Tales from Gotham

On my own part 11

Next Monday morning Edward comes into work like normal. He goes to his desk and starts doing his work. He is usually the first one there. Each time another person in the office comes in they say hello to Edward. Edward Enjoys the friendly nature of his office and is loving the fact its so easy to seduce his boss. Eddy was becoming one of the biggest con artists in Gotham City, and he was loving it. 

His Boss usually arrived 20 minutes before Edward did. Edward was wearing a short sleeve button up green shirt with a front shirt pocket. He was carrying a black backpack with him which he slid under his desk. He had long tan pants and black shined shoes. He had a name tag which said the name Edison Nashton. Edward had picked the name Edison since it was still a variation of Ed, and was the name of a famous scientist.

 Edward wanted to send a message that he was one to be valued for their intelligence. Edward finished his work by lunchtime. It was 12 o clock. He smiles and decides he would go bug his boss as he sometimes likes to do on his break. He slyly walked over to her office and the door was open. She was doing paperwork. Edward knocked on the door three times. "May I come in"? Ed asks with a coy grin. His boss smiles looking up at him. "Yes, Ed you may" Ed says with a smirk. "Oh, also something I had to return, I think you forgot it" She says as she reaches into his bag and pulls out his green sweater. Ed smiles and his eyes rolls up as he is thinking "Perhaps, you should keep it" Edward says with a smirk. She puts it back in her bag "Are you Sure Ed"? She asks him. Ed nods "Of course, would you like to have lunch together"? Edward asks her. "You didn't conveniently bring an extra lunch again, did you Ed"? She asks him. "I did" he says. "Sure, Ed I would love to have lunch with you" she says as she puts down her pen.

 "Shall we eat outside"? Edward asks. "Sure, Ed" She says as the two of them walk out of her office togehter and Edward grabs his bag, they both got sit on the hood of his car. Edword pulls out two containers and hands one two her. "Did you make this, or buy it from a resturuant"? She asks. "Well, I could lie, but I going to be honest and say I stopped by Applebees this morning" he admits. "Ed, work starts at 9, are they even open then"? she asks. "Well, they are if you know somebody, I am freinds with some of the waiters and waitresses" he explains. "You are so connected" She says. "Well, I like making freinds" Edward says with a smile. She opens the container to reveal a well done steak, mashed potatoes with cheese, and bacon, and steams mixed vegetables and a plastic fork. Ed opens his as well and took the fork out and tried to cut the meat with it, which was imensly difficult but he managed and started eating. She smiled looking over at him "You know, I pretty sure the office is going to figure out something is up with us sooner or later" She says. "Naw, and even if they do, everyone loves me at the office, what are they going to do"? Edward argues. "Mister Charming Nashton" She says with a laugh. "Could probobly get away with murder if he wanted couldnt he"? she says. Ed found her statement amusing as he litterally has gotten away with murder in the past. 

"I was wondering if perhaps you would like to go on another date? Maybe in a few weeks on the 15th"? He asks her. "Ed, that would be lovely" She says. "What will we be doing"? She asks. "Oh, well its a suprise" He says with a smile. "You going to suprise me"? She asks. "Yes, I will" he says with a smile. "If its a suprise from you it ought to be good, you are such a mystery Mister Nashton" She says. He laughs "Just will make it all the more fun when you collect all the keys" he says. "Oh, speaking of keys, I bought you something over the weekend" Edward says unzipping one of his front bag pockets. The Bag had 12 pockets. He pulls out a long black box and opens it. It was a gold chain knecklace with a heart shaped lock pendent on it. There was a key hole in the center. It was about the size of width of a half dollar coin. He takes it out and clips it around her neck. He reaches under his shirt and on a black string there is a key. "This unlocks the charm" He says with a smile. She smiles "Thank you Edison" She says to him. "This was very thoughtful, I will cherish it always" She says. 

After 13 minutes they had already finished eating and had thrown the discarded containers in Eds backpack. Suddenly Edward hears his pocket buzzzing. "What.. the"? he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. "Someone is calling me"? he pulls out the phone slightly and peers over to see the caller ID. Its Oswald. "You can awnser it, I have to get back to work anyways, thanks for lucnh Eddy" She says as she leans over and kisses him on the cheek. She walks back inside and after she is gone Edward stands up off the hood of the car and clicks the green phone button on his phone. "Hello, Oswald" Ed says in a cheery tone. "Why might I ask you thought it fit to call me at work"? Edward asks. Oswald replies "You take lunch at 12 o clock and its a 30 minute lunch" Oswald says. "Ah, I see you were paying attention, so what can I help you with"? Edward says casually. Oswald continues "I wanted to know, if you would like to meet up on the 18th and go out and do something together" Oswald says. "Whats the occasion"? Ed asks and cant help smirking. "Nothing, I just missed you" Oswald says. "Sounds fine, just tell me what you want to do, and ill see you then" Edward says. "Edward" Oswald says. "What is it"? Ed asks. "I love you Ed" Oswald says. "I love you so much more, my little birdie" He says back to him from the other end of the phone. 

Edward kisses the phone "Ill see you on the 18th Ozzy" Edward says. "Edward" Oswald says again. "Yes,"? Edward asks again. "What seperates two pionts, and can extend through any lenght" Penguin asks. "Oswald.. Are you asking me a riddle"? Edward is absoulutly stunned. "I am" Oswald says simply. "Its distance" Edward says. "I miss you" Oswald says. "To be perfectly honest I missed you too, I might just quit my job and move back to the other side of the city, that way we could see each other more often" Edward says. "I thought you were happy on your own" Oswald asks. "Yeah, but its no fun without my little Birdie next to me, Munipulating people and stealing indentitys is all good, but its nothing like true love" Edward says. "I have to go for now Oswald" Edward hangs up the phone but takes a picture of his face and sends it to Oswald in a text. Oswalds cellphone buzzes and he checks to see he received a new message. Oswald opens it to see a picture of Edward from the top of his head to the middle of his chest smiling. Oswald smiles and clicks "Save to albums" the phone asks "Which album" and has a list of albums it can be saved to. "Oswald scrolls to the one which says "Edward" on it and clicks that. It beeps and the scroll bar disappears. Edward puts his phone back into his pocket and continues what he was doing. He was auctually out on a job.