It was painfully quiet in Gajeel's office, the only sounds that could be heard was me taking out his books and him tapping away on his computer. Every time I looked away from him I could feel him looking at me. I got a little side tracked on my cleaning job when I was taking the books out and stacking them so I could dust the shelves. It really wasn't my fault the book kind of just feel open when I picked it up and I looked at it and began to read, soon enough I was turning the page. I heard some shuffling behind me but decided to ignore it since it didn't seem important and this books was much more interesting.
I yelped when a big hand slammed above my head into the wall making me nearly drop the book, I looked up startled into Gajeel's narrowed looking eyes. "Shrimp what do you think you're doing?" He asked.
Oh crap…he caught me. "Oh I was just dusting off this book." I said rubbing my hand over the book and I gave him an innocent smile.
He arched a brow, "Really? Dusting the book? So you were dusting each and every page? That's very thoughtful shorty. Would you mind doing that for all the books?" He asked now grinning.
He couldn't be serious, "Sir…you can't be serious?" I asked.
"Of course I am. Unless you want to admit that weren't really dusting that book. That you were doing something else with it entirely." He said giving me a knowing look. He wanted me to admit that I wasn't doing my job. He wanted me to admit that I was reading. Well too bad, that's not going to happen.
I gave him a stubborn look and with a lift of my chin I said, "I'd be happy to do it."
He looked shocked but then he nodded, "Ugh, good…then get started…there are a lot of books to dust…" He walked back over to this desk and sat down and for a few moments he watched me begin to dust the books. Eventually he went back to work. Jeez what did I get myself into? Why did I have to open the book and read it?
After three hours of dusting off the pages off his many books I only had gone through thirty books which barely scratched the surface of his collection. Lily brought in his lunch while I worked and Lily gave me a weird look. I heard him mumble to Gajeel, "Is this some kind of punishment you're making her go through sir? He asked.
"Mind your own damn business Lily or your next." Gajeel hissed.
"Yes sir." Lily said and walked out of the room with a hint of a smile.
Once Lily left the room Gajeel waited until the door shut before he looked over at me, "Shrimp, get your ass over here and eat something."
"No thanks." I mumbled.
"That wasn't a request." He said.
I glared at him, "You can't tell me when to eat."
"Wanna bet shorty?"
I ignored him and went back to dusting his books. My stomach was still in knots from last night I wasn't in the mood to eat just to please him. I gasps as I was yanked off my feet and into Gajeel's arms, I screamed in outraged. How dare he do this! "Put me down!" I yelled.
"Sure." He said. He put me down in one of the seats at his desk and began setting some food in front of me, "You didn't eat any breakfast this morning. You need to eat some lunch."
"I'm fine, going without food for a few hours." I said with a roll of my eyes. I use to go days without food when I lived on the streets. "You might my boss, but you don't have the right to tell me when I get to eat. I decide that." I said crossing my arms.
"Think again, maybe you went longer without food on the streets; but here you will eat three square meals a day. I don't need my maid getting weak and fainting on the job."
"Fine." I snapped, "Then I will go eat in the kitchen, after all it isn't proper for masters and maids to eat together." I said standing up and heading to the door.
"I didn't dismiss you!" He snapped back. I froze and turned and looked at him. He crocked his finger to motion me back to him, I walked back to him. "Sit." He ordered. I glared at the dog command he gave me but I followed it anyways.
"Do you want me to finish my work first?" I asked.
"No. You're eating lunch here. I don't trust that you will actually eat lunch if I let you go off into the kitchen." He handed me a sandwich and I glared at him.
"Then I will just get Lily and he can vouch for me." I said trying to find something so I didn't have to stay with him any longer then necessary.
"Nope. I don't want Lily having to babysitting you while he has to work, he already ate his lunch like a big boy." He smirked making me want to throw my sandwich at him. "Now eat, or I'll sit you on my lap and feed you myself." I felt my face heat up and I quickly began to eat. Jeez what was his deal with me eating? We ate in silence for a few minutes with Gajeel shoving more food on me to make up for me not eating breakfast.
After a few minutes I said, "Do I get any days off?" I asked.
He arched a brow, "Days off?"
I nodded, "Yeah or do you just plan to keep me working as your servant girl forever with no breaks?" I snipped.
He chuckled, "Yeah we can discuss the terms of your days off. The normal employee gets two days a week off, that sound fair?" He asked.
I nodded, "Yeah that sounds fair. So what days would those be?" I asked.
He looked at me curiously, "Eager for a break? Fine I guess tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are the days you can have off." He said gruffly, "But after that, you have more work to do in my office."
I rolled my eyes, "Yes I know." The never ending list he seemed to give me that he only would add to. It seemed to be growing with more and more work. I had a feeling he was having me working in his office so he could have me close to him. But why? To torture me probably.
Author's Note: Oh poor naïve Levy! She has sooo much to learn! Well thanks again for all your reviews on this story. Tell me if you liked this story, by reviewing it! Next chapter will be Levy's day off.
