Day two. If today was going to be anything like yesterday I wasn't sure how long I would last here. I made sure to grab Ms. Dot's shirt before I left. I folded it neatly before placing it nicely in my bag trying to minimize creases.
I left my apartment earlier then yesterday now that I had a better sense of how long it would take to get to Diamond's Incorporated from my building. Also I needed extra time to pick up a coffee from the same place my boss had walked out of when I had run into her.
I ordered it black having a feeling that's how she liked her coffee. I made sure to grab sugar packets and cream cups just in case I was wrong.
I thanked the cashier when she handed me my change addressing her by her first name.
"Thank you Amethyst." Things just felt more polite when I used people's first names. It was one of the few good habits I had developed as a child.
"Your welcome." She smiled at me as I grabbed my coffee and then she readied herself for the next costumer in line.
I was back at the office. Nervous energy coursed through my body as I knocked on the private office door of my boss.
"Come in." I entered her office slowly. She was frantically typing on her computer. She was so enwrapped in whatever it was she was doing that her eyes stayed glued to her screen as I walked up to her desk.
I placed the coffee and her shirt on her desk. She didn't even glance over at me so after a moment of waiting I decided to just leave her things and get to work in my cubical.
The day passed by without the slightest sign of movement from within Ms. Dot's office. Her blinds were still closed and she never made an appearance from outside her office walls.
So much for an interactive experience. All I had done for the past two days was file an enormous amount of papers. That was it. Whenever I finished going through one box someone would just put another inside my cubical without a word.
If this was all I would be doing over the next three months I wasn't sure if I wanted to stay here.
"Hey newbie. Me and a couple friends got off early. Do you want to join us for a drink." I looked at my watch it was already 4:30pm. I considered accepting her offer. Even though she tauntingly called me newbie she was the only one in the office who had actually spoken to me other then my boss.
"Sure. Do you mind me asking your name?" I asked her feeling bad that I hadn't asked yesterday after she had talked to me.
"It's Jasper."
"Oh nice to meet you Jasper." Real world jobs felt a lot like school had. I just made my first friend here.
We rode the elevator down to the lobby.
"It's just a couple blocks away." Jasper told me.
I followed her not knowing where anything was myself.
"I guess I should have asked before inviting you but your 21 right?"
"Yeah I'm actually 22." I answered her.
"Okay just making sure. Some of our interns had been high school students. I've invited some in the past and they didn't tell me there age in there attempts to sneak into a bar."
She stopped walking. We were already there.
There was a few seats left at the counter. We walked in and sat down before someone else had the chance to. Jasper ordered drinks for me and her friends who had tagged along. I guess actually I would be considered the tag along of this group.
The night(or really evening) was fun. We talked and shared stories of how we all ended up at Diamond's Incorporated. It was nice after the stress my boss had put on me to just be able to relax.
"Jasper I think I'm gonna head home now. It's almost seven." She stopped talking to her friends for a moment to reply to me.
"Okay sounds good. I'm gonna hang out here a bit longer. I'll see you tomorrow." I grabbed my bag placed the money for my two drinks on the counter and began to walk out.
Right before I reached the door a particular someone caught my eye.
It was my boss sitting at a booth alone.
