Roman the Arrogant

Chapter 2

Today is Monday which means time for work. Yay I love going to work super fucking early in the morning more than donuts.

I aggressively rubbed the sleep from my eyes and grabbed my phone off the night stand next to my queen-sized bed, slowly looking down at the screen. My eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when I saw that it was 8:00am.

I mumbled curses under my breath as I rushed to get dressed.

"Donna is going to kill me if I'm late again"

Why did I forget to set my alarm; I only have thirty minutes to get dressed and make it on time to work. I quickly put my black shirt and black skinny jeans on, running into the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.

I checked my phone again, "8:10, I really hope traffic isn't too bad."

Fifteen minutes later guess where I was...yup stuck in traffic 20 minutes away from Starbucks and only five minutes to 8:30. I'm stuck in stop and go traffic praying for a miracle. But of course, nothing happens.

As I start to lose hope when I feel the heat of someone's eyes burning into the side of my head.

I cautiously turn my head and see fucking mystery man staring at me two lanes over. "The fuck", I mouth 'take a picture it'll last longer'.

And what the actual fuck does he do, he pulls his phone out and takes my picture.

I look at him dumbfounded then stick my middle finger up and turn back to face the cars in front of me.

I turn the radio on and hear Told You So by Paramore and start singing.

*Sings horribly* "For all I know the best is over and the worst is yet to co..."

I turn the volume down when I hear police sirens. The traffic is still going slow so I carefully look in my mirrors to see where the sirens were coming from.

"Oh my gosh..." I start laughing because mystery man was getting pulled over by an undercover police car, most likely for using his phone while driving.

"Dumbass" I continue to laugh and I swear he heard me because as soon as that word left my mouth he looked in my direction.

I turned back around and waited in traffic until I reached my destination.

I checked my phone once again before getting out of my car and walking into Starbucks.

"Damn 25 minutes late" as I into the building my coworkers were looking at me like I had the plague.

I didn't know why until one of them told me that our manager Donna wanted to speak to me in the backroom.

I slowly made my way to the back fearing the consequences of my lateness.

"Bella please have a seat" Donna stated without looking up from the paper she was reading on her desk.

I sat down in the chair in front of her desk and waited for her to speak.

After about five minutes she peered over the glasses she was wearing to look at me.

"I was just looking at your time card for the past 5 months you've been here. 8 times you've been late and I warned you last time not to be late again or there would be serious consequences" Donna stated.

I sighed knowing all too well what she was about to say.

I've been in this situation plenty of times to know what was coming next. I could never keep a job longer than five months, either because of my lateness or my space attacks on the job.

"I'm sorry Bella but I'm going to have to let you go. You will recieve this weeks' worth of pay", she said with no emotion.

I politely nodded and left the building getting back into my car.

I let out a frustrated grunt and laid my forehead on the steering wheel.

"What's wrong me, come on Bella you can't keep getting fired" I said talking to myself.

I pulled my phone out of my back pocket and texted Adrian I was coming over.

I didn't wait for a reply he was usually always at his apartment in the morning because he worked during the evening.

When I arrived at Adrian's place I used the key he gave me on our one year anniversary to get into his apartment.

"Adi I'm here. Mondays seriously suck I just got fired once again" I said walking around his apartment looking for him.

"Babe where are you?" I checked the living room then went to his bedroom.

The door was slightly open so I opened it fully.

My eyes started to water at sight that was in front of me.

"Fuck I love you baby" Adrian moaned over some blonde chick.

"Adrian..." I whispered warm tears now free falling down my cheeks.

Adrian looked like he'd just seen a ghost when he saw me.

He quickly pushed away the women he was onto of and put his boxers on before walking over to me.

"Bella it's not what it looks like. She doesn't mean anything to me. It was a mistake please baby forgive me" Adrian pleaded.

He looked like he was about get on his knees and beg.

"Don't you dare call me baby. I'm so lucky this happened now and not five years down the road. Saves me a lot time, so thank you for that. We're done, take your key" I told him shoving the key he gave me into his hand.

I ignored him as he called my name as I walked out the door.

I used the back of my arm to wipe my tears as I got into my car and drove back to my apartment.

As soon as I walked in called Emma and told her about my shitty day which brought back the tears from earlier.

Emma told me she was coming over in an hour and that we needed a girl's night.

In the meantime, I was scrolling through my phone deleting all my pictures with Adrian in them. I also deleted his number after texting him to leave my key at the apartment complex office.

I heard a knock at my door and looked through the peep hole to see who it was.

I breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door, "Hi Em" I said quietly.

"I'm going to punch him in the throat if I ever see him again" Emma said as she hugged me tightly.

"I'm ok with that" I laughed a little as she released me for her strong arms.

I was starting to feel a little better since Em brought my favorite strawberry ice cream and the entire Harry Potter series on DVD.

She placed Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone in my Xbox and we watch about two and half more movies afterwards before falling asleep on my bed.

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