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Note : Words in italics here are the thoughts of Ashley.
Chapter 2
Back at the office…
It had been a few hours since they came back for lunch which Ashley felt like an eternity due to the never ending paperwork.
It was close to 7.30 pm when a woman with hot pink hair tied up in two ponytails entered the office wearing a pair of mini denim shorts and red polka dotted blouse.
Ashley immediately recognised her as the wicked witch of the west. Or so she heard.
"Crap! What is SHE doing here? If only I had my gun here, I can… Oh wait; I do have my gun here! No, what am I thinking? How can I have such evil thoughts? Damn it! SHE's bringing out the worse in me!" Ashley screamed inside her head.
As if oblivious to the death glares Ashley had been sending her, she walked over to Ashley's desk, "Hello is Athrun busy? We're supposed to have dinner together," the woman said so innocently that Ashley wanted to hurl.
Just then, Athrun came out of his room. "Oh Meyrin, what brings you here?"
"You did not forget our dinner plans didn't you?" Meyrin pouted.
"Eww! Gross! I can't believe she just tried to act cute! Why that witch!" Ashley thought in disgust. "Oh great, SHE just made my life a whole lot easier. Sigh. I have to do something. I can't let them go out for dinner together ALONE.
"Oh, right," Athrun replied reluctantly. Now turning to Ashley, Athrun continued, "Ashley, are you free now? Why don't you have dinner with us? Take it as your welcome-to-your-first-day-of-work treat."
"Sure! How can I refuse?" Ashley smiled at Athrun while taking a quick glance at Meyrin's disappointment.
"Whew! That was a close call! Thank goodness!"Ashley thought.
At the restaurant…
"So Ashley, tell me more about yourself. Do you have any siblings?" Athrun asked.
"Nope, it's just me, myself and I. Haha. I'm the only child."
"Me too. It gets kinda lonely doesn't it."
"Yeah."
"Are your parents here in orb too? What do they work as?"
Ashley didn't want to lie. So she said "Yeah. They are civil servants." This was true although she gave no further details about them.
The dinner continued on with Athrun and Ashley talking about books, literature and so on. They had a lot of common interest. He found it very easy to talk to her. They were also oblivious to the miserable Meyrin who was excluded from practically all of their conversation, seeing that she only knew how to talk about work and fashion.
The dinner ended with Athrun sending the girls back to their apartments before going back to his own. Even in the car, Athrun and Ashley had endless things to talk about. Even though Meyrin was sitting in front at the passanger seat, she was still ostracised from the duo.
Ashley's apartment was directly opposite Athrun's. So Athrun offered to send her to and fro work everyday since they lived so near each other.
Athrun had been living in an apartment alone ever since he returned to orb after the war. He wanted to patch things up with Cagalli but found it very hard to do so especially with Meyrin hanging around him all the time and Cagalli's busy work schedule. He also figured that rushing will not be the best for now, so he waited, bidding his time.
In Ashley's apartment…
Ashley was on her bed, holding on to a very sophisticated looking mobile device. The mobile device produced some sort of hologram screen in mid air. Typing on the device, the screen showed:
ID: Ashley Zala
Password: xxxxxx
Message: Phase 1 completed
To be continued…
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