The only thing that really frustrates you is how it all seems so easy. You're getting paid more than you ever thought you would (and almost all of it is going to savings because a job this good can'tlast too long), for doing minimal work.
Your boss seems to be somewhat all over the place, too – but not in any kind of business sense. There's a feeling of want that emanates from her (but nothing so lewd, ew). She seems to want to stop and talk, seems to want to approach you. But she doesn't. That's okay, you can deal with that. It's more in the way that she actually seems to take great strides to avoid you. She'll stop and stare when you're in the cafeteria eating lunch, and when you wave at her (wave her over), she'll catch herself and move on.
That isn't necessarily a problem. But it makes you wonder what you've done to make her do such a thing. Was she just lying when she said that she was expecting someone in a chair?
Olaf encourages you to go and talk to her, but you don't want to rock the boat. You're fine. Everything is fine; it's not like people haven't avoided you before. You were so popular in middle school, and even early high school. Then the accident happened and no one wanted to associate with you, but you got over that. You'll get over this, too.
What little interactions you have with her somehow, for some reason, always become tense. She doesn't seem to like it when you act cavalier,and she always seems to take back her words if she thinks they're going to be slightly offensive. She told you that you couldn't go to a particular seminar (paid, of course) because it was a team-building thing out in the middle of nowhere. Then she apologised for ten minutes, saying she didn't mean to be so rude. You couldn't help laughing because that isn't rude! It's just a matter of fact.
But when she isn't being embarrassed and awkward, and if she stopped being so damn standoffish, you think that you might be able to have enough conversations to become friends. You hear her chatting to Olaf when you make your rounds. It's almost always business – she doesn't seem to share much, even though Olaf has a knack for turning everything into a personal conversation. Not necessarily deep, but he gets her to chat about things not-work-related.
Sometimes you hear her laugh, and it's a strange, but not unwelcome, sound. Despite Olaf's assurances that you're welcome in at any time, there's still a wall between you and every other person in the building. Invisible, but you still feel it.
So, you come to work and do your job and forget that it usually means 'make friends'.
