Life After You

Chapter 1: The Unexpected

"Hey, Are you ready? It's 5 minutes before your shift."
It was the first text that I have received from My new office Supervisor. It's my first day working with a different and new team, they are notorious for being intellectual and critically-acclaimed for providing excellent service to their customers that made them #1 in the ranking-they are The UK team. I went through a lot with my office friend, Alison. We both decided to work with one of the heaviest team because of the schedule, It's not so normal but it can be pretty beneficial for someone like me and Alison who don't want to work at night.
"Good Afternoon guys, today we have our two new team mates coming from the US team, they are Alison Crane and Vera Lopez, please give them a moment to introduce themselves"
Yikes. I used to be so scared facing people and their glaring eyes. Talking and Telling them something about myself, I remember how I used to thank my course for curing a bit of my stage-fright moments. "OMG HI!!! My name is Alison Rae Crane and I'm from the US team, i'm 25 years old and I love books and I used to work in a law firm before entering the BPO industry and I also love playing computer games and-"

"Well that sums up a lot about you, Alison. Thank you, let's give the floor to Vera."

Chills started lining its way up to my spine and I feel like I drank 5 cups of dark coffee that caused my bowel to boil.

"Vera Melissa Lopez, Vera for short. 20, College of Music Graduate, Former Guitar Instructor and former operator from The US Team. I look forward working with you guys for the next couple of years." Wow. Did I just said that i'm a graduate from one of the country's best school for music but I ended up with a different path. However, I can still provide myself a good and OK life while working here.
"Alright, Thank you Vera. Welcome to the team."
"And as for you and Alison, I'm going to discuss to you the do's and don'ts here in the team... No late(s) and Absences because we can work on having a planned leave or vacation, aht must be at 5:00 and scores not hitting below 9. Understood?"

"... Yes, Sir!"
What? Below 9? Is this real. Am I supposed to be happy that my life is a bit normal now but the stats are just damn insane. I'll have to spend an extra mile for learning new things.
Looking at my teammates-they looked so stressed but-somehow-can-manage-face is on point. My supervisor introduced them to us as well, but there's that one guy who caught my attention. Short Black hair, yellowish white skin, bold eyes, beautiful nose, pointed lips and tattoos... tattoos all over his arms and body. He looked at me for almost 5 seconds and went back facing his monitor. To be honest, I was really scared of him, because of his serious aura perhaps. His Name is Matthew Lawrence Hunt, they call him Rence, one of the best operators in their team. But honestly, as far as it gets weird... I really don't care. As long as I am earning and doing things the right way, I'm in good shape.
I spend the day being nervous and being quiet to avoid mistakes and all that I can say is, i feel so drained. "Looks like we're complete! You can play on a band with us. Be our lead guitarist! Led Zep? Steve Vai? Bring me the horizon? Slipknot? Well well, You must be a Guitar God." The guy with the long hair approached me on his way out of the floor. "uhm... Yes. Sure, let me just inform you if ever i'm not busy." I said shyly.
"Alrighty then, Victor here. See ya tomorrow, Mate!" He blasted away from the elevator.

"Haha! Wow, it looks like you're in the hot seat."
"You just rejected 7 guys from the US team and now you're starting to be the heartthrob in the UK team again- UK team's new eye candy." Alison told me while laughing
"Alison Rae Crane, will you stop?" I smiled jokingly.
"Pale white skin, fine complexion, slim body, rosy face, long black hair, pretty eyes, and sharp nose. You play the guitar, you're simple, smart and down to earth. You have everything, almost every guy in the office has a crush on you. Good lord."

"Honestly, I don't care. I only came here for work, let's go home, shall we?" I smiled again at Alison while she plays here GPS-based game on her phone.
It was nearly about 1:30am in the morning and we're still waiting for the bus to stop over. I guess 4pm up to 1am schedule is not bad at all.

I hurried up to my room once I went home and curled up in my bed, Matthew... Lawrence... Hunt... That guy's pretty weird.
"Shhushhh, Vera. You don't need to be intrigued with someone, you need to work."
I closed my eyes and went to sleep.

-End-