"Bella, wake up!" Ugh Alice was so annoying! I grumbled.

"What time is it Alice?" She had the bad habit of waking me up way before I should be getting up. I did not like it one bit, and I had the strange feeling this was one of those times.

"It's almost six, but that doesn't matter, we have to go shopping. Now! There's a morning sale in Sears and I want to buy a new T.V.!" Why do we even need a new T.V.? we hardly use the one we have. Why did I decide to be roommates with Alice? Oh, that's right. She's my best friend.

"Alice I can't go, I have to work," I answered sleepily. My alarm hadn't even gone off yet.

"You don't have a job Bella, what are you talking about?" Crap, crap, crap. I forgot to mention it to Alice. I opened my eyes slightly, and I saw Alice narrowed her eyes then she smiled evilly. She began her sentence slow than turned up the speed. "Oh my gosh! He hired you!" I didn't even answer her and she was already jumping up and down in the bed. Mybed.

"Get off my bed, and out of my room. I need to get ready!" She jumped off the bed but didn't get out of the room.

"Alice…I'm not kidding." I warned her, but she simply smiled. I started getting out of the bed and she grabbed my arm.

"Let's get you ready then!" she screamed. I yanked my arm back and fell on the bed, then I crawled to the other side of it.

"NO! I can get myself ready thank you very much. Now, get out!" she shook her head. We began playing the game, going side to side on opposite sides of the bed. This was stupid. "Alice…" I whined, but I knew she wouldn't get out until she was done with me so I let out an exasperated sigh and raised my arms in frustration as I said, "Fine, go ahead!"

"Yay! Okay. Get in the bathroom!" She waited for me to get myself around the bed, across the room and into the bathroom. Then she skipped her way in and clapped her hands in excitement.

Thirty minutes later-record time for Alice-I was ready to go.

"Good luck!" Alice said while hugging me.

"Thanks!" I said as I made my way out the door. I called a taxi, and was on my way.

I was extremely nervous, but I was not worried about my appearance and I had to give Alice some credit. I looked like a freaking model. My hair was straight and my ends were turned out. I was wearing a blue-white formal shirt with one of those black skirts that start from the waist and go all the way to the knees. Not too long, not too short. To my good luck, Alice had made me wear black stilettos.

When I finally arrived, I walked in towards were the interviews had been, but there was no sign of Edward or the nice secretary, Angela. There was a few men in there though, and they were all staring at me open mouthed. It was very uncomfortable.

"Do you need help ma'am?" I heard one of them ask. He looked nice, and he was trying not to stare at me too much. I thought it was safe to speak with him, besides he talked to me first.

"Umm, I'm Mr. Cullen's new secretary," was all I could say. He looked me over and smiled.

"Nice to meet you, miss….?"

"Swan. Isabella Swan." I answered him.

"I'm Mike Newton. Follow me, please." I did as I was told. He went inside an elevator. It was a short ride then it stopped and Mike turned to me and smiled.

"Mr Cullen's not here yet." The elevator opened to reveal something that looked like a coffee place, but it had mini offices. "And well, since you're new, I thought I should help you out. You have to last more than half a year, and I know him pretty well. I'll give you some help on how to keep him satisfied." I smiled gratefully.

"Thank you, that's very nice of you" he smiled back. He was actually not bad looking. He had blonde hair, was about 5'9, dressed good, had a handsome face and blue eyes. Not too shabby.

"No problem. Let me start by telling you that he is very committed to his work, and hates disruptions." He said seriously. I nodded. "Okay, now that we got the most important thing out there… he likes to come in his office and see a hot coffee waiting for him on his desk. Let's take care of that." We got the coffee and headed back to Mr. Cullen's office. I placed the coffee on his desk and got out immediately.

"Your desk is right outside his office as you can see. He hates coming in here and seeing this desk empty, so make sure you're always here at 7:00 because he gets here at 7:30, he's always on time." I nodded. He almost made me laugh; he was trying so hard to keep his eyes on my face. He seemed very polite, but he was a guy after all. I felt self conscious. "So far, you look like a good secretary for him. You don't interrupt while someone's talking, you make eye contact, you listen carefully, and you follow instructions well." I smiled at him, and do I really have to say that I was blushing?

"Thanks." I didn't know what else to say but he saved me because he continued speaking.

"A few more things and we're done. Never ask him what you should be doing, that's why you have to pay strict attention when he speaks and catch on what he wants you to do. He doesn't like to repeat himself." Damn, no wonder his secretaries don't last long. He's extremely strict and to the point. Which was a good thing. Would he be so strict taking into account we were together last night? He seemed very nice and sweet then… "And, he hates to see people doing nothing, so make sure you always have something to do. The only thing that can impress him is that you finish everything you have to do. That's the only time he likes to see people doing nothing, but we always have things to do and we never finish so, that only happened once, and that person died last year." I thought he was kidding, but his face was serious. I didn't know what to say, so again, I just nodded.

"It's 7:10, you were early today which is great. I'll give you something to do while Mr Cullen gets here. When he calls you in, always take something to write with." Wow. He was really helpful, I wonder what I would have done if no one had explained. I would've gotten fired in less than a day.

"How long have you been working for this company?" I was honestly curious; I mean how could he have picked up so much from Edward?

"I've been working in this company for five years. I worked with Carlisle Cullen, he was the one who gave me the heads up about his son." He said smiling.

"Wow, you are very efficient and helpful," he laughed and thanked me. He gave me some papers for me to organize and explained how Edward liked them.

"You know, I have never told the ex secretaries everything I told you, because just by seeing them I could tell they wouldn't last long. And they all proved me right by their first spoken sentence. I'm surprised he finally picked a good one," I blushed and smiled. He walked away to his desk which to my luck was right across from mine. Before I got working I went to warm Edward's coffee. When I was sure it was hot again and it would stay that way, I went to organize the files.

After a while I looked at the clock, it was 7:25 he would be here at any time. The thing was, I had just finished and had nothing to do. I called Mike aloud since he was right there.

"I'm done, do you have anything else?" he smiled.

"I knew you were good for the job." He came to my desk and gave me more files to organize. "I'll leave the other files here, so he can see them. Make sure you don't get them mixed up." He walked back to his desk smiling and I got working immediately. I was halfway through the files when I heard the elevator open, I ignored it. It was like the fifteenth time, but then I heard footsteps coming my way.

"Good morning, I see you got here early," I looked up to see Edward standing by my desk. Last time I saw him here he looked tired, but right now he looked…hot. He was wearing a black suit, and it looked perfect on him. He was looking at me just like the other man had, when I walked in, just like he had looked at me last night and that made me smile.

"Good morning, and yes I've here for a while." he looked at the already organized files, checked them and smiled slightly, after that he walked in his office.

"Would you bring me a-" he began to say but stopped on his tracks.

"Your coffee is on your desk Mr. Cullen," I said smiling. He didn't answer; I looked at Mike to see if I was supposed to follow him in his office. Apparently he knew what I wanted to ask and he shook his head, then he mouthed, 'Wait until he calls you in' I nodded and continued organizing the files.

"Ms. Swan, would you please come in?" I heard Edward ask after a while. I had just finished with the files, Mike smiled at me. I stood up, shrugged down my skirt and walked in with a notepad and a pen in hand.

"Take a seat, please" I did as I was told without rushing, though. He took a drink of his coffee. "Welcome to Cullen's inc. I see you have incorporated fairly well; I hope it stays that way. Now, let me tell you what you need to do. You don't listen to anyone's orders but mine, you never leave your desk unless it's an emergency, I call you in or send you to do something. Answer the phone at all times, all you will be doing is answering the phone, passing me the messages or calls, organizing files, and whatever I ask you to do. Are you with me so far?" Good thing I had a good memory! I would have to write some things down as soon as I stepped out.

"Yes, sir" I answered clearly. He tried to hide a smile.

"I will tell you who the important people are, who I always want to talk to, who I never want to talk to and vice versa. When I have meetings, you will come with me and take notes on the essential things so I can review it later. As you know, my latest secretary was fired pretty fast, if you have anything I need to know, please do tell me now." He said seriously.

"I have nothing to say. If you want to make sure, you know who to talk to," I was surprised that I hadn't stuttered at all! He handed me a stack of folders.

"That's all." I wasn't sure if that was a dismissal but I walked out anyways. I placed the folder on my desk and saw Mike smiling at me.

"You know what to do with those" he said. I nodded. I finished in about 30 minutes and looked at Mike.

"He'll ask you to take them to him in a bit, meanwhile you can recheck them and see if you got it all right." He said calmly. I almost laughed.

"That wasn't what I was going to ask you, I know how to manage extra time sometimes, but thanks." I said sweetly. He gave me a bright smile.

"Alright then, you got me there. What did you want to ask?"

"At what time is my lunch hour?" he laughed again.

"It starts at 11:30 am and ends at 1:00 pm. You have to be back before 1:00, though, especially in your first day. You're hungry already?" it was my turn to laugh.

"No, I'm not hungry yet. I was just curious," then I remembered something. "Mike, do you happen to know any Angela's in here?" His head snapped up.

"Angela Webber?"

"I think,"

"Yeah, she works for Jasper Cullen, any reason why you ask?" So Jasper works here too, how come I didn't run into him yesterday?

"Because I was supposed to have lunch with her today," I shrugged.

"You knew her?" well, what was I supposed to say now? Think of something quick, Bella!

"No, I met her yesterday, when I came for the interview with Mr. Cullen. Long story, but anyways….thanks" and I started rechecking the files.

"Ms Swan," I was just finished rechecking the file when he called my name, he reads minds, I swear. ;)

It's a bit of a slow chapter, but it's the first day at the office, and it's to be expected right? Not much to fix in this one I'm glad :)

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~Sparkles107