IF I FALL - #Wattys2016

IMPOSSIBLE | TOM

Everything was going so damn well.... It started in the morning when I woke up to a playful Lya who decided she would get kinky before leaving. No better way start the day...

I got at school, ready to work a little more on my thesis, which was going very smoothly according to my professor who loved the angle I chose for my analysis.

I then received a call from Simmon, Mike's father, who asked me to come over. I first declined, thinking it would be concerning the father again. But he quickly retorted that it had nothing to do with him or was not family related at all. So I accepted, curious to find out what he wanted to talk about.

So I texted Lya to let her know, hoping she wouldn't fall asleep before I got home this time.

Mike opened the door, surprised to see me.

"Yo! You never mentioned you were stopping by...?"

"Uh... Simon called me. He didn't tell you?" I answered as surprised as he was.

"Nope. Barely saw him all day though"

"Is he here?"

"Yeah, sure"

He made me come in and let me make my way until Simon's office where I knocked before entering.

"Tom, son, come in" Simon said while finishing up sorting some papers.

"Is it a bad time?" I asked, wondering if I should come back later.

"No, don't worry. I just need to organize myself a little better. How you doing?" He answered while putting all the folders away.

"Pretty good, I'd say. How about you?"

"Well... I had better days. My assistant quit at a very bad time and I need to hire one as soon as possible otherwise next time you'll see me, I will be sinking under paper"

"Ah... Good luck with that! So... You wanted to see me?"

"Yes.. Yes, indeed. I know you don't want to talk about your father and I respect that. But I'm still worried about you. I've known you since you're little so it's only normal that I'm interested in you."

"Well, no need to worry Simon. I'm perfectly fine."

"How's school going?"

His question kinda surprised me a little as I was not expecting him to feel so concerned about my studies.

"Good. Working on my thesis right now... Even though I probably won't have the chance to make it count, but at least I would have tried"

"Finance, right?"

"Right..."

"What have you planned for your future?"

"Well... Sooner or later, funds will come short so I guess right now I need to focus on finding a job"

"Right... So you're going to leave school?"

"Unfortunately, I don't really have a choice. I cannot ask for a scholarship since they already know the father's position"

Simon stared at me in silence and nodded many times.

"Ok... And would you like to continue going?"

"Uh... Yeah. I like my major... Always been interested in finance and economy. But well... It's not an option though..."

"What if... I told you that it could be an option?"

Now his answer left me dumbfounded.

"How?"

"Like I said, I have known you forever and I know that you're a smart kid. It would bother me to know that all that potential went to waste..."