D.H. Lawfirm building
New York, New York
7:10 A.M.
(Derrick's Point of View)
I'm not sure, if I'm imagining this but I see Massie Block.....the only girl that I could ever love standing in front of me with her wide amber eyes staring back at me. Why is she in my building? Is there a possible chance that she works at my lawfirm?
"Hi.... Block." I suddenly stutter out.
Man, I'm such a fool. I see Block again and I'm already acting like an idiot who can't speak or even form a sentence.
"Hi, Derrick", said Massie as she moved out of derrick's arms.
"So, is this a welcoming gift that I recieve from you?" I said pointing to the coffee stain on my shirt.
"Actually it is, I think you....deserve it." said Massie as she smirked.
"Wow, Ms. Block, all ready trying to flirt with your boss on the first day of your job?" I said as I made my goofy smile.
"No I wasn't, Mr. Harrington, but I believe you started it. So what floor are we heading to?" said Massie as she picked up her Medium Vintage Check Webbing Duffle Burberry Bag.
" On the thirteenth floor" I said as I pushed the number. "So you do know that I need another cup of coffee, Right?"
"Well I'm sure you can call that starbucks girl, what's her name again? Megan? Yeah that's it, Megan bring you your coffee after she wrote her number on your cup of coffee" said Massie as she showed the number to Derrick who was smirking.
"What can say? I'm the hottest and richest bachelor in New York. Why, are you jealous?" I said as I looked into Massie's Amber eyes.
"Yes, Derrick, Oh how I want you and need you." said Massie sarcastically as she rushed out the elevator and bumped into Cam.
"So Cam, when were you planning to tell me that you hired Massie?" said an irritated Derrick.
"Well actually today.....but not like this." Said Cam as he looked and pointed to Derrick's coffee stain on his shirt.
"Cam, don't you have work to do?" said Derrick as he gave the go-away face to Cam.
"Yeah, I do, but good luck getting that ugly brown stain out of your shirt." Said Cam as he patted Derrick's shoulder and rushed before Derrick slapped him.
"Good morning, Lauren." I said to my assistant. "Oh and meet Ms. Block. She will be seating in the desk in front of you and will be helping you plan meetings and other things."
"Nice to meet you, Massie." said Lauren shaking Massie's hand.
"Nice to meet you too." said Massie.
"Mr. Harrington by the look of your shirt, do you want me to go to Starbucks to get you another coffee?" said Lauren as she got up from her desk.
"Oh, yes please, I had a accident this morning." said Derrick that winked at Massie who was blushing.
Wow I made Block blush that never happened before.
"Okay, well I'll be back in a few. Oh and a person left you a message but they didn't want to state their name, so I still wrote down the message. I put it on your desk for you." said Lauren as she left.
"Okay, Ms. Block, this is your first day at work, so let's discuss a couple of things before we proceed for the day." I said as professional as possible just to make my block think I'm intelligent and not dumb as she put it before.
"Okay talk away, boss." said Massie as she sat infront on my office desk while taking out a purple note pad.
"Okay, first, you need to organzize the files from last names, I want you to take calls from anyone, make meetings with people I tell you to organize a meeting with and last but not least, there has to be someone in the front office at all times." I said as she looked at me blankly.
"What do you mean?" said Massie "I mean with the whole front office issue."
"Ms. Block, here at DH Lawfirm, were are the biggest and growing lawfirm in state. Wait, change that, in the country. We always help clients no matter what the issue is. This job is now your life...I technically own you now. If Lauren is gone from her desk then that would mean that you would have to be there at your desk working and not slacking off or shopping online. Even if you need to use the bathroom and Lauren is not there, then your just going to have to hold it. Any questions? Do you think you can handle it, from Yale University?" I asked Massie who looked shocked.
"Yes, I do believe I can handle. I will be the best worker that there will be at DH Lawfirm." said Massie getting up from the chair.
"Okay, good, further on, I want you to take calls and start organizing files right away." said Derrick who was now reading a case.
"Oh by the way, Mr. Harrington, shopping online was so three years ago. I'd rather just shop here in the big city." said Massie as she walked out of Derrick's office and left Derrick without saying another word.
D.H. Lawfirm building
New York, New York
10:00 A.M.
"So what's up with you and the boss?" said Lauren across the desk from Massie.
"Nothing, we just know each other from school." said Massie calmly as she was organizing files.
"Are you sure? By the way you were looking at each other, it seems more than just friends?" said Lauen eyeing Massie suspiciously.
"Well we were friends but then dated for like three years. It was an on and off relationship."
"Well you do know that he's the richest and hottest bachelor in New York, right?" Massie nodded her head like it was no big deal. "But also the biggest player. He was with several women and your probably the eighth secretary that he had to hire."
"I'm the eight? What happened to the other secretaries?" said Massie as she put down her last file and looked at Lauren.
"Well he dated and slept with all of them. I guess it's his reputation. I don't know why he does it though? Sometimes he tells me about his past and it's pretty bad. I mean losing the love of your life fall right out your hands. He was a total idiot for losing that girl. I try asking for the name but he usually brushes it away." said Lauren as she typed a recent case.
"Yeah that must be pretty bad." said Massie as she thought about who the girl was.
"Was it her or would it be Dylan?" thought Massie in her head.
"So as you were saying about your relationship about the boss; what happened?" said Lauren curiously.
"Well it started at a party, where he called me immature, when really he was the immature one. We soon broke it off because he also thought I cheated on him and after that he became even more immature. Then a couple of months he asked me for forgiveness, so i said yes and we were the strongest couple ever until he cheated on me with my supposedly best friend Dylan Marvil. They were together for junior and senior year but derrick seemed annoyed with her in senior year. I disliked senior year alot especially graduation night when-" but Massie was soon interrupted by Josh and Cam.
"So Massie, ready to quit yet?" said Josh as he picked an invisible lint off his Polo Ralph Lauren shirt.
"Nope, I'm still a surviver. Oh and by the way, thanks for giving me a heads up that Derrick was my boss." said Massie as she slapped his shoulder.
"Owww! Hey! at least we helped you get a job instead of you who would still be looking for one or would be in interviews by now." said josh who was massaging his shoulder.
"Yeah your right, thanks josh." said Massie as she gave him a hug.
"Oh I feel loved, even though I was part if it." said Cam as he was pouting and sarcastically walking away with his shoulders drooped.
"Cam, thank you also" said Massie as she hugged him too.
"Children, this is not a love fest and I would appreciate if you would continue working." said Derrick from behind us. "Lauren, I need you to go fax and mail some things out" said Derrick as he gave Lauren a stack of papers and closed envelopes.
"Okay, I'll be on my way." said Lauren as she grabbed her new Burberry Nova Painted Heart Tote Bag and left with the items.
"Josh, I want you to call Mr. Brown about his case and ask when he wants to go to work. I want to assign him to you because i'm already working on five others and Cam also has a couple." said Derrick as he gave the case file to Josh.
"Okay, Derry, i'll go do my duties now. Don't miss me too much" said Josh as he pinched Derrick's cheek.
"Josh! You know how many times I have told you that I hate that name!" said Derrick while walking back into his office.
"Man he is hot when he's angry" thought Massie "Wait, what am I saying! I can't love Derrick or even better my gorgeous boss who is the biggest played in New York.
"Massie, can I talk to you for a second?" said Cam as he sat on Massie's Desk.
"Yeah sure but make it sort of quick. I'm going to meet Claire and Alicia to lunch soon." said Massie as she wrote down notes.
"Well that's what I wanted to talk to you about....Claire...." said Cam as he paused and looked away.
"What did you do, fisher?" said Massie as she grabbed her silver Tiffany Co. pen and stopped writing.
"Well, Massie, Please don't slap me.......but i slept with Nikki Dalton and some random girl." said Cam quickly. Massie gasped so loud that she thought she heard Derrick say to stop looking online at clothes or gossip.
"Cam, what the heck is wrong with you! How could you do this to Claire?! Claire loves you so much and this is how you show her affection from you by sleeping with different women?" yelled Massie as she suddenly took a drink her Fiji Water.
"Well I was drunk with both of them. The random girl got me drunk and I didn't know until the next morning when i was in the bed next to her. I went on business trip to California because Derrick wanted me to go to this important meeting. The second time, I was at my parent's friends wedding and I didn't know Nikki Dalton was there at the wedding. My parents invited her and her parent's to come sit with us and they gave out to much champaigne. Then we started walking back to my hotel and she didn't have the key to her parent's house, so I invited her to sleep on the couch in my hotel room. But before we went to my room, we went to the bar in the lobby and then the next thing I know is were in bad and la la la....." said Cam as he look at the ground embarassed to look at Massie.
"Cam, you are such an idiot! You know that Claire is not going to forgive you right away", said Massie as she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"I know but I was to drunk and I don't remember both of the nights. To make it worse, Nikki Dalton somehow got my number and she keeps texting me. She texts me about leaving Claire, so I could be with her. I don't know what do? I try to tell Claire but I just get scared of telling her the truth and besides she's ignoring me and i don't know what's wrong with her." said Cam as he threw down his notebook on the ground.
"Cam, look, I'll talk to her this afternoon and see what she says. But your going to have to owe me big time. i think you should just try working on a way to tell her about your.....incidents. Cam, I know it's going to be tough for you and your one of my good friends but please understand that I'm Claire's friend too." said Massie as she put her hand on Cam's shoulder for comfort.
"Okay thanks Massie, I knew that I could tell you anything. Please try to tell as soon as possible of what I need to do to show Claire that I do truely love her." said Cam as he got up and left.
"Hmmm....I guess I better ask the boss if I can go to lunch 15 mintues early." Massie thought in her head. Once Massie opened the door, she now wish she could disappear in the earth and never come out. Right infront of Massie's amber eyes was a shirtless Derrick who was staring right at here with his eyes bulging out.
Wow I didn't know that Derrick still had his six-pack. His body is still hot and his abs are like a washboard. What am I saying , Massie, this is the biggest player in New York and your boss! But his abs are so toned and you could even see the v-outline leading to....yeah...
"Umm...I'm so sorry, I think I'll wait outside until her your..done" said Massie as she was heading out of the door.
"No, , I'm sorry about that, I was changing my coffee stained shirt. I actually had extra shirts in my office." said Derrick as he looked down at his new shirt.
Am I dreaming or was Block checking me out? I guess girls are right, when they say I have a nice body. Maybe I do still have a chance with block? But thank you Josh and Cam for the runs and playing soccer in Central Park.
"Oh, well it was my fault for not knocking in the first place." said Massie as she hid her flushed cheeks to the ground; ignoring Derrick's gaze.
"So what did you need?" said Derrick as he released Massie's arm and sat in his desk chair.
"Well I was wondering if you could let me go to lunch fifteen mintures early. I actually finished with the work that you gave me today. So-" said Massie.
"Yeah sure, but who are you going to lunch with, if their so important that you must go to lunch fifteen minutes early?" said Derrick looking at Massie curiously.
"Jealous much?" said Massie smirking at Derrick who looked smugged. "I'm going with Claire and Alicia, if you must know."
"Well then there's no problem for not letting you go, right Ms. Block? But if that's an excuse to go meet a guy then I'm going to have to say no." said Derrick who looked slighly annoyed.
"No never, Alicia is in town and I have to go say hi to one of my best friends." said Massie as put a hand over her heart. Derrick laughed.
"Yes go ahead." said Derrick as he lightly nudged Massie to the door.
"Thanks Derrick, I mean.... Mr. Harrington, and sorry about what happened early." said Massie as she grabbed her purse and headed towards the elevator leaving Derrick amazed.
"Wow she is amazing. She finished a week's work in just about two hours. I'm glad she's still the down-to-earth girl that I knew and her obsession with shopping. I wonder if I still have a chance with her....you can't Derrick, she probably read about your previous lifestyle with women and your her boss! Well I became an arrogant and harsh person because of her and I was stupid for not telling her that I love her the night of her graduation." thought Derrick to himself.
"Dude, you look whipped! Did Massie do anything to you?" said Josh who was smirking.
"Shut up, Josh and get back to work!" said Derrick.
"Well I was coming to ask you if you wanted to join Cam and I for lunch?" said Josh who was looking at Massie's pictures that were on her desk. "Who's this?"
As Derrick looked at the picture, he noticed that the girl who was Massie looked different. The girl in the picture was happy but had some piece that was missing....the amber eyes of hers was slightly losing its color. Right next to the girl was a guy who was decent looking and had lovey-dovey eyes towards the girl. Was this Massie's Boyfriend or fiancee?
"I don't know but they look in love." said Derrick handing the photo back to Josh. Once he handed the picture back to Josh, he noticed another picture. He picked up the picture and smiled to himself. There on the picture was a picture of his boys and the P.C. after winning their championship.
"Wow, we look so young and happier." said Josh who caught a glimpse at it.
"Yeah we do." said Derrick as he put the picture back on Massie's desk. "We better leave now, i still have a lot of work to do, when we get back.
"Oh Mr. Harrington, as I was faxing and mailing things, I just stopped by the famous deli place two blocks away and grabbed lunch their. So go eat, you look anorexic!" said Lauren who pushed Derrick towards the elevator.
"Okay, I'm going, oh and thanks by the way for covering the calls for Massie too, I forgot to let her know that there MUST be someone taking and answering calls." Derrick said as he got in the elevator. "My phone will be on, so if there's an emergency let me know."
"Okay, Mr. Harrington" said Lauren.
Taxi Ride
New York, New York
10:50 A.M.
This is going to be a long week, thought Massie as she layed her forehead to the window of her taxi. Suddenly, Bad Romance by Lady Gaga started playing on her iphone.....Claire. As Massie looked at the name, she started laughing to herself because Claire must have changed her ringtone during their Girl's Night out when she told Massie that her and cam were struggling with their marriage.
"Hello" said Massie.
"Where are you? Alicia and I have been waiting for you for almost 10 minutes!" said Claire who sounded irritated.
"Well I was finishing up my work and had to ask my boss to leave early but we got held up in talking." said Massie quickly."Wait, where are we having lunch at?"
"Were having lunch at the Murano Restaurant Inc. But we told the waiter many times that were waiting for you." Claire suddenly chuckled "You better hurry, Massie, Alicia just now yelled at the waiter for asking again and we might even be kicked out by the way she's talking to him. Massie suddenly chuckled too realizing that she could imagine Alicia yelled at a random waiter.
"Okay well, I'll be there soon. Claire, we have so much to talk about" said Massie as she side talked to the taxi driver to tell her where she was going.
"We do, Massie. So hurry and get your skinny body over here. Hey Mass, I have to go. I need to go calm Alicia before she regrets something that she doesn't want to do." said Claire who sounds frantic.
"Okay! Bye Claire, see you in a few" with that Massie ended the call and thought back to her day.
The Coffee accident, the Derrick talk about Lauren, and Derrick's shirtless abs....Could I handle this?, thought Massie.
Sorry if there was any vocab mistakes and whatever that was a mistake. So yes, Cam cheated on Claire twice but I promise it will get better. Also for Derricks weird emotions and character...But the story will be better and hopefully the way you want it to end...in the end...I mean. Please Review and also check out my other story...All I want Is You And Nobody Else....
Love and Rockets,
Chrystal :)