I felt my heart beating in my neck and through my finger tips as I waited for my manager to walk into the break room computer area. I felt my leg start to bounce and my cheeks straining from the smirk I had on my face. I leaned back in the employee work chair and shut my eyes. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ObDx3swdL
I need this.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy8ZDwXmY7
I need to prove to myself that I choose the right path for myself after college.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtRjIZc9rL
I need to prove to my father that he was wrong about me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81Sgiw0l37
I need to...think this through.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqNEAnv22r
If I get this job I can finally tell myself that what I majored in was not a complete waste of time. I will be able to let my dad know that just because I had a harder time than he did to get into college does not mean I am just taking life day by day. I am actually planning my future. The only problem I can think of is that I wont be able to check up on my sister. Annaya is eighteen now she would be able to take care of herself, right? On the other hand I can't just leave her alone with my father. It is too much for him and too much for her. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYvq73adQl
I'll take this job. For my sake.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEcqYJ4qAj
I can't do that to Annaya...she really is the only person I consider family. If she feels the same way it would devastate her, knowing I left just to prove a point to dad.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI6MA4M2Bu
I'll take the job only if it's in the same state.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNVQvbQ7xc
Then again, Wyoming is a big state...695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VQjKnkpU0
My thoughts were interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat. When I looked up to see who it was no one was there. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFBIRpzbR2
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I let myself relax again and turned myself around in the wheeling office chair that I was sitting in. I focused on the light glare that was reflecting itself on the computer screen.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LO4mS3AIT
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Yet again my train of thought was interrupted, but this time it was by a low chuckle. I looked up again this time staring at the door for a while. "If you need to use the computer, I'm not really using it I'm just using the chair." 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRan7zpAdE
A burst of laughter echoed from the hallway outside of the door frame. "Oh, Angela, I am just messing with you!" The person who was in the hallway walked into the computer room. It was my manager Micheal. The person that I have been waiting on for about twenty minutes. "I absolutely love the expression on your face when you are thrown off by something. It's precious." He closed the door, not enough to shut it, but enough to give us some privacy. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSixDrFFgk
"So?" I asked scooting towards the end of my seat.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HCwRx4avt
"So, what?" Micheal said in a mockingly questioned tone.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEwKPjZn0l
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He raised his one eye brow and the side of his lips curved up into a half smile.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaYfAmSY5o
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"What happened at the meeting, sir?" I straightened myself out as if making myself 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sLB00SHoz
more presentable and professional would make a difference in his response. I knew it wasn't his decision to give me the position, but for some reason I felt like it would help the situation.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq76xQPYM7
Micheal cleared his throat which causes a sudden change in his facial reaction. It was no longer in a goofy position it was more stone. "They told me that there are five other people interested in the same spot that you are." He closed his eyes towards the end of the sentence and folded his arms.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDo2zdiuEF
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"They also told me that you would have to move to a different branch." Micheal's eyes opened back up and he locked eyes with mine. He fidgeted after our eyes were locked.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJlxbaEpwe
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I did my best to soften my face and relax. "Is there anything else, sir?" My voice was shaky. I never was good at hiding my emotion.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4lTIwaaCVw
"You need to call the main corporate office before the 4th of January, that's the deadline." He said the last part of his sentence slower and lowered his voice to make his tone more remember-able.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHquDAuxukj
I nodded and let out the breath that I didn't realize I was holding until now. I did a tiny spin in the chair that I was sitting in. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeXsqkxmYW
"I sent you an e-mail about it with all the information that you may need for the interview. It lists the phone number that you will need to call, the office hours, and that you need to ask for Mrs. Franklinsen." Again, he lowered his voice when he mentioned the name of who I would be talking to.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GkZmxYWkV
I turned my chair so that I was facing the computer screen. I pressed my finger on the power button the tower of the computer and looked up at the screen again. I saw Micheal's reflection on the computer screen before the screen could register that the computer was turned on. He was smiling at me and his eyes would move whenever I would. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgjObshpww
I turned the chair around again. "Thank you so much, sir, I really do appreciate this." And with that being said I twirled back around to face the screen again. I logged onto my e-mail and sat there waiting.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyk1xoh8xt
Why are work computers always so slow?695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqC5s9rVCz
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Michael Tampest December 16695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1VAOMhdzj
Angela Krispuar695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOMXt7HhSo
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Angela! 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYclAaiYfLe
I brought your name up at last months meeting to get your foot in the door for the position. Well, I just got an e-mail regaurding the higher up position that you were interested in from management. Here's the message!695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFYGRVkk8i
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Dear Michael Tampest,695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEUq4KDLSk
We would like to inform you that we currently have the management position open in a different store branch. If you're employer is interested in this they will have to call the corporate office before the dead-line, January 4th, and set up an interview with Mrs. Franklinsen. The only other information that we are able to notify you of is that there are five other people that are interested in this position. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeD963RbTLI
Do not forget that the next meeting has been canceled due to preparing for the up coming holiday. If you have any questions please e-mail us or call your local corporate office. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVQzd9OPw5
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I could not believe this was happening. I only worked for the retail store for two years and I never thought that I would be able to have the opportunity to work in a management position. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwcotMW4GY
I slid my hands over my face to make it darker than closing my eyes could do and I pressed my fingers against my eyelids. 695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVODOxZ9ya
Five other people? How could there be five more people that they are interested in. How could I compete with five more people. I bet they have more experience than me. I bet they actually know Mrs. Frankli-695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUUZdeyLry
No. I can't over think this.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls5mxy7nmo
A new location? If it's too far from the apartment I wont be able to take the job. I still need to watch over Annaya and I can't risk another nanny bailing out on us because it is "too stressful" She just got over the last one leaving. That was the fourth one this year.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1Z1UQaPBc
I moved my hands and sat back up right in the chair then with a deep sigh I brought myself to my feet again. I leaned over the company computer desk to log out of my e-mail when I felt Micheal's presence. I got really paranoid and pressed the mouse button harder than I would normally and closed out of my e-mail quicker than anyone usually would. I completely forgot that I was talking to someone. I was so into my own thoughts that I didn't notice that Micheal was still standing in the computer room with me. I turned myself to look at him.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaza5tlORSR
He grinned sheepishly at me.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiN8Bopusc0
He noticed I got paranoid.695Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5usf9MOD7C
"I have some questions about the new position before I want to call-"
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"You have to call before the deadline, Angela."
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I know. You just said that I read the e-mail. I guess a good thing about this job would be that I wont have to deal with you anymore. With my luck he will still e-mail me, or he has my number from the files and will call me. I can always change my e-mail. Or just never answer my e-mails.
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"Angela?"
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I realized that my gaze went down to the corner of the door frame and my mouth was loosened like it was when someone gets to the climax of the movie their watching. I quickly snapped my head back up and locked eyes with him.
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"Sorry, I understand that there's a deadline. You just saw me reading the e-mail." I said with a hint of sarcasm. Hopefully I didn't come off bitchy.
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His eyes widened a bit then he chuckled a bit. "This is why I recommended you, because you let people know that you are speaking your mind. You remind me a lot of my first wife."
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Okay.
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"About those questions." I sounded more stern than I meant to so I quickly gave him a full smile to lighten the mood. "I was wondering if you knew where the new location was that I would be working at?"
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"Don't worry, it would still be in Wyoming." He walked into the computer roomed and leaned on the computer counter closest to the door way.
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The fact that he was making himself comfortable means that he was thinking this would take a while. I better make this short. I want to go home to start my weekend off early
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"Well, that's good to hear. -"
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"Which means you wont be too far from me, I know that was something you were worried about!" He laughed at his own joke so hard that he leaned forward a bit.
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I stared at him and waited until he was done laughing to continue. I always feel obligated to laugh with Micheal. I feel bad for him. He is in his late 40's and in the middle of a divorce with his second marriage. He is keeping a bright look on things and always seems to be in a good mood. I'll give him kudos for that.
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He leaned himself back upright and looked almost embarrassed. "I'm just messing with you Angela, it's still in Rock Springs."
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I smiled and let out a small giggle to ease the tension for him. "Oh! You mean the one across town, by that local sandwich shop, right?"
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"That's the one, now you wont have to worry about Ayanna." He locked eyes with me and smiled
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How did he know about my sister?
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"That's the one you brought up when you were buying that side table, correct?"
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That's right. I forgot that she left so many dents in it that I had to replace it with the floor model. At least it was on sale.
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"Yes, that's her." I looked at the clock on the wall above him.
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6:45.
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"I need to wrap this up, so, one last question. Do you know how much I would be making if I moved to this position? I mean, I'm already comfortable here. If I don't make a lot more there I see no point in wasting the gas money."
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"You would be making around 45,000 annually." He smiled when he saw my eyes widen and my jaw drop slightly. "It also comes with a holiday bonus, you obviously wouldn't get one this year because of the hiring date, but next year you would be sure to have one."
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"And how much would that be?"
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"I'm not sure. Mine was 800 this year." He let out a small chuckle. I must have widened my eyes again. "You are too funny, Ms. Krispuar."
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Knock. Knock. Knock.
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"Hey, sweets."
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Only one person called me that. I quickly started to grab my things. "Hey Kolt! I have some great news. I'll tell you on the way-"
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"She is one call away from a management position. You should be proud of this lovely lady." Micheal smiled at me.
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Thanks for ruining that surprise Micheal. I slowly put my bag strap over my shoulder and looked over at Ian who was staring at Micheal with that irritated look he gets. He dislikes people as much as I do.
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"I'm always proud of my girl." Kolt said almost territoriality.
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Micheal fixed his eyes onto Ian and then seemed to form a forced smile. "Congratulations again, Angela. Feel free to call me if you have any more questions." He turned around and walked towards the door making an effort to move out of range of Kolt. "And don't forget about that dead line." I heard him call out from down the hall.
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I decided that I should print off that e-mail. I turned on the computer screen after typing in the computer password I sat there and waited for the desktop to load.
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Why do work computer take so long to load?
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I stared at the Desktop watching all the icons to appear and heard a clacking noise against the tiled floor. The room was so quiet that the sound seemed louder than it would normally be. I looked to see what it was.
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Just a pen.
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"Oops." Kolt mumbled quietly as he leaned forward to pick it up.
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I noticed how broad his shoulders were as he was leaning over.
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He really is quite the catch. His dark brown hair brought out the light brown almost gold in his eyes. His eyes weren't just a normal color brown they had a warm feeling to them. They were the color of dark honey. His skin wasn't too pale but it also wasn't tan. He wasn't too skinny but he wasn't overwhelmingly toned either. The best part about him was how he kept himself together. He had a style that was simple, but to the point where it looked good. Almost like he put effort in what he threw on but people can tell that he didn't. No matter what he wore he had a few noticeable tattoos. That is one of the things that had me attracted to him in the first place. His hair was getting longer because he didn't tend to cut it in the winter which gave it a tamed messy look.
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Oh, I'm staring at him.
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He knew this and smiled at me with that cocked smile of his. Noticing that he gave me a full smile brought out a smile in me also.
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"Angela, your paper has been printed for a while now, are you going to grab it or stand there jealous of how well I dropped that pen." He didn't ask but said.
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My smile turned into a smirk and I grabbed my paper shoving it into my bag, and we walked out to Kolts car.
How am I going to tell him about this interview...?
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I cleared my throat quietly enough where only I was able to hear it.
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and then Add to home screen.