Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or Thoroughly Modern Millie. I can wish, though.
A/N: Oreos help me think. No kidding. If you haven't done it before, go get some Oreos right now and some Betty Crocker cupcake icing and put it on an oreo, because it's amazing and will change your life, I swear (haha, like in Garden State, when she's all, "Listen to this song, it'll change your life, I swear)... uh, *nervous cough*... well, I'm gonna write now so... uh, yeah....
The weekend was almost unbearable because all I could think about was Edward. But I would never see him again, so I needed to focus on what was real and with me now. I needed to focus on work and not worry about my love life, unless it was going to be with Jacob.
I worked through the next week without anything drastic happening. Work was easy and I could handle it as Jacob piled more responsibilities on me. He continued to give me compliments, like, "You're the best, Bella," and "What would I do without you in my life?," and, "You're the best darn assistant I've ever had." I took these as good signs and tried to work on my plan for flirting inconspicuously with Mr. Black. I was just about to leave for my daily lunch with Alice, when a big, burly muscle builder type guy with curly black hair came up to my desk.
"Excuse me, but are you Jacob's new assistant?" he asked me, winking. I blushed a little bit, even though I didn't feel any attraction towards him at all. My type was... I stopped thinking about Edward quickly before looking back to the man.
"Yes, I am Mr. Black's new personal assistant. What can I help you with?" I asked politely, smiling.
"Well, I work downstairs, and Jake needed me to drop this off for him today and so I was just wondering if you'd give it to him," he said, handing me some papers and I laid them down on my desk.
"I will make sure that he gets them, Mr..."
"Just call me Emmett," he said.
"Alright then, I'll get them to him, Emmett."
"Thanks, cutie," he said, walking off in the way he came. I just stood there, staring after him, shocked that something like that just happened to me, in the workplace, especially. I shrugged it off and forgot about it as I went to meet Alice. Lately, we didn't always go to the coffee shop. We could go wherever we wanted now that we had our own paychecks. Today, we stopped to get Chinese. I told her about the thing with Emmett.
"Oh, my gosh, what a perv," she said as she struggled with her chopsticks to get the noodles in her plastic box.
"I know. He seemed nice up until then, but I just ignored him. Well, he winked, but I ignored that, too. I don't really mind. There was no harm intended by it," I prattled on.
"I would have decked him, but that's just me," she said through a mouthful of noodles. I just took my fortune cookie. and broke it up to get the fortune inside. It said "A surprise will await you tonight." What a load of crap. Really. I was just going to go home and do nothing tonight. There was no surprise to what my life held. If there was going to be a surprise, it would probably be a bad one, like our building burning down or the apartment getting robbed. I turned my attention back to Alice.
"I don't know. Emmett just... well, he reminded me of someone." Someone, but I didn't know who. "How's Jasper today?" I asked, knowing this would get her to talk.
"Oh, Bella, more handsome than ever! Today, he wore a gray suit with a bright blue silk tie and it compliments his eyes perfectly. And today, he asked me to go to the store room for me to look for something and he let me use his key!" she said in her high pitched voice. I rolled my eyes. Even though I had the same plan as Alice, she took everything like a preteen girl. I was sensible, even if wanting to marry Jacob wasn't. I chuckled a little at the thought. Before we knew it, it was time for us to get back to our jobs. When I walked through the door of the building, Emmett was there.
"Hey, there," he greeted me as I gave him a little smile and he followed after me. "Sorry about earlier. You looked a little freaked out after all of that. I'm really not a perv," he said. I smiled back.
"It's okay."
"Well, just wanted to apologize for that. What's your name again?"
"I didn't say it. It's Bella," I replied as I held out my hand for him to shake it. He shook it firmly. "Well, I have to get back to work," I said, starting back towards my desk.
"Okay, well, I'll see you around," he said, waving as I turned to go to my desk. I was glad he had cleared up everything from earlier. It didn't seem like he was coming onto me, either. It was like he just wanted us to be friends and our connection was like he was the older brother and I was the little sister. I thought he seemed very nice and I hoped I could get to know him a little better as time went on.
After work, I was dead tired, still thinking about the days events. Alice getting closer to Jasper (or so she thought), wanting Jacob to see me as more than an assistant, Emmett, Edward, my fortune cookie. I still had the fortune in my pocket and I reached in to grab it instinctively as I walked out the door. I pulled it out once more to read it before laughing.
"Ha. Yeah, right," I said before looking, getting ready to cross the street. Just then, I saw the person who had haunted all of my thoughts in the past week and he was standing right over on the other side of the street.
A/N: I almost combined this with the next chapter, but I wanted it to be a cliffhanger, bwa ha ha. Thank you for all of you who continue to read and review, you make my day and you are amazing. I hope you're enjoying the story so far, because I am truly enjoying being able to write this.
