Chapter 38
Back to Work Again
RECAP:
I sighed as a wave of exaustion descended on me. I clicked the light off and trudged my way to my room. Thankfully, I had turned the bed back earlier. I crawled in between the thick sheets and covered myself up. Within seconds, I was floating away. The last thing that touched my mind was the warm fuzzy memories of my new friend and of what tomorrow will bring.
Holly's POV:
Dear Diary,
Tomorrow or rather today didn't bring anything positive. It brought me an awful headache, a dry throat, and an irritable mood.
Ugh, I groaned. My mouth felt like an army had just marched through it. I got into the shower and let the hot water release the tension in my muscles. Then, I stepped out feeling slightly better than I had when I went in. I brushed my teeth until they shone. Next, I grabbed my brush and tried to get the snarls out of my hair.
Even at that early point, I could tell that today wasn't going to be great. I couldn't do anything with my hair, so I just pulled it back into ponytail leaving my bangs to frame both sides of my face.
I smiled as I pulled on my jumpsuit uniform.I never usually wear jewelry to work, but today I was in dire need of a pick-me-up. So, I grabbed a pair of gold clip-on hoops and stuck them onto my ears.
I smiled a bit more at my reflection. But I had to cut it short to gather the rest of my things. I did so and left the house. My stroll was leisurely and slow. Sure I was in a bad mood, but the day was perfect. The artificial sun was shining brightly and it was a warm day. Just the way I like it.
About fifteen minutes after I left the house, I was walking into Police Plaza. Frond was standing at the door, obviously waiting for me. "Good morning," she squealed. I just raised my eyebrows. I had forgotten how much of a morning person she was.
I grunted out an unintelligable reply. She smiled just as chipper. "Not a morning person, huh?"
I shook my head. "Well, I'll see you at lunch," and she went int the direction of her cubicle while I trudged into my office.
I sat down in my big, comfy black, swivel chair and sighed as I booted up my Foal-tech computer. "Thirty seconds," I muttered. "Foaly's really slowing down."
It finally came on and there was a blinking IM invitation on my desktop. I knew that it had to be someone in the office and was most likely one of my friends. So, I opened it up, and the small window grew to half of the size of my screen.
(IM conversation in italics) HorseLover69- Foaly ShortandDangerous- Holly
HorseLover69: About time you showed up.
ShortandDangerous: Yeah, yeah. We can't all live at work like you. Oh, and you may want to change your screen name.
HorseLover69: What's up with that? Artemis told me the same thing.
ShortandDangerous: Wait! When did you talk to Artemis?
HorseLover69: Yesterday. But don't change the subject. Tell me about my screenname.
ShortandDangerous: Tell me about Arty
HorseLover69: No *Puts on stubborn face* Tell me now.
ShortandDangerous: Fine.
I told him. I won't write the specifics, because it's not really appropriate.
HorseLover69: Oh... give me a second.
He popped off and came back with a new screenname. Blackstallion10. I started to tell him about that name, but thought it was a waste of time. Frond knows that they would only get worse before they got better.
BlackStallion10: That's better.
ShortandDangerous: Loads. Now when did you talk to Arty?
BlackStallion: We talked twice yesterday. The first time, I called to talk to him. The second time, he called me to see what he should wear to a club. Really, can you see our Arty at a club?
Yes, I chuckled. I really wanted to tell him that but decided not to because I didn't want to give myself away.
ShortandDangerous: No way.
BlackStallion10: Oh realluy?
You didn't have to be a genius to know that there was obvious suspicousness behind his words.
ShortandDangerous: Of course not.
BlackStallion10: That's something because I swear that your ring's tracker said that you were at the same club. Perhaps I should bring up a video feed from last night.
I couldn't let him do that. Frond knows what he would make of that.
ShortandDangerous: No! Okay, I was there.
BlackStallion10: Oh, do tell. What happened?
ShortandDangerous: We danced. End of discussion.
BlackStallion10: Did you go anywhere with him after? Like, maybe, a hotel room.
ShortandDangerous: *Wrinkles nose in disgust* Ewww. No.
Yes, but not in the way that he had implied. No, I'm definitely not that type of girl.
BlackStallion10: Mmmm.
ShortandDangerous: Enough interrogation. There must be a reason behind this Im-ing.
BlackStallion10: Yep. -pops 'p'-
ShortandDangerous: Well, what are you waiting, the grass to grow?
BlackStallion10- That could be never since grass doesn't really 'grow' in Haven.
ShortandDangerous: Enough science... just tell me what you want.
BlackStallion10: Fine. I just wanted to see why there was no report on my data tablet.
Of course, Foaly was that desperate to see how I'd liked his little invention. He really should get a new hobby.
ShortandDangerous: It'll be there after lunch.
BlackStallion10: Okay. I hate to leave, but we should probably disconnect.
ShortandDangerous: Yeah, and we wouldn't want anyone to hack into your 'secure' line.
BlackStallion10: As if. *snorts* Don't you have some work to do?
ShortandDangerous: Yes. What about you?
BlackStallion10: Of course, what would you guys do without me? Well Ciao, Holly.
ShortandDangerous: Bye.
And with that I disconnected. After doing so, I opened the folder on my data tablet that contained all of my cases. When I left, I had had thirty left to work on. Now there were only six. Meaning that twenty-four of them had been siphoned off by someone else. Trouble.
There was a tab on tthe top that said 'redistributed work.' It would tell who had took on my load. I looked at it and was surprised. Thirteen had been taken on by Lili and the other eleven had been taken on by Trouble.
Yes, I had expected Trouble to have taken some. But Lili? As a corporal she had nothing but paperwork unless there is an emergency. Well, I guess she really is serious about us being friends. Note to self: do something nice for her.
I went back to working. I had finished three cases by lunch. I wanted to finish, but decided to go ahead and take my lunch at my normal time. Thankfully, I had brought my own lunch. I definitely didn't want to talk to anyone ath the moment since I was still in a bad mood.So, I pulled out a thermos of nettle smoothie and a veggie burger.
I finished lunch quickly. After I had eaten, I knew that I had to send Foaly his report or he would come and annoy me in person. So, I got out my data tablet and began writing.
Subject: Morpho-ring
Report to: Foaly the Centaur.
I, Major Holly Short, did a field test on the Morpho-ring. This test began at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and lasted until 5:00 p.m. on the following Sunday.
The Morpho-ring was supposed to make one look and feel human, and it did so. I went to the Dublin mall in cthe company of human and ally Juliet Butler. I blended seamlessly. At first even she could not tell who I was. Later, that night we went to a club known as the Phenomena where we spent time with some of her accquaintences, and each of them was sure that I was a human.
Though the ring worked, there are some bugs that need to be worked out before it is really used in the field. As you know, all fairies have an increased sensitivity to cold. During this experiment, I was outside for a short amount of time. To a normal human, it was of a normal temperature, but I was shaking violently. It drew a few strange looks, but most attributed it to me either being from a warm place or anemia.
This won't really matter in a hot location, but as a field officer, you never know where you may have to go. And cold can be detrimental in the field to the mission and to the officer. That 's the only real problem and can hopefully be easily rectified.
In conclusion, I feel that this will be a very useful device for future missions.
-Major Holly Short
I looked over it and checked for typoes. There were none so I clicked it send and watched it go. The rest of my day sped on. Before I knre it, it was time to go home. Ugh, I groaned as I stood up stiffly from my desk and got ready to leave.
Of course, it just couldn't be that easy. I was about to walk out of my office when Chix Verbil walked in.
"Holls," the cocky sprite crooned in a sickening way.
I rolled my eyes exaggeratedly so that he could see it. "How many times do we have to go over this, Chix. Muy name is Holly, not Holls. Call me Holly, okay?"
"I'd rather call you baby," he leered.
"I'd rather you call me nothing at all," I countered.
He's not the type to take a hint. No, he just chuckled. "Fiesty, I like that."
"Hmm, that's as close as you'll ever get to it," I smirked.
"We'll see."
"You won't," I countered. "You'll never see anything."
"That's what you think," he grinned. How do you spell delusional? C-H-I-X.
"That's what I know."
Chix stood there for a moment, trying to come up with something to say. I know from experience that it can take a while. "C'mon Holly Baby. Don't be like that," he pleaded.
I sighed. This was getting annoying. I had the perfect way of getting him off of my back. "Okay Chix," I purred, trying not to gag.
"See, no one can resist the Chix-meister," he cheered. Wow, no one can really be that stupid.
"Oooh, you know it," I cooed, barely manageing to keep the disgust from my face.
I stood squarely in front of him so that, my hand was lightly resting on his chest. "C'mon Holly. Kiss me."
I stood on my toes and put my face close to his ears, but made sure not to touch them. "In your dreams, Chixy."
And with that, I turned and walked out of the office, leaving a stunned Chix behind me. Needless ot say, I was a lot happier on the way home. I finally got into the house and laid down on my couch and reflected on my day. Ha, it might have started off bad, but it had definitely improved.
Well, until next time.
-Holly
A/N:
Whoo-hoo! Another Chapter down. Okay, so I hoped you enjoyed that one. Back to more diary entries.Oh, and the next few chapters will be in Holly's POV and in diary form.
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