To whom it may concern (girlxgirl)

A Book Begins and Another Ends

The morning drive to work was unexpectedly cloudy and windy. I arrived 30 minutes early because I needed to prepare for the morning meeting. I had so many things on my mind, from my weekend with Sam to being worried about meeting Lewis again whom I hadn't had direct interaction with since I shoved him up against the wall, and now I had to tell him about my plans during the week, ugh. Right now my main focus was on the Novalianossa plan. If I succeeded in managing that project I could probably get a promotion or even have enough meat on my CV to apply for a bigger position and get out of this shitty company. I exited the elevator to the office floor and headed to my desk. I opened the door and was surprised by an unexpected guest.
"Oh, Hi Beth! Are you waiting for Joel?" I said surprised by seeing her in our office sitting in my chair. I smiled at her knowing they have a little thing going on. Joel had told us so much about her and how kind she truly was in contrast to this cocky wall we were used to her having up at work. I felt sorry for her and I had decided during the weekend that I wanted to try to get to know her better both for Joel as his supporting friend but also because she was only human and worth a chance.
"No, actually, I was waiting for you, Nicole" Beth said turning around in my chair.
"Okay, yeah sure what can I help you with? You want some intel on Joel?" I giggled. "Oh and by the way that's my desk, the other one is Joels" I pointed at Joels desk assuming she had just mixed them up.
"I know where Joels desk is, and I also have enough intel. On BOTH of you." She said in a spiteful tone with her eyebrows frowning intensely and devilish.
"Alright, so clearly you want to discuss something that you're mad about, and I'm sure we can solve it whatever it is, but can we do it after the meeting? I really need to prepare my schedule f-" I barely finished my sentence when she let out her interruptive rage.
"NO!" She stood up and ran to the door slamming it shut violently making the glas on Joels desk shake. I stared at her in shock.
"Are you the Beth from Qwence or is this an evil twin type of situation?" I joked nervously in the negative tension.
"Oh stop with your fucking comments. You think you're so funny and smart and beautiful, but you're not SHIT!" She walked up so close to me I could feel her spit in my face.
"I don't know what's going on with you but maybe we can talk about it in a calmer manner, ehm this is kind of weird, I'm a little lost here" I said attempting to deescalate whatever was brewing.
"I told you that we should talk, but you didn't answer my message!" She screamed fuming and her face started turning red from anger. It was her, the weird message, but it still didn't make sense. She stared at me with evil eyes as if I had just killed her mother.
"But I guess you were too busy FUCKING MY BOYFRIEND!" She yelled throwing her hands at me. I quickly ran towards my desk and stood behind the chair hoping it would shield me from this satanic Beth creature.
"What are you talking about? I don't have anything going on with Joel. Not to be rude but Ew?" I said as she picked up a folder and threw it my way. I ducked behind my desk chair only standing up when the folder had hit the wall behind me, but as soon as I stood up she was standing with pencils throwing one by one at me.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING WOMAN!" I yelled trying not to get any pencils in my face.
"I KNOW YOU FUCKED HIM YOU LYING BITCH! I READ IT IN YOUR STUPID SECRET DIARY!" She screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran out of pencils to throw and threw the pencil holder at me. I dodged it like it was a flying chancla thrown by my parents when I was young. I guess years of abuse teach more than just bad coping mechanisms.
"Wait, you read my letters?" I was so shocked and devastated, those were my thoughts, my secrets. "THAT'S AN INVASION OF PRIVACY!!!!!! How could you spy on me like that, NOT TO MENTION IT'S ILLEGAL?!" I had gotten furious and I felt how my tone intimidated her. I walked up staring at her like an eagle ready to twist the neck of its prey.
"I don't care about your stupid writing or your privacy! I knew the way he talked about you was suspicious, he's like totally in love with you and during the weekend you confessed being in love with him too during your FUCKING SLEEP OVER" She sounded so hurt almost as if she was about to cry backing away towards the door. "AND YOU FUCKED HIM DURING THE ENTIRE WEEKEND" She went from almost crying to raging again in a blink of an eye and picked up the closest cup of water next to her and threw it at me before I could answer. Luckily I slid to the side avoiding it before it smashed into the wall.
"THOSE LETTERS WERE ABOUT SAM! STOP THROWING THINGS" I yelled holding my hands up hoping to stop her from throwing the second thing she had grabbed with her hands.
"What?" She looked at me confused while slowly lowering the portable laminating machine in her hands from above her head.
"What what? I'm gay and I'm not doing the icky with your boyfriend! Disgusting, AND insulting!" I said loudly but in a calmer tone than the yelling both of us had been doing.
"But you don't- IS THIS SOME KIND OF LIE FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF THIS?" She said raising that laminating machine up above her head again making herself ready to throw.
"OH COME ON, I GUESS YOU AND JOEL DO THINK ALIKE. NOW LOWER THAT DOWN!" I walked to her having had enough of this circus and ripped the machine out of her hands. "Sam, Joel and I spent the weekend together and I said I love you to SAM. Then I wrote about it in my letters, but that's it! Just plain homosexual love" I said placing the machine on my desk far away from her, in case she tries to attack me again... Violent woman.
"But Joel texted me he was speaking to you like literally when he was in the shower and then-, and then we didn't talk the entire night and then-, and then you wrote that-, that beautiful text about the world and being happy and in love" She said trying to make sense of things.
"Yes that first one is a story for another time, but I was with Sam, Joel was not naked with me and neither one of us is interested in him either. He's all yours. On Saturday he probably didn't text you because we watched a 4 hour long intense documentary about the Anunnaki's" I replied sighing at her.
"What the fuck is an Anunnaki?" She asked befuddled by the term and disordered after the chaotic events that had taken place in my office.
"Ugh, Whatever just, let's go to the meeting. And talk to Joel for fucks sake!" I sighed. "Shit, I haven't even prepared for it" I said before a knock on the door was heard. Sam walked in staring at the messy floor.
"What the hell happened in here babe?" She looked at me not noticing Beth at first. "Oh, hi Beth, Joel is outside if you're looking for him" Sam said smiling at Beth who looked confused and disappointed. I on the other hand was infuriated, I wanted to prepare and now I had to improvise. Usually I was great at improvising but I wanted this to be perfect. I was not in a good mood to smile having now discovered that Beth had access to all my letters. Fucking Mondays.
"Whatever! Beth you're not going anywhere after the meeting without telling me everything about all the fucking spying you've been doing" I said storming past Sam who was standing in the doorway.
"She's mad mad, that's no good... and spying?" Sam said to Beth confused while I walked away to the meeting.