Chapter 29: Adding
[Tobias]
My hand blindly reaches out to find the love of my life but all I find is semi-warm sheets making me shoot up instantly. I hate when she wakes up before me because every morning I would jump up looking for her, I fear that she would leave me like most of the people in my life and I don't know what I would do without her. I stand up and my feet hit the cold wood, but that doesn't faze me. For a second I don't hear anything but then I hear her lovely voice that is laced with worry and anticipation. I go to walk in the bathroom but I decide to stand behind the door and listen to her, "Get your head in the game, Tris. You are a strong, independent, Hispanic, woman who always lived in the city that never sleeps," I see her talking to herself in the mirror, "Just walk in there and go through that interview with pride and confidence in your voice. Oh what the hell, I'm so nervous! ¿Dios me ayuda, qué voy a hacer?" She groans and throws her head back.
I take in her appearance. She looks lovely in a gray dress that comes down to her knees and fits perfectly on every curve and bump of her body. There is a little bump on her stomach from her piercing and her curly hair is tamed and flowing down her back. Her shoes make her taller than her usual height but still short enough for me to bend down and press my lips against her's, "What if I forget everything I rehearsed this morning?" She questions as she lets out a sigh and runs her hand through her hair.
Then it dawns on me, my babygirl has an interview with Bowling&Co publishing department here in Manhattan. She was so nervous last night that I had to rock her on my chest like a child just for her to go to sleep. I push open the door, "You'll do great, baby." Her head whips around and I take in her flawless face. Makeup barely coats her face and her lips are a deep burgundy. Gold earrings dangle from her ears, she looks so innocent and she's all mines, "I know you will." She bites her lip and I groan lightly and pull it out of her mouth with my thumb, it's too early in the morning for me to get so excited already.
"I know, I'm just so nervous." She throws her hands in the air and brushes past me in the living room, "This is my first real interview and I don't know how to take it. What if the boss is mean and like the books that Christina reads and is into the kinky mess and expect something from me!"
I chuckle and sit down on the bed with her on my lap, "That isn't going to happen because I'm your only boyfriend that can spank you-" She groans and stands up. A blush now coats her cheeks as she frowns and I watch her pace a hole in the floor.
"I don't want to do anything stupid, like if I walk in there and fall. Damn, I'm not ready for this baby." She runs her hands through her hair and continues to pace until I'm too dizzy of watching her, "No me gusta la materia rizada y usted es el único hombre con que quiero ser íntimo. ¿Y si él sea medio? Y si él sea demasiado agradable e inclino el mango ello-" She goes full frontal Spanish and I don't understand one thing she's saying.
"TRIS!" I shout and she looks at me with confusion filling her eyes, "You're gonna do amazing, I know you will and if he doesn't accept you then I'm going to kill him. Just for you." She giggles but still steps out of my arms and at that moment I realize that nothing can calm her down.
"Oh, Tobias. I need a drink, something heavy." She goes to walk away but I grab her arm and pull her back to me. I slam mouth against her's and she melts into the kiss. I squeeze her face in my hand and continue to kiss her until our lungs are burning with passion, "Thanks. I feel better." I chuckle and press our lips together again. I walk us back until her back hits the dresser, she sighs into my mouth and her hands come to my hair, her nails skimming over my scalp.
My hand travels down her back and I rest it on her butt, I lift her up and she lets out a squeal and pulls away from my mouth, "I would love to stay here and spend the day with you but if I don't leave now I feel like I would be late. I'm gonna need time to rehearse my professional, fully English voice so he understands me." I laugh into her neck and set her down.
"I know you'll do great." I follow her to the living room and I see that she has one of the many handbags I go her, one her shoulder. She slips on a jacket and blows me a kiss while opening the door to the hallway, "I love you."
"I love you too, babe." She clears her throat, "How do I sound?" She tries to talk like the girls here that are fully american and I shake my head. She nods and gives me one last goodbye before she leaves the place. I have an hour before I need to go to work, guess I can start working out. I get dressed and head downstairs towards the gym in our building, all while thinking about Tris.
[Tris]
"Beatrice. Mr. Bowling is ready to see you." The sweet front desk receptionist for this floor gives me a smile, I do recall that her name is Margret and his an British accent. I nod my head and follow her down the large hall to the big double doors that intimidate me. She gives a knock and I hear a gruff voice telling her to come inside. I follow her in and I smooth my dress down while behind her, I step out from behind her and I am met with a pair of brown eyes that stare into mines. He has dark brown hair and an expensive looking suit on. He gives me a smile and Margret leaves the room and I almost pull her back and tie her leg to mines.
He gestures to the chair in front of his desk and I sit down, looking out the large window that show's another building ahead of us and the busy below of Manhattan, "So, you're Beatrice?" He questions and my heart continues to pound in my chest that I'm sure that he could see the imprint on my dress.
"Yes ma'am- I-I mean sir! Yes sir. I'm Beatrice." I don't even have enough courage to tell him that my name is Tris, well, like to be referred to that. I'm normally not this nervous around people but this job means so much to me. I don't want to depend on Tobias to give me money and gifts, like I said earlier, I'm independent and I can do things for myself and not wait for my knight in shining armor to give me bundles of dollars and rings. I want to be able to tell my kids that I had this job since I was little and I can't always be a bartender. I'm gonna have to eventually leave there, but it's still a nice job to have, "Sorry." I take a deep breath and he laughs.
He gives me a warm smile, "Just take a deep breath, I already looked over your resume and I'm really impressed. I just need to ask you a few questions that are mandatory." My heart starts to slow down after I take my breath of air and I feel so much better, "What makes you want to work for Bowling&Co company?" He questions.
"Well, other than the fact that I need a job for money. I really love working with literature. I took the major and side classes along with that, I love it and I always have since I was little," I grin, "I enjoy seeing what other's get from their mind and place it into words."
He nods his head, "I understand, that's beautiful. But, what does that have to do with a publishing company?" My heart starts to get up there again and I start to think that this isn't healthy, "I'm looking for an assistant to help me with more things other than booking my appointments." He folds his arms across his chest.
"I want to work here because it gets me closer to writing. It doesn't matter if I'm working for you just to be an assistant. I actually get to look further into things," I copy his body language and cross my arms, now I am going to give him the truth and stop being so worried. I'm gonna give him the real Tris, "Just being this close to literature makes me content whether it's booking your appointments or talking to the author of the Maze Runner. This is honestly the type of field I'm looking for."
A grin breaks out across his face and we sit there for about a minute of him staring intently and my picking imaginary strings off of my skirt, sometimes I don't know when to stop talking and put a filter on my damn mouth, "You got the job." I nearly bite my lip in half as I suddenly shift in the chair, staring at him with wide eyes, "I don't want to wait for that two day sh*t, I know that you have what I want and there is no doubt about it. You have such a strong flair to you that I know you can handle the strong talk around here. But, if I may ask are you fully American?" He asks as we both stand and for a second I almost fall to the floor out of excitement.
I shake my head at him, just about everyone asks Christina and I this. Especially when we're together, "No, I'm fully Puerto Rican." He nods his head and extends his hand for me to shake it.
"Well, congratulations. You have the job, come in this Thursday at exactly 8 and Margret will fill you in all the information," He opens the door and I nod my head, "And please, don't hesitate to call me Max."
My ear drums nearly burst as Christina screams loudly and throws her arms around my neck. She jumps up and down and I laugh loudly at her, while I hear the girls congratulate me behind her. She continues to scream and wraps her legs around my waist, "We're going out tonight to celebrate!" She jumps out of my arms and claps her hands rapidly while running to her closet and throwing out many items.
Once all of the girls were finished with what they needed to get done, we decided to meet up at our old apartment so I can break the news. Shauna and everyone came over and when I told them that I got the job, this is the reaction I got from them. It's nearing 6 in the afternoon and I have yet to tell Tobias when he gets home. But, now the girls want to go out, "It's not necessary. It's just another job for me to have."
"Three jobs? Damn, that's a lot." Lynn shakes her head. Then it dawns on me, I love working at the Pit, I love working at the studio with Robert, and now I'm excited to start this job with Max. I bite my lip and just nod, I guess I'm gonna have to ask Tobias what should I do. I might have to stop working with Robert because its no way in hell that I'm going to leave Tori and Lauren. . . I do answer my own questions.
My thoughts come to a halt when a dress lands on my head and I hear Marlene chuckle, "Space Ibiza is open today, surprisingly. They're never open." Christina walks out of the closet with at least tons of clothing on both of her arms. She looks at all of us as we lounge around in her room, watching her as she goes crazy.
"Why in the hell are we going to celebrate a job that I needed." I shake my head, sitting up from Marlene's arms, "Honestly, if we're going to celebrate let's call the damn pizza man and get tons of food while watching movies with our men. So, I don't want to get all dressed up on a Tuesday to go to a club."
Christina lets out a scream of frustration and throws the clothes on the ground before she stalks to the living room and returns with a bottle of water and a menu to Domino's, "Fine, only because it's your day and you got the job. I'm not gonna be a bad friend and drag you somewhere you don't want to go." All of the girls applaud her and she rolls her eyes, "But, we're going to invite the boys over and tell them to bring alcohol. No excuses." She throws the pamphlet at me and sits on top of Lynn who instantly throws her to the bed.
"I'll call Four, Christina you call the boys and Shauna, Marlene, order the pizza. Lynn and Tyla, start bringing movies, pillows, and blankets to the front." I clap my hands together while I stand up, "I want a lot of pizza, I'm starving." I reach into my drawer where my old clothes sit and I undress into something more comfortable. I decide on a pair of sweatpants and a short sleeve t-shirt with socks. I pull my hair into a bun and start to take off my barely there make up while I call Tobias on the phone.
"Hello?" His deep voice booms against the phone, sounding a little bit upset.
I furrow my eyebrows and shift on the sofa, "Hey babe, where are you?"
"Finishing up at the office."
"Great, stop by your apartment and get some comfy clothes then meet us back here at my apartment."
"Okay. . . but, us?"
"Yes, us. I have some great news to tell them and you. So, we are going to hang out. No further questions, bye!"
[Tobias]
I drive with confusion and frustration. All I want to do is hear if Tris got the job and then celebrate with her all night long regardless if she got it or not. But from the sound of her happiness, it sounded like she got the job―but of course knowing Tris, she probably didn't get it. You would never know with her. I arrive to their apartment in less than 30 minutes and when I get there I see the cars of the guys and I'm assuming that they're there along with the girls which is a total disappointment. If Christina wasn't going to be there, and Tris was there by herself, we could have definitely had a great time.
I buzz the knob on their door and I hear it unlock, and when I open the door I nearly kick the poor cat who meow's at me across the hall. I just let out a sigh and walk up the steps. I stopped by the apartment and got dressed in something more comfortable which was some jeans and a t-shirt with a jacket. The door swings open and Marlene gives me a big smile and wave of her hand, welcoming me in like it's her damn apartment, "Hello, buddy!" She has the audacity to jump on my back and I almost swing her on the floor, but then I remember that I could break her back and then Uriah wouldn't talk to me.
"Marlene, get the hell off of me." I feel her shake her head as she loosely hangs on my back, I spot Uriah on the couch, eating some pizza and my stomach instantly growls at the sight of it. I haven't realized how hungry I am. I have been working so hard lately that I haven't had time to go to lunch with the guys, let alone eat it when they bring it to me, "Uriah, tell your girlfriend to get off of me."
"I see you're hanging out." He says, slapping his knee making me groan and walk to the kitchen where I see Christina, Lynn, Zeke, Shauna, Tyla, Christian, and my babygirl who is sitting on the counter with a plate of pizza on her lap.
Lynn is the first one who recognizes us and for once I see a smile on her face, "What in the hell, Mar." Tris head looks up and she instantly throws it back with laughter, followed by everyone in here.
"How is that possible?" Tyla questions as a silence washes over all of us, "Me next!" Everyone starts screaming at once at who wants to get on my back, and my lifesaver, Zeke steps in and pulls her off of my back and I turn around and glare at her as she laughs. I walk over to Tris and kiss her cheek while Christian frisbee tosses me a paper plate and I scan the food out in front of us on the island.
"Okay, time for the good news. IDIOTS COME HERE!" Once everyone is here and Will appears from the back, "Okay, no time to have an heartfelt opening. Odio cuando la gente hace esto, esto toma para joder alguna vez-"
"What in the hell?" Tyla stutters out as I look at my girlfriend who got extremely pissed for a second.
I slowly take a bite of my pizza and she laughs, "Okay, well, I got the job! I work the big publishing company Bowling&Co, I walked in there and basically got the job." I pull Tris in to my arms as everyone congratulates her. I hate having her work but I am trying hard to let her stay home and just let her do everything other than having the stress of two jobs, she still hasn't made her decisions about that, "Now, only because Christina wanted us to celebrate and go to the club. We can drink some alcohol." She reaches into the cabinet behind her head and holds out some whisky and bourbon that looks new and ready to use, I could really use a drink now.
Before I started dating Tris, this would be the night I would go to the bar and get slightly tipsy so that I would have a good night sleep and be ready for work tomorrow with a slight headache, nothing I would drown in with Advil. We make our way to the living room with our food and drinks and I pull Tris to my chest while our friends choose a movie.
"I never got to personally tell you congratulations." I pull Tris to my chest as we stand in the middle of her bedroom. We ended up drinking all of the liquor, well most of it since it was a lot of us. Half way through the bourbon, we realized that we were mostly tipsy, well they were so they all decided to crash here seeing as most of their jobs are located in Brooklyn and their homes.
Except for mine, but I refuse to leave Tris and she doesn't want me to go which leaves me sleeping here and waking up early in the damn morning to make sure that I get ready in time for work. Zeke and Will is here, so we will most likely be late together. I'm sleeping in Tris' room, and I had to fight off Zeke and Shauna who wanted to sleep on the floor in here. Christina, and Will are in Christina's room. Christian, and Tyla are on the couch, Marlene and Uriah are sharing the comfy recliner and Lynn, Zeke, and Shauna are going to sleep on the floor, which is on the comfy rug so everyone has a place to sleep and comfortable.
After watching two horror movies, and eating all of the pizza and drinking alcohol, we retreated to bed. It's early for us, close to midnight. Tris and Christina passed out toothbrushes they had and we all got ready for bed. I look down at the beauty in my arms and push her curly hair out of her face, looking into her mixture of grey-blue eyes. Yeah, she's beautiful, hot even. But, guys would just want her for looks and showcasing her, I know they would. But, past the exterior she's so much more than a pretty face, she's down the earth and funny. I love her and I've never felt this way about a girl, "Thank you." She giggles at me and puckers her lips to me, and without warning I press my lips to her's more-than-softly and she gasps with a surprised expression.
I pull away from her to see that she has a lustful and happy glint in her eyes and I can't help but to smile and feel excitement swarm through my body, "This shall be fun." And that's all it takes.
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I hope that you are enjoying this, here is Chapter 29. There is a lot more drama coming up so just don't think it's going to be cliche and fun for them.
