Chapter 9

Patrick was already gone by the time I woke, it was such a beautiful day, it made me instantly happier. I put on what I thought was a killer combination, a purple floral skirt and a baby blue top, even Treena liked it. I felt like I could take on the world.

I passed on a bakery on the way over and bought some donuts, my plan was to beat Will's arrogance with kindness. When I got there Christine was holding a briefcase, talking to Will. I went to put. Will touched his hair, fixed his shirt, then tapped his foot, he was always moving.

"Good morning" Will said, noticing me.

"Are these donuts?" Christine asked, eyes fixated on the box. "I might be in love with you"

"Morning" I opened the box. There's no better way to make friends than with food, especially with sweet, I learned that in kindergarten.

Will took one and turned to me "Do you have a license? I promised Christine I would take her to the bus station, but something came up."

"Would you mind?" Christine asked me.

"I don't have a car" Will gave me his car keys and we were off before I could even finish my donut.

"Thank you so much for taking me" Christine said, closing the car door.

"It's fine, I really don't mind"

We both jumped as I turned on the engine and a song I didn't recognized started blasting through the speaker.

"He has an appalling taste in music" She said shaking her head.

I smiled "How long have you two worked together?"

"Almost three years" She turned to me "he can be a handful, but you get used to"

"Yeah, I noticed."

She snorted "How did you get along last night?"

I started answering and paused, it wasn't very smart to talk about your boss with his coworkers, especially one who seemed so fond of him, at worst it was a bit anti-ethical. I was still deciding what to say when Christine said.

"He's here because of this parents' divorce, he's helping his mother, it was hard for her." I gave her a puzzled look and she went on "I heard you two, last night" She said a bit apologetic.

I nodded "What about his father?"

"His father… his father has someone to take care of him" She gave me a pointed look.

"That's nice of him. Of Will, I mean" I said parking the car and she nodded.

"I left my phone and e-mail on your table, if you have any doubt, call me."

I thanked her and she winked at me, while getting out of the car.

There was no one at the annex when I went back, so I started reviewing a few things Christine had taught me the previous day, without the fear of messing everything up in front of her, everything was a lot easier. I was putting the car keys, where Will got them before, when he went in with a cup of coffee.

"Do you like cappuccino?"

"I worked in a coffee shop, I learned to like everything," I said taking it "I put your keys in the drawer."

"Thanks"

"So is this a peace offering?"

He lifted an eyebrow "Do you need a peace offering?"

I gave him a pointed look

"It was more a welcoming gift" he turned and looked at me "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have tried to pry into your life"

"It's fine" And it was, he continued looking at me, as if to check if it was really fine and I smiled to him. "It's fine" I said again.

I sat in front of the computer and after thinking for a bit I said to him "I like clothes. If I could work with anything, I would like to work with clothes, I think"

He smiled at me and I found myself admiring it. It seemed like Will poured himself in every single thing he did, and his smile showed exactly that, it was a big smile, it crinkled his eyes and it was impossible not to smile back.