Pie Charts, Coffee, and a Sexy Assistant (A Marcel and Veronica Fanfic)

Proposition Day

Chapter 5

Marcel's POV

I slowly start to drag back to consciousness at the touch of somebody tapping me on my shoulder. "Huh?" I slur, dazed by my slumberousness.

"Wake up, Marcel." I hear a female's voice whisper smoothly in my ear.

"Veronica...?" I drawl. What the hell is she doing in my apartment? This must be some silly dream.

"Marcel, wake up before Jonny and Harvey see you!" Veronica gives me a push and my eyes snap open.

My head jolts up and I look at her, "W-what h-happened?" I stutter.

Veronica gives me a shrug, "I'm not sure. You must have fallen asleep here last night."

I take a second to look at my surroundings and notice that I'm still in the office, my eyes immediately widen, "Oh no, no, no, no!"

She gives me a questioning look, "What happened?"

I shake my head and look back down at the poster board and papers scattered around my desk, "I didn't finish my proposition! Jonny and Harvey are going to fire me!" I look back up to Veronica, "I can't be fired! This is my dream job! Oh no, what am I going to do?" At this point I am completely flustered, if I lose this job, I'll end up on the streets just like my great uncle Benny! Oh no I can't eat squirrels for the rest of my life! That's just absolutely terrible! I'll starve and whither away like a -

"Marcel, breathe." I look up and notice that Veronica's face is only inches from mine, her hand is placed on my right shoulder just like it was yesterday while we were in the corridor. I let my eyes wander to hers and stay there. She's so close. And that's about all my mind can process at the moment.

"Alright, now you need to take it easy. You can do this, I know you can."

I open my mouth to voice my doubt, then Harvey's voice rings out in the office, "Veronica! I need you. Now!" He says gruffly.

"Coming!" Veronica says in a singsongy tone. She turns back to me with a weak smile, "I have to go, but Marcel, you can do this. You're a smart guy."

She turns to walk away but stops in her steps and gasps a quite 'oh' . She walks over to my desk and grabs the two coffees she must have left behind, she juts out her left hand to me, "Here, this is for you. Drink up! You're going to need it, you look like hell. It probably wouldn't be the worst thing to freshen up a bit before your proposition."

"Uh, thanks." I say unsurely.

"No problem." Veronica gives me a smile and then heads in the direction of the corridor, leading to Harvey's office.

I pick up the coffee and take a sip, this better wake me up, I could definitely use the extra kick. When I set the coffee cup back down I notice black marks on my cup, I pick the cup back up and turn it around. In cursive is a written message: Do well on your proposition. Tell me about it afterwards! Xx. Veronica

My heart flitters at the sight of the message and my stomach fills with butterflies. A simper spreads across my face and I can't take it off, no matter what I do, not that I want to, anyways. I shake my head to clear it from all my thoughts of her. Marcel, you have to finish this proposition, you can think about Veronica later. I take in a deep breath, let's get this done and over with.

• • •

"Hey!" Veronica greets as she comes bouncing up beside me.

"Hello." I greet back and smile at her.

"So..how did the proposition go? You know, did they love the idea?" Veronica asks excitedly.

We both enter the employee lounge, and take a seat at the white round table in the center of the room.

"They loved it!" I smile widely.

Veronica's eyes light up, "Seriously? That's fantastic! What did they say?"

"Well Jonny and Harvey hated the idea, as usual, but Brody, the obvious owner of Brody's Surf Shop, loved it!"

Veronica leans back in her seat and smiles to herself, "I'm a genius."

I burst out laughing at her blatant statement. "Whatever you say." I remark, earning me a playful slap on the arm and a 'hey' from Veronica.

"You know, we should go out and celebrate." She says, looking at me expectantly.

"Uh, um. Go out? And celebrate?" I ask nervously. I've never hung out with any of my colleagues outside of the office before.

"Yeah. You know, so we can celebrate your ability to lure Brody's Surf Shop into doing business." Veronica smiles and I can see that excited gleam in her eyes again.

And even though every thought in my brain is telling me to say no, and make up an excuse as to why I can't go, all I want to do is keep that light in her eyes, so I simply nod my head and say, "Yeah, let's do it."