-Meeting Them All-
Sakura woke up the next morning to the sound of her alarm clock. She glanced at it and noticed that it read 6:00. She pulled herself out of bed and down the hallway of her apartment. She rubbed her eyes as she made it into the bathroom for a shower. A few minutes later, a more awake Sakura walked into her kitchen and began to make breakfast. As she started to eat her bacon and eggs her phone rang.
"Hello, Sakura Kinomoto speaking." Sakura said into the phone.
"Hey Sakura, it's Eriol." A voice could be heard. A smile appeared on her face.
"How are you?" Sakura asked happily.
"I'm good. Tired, but good." Eriol laughed. Sakura began to chuckle as well.
"So you called?" Sakura questioned. It wasn't like Eriol to call. Especially at 6:30 in the morning.
"Oh yeah. Just wondering if you could pick up some streamers for tonight. I also invited Mr. Hattlin. Well, he kind of invited himself." Eriol chuckled, unsure if it was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Yeah sure I can. Just make sure to keep all valuables hidden, okay?" Sakura made sure she was clear. It wasn't like her boss was a theif or anything. He just liked to borrow stuff without giving it back!
"Thanks Sakura." Eriol said.
"Any time Eriol. Bye!" Sakura replied and hung up the phone. She would be able to get some streamers after work since she was getting off early.
Sakura made sure that she was ready and had everything before she closed and locked her front door and proceeded down the elevator. She made her way into the car and down the road. Within almost 20 minutes, Sakura had made it to work. Grabbing her breifcase and coffee she made her way through the front doors and up 2 flights of stairs, until she reached her floor. She then walked down another hall, passing her boss and 2 other employees.
"Miss Kinomoto, I hope you have your report." Mr. Hattlin said sternly as he passed her office. Sakura turned around to be face to face with him. Sakura took a deep breath and choked. Doesn't this man know of breathmints?
"Finished it last night." Sakura replied and quickly turned into her office. She finally got a breath of fresh air and placed her breifcase on her desk. Walking around to the otherside of her desk, she took a seat in her chair and began to open her bag.
"Sakura? Early? What happened!" Tomoyo's voice could be heard from the doorway. Sakura pretended to laugh at her friends joke and then headed back to work once more. Tomoyo walked into the room and placed her bag on her desk. Then with a sigh, Tomoyo pulled open a bag and dumped out 3 huge packages onto her desk.
"What are those?" Sakura asked curiously, raising an eyebrow. Tomoyo looked up.
"Pictures from last nights Army Reserve Party. Holy there was a lot of people there!" Tomoyo chuckled. She was now grabbing pictures from each different package and reorganizing them. Sakura decided to walk over and take a look at them. There was pi0ctures of men, more men, and drunk men. And one of those drunk men just happened to be Sakura's boss. He was the head of the function, since his one and only son was in the army reserve.
"Is that Mr.Hattlin?" Sakura laughed. She was looking at a picture where her boss, who was half naked, doing the limbo with a red rope, which looked like it had been used to keep onlookers behind it.
"Yes, unfortunately." Tomoyo spat. She shuddered at the thought of last night. Mr. Hattlin had gotten so drunk that he started to hit on Tomoyo without even thinking about his job that could be on the line.
"Oh, are those the photo's from last night!" Mr. Hattlin said as he began to walk into the room. Sakura quickly hid the picture behind her back and smiled. Mr. Hattlin proceeded towards Tomoyo desk and picked up a few photos.
"Keep this one. It shows my good side." He replied and left the room. Once he was no where to be seen, Sakura and Tomoyo burst out laughing that the picture he had just picked out. He was looking at the camera and had a drunken smirk on his face, while having his right arm around an unknown lady, who seemed to be fairly drunk herself.
"What good side was he talking about?" Tomoyo laughed, as she placed the photo on her desk and started to shuffle some more of the pictures together. Sakura grasped her side from laughing so much in such a short time. She then made her way to her desk and pulled out her laptop. She opened a new file and labeled it 'Army Reserve'. Sakura then looked over to Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo.." Sakura said, waiting for her to reply. Tomoyo looked up.
"What?" Tomoyo questioned. Sakura smiled angelically.
"Do you have the disk from those photo's?" Sakura said. Tomoyo grinned and nodded. Sakura's face lit up and ran over to her desk. Tomoyo looked around and then handed a silver disk to Sakura, who then quickly walked back to her desk. She opened up the CD-rom file and placed in the disk. She then closed it and she placed the funniest and most embarassing pictures into her 'Army Reserve' file. Once it saved, there was no turning back.
"Hey Sakura, hey babe." Eriol announced his arrival with a greeting to each of the girls. Sakura waved and Tomoyo got up and kissed him. Sakura stuck out her tongue in disgust.
"You guys, we're here to work, not to make out. Like yesterday!" Sakura told them, looking at the opposite wall as them. Tomoyo laughed and pulled herself away from Eriol.
"Tonight." She whispered and Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Yeah well, Mr. Hattlin is making me work late tonight to finish up some papers for an advertisement. Stupid man." Eriol shook his head.
"Well, you better start up on it. I got a meeting in 20 minutes!" Sakura rushed. She began to run around in the office looking for everything she needed. Within minutes, Sakura had her breifcase, her coffee, her papers and her laptop all lined up along her desk and was standing by the door, straightning out her dark red knee-length skirt.
"Sakura, you look fine. Don't tell me your trying to impress Mr. Hattlin now, are you?" Tomoyo joked while Sakura coughed in disgust. Once she thought her skirt was wrinkle-free, she packed up her stuff and made her way down the hall to the meeting room which she met with her boss and fellow employers almost everyday.
"Good morning everyone, I hope you have your papers." Mr. Hattlin asked as he walked into the room, getting a good glimpse of everyone from the door. He took his regular seat at the end of the table and looked around. Everyone was getting out papers and folders, each holding their own idea's on marketing. Sakura smiled as she was the first one to place her folder infront of him and walk back to her chair. He looked up and smiled back as well.
"Now, since you all have done your papers, we need to go through a few questions." Mr. Hattlin started. He stood up from his large chair and slowly walked over to a white board that hung on the wall right behind him. Everyone was staring intently on what he had to say.
"What is the major group we are learning about again?" Mr. Hattlin questioned, as he too was in thought of what they had gone over the other day.
"I was surprised that he didn't forget about the reports considering he forgot what they were on." A man whispered to Sakura. He was a tall, black haired man whose name was Jason Archibald. Not very bright, but had a great sense of humor which must have been what kept him from getting fired from this job.
"Teens and Young Adults, yes. Thank you Miss Takisha." Mr. Hattlin said and turned to face the white board, writing the words 'teenagers' on the board.
"What are some things that they find the most interesting?" He asked, turning back to the group. All 7 of them were in thought. Sakura was the first with her hand up.
"Yes, Miss Kinomoto?" He asked. Sakura lowered her arm.
"Possibly music and entertainment." She said. Mr. Hattlin thought of that for a second and then nodded.
"Yes, that might be some." He stated, "Any others?". Jason, who sat on Sakura's left, raised his hand. Mr. Hattlin nodded as to tell him to proceed.
"Sex and alcohol." He said, with a serious look. Everyone else held their laughter.Told you it was his humor that kept him in this job. Mr. Hattlin burst out laughing.
"You have a point there Mr. Archibald!" Mr. Hattlin said in between laughs. Then with one breath, Mr. Hattlin was back to his stern self and looked around for more input. Just as he was about to speak his secretary walked in. She smiled sheepishly.
"Sir, you have a call. From the head of department. They say it's urgent." The lady said. She stood queitly at the door til he walked out with her. Once he left, the room became quiet busy with chatter and laughing.
"Your one sick kid, you know that?" A man with a bald head and huge glasses said to Jason. He just sat back in his chair, hands behind his head and feet on the table.
"I'm just that kind of man." He joked, making most of the men laugh and the women to roll their eyes. It was amazing that this job came with so many nice people with such great atributes like Jason. Just looking at them made Sakura wonder.
The man on Jason's left was Mr. Kyle Myte, a man of few words. He was the silent type, but he got his job done with a 110.
Beside him was Miss Yuli Takisha. She was the flirt in the office, and usually ended up getting some male workers fired because they never could do their job around her. It also a surprise that Mr. Hattlin kept her, probably for 'personal reasons' I pressume.
Beside her was Martha Ruddle. Man could this woman put up a fight, er, argument. She looks about 70 years old, but has the mind of 3 lawyers. Most people go to her when their looking for a great insult against another employee or when their looking for advice on how to prove a point.
Now beside her was the great Mr. Harvey Love. He was like a male version of Miss Takisha. He made all the woman melt with just one glance and his charming smile. Sakura sometimes couldn't resist herself, but she didn't want to have her job on the line as well. I'm not sure how smart he is, but I don't think that Mr. Hattlin is keeping him for 'personal reasons' as well. Is he?
Last but not least, the man sitting on his left and my right was Mr Corey G. Hunt. He was the bald headed one with thick glasses. No one knows what the G. stands for, but no one really wants to ask. He's kind of like the creepy stalker guy of a group who stalks all the pretty girls and wants to just like all the cool guys. I try to keep away from him and his grabby hands as much as possible.
And then there's me, Miss Sakura Kinomoto. Obviously, conseriding I already went through the other six people, which leaves only one. My job is like my life. I wouldn't want to lose it. I work with my best friend, Tomoyo, and her boyfriend, Eriol. I get great pay, great vacation times and of course my job lets me travel to many places to meet new people. I love my job.
A few minutes later, Mr. Hattlin walked back into the meeting room, fuming from the ears. Everyone fell silent. He pulled together all the folders that everyone had handed him earlier. He then looked up at everyones surprised faces.
"This meeting is finished." He spat and left the room. Everyone was too stunned to move. Then his secretary walked in, again still smiling shyly.
"What was that about!" Mr. Archibald chuckled. The secretary looked at him.
"The head of department gave him a hard time. It seems as if you might be getting a new employee." She smiled and left the room. The whole group of people looked at eachother. Some with excitement and others with nervousness. Sakura was just plain shocked. She thought that there was too many people working the same job, but now there might be another. What if he has to fire some people. Sakura decided that it was best to leave, head back to her office and try to think of what tonight would be like.
What has the future got in store for her?