A/N: hey guys! I'm back with a really quick update due to all the positive feedback I've gotten! I'm really excited about the chapter after this one, so this one will be a little bit more of a transition chapter. I'm going to try to update once a week at least.
TessaElsaHerondale: thank you so much for all your super nice comments! And for being my first reviewer. :) I don't know which ship I'm going to lean towards yet; I'm thinking more of a WiJessa fic for the most part . Eventually I'll have to choose though... Ack I just ship them both so much.
SilverCarstairs: I didn't leave you hanging, and I hope you like this update. :) as I said to TessaElsaHerondale, I think it'll be a WiJessa fic for the most part, and won't have a clear direction until the end. I guess I'll just see where it goes. I do plan on including as many characters as possible, and all the ships that go with them. Cecily and Gideon will enter the fic a bit later, and then Gecily and Sideon will take place.
Hearts With Love: Thank you so much for your super encouraging comments! I got the idea from mainly reading some business magazines (I know, boring :p). I figured, it hadn't been done yet (at least not to my knowledge), so I might as well try writing it. I have so many more ideas for it! I hope you'll enjoy the later chapters too!
Uptomyneckinfandoms: Thanks! Here's the next chapter now! Hope you like it. :)
Sitting at the other end of the table was the man from the elevator; though now, he was talking animatedly with another young adult. Tessa decided 'talking' wasn't the correct word- they were arguing. She couldn't hear what the two were saying, but Elevator-Man was gesturing broadly with his hands, and the other male seemed to be scowling and shaking his head- his green eyes blazing.
Jem cleared his throat, drawing the attention of the entire room. The two males stopped arguing, and looked up at Jem; many of the other people in the room glanced up as well, clearly respecting Jem's authority. "I'd like to introduce my new assistant: Tessa," He smiled at Tessa, gesturing for her to step forward.
Heeding his implication, Tessa moved forward, and she immediately saw a look of recognition flash across Elevator-Man's face. Waving slightly at the people sitting around the massive table, Tessa tried her best not to focus on the fact that, if Elevator-Man was in this room, it most likely meant that he was a superior to her.
"Tessa, this is Henry," Jem said, pointing at a man who seemed to be in his twenties, his fiery red hair his most prominent feature. "That's Gabriel," He signaled towards the scowling man with the burning green eyes, and Tessa noticed that, as Jem said Gabriel's name, there was a faint undertone of disdain- which Tessa hadn't heard Jem speak with up until this point. She couldn't help but feel as though Jem wasn't particularly fond of this 'Gabriel.'
"Over there is our one and only CEO, the ever outstanding Charlotte," From the tone of his voice, Tessa could tell that Jem held respect for Charlotte, and Tessa knew why. She had seen Charlotte Fairchild in many business magazines before, but seeing her in person was something else. Although she was rather short, she had a fierce presence about her that seemed to command the room. Everyone knew about Charlotte's success story- she had inherited her father's small company, and had turned it into a multi-billion dollar business through hard work and dedication. As Tessa laid her eyes upon this woman- with her dark brown hair and her deep almond colored eyes- Tessa couldn't help but feel the same respect for her that Jem seemed to have.
"And that's Will," Jem said finally, pointing towards Elevator-Man. Will's his name then. Tessa made sure she'd remember that. "Tessa will be working with us for quite awhile, and I just thought I'd introduce her to you all before our meeting started."
"Ah, but I already know Tess," Elevator-Man, or Will as Jem had called him, smirked. "She nearly ran me over in the elevator." Tessa's jaw dropped, was this idiot high? Did he seriously think she had been the rude one?
"I did not!" She exclaimed, eyebrows furrowing. "It was the other way around, you nearly ran into me." Suddenly, she realized the room had gone silent. Clapping a hand across her mouth, she realized she had just talked back to a superior- in front of the CEO.
"I-I'm sorry," Tessa stammered out, though she wasn't sorry for talking back to Will, but rather for doing so at an inconvenient time.
"Don't apologize. I take it you two have already become aquatinted?" Jem asked, looking from Will to Tessa. "And I understand that Will ran into Tessa..."
Shooting an incredulous look at Jem, Will put his hand to his heart in mock hurt. "You take her word over mine? Even though we've known each other for so long? Does this mean you're breaking up with me... For her?"
Tessa turned pink, "I didn't know you two were dating-"
"We're not," Jem said, sounding exasperated and mildly embarrassed, shooting Will a glance that clearly meant, I'll speak with you later. "Will's just being... Well, Will. And yes, I do take her word over yours, considering it would be just like you to burst into a place without checking your surroundings first."
"Both of you, we need to start the meeting now if we're going to stay on track." It was Charlotte talking, her voice calm and commanding, with a hint of endearment. Will seemed indifferent to Charlotte pointing out their bickering, but Jem seemed slightly ashamed, and Tessa swore she could see Gabriel smirking out of the corner of her eye. "It was lovely to meet you, Tessa, but I'm afraid this meeting is only for higher ranked employees. Perhaps you can take an early break in the lunchroom until Mr. Carstairs is out?"
Tessa nodded, rather than talked, fearing she would say something stupid, or start gushing about what a pleasure it was to meet Charlotte. Instead, she politely left the room- not wanting to delay the meeting any further. Closing the door behind her, she started running over the events that had just occurred.
Jem was her boss, and he seemed to be great friends with Will, which meant he could probably convince Jem to fire her if she ticked Will off. Shuddering at the thought, she tried to navigate her way through the halls- which was much harder to do now since Jem wasn't here to lead her- to the lunchroom.
Pulling out the map Sophie had given her, Tessa tried to make sense of where she was. Right now, she was in an immaculate hallway, with a shiny white faux-marble floor-at least, Tessa hoped it wasn't real marble, for that would be rather gaudy- and glossy walls, which had pictures of business triumphs hanging on it. However, the map was in black and white, and mainly contained unlabeled two-dimensional figures, so it wasn't of much use to her at this moment. Retracing her steps, Tessa tried to imitate the way Jem had come to the conference room in reverse. Yet, after roughly ten minutes of aimlessly wondering, she'd just about given up on ever finding civilization again.
As Tessa was just about to plop down and resign to waiting in a random hallway until someone hopefully found her, she heard a familiar voice. At first it was faint, but then the voice grew louder and louder, and Tessa heard footsteps as well. Her heart speeding up, Tessa was about ready to jump for joy- someone was going to come and help her! Tessa started walking towards the voice, and in roughly half a minute, she was face to face with Sophie, who had just rounded the corner, and another girl, who had dark red hair.
"Sophie!" Tessa exclaimed, thoroughly relieved to see a familiar face. "I got lost, would you mind showing me where the lunchroom is?"
Sophie seemed slightly startled by Tessa's sudden apparition, but her look of shock quickly turned into one of sympathy. "It is a jungle here; of course I'll show you where the lunchroom is, Bridget and I were just headed there anyways." Tessa figured the girl next to Sophie, who was now looking around awkwardly, was Bridget. "You can meet some of my other friends, they work here too. Thomas and Cyril are assistants, and Bridget here is the lunchroom cook, so she unfortunately won't be able to sit with us." Bridget smiled apologetically.
"Thanks so much, I honestly don't know how I'd survive today if weren't for you," Tessa grinned sheepishly, and began walking with Sophie and Bridget towards the lunchroom. As they turned corners, Tessa tried to study where they were and how they were getting to the lunchroom, but it was quite confusing, and she eventually gave up.
"How's Jem as a boss?" Sophie asked, a hint of something Tessa couldn't place in her voice. Was it... Jealousy? No, Tessa decided. It was more of a hopeful curiosity.
"He's wonderful so far, though I haven't really been with him very long. He plays the violin beautifully, however," She added, remembering the harmonic melody that had drifted out of his violin before.
"You heard him play?" Sounding surprised, Sophie quirked an eyebrow. "I'd heard he played, but I don't really think anyone, except maybe Mr. Herondale, has actually listened to him play." Even Bridget, though she remained silent, seemed impressed and a little bit shocked.
"Yeah, I heard him play, and it was wonderful," Tessa was going to keep enthusing about her boss' playing, but at that moment, they arrived in front of a bright orange door with a plaquer next to it that read, "Lunchroom."
I'm thinking of making this a wijessa fic, so it'll switch between Wessa and Jessa. It'll also highlight Will and Jem's friendship. I hope you guys liked it! PLEASE Review, comment and follow! It means the world to me when I hear your opinions.