Twenty-five

Formerly again, Oli, Ryan, Edith, Steph and I sat at the table for our usual lunch. And it's also that I noticed that Edith had a bit of makeup on her face. However, you would suppose she hadn't put in but I could tell If you weren't really familiar with her. She had a bit of some foundation and greasepaint covering her forepart, cheeks, and indeed the neck area. I allowed what was on her lips was regular lip buff but also I realized it was camo added onto it was some lip buff. I wasn't judging her, she slightly wore makeup, unless for special events like marriages, jaunts with musketeers but not work. I wanted to ask her before everyone but I figured it had to do with Ryan and I didn't want to make a fuss about it, she'd tell me about it when she was ready to.

The lady who typically served us after getting our orders, Alin walked to us with a charger of the bacon, egg, and rubbish sandwiches, burritos, classic hot canine, cheeseburger, and Reuben sandwiches. This was what each of us had agreed on having for lunch moment and I got the cheeseburger from the charger. I couldn't but wonder what Laura would say if she had been sitting on that table with all of us. I mean it was only fair that the workers in the company had commodities to eat. It was nothing, but some burgers, cutlet with some juice should be suitable to carry on for the rest of the day and good tahini but you could have as numerous as you wanted but also carry your own manual food.

“ The exploration we have to do as freshers are insane.” Ryan was the first to lead the discussion for this day on.

Oli said, biting on his burger. “ I dread mine, all about politics, some business stuff that I'm blank about and at the end of the exploration, I have to produce at least two or three papers.”

I felt their pain. It was hard for me too when I first started out at the establishment but with time, you get to know your sources, connect with people, stay in touch with useful networks that you can fluently go to for further information. It was a wild comber coaster, the words you wrote were business to the company.

“ You just need to keep erecting networking,” Edith said belting on some juice. I looked over the table to see Steph eying me like I had said commodity mean, disgusting or gross over some poor boy or girl.

“ It sure is important.” She reflected looking directly at me as she masticated. I didn't look down from her, that's what people said that when someone gives you a weird look you don't like, don't look down or give them that palm of you looking down especially if they're the ones who started it first. So I held my aspect and goggled back at her. The fuck.

“ It's intriguing how Ellen is so clumsy she poured coffee on Mr. Anderson.” She eventually revealed it to the group. Great, now let everyone pour in their commentary.

“ Elle, You want?” Oli heaved sarcastically covering his mouth. Everyone also turned their heads to look at me. They were like wolves ready to devour me if I didn't give out the information of what happed and how exactly it happen and the effects after.

“ It was an accident, a bad one okay,” I said, widening my eyes. Of course, I wasn't going to talk about the heated kiss which Cole intended as a discipline for his clumsy particular adjunct.

“ Elle, I can't believe you did that,” Edith said, expressing her fake disappointment.

“ I tripped over the stupid mat that is near his office and before I know it the coffee was flying in his face.” That was the pure verity, nothing was on purpose.

Ryan laughed “ What did he say or do to you, you're lucky you're alive.”

What does he do to me? That my friend was the dirty little secret that lay between Cole and me only.

“ She was blowing in his eye and drawing his shirt with a towel.” Steph laughed and the others joined in chancing my dilemma ridiculous but that's what musketeers do, they laugh it off.

“ It was so disturbing, all I could say was sorry over and over again.” I laughed too important.

“ What was his face like when he was frenetic at you?” Oli suddenly asked and everyone stopped laughing to hear what I would say.

“ His face still looked good.” I smiled

“ I walked by on them, I allowed commodity differently was going on not until I saw his stained shirt, poor dude,” Steph said, drawing the attention back to her. I was so glad that's all she believed happed, I was so glad that she had bought the story.

We went talking about how Ryan and Oli could ameliorate their exploration and jotting experience as we finished up with our food and our drinks.

****

When I was walking back to Coles's office, I passed by Mark's room to say hi at least. He was busy on his laptop when he'd said for me to come in. As soon as he saw me, he broke for a while and gave me a smile.

“ I'm so glad to see you.” He said. I walked over to where he sat and we participated in a brief kiss.

“ How is work going?” I asked standing back straight. I didn't want to get freaky and have someone walk in and land in trouble.

“ Work is okay, editing people's shit isn't always the easiest but it's going on well.”

“ I'm glad to hear it is.”

“ I suppose I should steal you from Mr. Anderson and have you as my particular adjunct.” He joked standing to his bases and belting his hands around my midriff. I goggled into his face, he looked exhausted as well and I could only want what was stylish for him.

“ Ellen, I'm allowing of applying for commodity differently, nearly differently,” he said, his tone suddenly serious. He moved his hands from my midriff and put them in his pockets.

I was surprised and confused at what he meant.

“ You mean leaving the company?”

He jounced his head

“ Yeah, Laura told me about some great companies that are presently taking in operation in Washington. I allowed it would be great if I tried some operations, to foster my experience in this field.”

I wasn't against him doing any work operation wherever he wanted to, he'd his own life piecemeal from me. He'd his own dreams piecemeal from him wanting us to be together. He had intentions, hopes as well as prayers he laid out to God for them to come true and if this is what he really wanted, to move and constitute to grow his professional experience also I was ready to support him.

“ Wow Mark, I can't say that I'm not surprised but if it's what you really want to do, also I'm ready to completely support you.”

Mark jounced his head again.

“ Ellen, Laura, and I also allowed it would be great if you also joined in the operation, and perhaps, who knows we can get into the same establishment or the same megacity.”

Laura?