When They First Met

Part 5

Daniel's POV

"Ring!!" his alarm rang. Daniel rubbed his sleepy eyes and shook his head. He looked at the alarm clock, silenced it and laid his head back on the pillow for about 2 minutes before he finally decided to get up.

All dressed up and ready for work, he grabbed his phone, keys and briefcase and out he went. When he got into his car, he decided to just sit and use his phone for a minute to check for any texts or emails that he had not read yet.

He checked and saw that he didn't get any response from that girl he texted to last night. He brushed it off and put his phone down and started the car. He didn't want to be late for work.

When he got to work, he saw his buddy, Jake, and quickly went over to him. He fist-bumped his friend and walked together with him to the meeting room. "Uugghh, hate it when we have these meetings. They are just wasting our time." Jake lamented to Daniel. Jake continued grumbling whilst walking to the meeting room to another co-worker.

Daniel just gave a smile and shook his head. His friend, Jake, can be quite grumpy at work but a very happy man when he's at parties. They took a seat and their boss came in and soon their meeting started. Daniel started to get bored halfway through the meeting and started using his phone.

He still didn't get any response from that girl. He was browsing through the app when his friend nudged him. He looked up and saw his boss was staring at him. He gave an apologetic smile and said to carry on. His boss cleared his throat and continued again.

When the meeting was over, everyone got up to leave and before Daniel could step out of the door, his boss, Mr Brown, called him over. "Daniel, I need you to go to this meeting with the Mason Company this coming Saturday. Make sure you get them to sign this contract." Mr Brown said whilst handing Daniel the documents. Daniel wanted to refuse but decided otherwise. He took it and nodded his head and continued his way.

"Sucks to be you!" Jake chuckled at Daniel. He was waiting for Daniel outside and overheard what Mr Brown said. Daniel gave him a frown and tucked the documents into his laptop case. "Let's go for lunch." he said to Jake.