25 to Life-On Hold

2 Birds

-----Michelle-----

I went back home to find the sexist business outfit I could find. I want knock both idiots stupid socks off. I pace the closet to go over my plan again when I see what time it is. I have about 45 minutes before I have to be back at the office to meet with Val. I send a quick text to one asshole.

Me: meet me at Maggie's at 3.

With the text sent to Michael. I head over to my closet to pick out a long black skirt with a really high slit and a simple, yet elegant crop top, I grab my favorite purple blazer and my Purple Jimmy Choo's to make it more professional and head out the door.

I make it back to the office and chat with random people as I take the elevator. Once I step off, I see Val zero in on my and we head to my office to chat. I walk behind my desk and take a seat. I can see the question on her face before it leaves her tongue.

What's up with you? Why did you change outfits in the middle of the day?

"What's up with you? Why did you change in the middle of the day?" Her face is the same in person as it is in my head. She wiggles her eyebrows at me and sends me a wink. It drops when she sees the look on my face.

"What's wrong?"

"Two jackasses have already irritated me today and it's only one in the afternoon."

"What happened?"

"Well, first of all, our potential new client has an asshole for a lawyer. If we didn't need his stamp of approval to get to the boss, I would tear into him, but apparently his opinion matters to Mr. Connor, so I can't go over his head. I can't go around him or over him. The only choice I have is to go through him, meaning make him think I am giving into his wishes to get him."

"Well, that's not too bad. You going out to fancy restaurants and flirting with a hot guy."

"It wouldn't be too bad, if A) I wasn't kind of seeing someone, and B) he wasn't my irritating dipshit of an ex."

"Whoa. He must be horrible. I haven't heard you cuss this much at work since that dude from the 5th floor tried to feel you up in the elevator then cussed you out when you kicked him in his balls!" She broke out into a fit of laughter and I couldn't help but smile with her.

"Yeah. That was something." I chuckled a little and then turned back to her, causing me to join in on the cackling.

After she and I finished hollering from laughter, I was brought back down to Earth with the stillness of the room. What am I going to do about that jackass? I had a plan in place but I doubted I was bold enough for it. By the time I relayed my plan to Val, she was all too happy to help.

Even though I thought I looked decent enough, Val shoved me into my private bathroom and dolled me up some more and sent me on my way.

I arrived at Maggie's Gourmet Cafe about 20 minutes later and sat there for a while in the parking lot. Gurl! What are you doing? This is stupid. Abort Mission! I walked in and found a table near the middle of the restaurant. Not too far from the door so I could see Jackasses 1 and 2 come in, but not far back in a cozy corner, where Asshole could get the wrong idea. I shrugged out of my blazer and reapplied the eye catching lip gloss right before the waitress appeared with a menu.

"Welcome to Maggie's, how are you today? Can I start you off with something to drink?" Maria, the waitress, was a little, tiny thing, so when I heard her voice, it shocked me still for a moment. I had been to Maggie's plenty of times prior, but I had never met Maria before. She did look familiar though.