The same roof 1 || HEROPHINE

three: the cross

When my eyes see that coffe is going to be split on my sweater I immediately lean back with my whole body.
"Shit" I whisper while my heart is racing.
I check my sweater and I notice that fortunately my sweater is safe an that also the floor isn't wet.
I look up at the manly hand and after I look at the guy.

"Are you alright?" he asks with his British accent.
"Yeah. I'm sorry." I say looking at the black haired guy.
"Don't worry. It's alright." he says and then go to sit with his friends.
My heart is beating so fast also because of the collide.
I quickly take my jacket and my bag.
I feel some stares burning on my skin but I don't want to get embarrassed so I quickly leave the shop.
I notice that I'm just 10 minutes early so I take a deep breathe and walk in.

Damn, this place is huge.
"Hi good morning, how can I help you?» a voice says ant then I see a girl behind a computer.
"Hi, good morning. I should meet Christian Harper in like ten minutes." I inform her.
"Can you please tell me your name so I can check?" she asks trying to be the kindest possible.
"Oh, of course. I'm Josephine Langford." I say and the she starts to run her fingertips so fast on the keyboard.

I keep look at her and she's perfectly dressed and her make up is impeccable.
I take hours to make an eyeliner wing like hers.

"Oh yes. At the left you can find a lift, click the 12 and when you're there the staff will give you the directions." she says smiling at me.
"Thank you so much." I say walking away.
I take the elevator and I push the number 12 that it's also the last number.
I look at the numbers lightning showing me at which floor we're.

I'm getting hot and I shouldn't be this nervous.
I mean is a family friend.
The doors opens in a ding.

I see an another reception desk so I walk to there and I stop by the desk.
"Hello!" she says so energetic.
"Hello." I say smiling at her.
She's also so classy and her hair are lifted in a perfect high ponytail, her skin is without a pimple, her eyes are surrounded why a black line and her lips painted in red.
"How can I help you?" she asks.
"I'm Josephine Langford, I'm supposed to meet Christian Harper in like 5 minutes." I say to her.
She turns and looks at the computer.
"Oh I see. Welcome miss Langford. Can you sit on the waiting area for a sec, I'll let you know if he is ready to meet you." She says with a big smile.
I nod and then I sit on the black leather sofas in the waiting area.

She puts the phone between on her ear and shoulder and while that she also writing on the computer.
I look at the girls that are passing by and then I look me and my outfit.
I clearly choose the wrong one. They all are in high heels and shirts matched with a white blouse.
"Miss Langford." I hear and then I look up and the girl is not behind the desk anymore but she di few steps away from me.
So I stand up.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"Mr Harper is ready to meet you. Follow me." she says so I nod and I follow her.

Once we got in front of some black doors she stops and she nocks gently.
"Come in." Christian's familiar voice says from the inside.
It's kinda nice hear a familiar voice after days.
So she opens the door and let me walk in.
"Here you are!" he says opening his arms and walk around the desk to reach me.
"It's so nice to see a familiar face after days." I say smiling to him and right after hug him.
He is kinda an uncle to me.
"I can imagine. Welcome to London sweetheart." he says while we hear the door shutting.
"Thank you Christian." I say stepping back and looking at him.
"Sit please." he says pointing the chair.
So I sit and he does the same.
He is pretty excited to see me here in England.
"So do you like it here?" he asks and then I'm kinda confused.
"Do you mean here in London or here here?" I ask pointing the room.
He giggles.
"Both." he says smiling at me.
"Oh so good. You know that I have a weakness for England and the British weather." I say and he nods.
"Yeah you're a Australian with a British heart." he says and he is so right. I mean every Australian loves the sun but not me, I love the rain and in Australia rains like 3 times a year.
"Did you found an apartment?" he asks.
"Yes, don't worry about it. It's nice." I say.
"So happy to hear that. You should come to dinner one day. Eleanor would love to have you at ours." he says. They are an amazing wife and husband, they really love each other send they bout hate so lovely to me. They don't have kids so they really treat me like a daughter.
"Oh I would love to!" I say smiling to him.
"Okay, I'll talk to her and text you." he says and then I smile back to him.
"You still didn't answered to my question. Do you like it here?" He asks looking around so I can understand what he is referring to.
"Is that a real question? Of course I like it here!Really Christian this is amazing. It will be so stressful being the head of this publishing." I say.
"Yeah it's pretty stressful but the staff are really collaborative and I'll bet that you also will be." He says.
"Of course I'll be! You know how I work and how passionate I get about something that I care." I say.
"I know, I know that you're a really hard worker. That's why I offered you to come here and work here. I'm so happy to have you here dear." He says.
My heart is kinda melting in front of his words.
"Aw thank you Christian. I love you." I say and the he grabs my hand.
"You know that you're like a daughter to me. Me and Eleanor are so happy of your decision on to come here. Ill text you for the dinner okay?" He asks and I nod.
"Oh, before I forget. Do you have the files that I asked you to bring?" He asks letting go my hand.
"Oh yeah." I say taking them from my bag and handing them to him.
"Oh perfect, so you can start tomorrow. You'll have your own office and you can start full time if you want." he says and I immediately nod.
"I could have bet on it." he says smiling so proud.
"Okay so tomorrow get here at 8:30 and you'll have someone that will explain you everything and show your office." he says.
God I'm so excited.
"Sounds nice. Can't wait for it." I'd say making him giggle.
"Okay so now get out of here, I have another boring meeting." he says joking and then he puffs looking at the ceiling.
"Okay. See you tomorrow?" I ask standing up taking my bag from the floor and then hug him.
"I'll come to see you in your new office tomorrow." he says smiling to me.
I get off from his chest and then I walk to the door.
"Oh, tell Eleanor that I said hi." I say opening the door.
"Mark that as done." he says and then I walk out with a huge smile on my lips.
"Have a good day." I say walking by the reception desk and then get into the elevator.
When I get to the main door I see that it's literally pouring.
"Shit." I whisper.
God really got my words. I said after the interview and he made it rain right after.
"Good luck with that." The girl at the main reception desk, Amy, jokes.
"Thanks I need it." I say laughing and the after walk out.

The really cold water hits my body while some people are looking at me weirdly.
What they have to looking at? I know that they all can relate to me. I bet that this also happened to them once or even more than once.

I'm completely soaked but the pouring so hard that I also calf see because my glasses got wet so I took them off and put them on the bag.

My phone starts to ring and then I answer.
"Hey how the interview gone?" My sister asks.
"Oh great! He said that I can star on full-" I say but she stops me.
"Why are you yelling?" she asks.
Am I yelling? God the rain is so loud that I have to yell.
"Where are you?» she asks while I get to a cross.
"I'm walking home." I say looking at right quickly.
"Here it's-" I try to say and then a hear a clacson.
I have no time to realise what is going on that I feel something wrap around my waist and then it pulls me back making me fall backwards and then I feel my back hit something but it's not the ground.
Is too soft to be the ground.
The black taxi pass me in high speed so near to my boots and the I pull up my legs because of the fear.
My heart is racing so fast that I'm scared that maybe I'll need of a E R.
"Fuck." I hear an another voice. It's so near to me.
Then I realise that that "something" that wrapped my waist are actually someone's arms.
I look at the big hands placed on my stomach while I try to realise what just happened and calm my heart but the deafening sound of the rain is not helping me.
I look down at the hands placed righ on my stomach.
They're big and masculine. The skin is so light and the knuckles are so red, maybe it's because of the cold rain.
"Are you alright?" I hear a warm and kind voice ask me.
Then I turn and I realise that I fell on a guy.
I'm on his lap and my back is laying on his chest.
I look up and my mind literally blows.

I thought that I've have seen so many beautiful eyes but these are unbelievable.
They don't have a right color. I can say blue as I can say green. I think he is one of the lucky ones that have changing eyes colour.
After analysed his eyes I look at his entire face.
Holy crap.
His lips are so pink and well designed.
His upturned nose is unbelievable perfect.
His stare is so magnetic and is defined perfectly by the dark brown eyebrows.
The face is sharply shaped, the jawline is so defined.
His hair are brown as caramel and not that long but cause of the rain the long lock of hair are placed on his forehead.
I look at the raindrops run all over his face specially the one that is just fell from his eyebrow and then slip on the long eyelashes and the falls again on his skin.
The guy starts to move and then I realise that we still on the ground.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry." I say standing up from him and letting him stand up.
I notice that my phone is all shattered and black.
Yay now I'm without a phone.
I take it from the ground.

"Are you alright?" He asks again trying to make our eyes meet again.
"Yes. Thank you for saving me." I say looking at him taking a look of hair on the back of my ear.
"What you was thinking about?!" He yells at me a bit mad at me. I see his nostrils go wide while his eyebrows are arching.
Wow his voice and his British accent is one of my new weakness I guess.
«You could been hit by that car. The next time pay more attention." he continues.
"Yeah I know, but stop yelling at me!" I say to him and then he changes his face expression.
"I'm not yelling at you, I'm just telling you to pay more attention when you cross the streets." he says while I can't not notice out height difference. He is so damn tall.
"Thank you for your advice. I'll keep it in mind." I say a bit annoyed by his attitude.
"Your welcome." he says and then the traffic light becomes green and then we both cross the street.
Before we can even be that far: "thank you again." I say and he turns back.
"It's not that big deal but the next time ty to keep more attention." He says after he calmed his temper.
I nod and then I walk away faster then I can and turning back to look at him while he is walking fast with his hands on the pocket of his jacket.

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