closer // harry styles

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I roll over, turning my alarm off. 6:30am, Thursday morning. I quickly hop into the hot shower, getting out at 6:45 and drying my hair. I add a little curl to it, and by now its 7:10. I apply some light, natural, but sophisticated makeup to my eyes and face, and get dressed. It's spring, and warm outside, so I put on a long maxi dress from Lilly, and pair it with some pink pumps. I look at my phone. 7:30am, I start at 8:00.

I walk downstairs quietly, not wanting to wake anyone up. I write a note telling them I took Niall's car, and went to work.

15 minutes later, I walk through the doors of Bordeaux Designs, and look at my phone. 7:55am, perfect.

"Hi, I'm-" I started, walking up to the lady at the front desk who interrupted.

"Ariana Mortin?" She asked.

"Uh, yeah." I said.

"Perfect. I'm Mary." She said, shaking my hand. Mary, like the person who called me. "I'll have someone show you to your desk, and Ms. Bordeaux has a meeting set up with you at about 10:30. Lunch break is normally at noon, I'll have someone show you where the break room is. But today you finish your shift at noon, since it's your first day. Here's your work schedule," Mary said, handing me a paper. "And your schedule for today." She said, handing me another paper and then a huge thick manilla folder. "That's your resume, and we just need you to read over everything, and make sure it's all accurate." She instructed. "You officially start working with designs tomorrow, today you just pretty much read over that." She pointed to the folder.

"Thank you." I said politely as she picked up the phone, holding up a finger telling me to wait.

"It's Mary, please send Hailey to the front desk." She said and hung up. Within seconds, a beautiful girl with a big smile and two dimples carving into either side of her cheeks showed up.

"Hailey, this is Ariana, the new intern. You'll be showing her to her desk." Mary instructed, handing Hailey some papers.

"Oh it's near mine. Here, let's go." Hailey smiled, motioning for me to follow her.

"So this is your desk." Hailey said, pointing an empty space next to some other people.

"Thank you." I said, putting my purse on it.

"And my desk is right here, so if you need anything, just ask!" She smiled, sitting down at the desk diagonal from mine. I let out a sigh, and put the manilla folder and other papers down.

"Hi, I'm Alli." A girl said, sitting next to me.

"Ariana, nice to meet you." I said, shaking her hand.

"You to! This is Lucy," She said, pointing to a gorgeous girl sitting directly across from me. She had a bright smile, pale skin, big blue eyes, and long blonde hair flowing down her back.

"Hi, great to meet you! So the deal with this office is, there are your really talented and experienced girls who are working 24/7. Then you have the bossy bitches, and then there's the other normal girls, but not our friends." She said.

"Then there are the interns, us." Alli said, signifying Hailey, Lucy and herself.

"And now you!" Alli said.

"And then there's Ms. Bordeaux. Don't get in her way, or she might actually stab you." Hailey giggled, showing off her dimples again.

"Thanks for letting me know." I said, smiling at them.

"So what brings you to Bordeaux Designs?" Hailey asked.

"Well I just moved from New York, and-" Alli cut me off.