Journalists

Chapter 7

This is actually more of a filler than the last chapter.

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Nola glares at the blank page she had open on her laptop. It had been a few days since they had been given the assignment.

She was sitting in her office, staring at her computer as if the article would write itself. She hardly had any experience with sex and relationships. What little experience she had wasn't worth writing about.

Nola hadn't seen Colin since they'd been given the assignment but she was sure that he had no trouble writing something. It was clear that he had experience with sex and since he was famous, she was aware of his numerous relationships as well.

She had no doubt that he'd written five articles by now and was reviewing them with Tony now to ensure he picked his article over hers, even though she still had a few hours until the deadline at noon.

She groans and gets up, rubbing her tired eyes before going to Kenna's office, hoping she could help.

"Still have no idea what to write?" Kenna asks the moment Nola was within earshot.

Nola smiles softly and sits on the couch in Kenna's big office. She was glad to have a friend like Kenna who knew exactly what was bothering her. She didn't even have to respond before Kenna continued.

"You're just thinking about it too much," Kenna says, spinning her chair so she was facing Nola. "You do have things to write about."

"Not as much as you," Nola points out with a small frown. "You're the one who has an active sex life. I should know. My apartment is right under yours and you've gotten lucky the past four nights and you've been doing it all night," She stresses the last part to point out that it was the reason for her lack of sleep. Still, she couldn't help but laugh along with Kenna, glad that Kenna was having fun.

"You do have something to write about," Kenna laughs. "You've been in relationships before so you could write about those, and you're not a virgin either. Now get back to work. You need to have multiple articles done within the next two hours."

Nola groans playfully and gets up, returning to her desk. She spun around in her chair until she felt dizzy and then laid back and thought about what she could write about. All of a sudden, she sat up when she came up with an idea. She eagerly began typing and continued typing until a few minutes before her deadline.

At noon, she quickly walked into Tony's office with the three articles she'd written, placing them on his desk before sitting down beside Colin who was already in his office.

Nola was grinning, unable to hold it back as she watched Tony skim through her articles. Colin glances over at her, feeling a bit uneasy at how confident she was. He knew that meant she'd written something truly amazing.

Tony was silent for about fifteen minutes, leaving Nola and Colin in an uncomfortable silence. Finally, he stood up and walked over to the whiteboard, picking up a marker. He glances at both of them before putting two tally marks under Nola's name and one under Colin's.

Nola grins again, ecstatic that she was in the lead. Tony, who still didn't say anything, sits back down and starts uploading their articles, meaning that Nola and Colin could leave.

"I thought you weren't able to write anything," Colin mutters irritatedly as soon as they were outside of Tony's office.

Nola glances at him in surprise as she walks to the break room to get some food, wondering how he could've known that when she hadn't seen him in about a week. "I finally thought of a few things," she says with a shrug since he had followed her to the break room.

"Wait," Colin stops her before she can grab a banana to call her lunch. "Have lunch with me, and I mean a proper lunch, not just a banana. That's not healthy."

"Why do you care if I'm being healthy?" Nola raises her eyebrows in surprise as she looks at him. When he just blankly stares at her in return, she crosses her arms. "Why do you want to have lunch with me?"

"Because I want to talk to you about your articles," Colin says lamely. When Nola raises an eyebrow again, he sighs. "I want to get to know you more, okay? We've been working together for a few weeks now and I hardly know you."

Nola looks at him in surprise, thinking it over.

Taking her silence as a no, Colin huffs softly and crosses his arms. "You're also really uptight and I think you should have fun for once."

Nola laughs, not finding Colin's words even a bit insulting. She knew she was uptight and also Colin's huff followed by him crossing his arms made him resemble a child, which Nola found very cute. "You think I could have fun with you?"

"I know you'll have fun with me," Colin smirks at her, taking a step towards her and leaning against the counter as he watches her blush slightly as she thought of the double meaning in his words.

"Fine, I'll have lunch with you," Nola agrees with a laugh. She felt flattered that he wanted to have lunch with her. She didn't think he was flirting with her or that he even was aware of the other meaning behind his words but she realized she liked talking to him when he was like this.

"Perfect. Let's go," Colin smiles at her and motions to the elevator. 

Nola smiles and walks to the elevator, Colin trailing behind her. He glances over his shoulder and finds Kenna watching them. Their eyes meet and he gives her a slight nod before following Nola and getting into the elevator with her.

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I have exciting things planned for the next chapter.

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