Hi Guys and welcome back to Business Intern. So this story is slowly coming to a close with only three chapters left after this one. I hope you guys are enjoying this story, however!


Carlos POV:
With the next morning came the beginning of my final week at AuraTech, a week I would be spending with Chad in manufacturing. I woke up that morning still in Ben's arms, our legs tangled messily with each other. This alarm was blaring through the room, and the first thing I heard from him was a grunt, as he released me from his arms, silencing the infernal machine. "Morning" he said, as I rolled over in the bed to face him.

"Morning" was all I responded with, as I saw him pull himself from the bed, wearing nothing but his underwear. 'Damn, I still can't believe that's all mine' I thought to myself, as he made his way into his en suite, and I was quick to follow. I joined him in the shower, with the pair of us washing each down, and him massaging shampoo into my hair. That was a sensual experience.

Anyway, once we were both dried off, I realised that I would have to wear the same everything as yesterday until Ben took me home, and after showering, I didn't really fancy putting on my old underwear. I think Ben could see me pondering a decision and he made a generous offer. "Here, just borrow a pair of sweatpants and a top for the moment. You don't mind going commando, do you?" he joked, throwing a pair of his tracksuit bottoms at me. I chuckled, before pulling them over myself and made sure to tie them very tightly around my waist. The last thing I needed to do was flash Ben's parents, yeah that definitely wouldn't go down well…

After removing that horrific scene from my mind, I slipped on the top Ben has passed me, and made my way into the kitchen. Luckily his house was open plan, so it was difficult to get lost. I was greeted by Belle and Beast, both of them sat on some stools at the breakfast bar while Ben was hovering over the hob. I made my way over to him, wrapping my arms around his waist, as I greeted Ben's parents. "Morning Mr and Mrs Adams" I said, causing them to chuckle.

"Please, just call us Belle and Beast" she insisted, and I nodded. It seemed weird called Beast, Beast, but then again, he's never release his name into the public. He's only ever been referred to as Beast or Mr Adams. I quickly shook the feeling off, when I reached up and placed a small kiss on the back of Ben's neck, before peeking over and seeing what he was cooking. It was the usual sausage, bacon and eggs something I really enjoyed. Breakfast consisted of the four of us making small talk, but I felt very out of place. Ben was dressed in his usual work apparel, and Beast and Belle were also dressed very formally, whereas I was in some scruffs, but I tried my best not to think about it. 'I'll make a good impression when I get back home' I continued to think, and before long, just at 9am, we were on our way back to my house.

When I arrived, I was quick to run upstairs, finding the most smart-casual outfit I could. I settled on my usual pair of skinny jeans, as well as a nice burgundy shirt. I packed the usual stuff I would for work, like my lanyard and whatnot before greeting the rest of them downstairs. For some unknown reason, my mum was showing everyone old baby photos of me, and I could only assume that she was catching Belle up on my growth. Ben looked like he was having a whale of a time, and when I walked in, the first thing he said to me was "You look adorable in a nappy" which only made me flush red in embarrassment.

"Mum, really?" I whined, kind of like a spoiled kid, causing everyone to chuckle in the room.

"Sorry honey, but it needed to be done" she replied, and I just shook my head, hoping that we would leave soon. My wish was finally granted, after another 10 minutes of baby photos, I mean come on? Who wants to see me trying to get into the washing machine? But apparently it was 'cute.' Anyway, before long we were on our way the office, my final week of the internship beginning. When we walked into the building, Xander was quick to jump out of his seat, in what looked like the biggest panic in his life, as he grabbed a load of files from his desk.

"Mr and Mrs Adams. Mr Adams." He addressed Beast, Belle and Ben, acting all professionally, before he looked at me and nodded his head. "Carlos" was all he said, causing me to chuckle.

"Mum, Dad, why don't you take a seat. I need to have a word with Xander, and then I'll take you to my office" he said, causing Belle and Beast to nod before taking a seat in the foyer. Ben turned back to Xander and raised an eyebrow, but Xander didn't respond for a second, until I nudged him in the arm.

"Oh yeah. So Carlos, I have you're bits for this week, although it's not a lot. Chad just told me to tell you to head down as soon as you get here, and he'll sort everything out with you. Ben, I've got a few emails that I've forwarded to you. Nothing major, but you will need to reply to them at some point, and I also received a couple of phone calls. Again, nothing major, but" he finished, as I think Ben took the hint. I waved a goodbye to Belle and Beast, before kissing Ben on the lifts excusing myself so I could begin my first day with Chad.

Belle, Beast and Ben stepped into the second lift in the building and before the doors close I heard Belle say "What happened to Audrey? She was such a sweet girl" which caused me to tense up slightly, before I began my descent into the basement.

It was almost like I was looking at it for the first time once again, with all kinds of machines completing all different tasks. Some were screwing different components together, others soldering as the different items travelled across the conveyor belts. Before I got too lost, I made my way up to Chad's office, and was greeted by the same 'lad as usual.' "Ah, Carlos bro, it's so nice to see you" he began, holding his hand in the hair for a high five. Not wanting to piss of the guy instantly, I decided to reciprocate the high five, causing him to smile.

"So, welcome to Manufacturing, my little pit of paradise." He began, as he led me out of the office, towards the machines of display. "So, this week you'll be working with me, as I mainly show you how the machines work, as well as the some of the components inside our devices and how they work. I hope that sounds alright" he asked, and I nodded. "Cool, so how about a quick tour" and before I could respond, I was following him down aisles after aisles, with him spouting on about each machine. While it was interesting, it wasn't particularly my forte, so tried to be as polite as possible, and nod along to what he said. To say this place was huge would be an understatement. He essentially had the whole basement under his control, and there must have been at least 50 workers down here, each monitoring a different station, some watching over the construction of the phones, others over the tablets and the AuraBox making sure that each product was up to spec. Some machines were working on the smaller components like the microchips themselves, or even as simple as soldering two wires together. Like I said, fascinating but not want I wanted my future to be like.

The tour itself took about two hours, so that took us up to lunch time. Chad gave me an hour's break, and as usual, I made my way up to Ben's office, this time being greeted by the darkened room. All the windows surrounding the room were tinted instead of their usual clear, and the door was shut, which was particularly uncommon for Ben. I debated knocking on the door, but seeing Xander rush out of the room quickly stopped that, especially when I saw him sweating like mad. Of course, I assumed the worst instantly, approaching Xander with a rather stern look on my face.

"What's going on in there?" I scolded, causing Xander's facial expression to shift dramatically. It was one of fatigue, now to one of both shock and a slight bit of hurt.

"Ben's been having me run stuff up to him all morning. Apparently, one of the company's major stockholders has decided to pull out, so I've been tasked to run every single file about him up to Ben, and his parents. Nice guys, but very demanding" he said, trying to regain his breath.

"Oh, sorry" I replied, now trying to place nice with him, hoping that I didn't offend him too much. "I guess I'll walk you down. I'm on my break, and I was wondering if Ben wanted to join, but since he's busy, I guess I'll be eating alone" I chuckle, accompanying Xander to the lift. That's when it got awkward. I realised that besides from saying hi to Xander in the morning, or him giving me a timetable, we had never really spoke. "So, anything new going on?" I asked, really awkwardly trying to make conversation with him, and hoping that this lift ride would be short as possible.

"Not really. Me and Aaron just moved into together into his apartment which was nice" he said, and I immediately questioned "Aaron?" causing him to chuckle. "Yeah, my boyfriend." He replied, and I nodded, finally getting somewhere with a conversation.

"How'd you two meet?" I asked, causing him to blush ever so slightly.

"It was during university. God, it sounds so cheesy now, but I was in the library reaching for a book, and I managed to drop it on the floor. I bent down to grab it, and I didn't realise that Aaron did the same, causing our hands to touch. We both blushed, and he asked if it was the only copy left and I nodded. I then asked if maybe he wanted to go out for coffee sometime and we could read it together, and he agreed. From then on, I guess we've been dating." Xander finished, a huge smile on both his and my face.

"Aww, that's so cute" I replied, causing him to chuckle. Luckily, we stopped off at the cafeteria floor, before any more conversation could continue and I was able to make my escape. "This is me. Good luck with all that running" I joked as I stepped out of the lift, causing him to smile and chuckle as the lift doors shut. Lunch alone was no fun, as it was just an hour of me scrolling through social media on my phone, occasionally laughing at a post as I ate some lunch. Really, I was grateful when I had to return to Chad, as it meant I would no longer be alone.

When I returned to the basement, I was greeted with Chad leaning over his desk, his clothed ass on full display for me, and I didn't know how to react. I started to get all nervous and flustered, but quickly had to remind myself that I was with Ben. 'Damn Carlos, get your head straight! Ben has a much nicer ass than this one!' I thought to myself, as I cleared my throat loud enough so that Chad could hear. He quickly pulled himself off the table, and turned to face me. I could see him blush slightly, as a small smirk appeared on my face, before he cleared this throat, and began to speak.

"Ok, so should we get started" he said, stepping aside and extending his arm out, so that I would follow him into his office. "Ok, so for the rest of the day, I'm going to show you the internal workings of our laptops, as well as how the machines are programmed to construct them, and we'll spend the rest of the week doing the same for the other products. So, let's begin" he said, as he placed one of the newest laptops on the desk and started to unscrew it, and take it apart. Some subtle differences that I noticed was that this had two fans instead of one, and everything seemed to be placed in rather neatly.

"Ok, so over here…" Chad began, and spent the rest of the day explaining each component to me and what it does. To be honest, it wasn't anything that I didn't know already, but it got interesting when we moved onto the factory floor, and Chad led me to one of the far corners. "Ok, so for the week this section is our own personal work space. I grabbed a few of each of the components that we checked out in the office, and together we're going to program these machines to build the laptop" Chad said, pointing to the area that we were working in.

"Really? That's so cool" was all I managed to say, as Chad led us over to a control panel, with had a display of one machine.

"Ok, so this is fairly easy to use. Just swipe left or right, and it'll take you to a new machine, and then you can use the keyboard to program it. So, if we do the first one together…" Chad continued, and that's how we spent the rest of the day. By the end of it and a few failed attempts, I placed all the components onto the conveyor belt, and the machines managed to build a fully functioning laptop. "Nice going Carlos, you did it!" Chad shouted from the other end where all the components were placed onto the belt. He switched off the machines, and I watched them power down as he walked over to me. "So, after this they are taken up to floor 35, where the team there installs the ATOS software onto the machines, and properly quality checked them to make sure that everything is sorted for use. They we ship to them to distribution warehouse, and they sort the rest out" Chad said, as we walked back to his office.

Looking at the time, we saw that it was 5:30, so we had gotten a little carried away with our excitement, but it also struck me that Ben must still be busy with his parents and that shareholder or whatever Xander said he was. "Well, we're done for the day. Tomorrow, we'll be doing the same things for the phones, so we might be done a little quicker than usual. And if you want, I can take that laptop up to 35, and get them to sort it for you, so you can keep it" Chad relied, and my face lit up.

"Really, I can keep it?" I replied, as he chuckled to himself.

"Well, not right now, but I can get it to you my tomorrow" he answered and I nodded.

"Thank you. I can take it up to 35 if you want. I mean, I'm going to check on Ben anyway, so I'm heading up" I replied, and he smiled back at me.

"Cool, well I'll see you tomorrow then" was his parting statement to me, as I pressed the button for the lift. The glass shaft never ceased to amaze me, and only then did it strike me that I'd spent most of the day underground. The lift arrived, and I pressed 35, making my way up.


Ok, so there we go. Not much really happened during this chapter apart from Carlos becoming jealous when Xander leaves Ben's office all sweaty. Also, I have no clue how Manufacturing works or how Laptops are designed so I apologise if that is completely wrong.

Thank you to White Collar Black Wolf for leaving a review on the last chapter, and until Monday,

TTFN :D