Author's Note: Another day another update, please read and review! Bella receives some exciting news this chapter.
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight, I just wish I did. Especially Edward =)
Wednesday morning I finally got around to taking a look at the vampire story draft, I was surprised to find that I loved it and couldn't put it down. It was well written overall and required only minimal tweaking to bring it up to scratch.
This was going to be a best seller and Trish was going to be thrilled, we had been looking for a draft this good to publish for a while, you know something with the X factor, that little something special.
I noted that the writer was planning on making it a series if all went well. She was going to be pleasantly surprised I thought to myself.
I picked up the phone and pressed the line to Trish's office.
"Trish speaking" she answered.
"Trish its Bella, I've been looking over that draft you gave me, Midnight Sun, the vampire story, have you got a moment or two to talk about it?" I asked.
"Sure Bella, I'm free now if you want to pop into my office."
"I'll be there in a minute" I told her hanging up the phone.
I gathered up the draft and my notes and headed up to Trish's office, I straightened my belted form fitting midnight blue dress and knocked.
"So Bella, tell me what you think" she said as walked into her office and sat down.
"Honestly it's amazing" I told her, "It draws you in during the very first chapter and immediately you're hooked. I couldn't put it down" I continued.
She grinned at me, "Tell me more" she said clasping her hands together.
"It will be without a doubt a best seller. The writer has mentioned she plans on making it a series if it does well which I can already see it will. I think this is the book we've been looking for."
Trish nodded in agreement, "I trust your judgement Bella but can I take a quick look?" she asked.
I nodded handing over the first chapter.
She read it quickly, the smile on her face getting wider as she read on. "You're right, it's amazing and it definitely has that something extra. Congratulations on finding this book Bella, I know you pushed for us to take it on and it paid off" she said happily.
"I want you to contact the author, let her know we want to publish her. Finish reviewing the draft and make any changes you think necessary."
I nodded, "Have the draft to me by this time next week."
"Sure Trish, I'll contact her immediately and arrange a time to meet to go over the draft and discuss the particulars" I replied.
"Sounds perfect Bella and well done" Trish added smiling.
I headed straight for my office and picked up the phone. I contemplated calling Edward as we had discussed at lunch yesterday but thought the better of it after the awkwardness of last night.
I put the phone down and picked up the draft immersing myself in a fantasy world of sparkly vampires.
My day flew by and for the first time ever I found it hard to leave work. I decided to take the draft home and try and work on it tonight. I was leaving early anyway on Trish's instruction for missing my lunch break.
I headed home eager to carry on with the draft to find we had guests of the male variety, to be more specific, Emmett, Jasper and Edward.
"Hey hey hey Bellsy" Emmett greeted me as I walked through the door.
"Hey there Em, hey guys" I said walking into the living room and putting my bag down.
"You look pretty pleased with yourself" Rose remarked as I sat down next to Jasper.
"Good day at work" I replied, "I started on that vampire draft I was pushing for us to take on and it looks like it paid off" I added.
"That's brilliant babe!" Rose exclaimed.
"So it's a good read then?" asked Edward coming over to sit beside me.
I nodded, "I can't put it down" I added sheepishly, "I actually bought it home to work on it."
Edward chuckled, "That good huh?"
"Dinner's up!" Alice announced effectively killing the conversation.
I didn't get much of a chance to talk to Edward for the rest of the night but I was pleased he didn't seem to feel awkward at all after last night. I went to bed and worked on the draft for a while before falling asleep.
Friday arrived before I knew it, it felt like a hell of lot longer since last Friday than just one week. I showered and dressed for work quickly in charcoal grey dress pants and a white blouse with a patterned scarf.
When I arrived at the office I quickly set my things in my lockable cupboard and headed down to the board room for the weekly meeting.
"Bella, good morning, I was wondering if we could have a quick word in my office before the meeting" Trish asked.
"Of course" I replied following her up to her office.
"Take a seat Bella" she said gesturing towards the seat in front of her desk.
"Now you may recall last week I mentioned in the meeting that there was going to be an opening in the management team here and that I would be looking within our current publishing team to promote someone for the position."
I nodded, not sure where she was going with this.
"Bella I would like to offer the position to you" she told me, "You are perfect for the role and we would be thrilled to have you on board with the management team."
I stared at her in total shock.
She smiled hugely at me.
Recovering I answered her, "Thank you Trish, I'd love to take the position" I smiled back feeling beyond ecstatic.
"Excellent, after the meeting we'll sort out the particulars, contract, new salary and a bigger office. Also I'll let you know who will be on your team, you'll have the power to delegate to them drafts we receive and decide which ones you yourself would like to take on based on the strengths of each of your team members. You have shown you are more than capable of picking the right drafts to publish on more than one occasion so I'm certain you'll be perfect for the role."
"Thank you, I really appreciate the opportunity" I told her honestly.
She grinned at me again, "Let's head to the meeting, I have to announce you as our newest publishing manager."
The meeting went well; everyone was pleased for me in terms of my new job role. Afterwards I met Trish in her office to go over the finer details. My new office was just down the hall from my old one and was a lot bigger.
It turned out that the reason we had been reporting to Trish lately was because the manger of our publishing team (which covered fiction/novels as opposed to other forms of writing) had left and I was the one taking over the role.
On my floor there was Angela, Tim, Laura, Lisa and Mike. Ah well you can't get everything you want in life.
The rest of the day was filled with signing contracts and settling in to my new office. I headed home that night looking forward for once to going out clubbing since I had something to celebrate.