just to let you know I arrive at 8am on Mondays to get a head start on the day so I'll be in when you get here."
"Okay I will see you Monday, have a good weekend."
"You too Merlin."
Merlin left and called his best friend Will to let him know he was finishing and as a treat for getting the job they were going out that night.
