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Chapter 14: The Gun

I walked into Wayne Tower feeling some of the same anxiety that I felt during my first day.  Today was my first day on my own as the receptionist of the department I had been assigned to, but thankfully I did have some confidence from shadowing Elizabeth last week to combat some of my anxiety this time around.  Most of my anxiety probably  stemmed from the fact that I would finally be meeting the people I would be working with every day from here on out.

When I walked into the lobby, Elizabeth was waiting for me, "Hello, Anon!  Are you ready to see the department you will be working for?!"  I gave her my best excited tone and told her that I was, as I gave her a thumbs up.  We walked to the elevators and, as we entered one, she pressed the '32' button and the elevator started its journey up. She told me exactly what the department was created for and what the guys, that worked in the department, typically did day-to-day.

When we made it to the correct floor, we walked down a few hallways, passing by many different doors. We finally made it to a door that Elizabeth opened, which lead to a huge room. Around the room, there were additional doors that lead to different offices for several different departments. There was a desk in front of each door for the receptionists for each department. All of the desks were filled by women that were typing on typewriters or talking their phones.  The place hummed with different noises, like a busy beehive.  Elizabeth led me to one bare desk that only had a typewriter and a phone and stuck her hand out towards it, "This is your desk."  She moved over to the door and knocked.  We heard a loud, 'come in', and she opened the door. We both walked in and I looked around. The room wasn't huge, but there were three desks placed along the walls in the room. There was a man sitting at each desk and all three stopped what they were doing, turned towards us, and stared.

Elizabeth smiled, "Gentlemen, this is Anon, your new receptionist."  She looked at me as she pointed at the men individually, "Anon, this is Johnny, Andrew and Nicholas."

All three were dressed dashingly; they did work for Wayne Enterprises, so it was basically a requirement. Nicholas had short, dirty-blonde hair. Andrew had a little more weight to him than the others and had dark, curly hair. Johnny had his dark hair slicked back.

"Hello, I am happy to meet you guys. I am excited to help this department."

Nicholas smirked, "Yeah, well, you will mostly be helping Johnny and Andrew. I got my shit together."

Andrew playfully threw a paperclip at Nicholas, "Oh, shut the fuck up."

Elizabeth playfully scolded them, "Okay, guys, not a great first impression for your new receptionist."

I giggled and made a comment, mainly towards Elizabeth, "It's fine, I have been around much worse."  I noticed that Johnny, the one that hadn't spoken up yet, was just staring at me. I shifted my body to try and avoid his stare, without being obvious about it.

Elizabeth laughed at my comment, "Well, I will let you all get acquainted. You fellows be nice to Anon and Anon, if you need anything, feel free to call me."

"Aw, Beth, leaving so soon? Why don't ya hang out down here with us for a bit?" Nicholas' voice was almost begging.  Elizabeth just shook her head, while she gave him a smile, and then left the room.

I awkwardly stood there as the three men turned back to their work. They didn't seem very interested to get acquainted. After a moment, I decided to ask, "Is there anything you guys need right now?"

Johnny pointed a finger up in the air, "Yeah, sweets, I'll take a coffee. Black." 

My lips pressed into a hard line. Sweets? He didn't even look at me.  They sounded like the guys Sophie worked with.  I was starting to wonder how it was going to be, working for these guys if they were going to act like this, but I quickly pushed the thought aside. Be positive. I took a deep breath, "Okay, sir, I'll get that right to you."