The Lives We Live

Chapter 6

The brunette smirked and placed her cup beside Cheryl's. "We'll drink it together." As she made her way to sit in front of the redhead. The IT employee got lost in her thoughts as her eyes roamed all over Toni's body.

Toni leaned in, her Cheryl's faces inches from the redhead. "Cheryl," She whispered softly, her eyes never leaving The redhead's.

"Y-Yes Toni?"

"I.."

"I have a feeling we are going to be a great team." She smirked as she pulled away.

The redhead cleared her throat. "Can I ask you a few questions?"

Toni nodded. "Of course. You are one of us now."

The redhead smiled and started asking questions and Toni was happy to answer them. She learned that the sales were good but could do better, and they needed to update their website for advertisements. Cheryl also learned that Toni was a writer of her own, the couple continued their conversation about books.

"Do you like paper Cheryl?" Toni said bringing her chair closer to the redhead.

The IT employee smiled. "I love the smell of paper; I love that when I'm reading a book I'll get surprised by what's next. Every time I read a book, I surprise myself that it's finished."

Toni stood up and faced the window. "No one knows how important it is to read. You know Cheryl, I spent 20 years of my life between books, I have a huge library, and trust me when I say that if it wasn't for reading books, I wouldn't have stayed in this company. Oh, and by the way, you can borrow any book you want. Consider it your book case." She said smiling lovingly at the redhead.

"Thank you Toni, we have to get the newspaper's sales up again."

The brunette leaned down, few inches away from the redhead's face. "We are going to do everything we can." She said softly. "I have a feeling we are going to do something great. Together." She whispered. Cheryl's eyes never left Toni's as she smiled at the brunette. "Do you have any questions?" She said leaning in further more.

She held up one finger. "One more question."

Toni tilted her head, still looking into Cheryl's eyes. "Which is?"

"Can I go back to my office now?" She whined softly.

"Tsk, we still have a lot of things to figure out," Toni said standing up straight again. "Tomorrow at eleven, I have a meeting with the board, I want you there with me."

Cheryl nodded. "Sure thing."

After a few moments of silence, Toni walked around Cheryl's chair and bent down to the redhead's level. "You don't want to go back to your office?"

Cheryl jumped at the proximity of their closeness. "Y-Yeah," She said standing up, "I'll take my espresso with me." She said lifting the cup in one hand, walking towards the door.

Toni laughed. "Of course, coffee is important." She noticed that Cheryl's phone was still on her desk, she picked it up. "You don't want your phone?"

The redhead giggled. "Sorry. Bye Toni." She said walking away again.

"What about your bag?"

"Shit," The redhead mumbled under her breath. She made her way back as Toni helped her with the bag. "Bye Toni." The brunette laughed and shook her head, sitting down in her chair.

"Good Morning," Veronica said as she entered her sister's office.

"Morning, Vee, what's up?" She said retrieving a folder from her desk.