I woke up this morning to the worst morning of all. My whole body felt like I had just worked out for 12 hours non stop the day before. My throat felt like a cat was attacking it for no reason at all, and worse of all; I had really bad morning breath!
"Bella?" Alice came into my room. "You're not going to work today?"
"What? Yes I am…" I pulled myself to sit up; which hurt VERY much.
"Well… you're late."
"What?!" I turned around to look at my alarm clock; 7:40. "Holy crap! Alice why didn't you wake me up?!" I jumped out of bed; which again hurt so much! What was with all my sore muscles?
"I don't know; I was busy…" She took a bite of her cereal. "And you look like hell by the way…"
"Thank you," I gave her a sarcastic smile. "And busy, doing what?" I asked as I ran into the kitchen; Alice following close behind.
"Talking with Jasper…" She said dreamily.
"At 7 in the morning?" I took a bite of my not yet toasted toast; what? I don't have time…
"I guess… We've been talking all night, I guess we lost track of time."
"Oh yeah; how was your date?" I asked as I ran back into my room; and started to search my closet.
"It was amazing Bells! I had the time of my life!" She fell down onto my bed.
"That's good to hear," I pulled my shirt over my head. "Are you going to out again?"
"I hope so." She smiled.
I ran into the bathroom while attempting to put on my black pumps. Once I got those on I pulled my hair up into a messy bun; oh well it looks good enough.
"I'm off to get a job… hopefully!" I ran to throw my jacket on.
"Good luck!" She called out as I shut the apartment door behind me.
…
"You start today."
My eyes grew wide. "Are you serious?"
"Why, do you not want this job?" Mr. Cullen asked me.
"N-No, I want this job, but I start… today?"
"Yes, right now. I'll show you to your desk." He got up from his chair, and the two of us walked outside his office and into the white wide building outside of it.
He began to walk towards an opening in front of his office with two glass office desks; I suspected one of them was mine now…
"This one is yours," He pointed to the one on the left. "As my intern you'll be getting things done, that I or my assistants don't have time for, understand?"
I nodded. "You'll be getting the small things done at first like; getting coffee, lunch, etc… And if you can handle that; we'll move up a level, get it?"
Once again I nodded.
"So relax, because you look like hell by the way… Put your things away, and enjoy your new job." He smiled his crooked smile at me, and left back into his office. "Oh and Bella…" He called. "Can I get some coffee? I like it black."
"Yes sir, right away."
He closed the door behind him and I zoomed down to the cafeteria to get his coffee. I burnt myself multiple times in the process, but I managed to get his coffee without spilling it- Oh, scratch that last part. I looked up to the person I had slammed into, and; just my luck. Mr. Cullen was standing right there in front of me, coffee stained shirt –very expensive shirt- and all.
"I-I'm so, so sorry Mr. Cullen! I'm very clumsy, and I thought I could manage this job, but obviously I can't because I already ruin your shirt, and this wasn't even supposed to be hard to do! I mean it's just getting coffee! I do it every morning… but I somehow manage to spill it on myself anyways too so…"
"Bella…" He stopped me from ranting on. "It's okay, it was an accident."
Oh thank the lord! Thank you, thank you!
I gave him a small smile, and handed him his half filled coffee cup.
"Thank you Bella." He smiled at me, and went to talk to one of his assistants.
Okay; he is either an amazing boss, or I'm having a very lucky day; which isn't possible because I think I have the worst cold any human alive would ever have. I need some cough drops.
"Nice shirt." I heard someone behind me chuckle.
I turned around to see a tall beautiful blonde haired woman standing in front of me.
"Hey, I'm Rosalie." She offered me some napkins to wipe down some of the coffee stains.
"I'm Bella," I smiled up at her. "And thanks."
"No problem… Are you feeling okay? You look like hell, no offense…"
"Don't worry; it's not the first time I've heard that this morning." I left out a huff laugh.
"So, are you enjoying being the intern?" She asked.
"Uh... I can't really say; I just started… literally." I laughed. "But as you can see, I'm not getting a good start."
"Don't worry; things will get better. I was an intern last year, and things will seem like they can't get any worse at the beginning; but you'll get the hang of it soon." She reassured me.
"Thanks Rosalie."
"Really, it's no problem. Oh, but I must warn you; see the girl over there," She pointed to a very… inappropriately dressed woman sitting at her desk typing away. I nodded. "Well, I'd watch out for her if I were you…"
"Why?"
"She thinks she's the second boss around here because she dated Edward…"
"Edward?" I turned to look at her.
"Mr. Cullen." She corrected herself.
Oh, so that's what his name was… wow; even his name is God-like.
"Yeah, she's a total bitch, try not to get on her case or she'll do anything and everything to get you fired, I've had a couple of… disagreements with her in the past; I'm surprised I'm still here."
I couldn't help but giggle.
"Yeah, well I wish you the best of luck in your new job." She smiled at me.
"Thanks Rosalie, for everything; the napkins, and the advice. Glad to know I have someone to chat with at work." I smiled.
"No problem." She turned around and walked back to her office.
I turned around and walked towards my desk. I took a good look at everything, on one side of the desk there were paperclips, pencils, pens and such. On the other side there was a laptop and a phone. And as if on cue, the phone rang and I – obviously- answered it.
"Hello, Ed- I mean Mr. Cullen's office." I managed to stutter out. Mental reminder: learn how too answer a phone.
"Melanie, you don't need to answer your phone that way; that's only if you're an assistant." Edward, I mean Mr. Cullen –I'm going to have to get used to that- told me.
"Sorry Mr. Cullen."
"Don't be sorry."
"Oh, sorry- I mean, uh… never mind."
He chuckled. "I need a favor…"
"Sure, anything… that's what I'm here for right?"
"Right; so you'll have no problem with this then right?"
"Right, whatever you want me to do I'll do… unless it's diving into a pool of sharks, and then you can count me out."
He laughed. "No sharks… I was actually wondering if you wouldn't mind attending a movie premiere with me."
A movie premiere?
"What?" I asked in disbelief.
"If you didn't want to go then I'll ask someone else…"
"No, it's just- a movie premiere? Is this some kind of challenge? Am I on this sort of new reality TV show were they'll secretly film me being some sort of horrible intern?"
He laughed. "It's nothing like that, it's just one of the assistants I asked to come with me, couldn't make it… and I thought you would perhaps want to go."
"Well then yes, I'd love to go!" I tried to keep my cool, and stay clamed and collected.
"Great, then I guess my limo will pick you up at…?"
A limo!?!?! Stay cool Bella…
"200 W 48th Street, buzz up number 40 and that's me."
"Great I'll see you tonight." He hung up.
Oh my god, I'm going to a movie premiere! ...What am I going to wear?