no matter what decision your heart makes, I will be waiting for you...

chapter 8

The next morning you wake up at 10am, totally sleepy and your hair messy.
All day long you've been avoiding tom and he's been avoiding you, a week goes by and you just ignore each other and every now and then you catch tom staring at you but he catches you staring at him too, most of the time you blush and look away again so the other one doesn't see that you're blushing.

Derrek still hasn't written to you, at least not yet. Harrison should be back soon if you're not mistaken and tom... you don't know where he is, you hear him go out from time to time but don't ask. Since he goes out most early in the morning and comes back in the evening, you assume that he is at work.
As soon as harrison gets home you will ask him directly if he can help you get a job.

So far you've only showered and gotten ready, you've put on a pair of shorts and stolen a way too big sweater from harrison's. Your hair is still wet from the shower but you are making yourself breakfast now.
You go into the kitchen and open the cupboard where the cornflakes are kept.
You lift the paper box of cereal out of the cupboard but it feels very light,
As you look inside the dark cornflake package, you see that it is so light because it is empty.
Tom had taken the last cornflakes and then put the empty cornflakes package back in the cupboard, Great !!!

Well, since you're out of cornflakes, you'll have to see what else you have at home to make you breakfast.
In the refrigerator you have found 2 eggs from which you scramble and eat them with a piece of bread, that's enough for you.
Just as you put your empty plate in the dishwasher you hear keys rustling outside the front door and the door slowly opens.

Harrison comes through the door, hangs up his jacket and puts his keys in a bowl on the countertop at the entrance.
You close the dishwasher and turn to Harrison.

"How was it?" You put your hands on your hips and take a step closer to him

" oh hey Y/N , yeah, she is already better. How was it with tom? Was he exhausting?" He turns to you, crosses his arms and looks finished, as if he could use a few hours of sleep. He has dark circles under his eyes and his cheeks are drooping a bit too.

"As always..."

"Okay, is he working or did you managed to kill him?" He chuckles

"He's still working, speaking of working, do you think you can help me find a job?"

"You want to work? Since when that..."He looks at you in confusion, one eyebrow raised and his arms crossed.

"I don't know, I think it's time for me to take a step forward, I can't live forever with my brother and his best friend who have to feed me" you chuckle

"Well, you could work in my company as a starter. However, our company is a little different. There is a boss for each department, including tom and me, so you would work for one of us as a secretary or for a stranger you don't know yet, but then we'll introduce you to him, don't worry."

"Mmhm, I don't know, isn't it a bit sad when you offer me a job?"

"Do you want it or not?!" He giggles

"Yeah fine of course, Is there anything I need to know, any particular dress code?"

"Well, you will be the first woman there, dress smart but not sexy, otherwise the men's eyes will fall out and they will throw themselves at you..."

" Eww , no thanks , I don't want men to look at me like that " You make a disgusted face "And get some rest, you look exhausted." You point your index finger around his face and go into your room.

You lie down in bed and look at the ceiling

'Smart but not sexy...' The sentence runs through your head a few more times and you decide to pick out an outfit for monday even though it's still three days away, well more precisely only saturday and sunday.