We Were Rivals

ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟛

I am suddenly awoken from my peaceful sleep to the feeling of Ollie's nose violently hitting me on the shoulder informing me that he had to go to the bathroom. I look at the window and see that it's dark out, before taking a look at my phone. I inwardly groan as I see the time is 5:57 am which means my alarm would be going off in three minutes anyways.

I sit up taking a quick minute to stretch my back which was about as good as an old man's, before finally getting up and putting my fluffy slippers on to avoid the cold floors. I slowly walk through the house attempting not to trip as my eyes had still not adjusted to the recently turned on lights. I look down at Ollie as he hits my leg telling me to hurry up, so I finally open the door before rushing away to avoid the cold gust of the early morning hours.

I leave Ollie outside to take care of his business before returning to my room and deciding that I should probably get ready for work if I would like to be employed for much longer. My feet carry me to the bathroom to complete the routine they had been doing for years. I stop in front of my large mirror before observing the dark circles that had formed over time from late nights of work. Finally managing to rip my eyes off of myself, I go into my closet to decide what to wear. I pick out the normal white button-up with a navy pencil skirt/tight-fitting trousers before putting my hair up in a slick low bun/slicking my hair just how I like it.

Deciding that my appearance was not too important and I looked good enough, I quickly rushed to the back of the house to get Ollie out of the backyard. Pouring him his breakfast I look at the clock and see it's now 6:45 am, which is right on schedule. Looking around I grab a bowl prepared to get some cereal before suddenly remembering what happened in that same room a little more than a week ago.

This isn't the first time this has happened to me... Ever since that day I keep thinking about how relieved I was to fix my drunken college mistake. I feel a giddy smile start to form on my lips before suddenly being snapped out of my trance by the sound of Ollie loudly chomping on his food. I look at the time and curse seeing that it was now 6:52 am and there would be no time for breakfast.

I put down the bowl and run to give Ollie a quick goodbye before rushing to the door and hastily putting on my heels/loafers. I hop in my car and pull away from the neighborhood while once again hearing an "OWA OWA," from who I assume is Pudgy.

After a little speeding here and there I finally park in my spot and take a deep breath, thankful to have made it to work on time and to have not got a speeding ticket.

"Morning Y/N!" I hear the lady at the front say. I give her a small nod of acknowledgment because it's just way too early in the morning for anyone to be that cheerful, before dropping my things off in my office and practically running to the coffee machine.

"Oh thank god," I mumble when I see that no one is in line. If I did not get something in my system very soon I likely would have done something regrettable.

"Wow, has your morning been that bad that you need four expressos already?" Matthew questions.

"Oh if only you knew Matthew, if only you knew," I dramatically say just to make him curious.

"Well, are you going to tell me about it?" Matthew asks.

"Hm, I'll have to think about it," I say with a sly grin.

"Oh come on don't do this to me Y/N. You how nosy I am, so you might as well tell me before I just dig into your life and find out."

Matthew was not lying about this. The number of times he has found out about supposed secrets around the office was truly disturbing.

"Okay, okay fine," I say finally giving in but not really knowing what I was about to say.

I take a deep breath, finally allowing myself to tell somebody about the person I was in college. A person that I never want to be again.