"Hey newbie you're done for the day. Go home." The awfully orange colored lady spoke as she walked by my cubical.
"W-what?" I scooted my chair out of my space thinking I had heard her wrong. She turned around to face me.
"Go home days over." I looked around and saw no one getting ready to leave.
"No one else is leaving." I stated in confusion.
"Yeah because they're workers and you're an intern. It's company policy that we don't make our interns work longer then six hours a day." I racked my brain trying to remember reading about that in there policy.
"But I still have work to do."
"Well you'll have to do it tomorrow." The woman turned around and walked on finding her way to her own cubical at the end of my row near the exits.
I looked at my space already cluttered with stacks of papers. I turned around and saw the blinds to Ms. Dots office were still shut.
I had a moment of internal conflict debating weather or not I should inform her that I'm leaving or if she already knows and would be irritated by my presence.
I was about to knock on her door when I remembered what she had said to me. 'That is all you will need from me today. You can let yourself out.' Her words this morning very clearly sent the message she doesn't like to be bothered with unnecessary things.
I stepped back and headed towards the elevator. I pushed the down arrow and waited. It made a loud ding noise when it arrived and I quickly looked back to Ms. Dot's office. I felt terribly paranoid she would get mad at me for leaving without telling her. I was also paranoid she would get mad at me if I did tell her. It was a lose-lose kind of situation for me.
I returned my attention back to the elevator and stepped inside. I clicked the main floor button.
"Bye newbie." The orange lady spoke to me halfway outside her cubical that was right next to the elevator.
"Bye-" My mind blanked and I couldn't think of her name. Now that I was thinking about it did she ever even mention what her name was?
The doors shut closing me off from the hell that was inside that office. I released my breath and tried to calm my thoughts. My first day had not gone quiet as I had planned.
I walk the same route home that I had taken to work. This time I'm able to walk at a more comfortable pace. The streets aren't as full as they were this morning. Not as hectic as it was with everybody trying to get to there jobs on time.
I take my time walking home. I got off much earlier then I thought I would. I look at my watch. It's not even 4:30 pm yet when I reach the stairs in my building.
I don't bother to take the elevator sense I only live on the third floor.
I can hear faint giggling as I climb the stairs. It begins to get louder and I don't realize who it's coming from until I am on my floor.
Garnet who looks as though she has escaped from her apartment is giggling uncontrollably as Ruby crawls around telling her that 'she's gonna get her'. It's a really cute picture but I feel like I'm barging in even though we're in the hallway so I clear my throat to gain there attention.
"Eh em." Ruby turns around and is almost shocked by my presence. She goes and scoops up Garnet who is still giggling with joy.
"Sorry neighbor. We've been out here so long and no one has walked by that I kinda forgot we were in the hallway." She had a slight blush on her cheeks and I couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment or from playing with Garnet.
"No worries." I had only been here for a month and Garnet already looked different. She has gained a lot more mobility sense the last time I saw her.
"Hi Garnet." I waved to her and she flashed me one of her adorable smiles.
"What do you do now?" Garnet looked to her mother thinking about the question she was asked. It took her a moment but she looked back to me and waved. We both smiled at her gesture.
"What happened to your shirt?" Ruby questioned me. It took me a moment to answer the question. I had forgotten that I wasn't wearing my own shirt but my bosses coffee stained one.
"It's a long story I'll have to tell you later. You just reminded me I need to wash this." Ruby nodded at me.
"Okay but I'll be expecting a good story from you."
"Okay." Garnet waved to me one more time as her and her mother walked into there apartment right across the hall from my own.
I popped into my apartment real quick to change into a new shirt and grab my laundry soap. I made my way back down the stairs to the laundry room with some of my own clothes and my bosses shirt.
Sense I'm the one who caused the stain it only felt right to clean it for her. She had made it very clear on no second chances but I was determined that I wasn't going to need one.
