A/N: Ok, despite of my vows to not write due to my homework problem, I have
had it. I have to write or else I will go insane. Yeah! Insane! As in
crazy, as if I am not already one. -_- anyway! So on with the damn story. I
want to write it so bad anyway. R/R plz and thanx for the revus! ^_^
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Many of life's failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
Sonoko searched through in the little workroom they had set up.
"What are you looking for?" Michiru called.
"I'll show you as soon as I find it," Sonoko's muffled voice came, "I know it's here somewhere!"
"What?" Michiru asked once again.
"You'll see!" came the answer. Michiru mindlessly flipped through the channels. She didn't feel like doing much. Just a day ago she was at the interview and she wasn't sure if she did well or not. She sighed as she remembered her interview. The man had not asked her many questions. Mostly why she was applying for the job and why she was a reporter or writer or whatever. Unconsciously she pulled at a thread in the couch.
"Ta da!" Sonoko's voice came and Michiru looked up. Her friend was holding a report portfolio. They always made little report portfolios on anything they worked on. The portfolios usually contained pictures and info.
"Look at this one!" Sonoko said, "I knew we did it!"
"Did what?" Michiru asked, still half lost in her memory.
"Look at the title." Sonoko pushed the portfolio into her face, "Tenou Haruka-Famous Racecar Driver."
"Tenou?" Michiru thought for a second, "Tenou was the name of the company we went to."
"Yup!" Sonoko said, sitting beside Michiru and opening the portfolio. She opened it and revealed a picture of a handsome young blonde in front of a racecar.
"Cute, ain't he?" Sonoko asked.
"Uh." Michiru could care less.
"WRONG!" Sonoko said it so loud that Michiru jumped up.
"What is wrong with you?" Michiru asked.
"See the headline for our article," she asked showing it to Michiru, "Tenou Haruka: The Girl Under The Helmet"
"Girl?" Michiru asked, looking over, "Oh, I remember this one! We did this 3 years ago! Why are we looking at it now?"
"Because the guy that interviewed me was this girl!" Sonoko said, "I knew I had seen her somewhere before!"
"The guy is a girl?" Michiru looked at her, questioningly, "What are you trying to say?"
"Only that the famous Tenou Haruka, racecar driver, female, is now the owner of the Tenou Corporation and is a racecar driver no more." Sonoko explained, "This is a great story in our hands here! I should have snapped a picture of her yesterday!"
"Oh!" Michiru said, "So? Nobody wants to hear about a stupid magazine company anyway! But an article like this sounds much better: Tenou Haruka, female, however old she is, former racecar driver, found in a crummy office. What made this jubilant young women get up from in front of a driving wheel and sit behind a dusty old desk?"
"Yeah!" Sonoko replied, getting excited, "And I can take a picture of her with her mouth open and you can write something brilliant about it like: Tenou Haruka finally opens her mouth."
"Yeah!" Michiru said, "We can do all that if she doesn't give us a job!"
"It will be revenge!" Sonoko said and the two women giggled at the thought of it.
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"Hey, are the letters for the interview thing finished?" Haruka asked Koruko.
"Yes!" Koruko said, "All done finally. Would you like to mail them out or do you want me to do it?" Koruko asked Haruka.
"Um," she looked at a notebook, "I have an appointment today at the new Grand Plaza building. Why don't you take care of it? And make sure you tell Jano-san about the new section, ok? I will check out the progress on the front cover on my way." With that Haruka grabbed her jacket and walked outside mumbling at her schedule.
"Ok then!" Koruko called. He then picked up the phone and called someone.
"Yes, Jano-san, have you made space for the new celebrity section? That's good. I want you finish editing all the sections out as soon as possible. Since last month we had a best selling, I don't want to delay the magazines any longer this month. Yes, that's good." He then hung up and sat down on one of the chairs. Then he went to his compartment and addressed the two acceptance letters.
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"Look at this coffee!" Sonoko yelled, "Michiru help! I can't make it! It looks like black water."
"It is supposed to look like black water!" came Michiru's voice, "You have to put milk in it!"
"Oh, ok!" Sonoko said and Michiru hopped into the kitchen on one foot while trying to take her anklet off her other.
"Why are you taking that off?" Sonoko asked.
"I am not wearing that to work!" Michiru exclaimed.
"Yes you are!" Sonoko said, "Freedom of speech, remember. Put it back on!"
"What does freedom of speech has to with this?" Michiru asked, looking at her very unappealing coffee.
"Just put it back on!" Sonoko said, but Michiru slid the anklet into her pure on the table.
"Your coffee is like black water," Michiru said, "It tastes like black water as well."
"I told you so!" Sonoko said, "But NO! You had to tell me to make the coffee! You know I am no good in the kitchen!"
"What would you do without me here?" Michiru shook her head.
"And what would you do without ME?" Sonoko yelled suddenly, "Because if I wasn't here you wouldn't know that we are very late on the very first day of our job!"
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"You say you got the acceptance letter two days ago?" Koruko asked from his seat. The two women stood in front of him quietly.
"Yes sir," Michiru replied.
"So, you had two days to get ready." Koruko said, "This is the first time I have seen people, who have two days to get ready, be late. You two are truly remarkable."
"We are sorry sir." Sonoko said.
"Punctuality is a disease I have," Koruko told them, "Either you come on time or you don't come at all, understood?" They both nodded.
"Very good," Koruko said and opened his drawer, "Now if I remember correctly..." Koruko didn't have time to respond because right then the door of his office opened up and a very flustered Haruka ran in. Her tie wasn't in place, there were numerous papers in her hands, and there was a piece of bagel in her mouth.
"Sorry!" she told Koruko, her voice muffled, "Here are the papers, I have read and signed them all. And then here are the letters from the meeting yesterday, I have read them, you can read them over as well, and write a positive reply." Then Haruka went to her office. Koruko looked at the papers then looked at the ladies, who were giggling, and very unsuccessfully trying to stop themselves.
"Very busy person." Koruko tried to explain.
"Oh!" they were still giggling.
"Stop it!" he snapped. Michiru put a hand on her mouth and stopped mid- giggle, but Sonoko burst out laughing even more at Michiru's abrupt stop. Koruko tried to stop his smile, but he couldn't help it. Haruka walked out of her office, her tie and all in place.
"Well, good morning." She said to the girls, "I slept in late, Koruko, I am sorry. Well as I say better late then never." Sonoko had finally stopped giggling. They both stood there, watching the two of them.
"Better late then never?" Sonoko whispered to Michiru who elbowed her.
"You two must be the new writer and photographer. My name is Tenou Haruka and I am the owner of this company. Unfortunately there is only one of me, so only one of you will get to work with me for the first week. The other will have to stay with Koruko, sadly so." She said in one breath, "So now we are very behind schedule, so Tenshino-san, please come with me. We will begin right away..."
"Call me Sonoko sir," Sonoko said, "And if you don't mind, may I ask you something?"
~No! No!~ Michiru mind yelled ~don't ask you idiot~
"Sure," Haruka replied.
"I know that you are the former racecar driver, Tenou Haruka. My friend Michiru had always taught me to ask questions, since she is a reporter..."
~I did not~ Michiru said in her mind.
~What is she trying t say?~ Haruka wondered.
"What I am trying to say is why did you stop driving?" Sonoko asked with puppy dog eyes.
~Uh oh~ Koruko thought suddenly. Haruka stood there for a moment, then smiled a thin smile.
"You are the type of people I admire," she said slowly, "The one who ask questions without hesitation. You are exactly what our company needs. Next time you may ask as many questions as you please but I will not answer the inappropriate ones." Michiru and Sonoko stared at the sudden change of attitude. Koruko felt a bit annoyed of Sonoko because of the way she had shattered Haruka's good mood.
"Shall we go Tenshino-san?" Haruka asked, her voice very stern.
"Sonoko," Sonoko told him stubbornly, "Yes, let's go." Haruka walked out, and Sonoko followed her, making a face at her back, which only Michiru could see.
"That bumbling fool," Michiru mumbled.
"Pardon?" Koruko asked.
"Nothing."
"Haruka can be very hard to work with, when she gets mad." Koruko told Michiru.
"If there is anyone who can be really annoying it's Sonoko. I feel sorry for your boss, rather than for Sonoko." Michiru told him and he looked surprisingly at her. Then he sighed and nodded.
"The first thing is we are going to meet the head editor." He said, "Then I am going to assign you a little job and leave you alone, ok?" Koruko told her and she nodded absently. She was sure she would hear world war 3 start shortly from the room where Sonoko and Haruka had gone to.
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A/N: wahhh! I cannot get a good cliffy for this! I need some action here, but it needs to wait and I can't wait! I am so impatient! Anyway! I got this chapter done faster than I expected! Yay! Now I can do other things. Anyway R/R plz and hope you liked it. ^_^
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Many of life's failure are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up
Sonoko searched through in the little workroom they had set up.
"What are you looking for?" Michiru called.
"I'll show you as soon as I find it," Sonoko's muffled voice came, "I know it's here somewhere!"
"What?" Michiru asked once again.
"You'll see!" came the answer. Michiru mindlessly flipped through the channels. She didn't feel like doing much. Just a day ago she was at the interview and she wasn't sure if she did well or not. She sighed as she remembered her interview. The man had not asked her many questions. Mostly why she was applying for the job and why she was a reporter or writer or whatever. Unconsciously she pulled at a thread in the couch.
"Ta da!" Sonoko's voice came and Michiru looked up. Her friend was holding a report portfolio. They always made little report portfolios on anything they worked on. The portfolios usually contained pictures and info.
"Look at this one!" Sonoko said, "I knew we did it!"
"Did what?" Michiru asked, still half lost in her memory.
"Look at the title." Sonoko pushed the portfolio into her face, "Tenou Haruka-Famous Racecar Driver."
"Tenou?" Michiru thought for a second, "Tenou was the name of the company we went to."
"Yup!" Sonoko said, sitting beside Michiru and opening the portfolio. She opened it and revealed a picture of a handsome young blonde in front of a racecar.
"Cute, ain't he?" Sonoko asked.
"Uh." Michiru could care less.
"WRONG!" Sonoko said it so loud that Michiru jumped up.
"What is wrong with you?" Michiru asked.
"See the headline for our article," she asked showing it to Michiru, "Tenou Haruka: The Girl Under The Helmet"
"Girl?" Michiru asked, looking over, "Oh, I remember this one! We did this 3 years ago! Why are we looking at it now?"
"Because the guy that interviewed me was this girl!" Sonoko said, "I knew I had seen her somewhere before!"
"The guy is a girl?" Michiru looked at her, questioningly, "What are you trying to say?"
"Only that the famous Tenou Haruka, racecar driver, female, is now the owner of the Tenou Corporation and is a racecar driver no more." Sonoko explained, "This is a great story in our hands here! I should have snapped a picture of her yesterday!"
"Oh!" Michiru said, "So? Nobody wants to hear about a stupid magazine company anyway! But an article like this sounds much better: Tenou Haruka, female, however old she is, former racecar driver, found in a crummy office. What made this jubilant young women get up from in front of a driving wheel and sit behind a dusty old desk?"
"Yeah!" Sonoko replied, getting excited, "And I can take a picture of her with her mouth open and you can write something brilliant about it like: Tenou Haruka finally opens her mouth."
"Yeah!" Michiru said, "We can do all that if she doesn't give us a job!"
"It will be revenge!" Sonoko said and the two women giggled at the thought of it.
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"Hey, are the letters for the interview thing finished?" Haruka asked Koruko.
"Yes!" Koruko said, "All done finally. Would you like to mail them out or do you want me to do it?" Koruko asked Haruka.
"Um," she looked at a notebook, "I have an appointment today at the new Grand Plaza building. Why don't you take care of it? And make sure you tell Jano-san about the new section, ok? I will check out the progress on the front cover on my way." With that Haruka grabbed her jacket and walked outside mumbling at her schedule.
"Ok then!" Koruko called. He then picked up the phone and called someone.
"Yes, Jano-san, have you made space for the new celebrity section? That's good. I want you finish editing all the sections out as soon as possible. Since last month we had a best selling, I don't want to delay the magazines any longer this month. Yes, that's good." He then hung up and sat down on one of the chairs. Then he went to his compartment and addressed the two acceptance letters.
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"Look at this coffee!" Sonoko yelled, "Michiru help! I can't make it! It looks like black water."
"It is supposed to look like black water!" came Michiru's voice, "You have to put milk in it!"
"Oh, ok!" Sonoko said and Michiru hopped into the kitchen on one foot while trying to take her anklet off her other.
"Why are you taking that off?" Sonoko asked.
"I am not wearing that to work!" Michiru exclaimed.
"Yes you are!" Sonoko said, "Freedom of speech, remember. Put it back on!"
"What does freedom of speech has to with this?" Michiru asked, looking at her very unappealing coffee.
"Just put it back on!" Sonoko said, but Michiru slid the anklet into her pure on the table.
"Your coffee is like black water," Michiru said, "It tastes like black water as well."
"I told you so!" Sonoko said, "But NO! You had to tell me to make the coffee! You know I am no good in the kitchen!"
"What would you do without me here?" Michiru shook her head.
"And what would you do without ME?" Sonoko yelled suddenly, "Because if I wasn't here you wouldn't know that we are very late on the very first day of our job!"
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"You say you got the acceptance letter two days ago?" Koruko asked from his seat. The two women stood in front of him quietly.
"Yes sir," Michiru replied.
"So, you had two days to get ready." Koruko said, "This is the first time I have seen people, who have two days to get ready, be late. You two are truly remarkable."
"We are sorry sir." Sonoko said.
"Punctuality is a disease I have," Koruko told them, "Either you come on time or you don't come at all, understood?" They both nodded.
"Very good," Koruko said and opened his drawer, "Now if I remember correctly..." Koruko didn't have time to respond because right then the door of his office opened up and a very flustered Haruka ran in. Her tie wasn't in place, there were numerous papers in her hands, and there was a piece of bagel in her mouth.
"Sorry!" she told Koruko, her voice muffled, "Here are the papers, I have read and signed them all. And then here are the letters from the meeting yesterday, I have read them, you can read them over as well, and write a positive reply." Then Haruka went to her office. Koruko looked at the papers then looked at the ladies, who were giggling, and very unsuccessfully trying to stop themselves.
"Very busy person." Koruko tried to explain.
"Oh!" they were still giggling.
"Stop it!" he snapped. Michiru put a hand on her mouth and stopped mid- giggle, but Sonoko burst out laughing even more at Michiru's abrupt stop. Koruko tried to stop his smile, but he couldn't help it. Haruka walked out of her office, her tie and all in place.
"Well, good morning." She said to the girls, "I slept in late, Koruko, I am sorry. Well as I say better late then never." Sonoko had finally stopped giggling. They both stood there, watching the two of them.
"Better late then never?" Sonoko whispered to Michiru who elbowed her.
"You two must be the new writer and photographer. My name is Tenou Haruka and I am the owner of this company. Unfortunately there is only one of me, so only one of you will get to work with me for the first week. The other will have to stay with Koruko, sadly so." She said in one breath, "So now we are very behind schedule, so Tenshino-san, please come with me. We will begin right away..."
"Call me Sonoko sir," Sonoko said, "And if you don't mind, may I ask you something?"
~No! No!~ Michiru mind yelled ~don't ask you idiot~
"Sure," Haruka replied.
"I know that you are the former racecar driver, Tenou Haruka. My friend Michiru had always taught me to ask questions, since she is a reporter..."
~I did not~ Michiru said in her mind.
~What is she trying t say?~ Haruka wondered.
"What I am trying to say is why did you stop driving?" Sonoko asked with puppy dog eyes.
~Uh oh~ Koruko thought suddenly. Haruka stood there for a moment, then smiled a thin smile.
"You are the type of people I admire," she said slowly, "The one who ask questions without hesitation. You are exactly what our company needs. Next time you may ask as many questions as you please but I will not answer the inappropriate ones." Michiru and Sonoko stared at the sudden change of attitude. Koruko felt a bit annoyed of Sonoko because of the way she had shattered Haruka's good mood.
"Shall we go Tenshino-san?" Haruka asked, her voice very stern.
"Sonoko," Sonoko told him stubbornly, "Yes, let's go." Haruka walked out, and Sonoko followed her, making a face at her back, which only Michiru could see.
"That bumbling fool," Michiru mumbled.
"Pardon?" Koruko asked.
"Nothing."
"Haruka can be very hard to work with, when she gets mad." Koruko told Michiru.
"If there is anyone who can be really annoying it's Sonoko. I feel sorry for your boss, rather than for Sonoko." Michiru told him and he looked surprisingly at her. Then he sighed and nodded.
"The first thing is we are going to meet the head editor." He said, "Then I am going to assign you a little job and leave you alone, ok?" Koruko told her and she nodded absently. She was sure she would hear world war 3 start shortly from the room where Sonoko and Haruka had gone to.
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A/N: wahhh! I cannot get a good cliffy for this! I need some action here, but it needs to wait and I can't wait! I am so impatient! Anyway! I got this chapter done faster than I expected! Yay! Now I can do other things. Anyway R/R plz and hope you liked it. ^_^