A little rebel?
Nick walked into the big building. His dream was still running through his head, constantly bugging him. He wasn't sure if that was a sign. Maybe he was going crazy? He sighed as he walked up to the lady at the cafeteria.
"Good morning, Martha, I'll take…"
"The usual, I know." She smiled at Nick and turned around, preparing his breakfast. Okay, so his dream wasn't coming true, because first of all, he could take his shower. He wasn't late to work and they had the usual breakfast for him. So his hope that his dream came true washed away.
He didn't even know that he was hoping it came true until this little hope he had faded away. Martha turned back to Nick and handed him his breakfast.
"Thank you Martha." She smiled at him. They said goodbye and Nick walked up to the elevator. He pushed the button and waited patiently. There was no rush. He was actually earlier than ever. That surprised him a little since he woke up way too late. But his shower fell short and the streets were free of cars surprisingly so he was early.
"Morning man." Nick turned around. Larry walked up to Nick and patted his shoulder in a friendly way. Nick smiled at Larry and turned back to the elevator.
"Morning Larry." Larry pushed the elevator button again. He wasn't really patient.
"So, how'd you day yesterday go?" Nick had to chuckle at his coming answer.
"The usual." Larry laughed.
"Except for the mess you made at Patty's." Nick blushed. He thought back to their lunch at their favorite diner. The girl had him thinking this morning and was in his dreams as well. That wasn't usual for Nick.
"Could we stop reminding me on how embarrassing that was?" Larry shook his head.
"It never gets old. Sorry man, but when I told Pamela about it, she had a laughing fit for about thirty minutes at least!" Nick glared at Larry as the elevator came.
"I still don't think it was that funny after all! Did you see how angry this girl looked?" Larry nodded. His face was serious all of a sudden.
"That's what makes it so funny." Then he burst out laughing again. Nick shakes his head. Finally the elevator came and both men stepped in.
"Why are you taking the elevator anyway? You office is in the first floor." Larry shrugs.
"I don't have a meeting until nine, so I thought I'd give you some company until your new chick comes." Nick sighed angrily.
"Could you stop calling every girl you see 'chick'?" Larry looked at Nick confused.
"Why? You've never really cared about that before?" Nick wasn't so sure himself. Was it because he still thought that Miley was the girl from Patty's? He was just crushing on that girl! But then again, he saw her for five minutes tops and he was smitten! He was such a wimp!
"I don't. I'm just saying it's disrespectful to women."
"It's not like they hear it!" Nick rolled his eyes at his friend. They reached the third floor. Linda smiled at Nick and handed him his coffee.
"Any mail?" Linda shook her head and shot Larry a friendly smile. Larry nodded at her and walked past the desk to Nick's office. Nick wanted to take after him when he heard Linda call his name. He stopped walking, but was too afraid to turn around just yet.
If his dream was in any way related to this day, he'd see Linda sitting on her desk. Slowly he turned around. She wasn't sitting on her desk. He let out a sigh of relieve.
"Uhm, yeah?" She smiled at him.
"Miss Stewart postponed her meeting from 9 to 9:30. Am I supposed to change everything now?" She sounded a little bit annoyed. Nick sighed.
"Uh, yeah, you do that. Did she say why she did?" Linda rolled her eyes.
"Because she needed to go shopping. Apparently she doesn't have anything to wear for today. She asked me not to tell you, but what kind of secretary would I be if I didn't?" She tried to sound sweet, but ended up sounding obnoxious and just… weird.
"Uhm, shopping is always good if you're a model. At least if you have a good fashion taste? Maybe you should go shopping as well. Come back at 9:20." He sounded harsher than he wanted too. It was because he was defending Miley again. He hadn't even met her and there he was, defending her! Linda looked at him a little shocked.
"Uh, fine, if that's what you want?" Nick nodded and walked into his office. He saw Linda leave her desk. He sighed as he walked up to his own. Larry was already sitting on one of the couches in Nick's office.
"Dude, I like your office more than mine, can we trade?" Nick shook his head.
"No, I like mine better as yours as well so you got bad luck." Larry scoffed and lay down on the couch. Nick sat down on his chair and thought back to his dream once again. It just wouldn't go away. Was it because the girl was so beautiful or because he was felt so guilty about the ruined dress that was supposedly from her mother before she died?
"Hey, what's got your panties in a twist?" Nick looked at Larry and sighed. He ran his hand over his face before he started telling Larry.
"I had this really weird dream last night…"
"It better not involve Pamela!" Nick shook his head.
"No, no! Why would it involve Pamela? Did you have a dream about her last night?" Nick smirked at Larry. Larry flushed a deep shade of red as he looked down.
"Yeah, so what? She's my girlfriend, I can dream about her. You can't." Nick chuckled.
"I didn't dream about your girlfriend. I dreamt about the girl from Patty's." Larry started laughing immediately.
"Seriously? You dream about a girl you spill coffee over? This is just… hilarious!" Larry continued laughing until her finally calmed down. Nick looked at him.
"Done? I kind of want to continue." Larry wiped his eyes because he had tears in them from laughing so hard. He then nodded and motioned Nick to continue. Nick told him everything. Larry listened intently, not laughing even once. That was uncommon for him, but Nick was thankful for that.
When he finished, Larry took a few moments to let it all sink in before he looked at Nick seriously.
"If this was all true, you girl is a little rebel." Nick looked at Larry.
"She's not my girl." Larry rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, she's a little rebel."
"A little rebel?" Larry nodded.
"A little rebel." Nick shook his head.
"I personally don't think she is, but whatever." Larry started giggling.
"Yeah, that's because you like her. You think she's an angel. Nick and Miley sitting in a tree K-I-S-S…" But thankfully Linda walked in. Nick wanted to throw his shoe at Larry. Larry was pretty childish you could say.
Linda looked at Larry confused.
"What were you singing about?" Larry smirked.
"Nick and his dream slash reality lady." Linda looked at Nick confused.
"Should I get him?" Nick shook his head.
"You better not. It's safer for everybody." Linda nodded and shrugged. She then walked up to Nick. For Nick's liking, she swayed her hips way too much. She was engaged after all!
"I got mail for you!" She winked at Nick and leaned forward to hand him the mail. Of course, she was trying to show off her cleavage. If Nick didn't know any better, he'd think she planned this little scene. He shook his head and took the mail, thanking Linda.
"Well, have to go." Nick nodded, but then remembered something.
"Wait, didn't I tell you to go shopping?" Linda turned around to look at Nick. She nodded but looked confused.
"I thought you weren't serious?" Nick sighed.
"If you don't have to go, then don't. I was serious, but just… don't go shopping then." She nodded and walked out of the door again. When Larry heard the doors close he burst out laughing again.
"She was so flirting with you! 'Oh, I got mail for you'. Yeah right!" Larry snorted and laughed at his own imitation of Linda. Nick chuckled and shook his head. He looked at his mail and sighed as he threw it onto his desk.
"What's up?" Nick shook his head again.
"Nothing. One of my best friends is just getting married and I just got an invite." Larry looked at Nick confused.
"So?" Nick sighed, annoyed at himself.
"So? I didn't even know that he was getting married! If he is my best friend, then why is it that I didn't know he proposed?!" Larry looked at Nick sympathetically.
"You have to start having a private life. All you do is go to work, go home from work, and do some more work. And maybe, you squeeze in some work out time to do something for you body. By the way, you work out way too much! Do you have to bring a date?" Nick looked at the invite. It seemed like he had to.
"Yeah. Funny, where should I get a date from?" Larry was quiet for a while until he smiled.
"Well, ask out the girl from Patty's." Nick gave Larry a look.
"I won't ever see her again, so what's the big deal? I will go alone to that wedding and look like a loser. End of the story." Larry shook his head.
"Whatever; don't ask her out. But, let's make a deal… when's the wedding?" Nick looked back at the invite once again.
"It's in two months." Larry nodded.
"You have to get a date to that wedding. Make it your new goal or something." Nick nodded. Larry was totally right. He should have a new goal in his life. And maybe, this goal was to get a date to the wedding. How hard could it be to find a girl who was willing to go to a wedding with him?
"Okay, you're right. My new goal as of now is to get a date to the wedding." Larry nodded at him proudly before he smirked.
"Why not make this goal into a little dare?" Nick looked at Larry skeptically. Where was he going with this?
"I'm not sure if I like this?" Larry chuckled.
"It won't be that bad. Come on, be a little more outgoing!" Nick sighed and agreed.
"Fine, but if it is something too extreme or something…" Nick warned. Larry shook his head.
"Nothing extreme. Just to make it more fun or more of a challenge, actually." Nick nodded his head, interested suddenly.
"Okay, tell me then." Larry smirked again.
"Your date has to be the next girl that walks through your office door." Nick looked at Larry shocked.
"Even if it's Linda?" Larry thought about it for a while.
"Well, maybe except her, because that would be weird." Nick nodded. Then he thought back to his first appointment. Miley Stewart. Would she be the girl he would have to ask out on a date for the wedding? Probably. Was Larry doing this because of the dream Nick had the last night? A hundred percent.
"Okay, I'll do it. But you have to give me time to ask the girl. Maybe she'll play hard to get?" Larry smirked.
"You got until the wedding of course." Nick nodded. He felt stupid for even asking. If his goal was to get a date for the wedding, of course the deadline was the wedding itself. Nick caught Larry smirking to himself.
"Why are you smirking?" Larry looked at Nick innocently.
"I'm not smirking. You're just paranoid!" Nick shook his head.
"No, you were definitely smirking, why?" Larry shook his head.
"I'm not smirking!" Nick sighed and looked down at the invite. One of his best friends – John – was getting married to the girl he had been dating since High School. They got together by accident, actually. Nick still found it funny how they started going out.
John was football captain. Nick was quarterback. They had a pretty big game and it was raining. Melinda – the girl John was marrying – was a cheerleader and was of course at the game. John wanted to throw the football to a teammate but because of the rain he missed the teammate and hit Melinda in the head. He ran over to her immediately to apologize.
Melinda forgave him quickly. John helped her up and wanted to walk away, but then her remembered the football and walked over to Melinda. That's when he slipped and fell forward, onto Melinda, kissing her by accident. But after some time, they just continued making out on the floor until the coach had to pull them apart.
Nick had to laugh at that. Larry looked at him confused.
"What?" Nick shook his head.
"Just remembered back to High School, you know, they way John and Melinda got together." Larry nodded and laughed himself. Oh, how often had he heard the story? Larry was not only friends with Nick but also with his friends. The only difference was that Nick didn't really have a life outside of the company they worked at.
"Yeah. Oh, look at the time. It's almost half past nine!" Larry laughed after he realized that it rhymed. He looked through the glass next to the door, revealing Linda's desk, which Nick wasn't able to see. Larry had it all planned out as soon as he saw that Miley Stewart already arrived. She was waiting at Linda's desk.
"Yeah, it's really almost half past nine." Nick mumbled nervously. He was really anxious to meet Miley Stewart since he dreamt about her being the girl from Patty's. Larry noticed Nick's nervousness.
"Hey, are you nervous because she's almost here or because she has to be your date to the wedding?" Nick sighed and looked at Larry.
"You're not letting that go, are ya?" Larry shook his head. He wanted Nick to be happy and he knew that the girl outside of this office would make him happy. He just knew.
"Nope, no luck, bro." Nick sighed. He was already crushing way too hard on that diner girl. Maybe he should tell Larry to change the deal and say that he had to ask out the diner girl? But then again, like he said, he would probably never see her again, so what's the harm of asking out his new client?
"Fine, I'll ask her out." Although it even hurt him a little to say it, he knew it shouldn't and it made him realize how stupid he was. He always fell too hard for a girl and that way too quickly. And judging by the circumstances, he reminded himself that he would never see the diner girl again. Larry nodded and smirked again.
"Good boy. Now I must go! See you at lunch bro!" Nick nodded and waved at Larry as he opened the door wide. Nick looked outside to see if Miley had already arrived. He saw a figure at Linda's desk that looked really familiar to him. He wanted to go look, but checked to clock to see that Miley would knock on the door any minute now.
Nick knocked his knee on his desk, which made the mail go flying under his table. He knelt down to pick it up. Then one thing happened, that pretty much changed Nick's life. There was a knock at the door and he heard the door open after he told the person to come in.
He was still in search for all his mail when he caught a glimpse of the person's legs that just walked in. He gulped as he saw beautiful, really long legs standing at the door. He collected his mail and wanted to get up but knocked his head on the table. He cursed a little too loud, earning a light giggle from the person.
Nick moved out from under the table to get up. He stopped when he heard that giggle. It sounded so much like the giggle in his dream! Really slowly he got up to look at the person that just walked in. And then he just stared. Miley Stewart was in his office, looking really good and a lot like the girl from the diner.
Feeling self-conscious Miley looked down and blushed as her new agent stared at her. She mustered up the courage to speak.
"A-are you Nick Gray?" Nick was shaken out of his thoughts when he heard her talk. He nodded.
"Yeah, and you're Miley Stewart?" Miley nodded. She recognized him from the day before, but she wasn't angry at him anymore.
"Are you still mad about the coffee thing?" Nick sounded really guilty. Miley giggled again.
"No, it's fine. They cleaned it. It looks good again." Nick nodded.
"Nothing important or anything?" Miley shook her head.
"No, I just bought it. I liked it." Nick nodded and sighed relieved.
"Thank god." Miley giggled again. Nick then noticed that she was still standing at the door, so he motioned for her to sit down at the desk. She walked over and sat down and just like that, Nick's future changed.
When Nick saw that Miley was the girl from the diner, not only was he shocked, but also relieve washed over him. If he had to ask her out, he wouldn't even need the wedding to do so. He really wanted to ask her out. No one could imagine how thrilled Nick was.
Okay, so they met! Finally! You probably all knew who the diner girl was.
I wrote this really at around midnight, so if there are any mistakes, so sorry! I'm working on the next chapter already, so it might not take too long! I Hope you enjoyed it and please… review, review, review!!!