Sugar and Sass#Wattys2016

Wedding bells

Abigail's POV

I sat in the cafeteria sipping my black coffee surrounded by my new friends. These three months has changed a lot of things in my life from my job to my sassy new hairdo. I no longer work as an individual photographer. Two months ago I got a call from the director of the leading magazine LifeChoice and they wanted me to be their Photo Editor. Initially i was reluctant on taking up the job because sitting behind a desk is not exactly my thing. Later that day i got another call from them saying that they would assign me as a photographer for big shot projects and meanwhile i could be a mentor for the interns. It seemed like they had made up their mind to have me on board. I had no more reasons to not be a part of LifeChoice.

"Do you think she's a natural red head" whispered Skylar into his sister Cara's ear. Cara elbowed him in the gut and asked him to shut up. He must be stupid if he thinks i can not hear him. I rolled my eye at him and continued sipping the bitter liquid.

Cara, Skylar, Anamika and Sean are a part of my new friends circle.Cara and Skylar are twins. Cara works in the Advertising department and Skylar is the magazine editor. Anamika and Sean are writers. From what i have observed in these two months i have learnt that Sean and Skylar are best friends but Cara and Sean can't stand each other. So to maintain peace between them Skylar sits in between Sean and Cara. All of their personalities are like the colours of a rainbow. Sean is the smartest one in the group. The only time he sounds stupid is when he is having an argument with Cara. Skylar is a jerk. He's the kind of a guy who would make girls cry in school. But when it comes to his sister, Cara and Skylar are inseparable. It's almost like they share telepathic skills. Cara is a splitting image of her brother. Anamika is the reliable one. The one you go to incase you have any problem.She is a 35-year-old mother of one. She was older to us but somehow exactly fitted in our group.

"I need to make a call. Excuse me please" Anamika dailed a number on her phone and walked to the farthest end of the cafeteria.

"I have to use the ladies room and then get my files arranged for the meeting. Meet you guys later" said Cara smiling at Sky and I before leaving.

"Suddenly I see the darkness disappear from this room" Sky immediately smacked Sean's head for saying that.

"What problem do you have with my sister?" Sky asked laughing.

"Dude your sister is the most annoying women i have ever met. She makes me want to gouge my eyes out. This way I'll never have to see her face again. If only i had an option between spending an hour with her and eating 10 Ghost Peppers. I would eat the peppers." said Sean smugly.

Sky nodded his head and said " I give up. Your drama kills me"

I giggled listening to their conversation.

"Oh so you do hear?"

"yes I do. The water you threw on my face did not make it to my ears apparently" I tried reminding him of an apology he owed me.

He looked like he was reliving that moment again and a big smile plastered his face.

"I'm looking forward to many such days" he said stretching his arms and placing it behind his head.

you did not just say that!Oh you piece of shit! I slammed my palm on the table and stood up. "You arrogant moron. You do something like that again and i swear you will never see that pretty face of yours again."

He stood up and looked down at me with his eyes throwing dart knives at me. He's as tall as Julian. So are thousand other men, argued the other voice in my head.

"Oh really short cake. I bet you can't even throw a punch properly" He said with a smirk.

I instantly threw a hard punch at him. His muscles did not bulge even a little. I heard Sean chuckle. Overcome by embarrassment i tried to walk away.

I felt someone grip my hand and pull me backwards. I jolted back to my previous position. Sky bought my hand closer to my face and opened my clenched fist. I winched in pain.

"If you keep your thumb on the inside before hitting you will break your thumb. When you're punching your thumb needs to be outside your first." He said examining my fingers for any damage.

I roughly pulled with hand from his grip "Thanks for the advice maybe next time I'll use it for dislocating your jaw"

The seriousness on his face disappeared in a milli second. "Maybe i will wear a head gear next time to save my Pretty face. Short cake" He said stressing the word pretty.

"Don't you ever call me that." I growled at him.

"Okay. Short cake"

I sighed in defeat and stomped my heels towards my office.

We were called in for another meeting today. In the meeting it was told that our magazine has been exclusively put in charge to cover billionaire celebrity Clementine Hemsworth's wedding. The wedding is on a private island and it's a week long affair. Four people from my group were assigned to this project, Sky, Sean, Anamika and I.

"So guys we have a huge assignment in our hand. No other magazines are invited to this wedding. I hope you do realise how important this is. Skylar, I want you to take up this responsibility and make sure that everything runs smoothly." Said Mr. Turner before taking his seat in the conference hall.

Sky got up from his seat and headed towards the board.

"As Mr. Turner said this is a big project. We'll be leaving next week to the island. Abigail you'll be incharge of photographing the bride, the groom and the guests. Sean and Anamika you'll interview the bride and the groom respectively. Make sure you even get some information on the guest list. Okay guys that's it for now. I'll mail you the travel details as soon we get confirmations from Ms Hemsworth's assistant."

I picked my files and notepad and waked out of the conference room. Cara walked beside me. "You guys are so lucky to be going on a trip"

"Assignment Cara, not a trip"

Cara rolled her eyes. "With my brother there I hardly think it'll be merely an assignment. Don't worry when you come back you will be telling me stories about how much fun you had there and how you loved the wedding"

I blew out air from my mouth. "weddings? fun? totally!" I said sarcastically.

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~R.H.SALIAN