A/N: Thank you for all your patience while I get to where I'm heading with this. Trust me it does get better. I know its short but I wanted to get something out to you that gets closer to where I'm heading with this. Again a HUGE Thank you to everyone that read and followed. Please take a minute to review as all reviews are appreciated and welcomed. Again, credit where it's due…EL James.
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Monday morning rolls around and I've made it though the weekend. Thank goodness for Kate and her distraction techniques. I head into work and there's alot of hushed whispering going on. Everywhere I look people are standing talking. I don't know but I don't want to get into any office gossip. You start listening and talking about other people and at some point those people start listening and talking about you. And I so didn't need anymore drama.
Jack has given me a couple of manuscripts to read, review and summarize the first chapters of as he is going to be in meetings most of the day. Around noon, my email pings and I see a message from Kate. She wants to meet at the deli around the corner for lunch. Jack isn't back yet but I email her back telling her that I can meet her there in thirty minutes.
Kate's already at the deli when I get there and notice that she has already ordered for both of us. Ugh, I really still don't feel like eating but I guess I will try. The chicken ceaser salad does look good. Standing up, greeting me, "Hey, Steele. How's your day going so far?"
"Busy. Somethings going on at the office but you know me I'm just working around it all. Trying not to get involved in all the office gossip/drama." I say taking a forkful of salad. Kate's smiling looking like she's going to bounce out of her seat so I ask her how her morning when at her new job at the Seattle Times.
"It's great. I have an interview planned for Saturday afternoon that I have to do." Smirking at me.
Ok, my curiousity is up now. "On Saturday? That's odd isn't it?" She responded, "Normally that it would be but that the man that I'm going to interview has been out of town and is due back Friday and his office was willing to let me do the interview but only if I could get come to him and it had to be Saturday because he will be leaving town again on Monday afternoon for a short vacation."
"Ahhh so that's ..." Kate interrupts "I have to do the interview in New York! and guess what Ana. Your coming with me!" "What? Kate I can't come with you. I have work."
"Come on Ana. You need a break, a change of scenery even if its for the weekend. Besides I've already bought the tickets and maybe after the interview we can do some shopping for that dress I'm going to need for Elliot's parents fundraiser? Please Ana."
Laughing at her puppy dog eyes I reluctantly agree. So I guess I'm going to be heading to New York.
Getting back into the office I find Jack is back but holed up in his office. Door shut. So I finish up the summary on the last manuscript that he gave me this morning along with some information regarding a brouchure that he wanted me to put together. At 5 I knock on Jack's office door with the manuscripts and the draft brouchure for him to review "Yes" he barks. Oh well that doesn't sound good. Opening the door "Jack, I just wanted to give you the manuscript summaries and the draft brouchure for your approval." "Oh Ana, you finished all of it? That's wonderful. Sorry I've been so busy today but there are some things that have to be done before the end of the week and upper management isn't telling why quarterly work has to be compiled so early. Put the everything there in that chair and you can go ahead and leave for the day. Thank you." "Ok Jack. Thanks. Have a good evening."
The rest of the week is pretty much the same. Jack's been in a bad mood but I am just attributing that to getting all the quarterly reports gathered early. So I have been keeping up with his authors (as much as I can) and reviewing the manuscripts that come in daily. Kate has been talking non stop about New York. She wants to go to Bergdoff's to hopefully find a dress and she's excited about her interview. She told me that it was with another young CEO that has made a rather large name for himself in New York and Las Vegas. But has been looking to branch out onto the west coast here in Seattle. All I could think was Oh God not again, she better not get sick because I so won't fill in for her!
Our flight leaves at 2:30 am on Saturday morning. Kate wanted to get to New York, get checked in at the hotel and freshen up before her 2:00 interview. Then we'll be free to do some shopping for that dress.