Chapter 4 First Day At The Office
A/N Here's another chappie, written and produced by none other than moi! Enjoy!
"Cagalli, you know where your office is, right?" asked Ochika, smiling at her daughter, who was complaining about her office uniform, as she had to wear a skirt.
"Duh, it's just two crossroads away from here," replied Cagalli, adjusting her blouse and putting on her office coat.
"Relax, you look smart." complemented Ochika knowingly, getting ready for work herself.
"Thanks, see you at dinner," replied Cagalli, giving Holly a quick scratch behind the ears before slipping out the front door.
"Aw, she's all grown up and working," said Ochika watching her daughter walk down the street, handbag in hand.
Holly barked, agreeing with Ochika, wagging her tail excitedly.
"Now you be a good girl, don't scratch or knaw at the furniture." warned Ochika, waggling a finger at Holly, who sat obediently by the front gate of the house like a guard dog, though she wasn't much of one in terms of size.
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Cagalli signed her name at the guard house and entered the office building. Goodness, the heels were killing her, to think she had to wear this so as long as she worked here.
Cagalli turned left to where the boss's office was. Her hand was on the door, but she hesitated and started to wonder about who the boss would be?
Would he be someone she knew? Would he be strict or fierce?
Cagalli quickly dismissed all her thoughts, neatened her hair in the reflection on the doorframe and knocked on the door before entering.
The swivel chair spun around to reveal a young man with platinum blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Did I say you could come in?" he snapped, slamming his hand down onto the wooden desk.
"Hey, I'm sorry, but at least I knocked!" retorted Cagalli, her eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.
"I don't care, go out, knock and come back in when I say you can." barked the boss, catapulting to his feet and pointing at the doorway.
Cagalli grudgingly obeyed, telling herself that it was her first day, and her mother wouldn't be pleased if she busted the whole thing.
Cagalli knocked hard on the door, waiting for the irritating voice of her boss to invite her in.
She heard nothing, so she waited a while longer. 1 minute, 2, 3, 10, 12. "YEAAAAAARGH! DO YOU TAKE ME FOR A FOOL?" bellowed Cagalli storming into her boss's office.
To her surprise, he didn't even twitch an eye or even flinch at her outburst. "I expected it. You're insolent, hot-tempered, impatient and stubborn!" said her boss insultingly.
"Whatever, you haven't even told me how to adress you yet." hissed Cagalli loudly, her teeth clenched.
"Mr. Jule, just call me that, lady," replied her boss, sending her off on her way into the office beside his.
"Tsk! That bastard! Who does he take me for? A 5 year old child?" exclaimed Cagalli throwing her handbag onto her desk and slumping into her chair.
To hr horror, she found a stack of thick files waiting for her on her desk. "Sort them out according to date, everything by today!" Read Cagalli, crushing up the note and throwing it into the dustbin under her desk.
"Has he lost his marbles? Every single file! Sort out every single document in thef iles by today! I ain't some super robot, you know!" said Cagalli, counting all thef iles on her desk, totalling to a number of 14 files.
Suddenly the phone rang, "HELLO?" asked Cagalli, feeling very outraged.
"Miss Cagalli, I'm Miss Miriallia Haww, the manager of this company. I'd like to let you know that business has been bad lately, and another company is planning to take over. So don't throw yourself into your work, as if we do get taken over, your scheme of work may change greatly." explained the calm and serene voice from over the phone.
"Yes, ok thank you for notifying me." replied Cagalli bluntly, slamming the phone back down onto the receiver.
"It's no wonder the company is so vulnerable! It's boss is so careless and annoying!" Cagalli muttered to herself, and opening one of the files to being her work.
She looked at the documents one by one, all the dates were jumbled up ranging from the 1990s to that the year she was in now!
It'd take a whole entire day to finish one file, let alone 14! This was going to be a bad day, in fact it was going to be a bad day everyday!
Cagalli'd probably be the only soul jumping for joy if their company were to be taken over, because there would be a change of boss. Hopefully the new boss wouldn't even be half as harsh as Mr. Jule, and that her workload wouldn't be weighing down on her so badly.
The clock ticked by, as time seemed to fly by awfully fast as the blonde secretary struggled to finish her workload for the day. But by the time it was 5.25 p.m, 5 minutes before the company closed, she had only finished 3 files!
Cagalli's office door flew open, and Mr. Jule stepped inside. "Good, I see you've been working hard," he sniggered.
"What's that supposed to mean? I haven't even done half of what's supposed to be in today!" said Cagalli hotly.
"I just put the note there to make you panic so you would work harder and not slack about," laughed Mr. Jule cruelly, walking out of her office.
His laughter could still be heard once the door was shut, and the sound just annoyed Cagalli even more. Goodness, it was driving her up the wall!
Cagalli trudged home with heavy footsteps, but I guess her mood did brighten when she was greeted by Holly who barked and jumped about excitedly.
"My day was horrible so don't ask about it," said cagalli, crouching down and lifting the puppy into her arms.
A/N Ok, that's all done! So will the company get taken over? And if it does? Who will be the new boss? I think it's quite obvious who the boss will be, but tune in the next chapter to find out more!