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SCENE 1

(Early January 2014, January 7, A day after Christmas break, Monday, 9:17am, outside of G Office, Paris, France)

Elis:(steps out of the cab, accidentally slams the cab door) (speaks to cab door)Sorry.(realises she looks stupid, shakes head) (having a hard time walking, carrying a steaming cup of coffee, paper works and a purse over her shoulder)(walks inside building, heels clanking loudly against the marble floor) (her mid-length skirt rising up, loose ponytail falling) (grunts)Great, just great!(sees elevator door starting to close, manages to slide in between the almost shut elevator door)I look like a mess! (presses the "P" button, places paper works on the shiny elevator floor and putting the cup of coffee over it) (stares at herself, elevator ascends slowly) (pep talks herself as she fixes herself)You can do this, Elis! You've done this before, piece of cake! (elevator dings on the Penthouse floor, grabs the paper works and cup of coffee, quickly walks out of the elevator) (breathes deeply, opens the glass door and walks in) (smiles at Mr. G's secretary) Morning, Beth! (places paper works on Beth's table, arranging them)

Beth:(smiles)Good Morning, Elis! (helps Elis with the papers)

Elis:(removes coat, puts it on the coat rack)Is Mr. G in his office?

Beth: Yeah, (nods)he- (intercom buzzes, Mr. G's voice booms)

Mr. G: Beth, is Elis there yet? Where are the papers I asked her to get, and where is my coffee?

Beth:(mouths to Elis)Speaking of the devil.(winks at Elis)

Elis:(laughs quietly) (intercom buzzes again)

Mr. G:(loud)Beth, are you there?

Beth:(clicks the button, speaks)Yes, sir. Elis is here. She's just arranging the papers, sir. (rolls her eyes)Should I send her in now? (releases the button)

Mr. G:(getting mad) Obviously.

Beth: (rolls her eyes again, presses button)I apologize, sir. I'll send her in now. (releases the button)

Elis:(grabs papers and the still hot coffee)I gotta go. (chuckles)

Beth: Good luck! (both girls laugh)

Elis: (walks towards the tinted glass door) (knocks lightly on door)

Mr.G:Come in!

Elis:(slowly opens the door, walks in)I have the papers and your coffee here, sir. (almost trips, chuckles at herself)

Mr. G:(turns attention away from the silver computer, looks at Elis)Read to me the statistics. (turns back to the computer)

Elis:(places coffee on top of the coaster by Mr. G's computer) (reports while pointing at certain points on the papers)In this bar graph, sir, it says that our Winter Collection sky-rocketed within its first 2 months of release. (points at September-October bar, Mr.G smiles in approval) There were a lot of good critiques about the line, and people wanted more of it. (Mr. G mumbles a "very good") (Elis is becoming more nervous)(points at November-December bar) But after the first 2 months, Styles released their own Winter Collection and it received higher sales and better ratings than our line,(hesitant) this caused our 3 stores to receive sales ranging from below average to average compared to last month where the sales were stable on the above average line. (Mr. G glares at Elis, Elis gulps hard, speaks, shaky) I sent you an email about the statisti-

Mr. G:(cuts Elis off, furious, shouts) F*cking Styles! (balls his fist, slams it on the keyboard, Elis flinches) I've heard enough, (pauses) tell Beth to call the board members and make them go to the boardroom. (tries to compose himself) Now! (heaves)

Elis:(eyes widen, nods, stuttering) Ye-Yes, sir! (briskly walks out of the office, once out of Mr. G's sight, runs to Beth) Board members to the Boardroom, now. (makes exaggerated movements, panicked) Mr. G is furious!

Beth:(shakes head, tutting) This is not good! (phones board members and sends out emails)

Mr. G:(walks out of his office, red in the face)Beth, darling, don't go to the meeting. I'll handle them. (steps inside the elevator, elevator door closes)

Elis: (pouts)How come he's nice to you?

Beth:(giggles) He's only nice when he remembers what my mom did for him, but most of the time he's a pain in the ass. (laughs, suddenly serious) Let's not talk about it. (types something onto the computer then turns to Elis) So, why is father dear angry?

Elis: (walks to her desk across Beth's) The usual.

Beth: Styles?

Elis: (imitating the game shows) Ding Ding Ding! (checks emails)

Beth: (types on the computer, Googles "Harry Styles", speaks) That Harry Styles dude is kinda cute, though. (turns the whole monitor around to show Elis)

Elis:(laughs) Wait 'til Mr. G hears that!

Beth: (laughs along) What he doesn't know won't hurt him! Plus, the articles say that Harry Styles is "young, hot and kind".

Elis:(swivels her chair around to face Beth) That would make amazing headline, (does a big "imagine" gesture) "Marvaus Geroux's Adopted Daughter Dating the Competition" (wiggles eyebrows) Ooh la la!

Beth: Whatever! (smiles)

Elis: How long do you think he'll be in the board room?

Beth: (shrugs) I don't know but I think you have to get him a new cup of coffee. Remember what happened last time?

Elis: (nods) I'm gonna go get him a new one. (stands up, grabs coat from coat rack) Should I get him the usual, or like a relaxing tea thing or something?

Beth: (laughs) As much as the tea thing would help, just get him the usual!

Elis:(smiles) At least I tried! (laughs)

Beth: Go get the coffee. (shakes her head, laughing)

Elis: (walks out the glass door, presses the down arrow on the elevator, waits for the elevator, taps feet against the marble floor)

Beth: (opens the glass door, sticks her head out of the door) Elis! (Elis looks back smiling) Let's grab lunch together when you get back.

Elis: (nods) Sure! (elevator dings, door opens, walks in)

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NOTE: Chapter One is up! Yay! So I promised a better story, with better writing, quality, length and more recent updates. And it shall start here! I'm updating this story with future chapters written already and this time I'm letting the characters guide me through-out the story rather than me forcing things to happen in this story; this method will help me make the story more realistic. This story of course has a plot of its own but I'm letting the characters take me there and I will enjoy this roller coaster ride. Again, I am writing using the #JayStyle, and I hope you enjoy reading this book while letting your imagination run wild.

Happy 2015, everyone! J x

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