Apocalypse [h.s.]

Chapter four

Professor Fabio had chosen one of the four people in the room to guide me through the first day, and that person was Harry, as I secretly hoped. Although I was a very shy person that got freaked out by cute boys, there was something special about Harry. Something that drew me to him, wanting to know more about him.

"So this is the cafeteria where no one really goes anymore. Everyone just sits in their own office eating, alone and totally detested by the social life, I guess" Harry said whilst we walked down the corridor, him pointing here and there for me to see.

I chuckled by his joke. It was good to have someone here that wasn't too serious about everything, someone I could just relax and be myself with. Well, I wasn't a 100% myself I'll have to admit, because he made me kind of nervous.

He stopped at the end of the hallway, showing the way in to a room. "And this, Ms. Violet, is your office." I looked around the room, shocked and overwhelmed that this was actually my office. "Do you like it?" He asked.

"I love it! Thank you" I said, grateful. He smiled and nodded.

"Oh, and my office is actually next to yours, so if you want to ask me for advice or anything you can just go to the next door. Or if you only wanna talk or something, that's fine, too." My cheeks turned red, and it was starting to feel very hot in this room. Don't they ever open the windows? Ugh.

"Uhm, I-I will. Thank you, again. You're very sweet" I managed to say, surprised that I did.

He smirked. "Yeah, I get that a lot" he said cocky, obviously joking. Then he laughed, gave me a wink and went out of my office, to my disappointment. I wanted him to stay longer and tell me all about this place. Then I realized that there was something I had completely forgotten about, clearly he had, too.

I went out of my office to ask Harry about something. He was probably in his office by now, so I should go there.

Don't you seem a bit weird, just bursting onto him right after he left?

No, stop thinking like that! He clearly said that I could, so stop being such a bloody pussy, Violet.

His door was wide open, so I quietly stepped into his office, knocking carefully at his open door. He was looking down in his papers.

"Get out. I'm bloody busy, can't you see that for Gods sake??" He slightly yelled, still looking down in his paper. I was very surprised by his reaction.

"I'm so sorry, Harry, I-I really didn't intend to interrupt you-" He looked up from his paper the second I started speaking, and interrupted me before I could finish.

"Violet! I'm so sorry, I thought it was Mike! He's been coming here every 5th minute all day, and I just couldn't take it anymore" he apologized, whole-heartedly.

I giggled. "Oh." I stepped back into his office, seeing him let out a relieved sigh. "Please, have a seat" he offered politely as I sat down in the black, leather chair facing him. He looked me deeply into my eyes with his green ones. Shivers went through my body.

"Are you cold? I could get you a cup of hot chocolate if you want" he asked nicely. I shook my head.

"No thank you, I'm fine. Just a cold breeze that came sudden over me, that's all." He nodded.

"What did you come here for by the way?" he asked. I started fiddling my hands, and looked down in my lap.

"Uhm, I.. I was wondering what I was going to work with" I asked carefully and quiet. He began to laugh, and rolled his eyes.

"I can't believe I forgot that detail. Of course you're wondering about that! You will be working at the nutrient delivery, so same as me!" He smiled happily, which made my stomach tingle.

"Are you serious?!" I realized I seemed a bit overly happy in my answer. "Uhm, I mean.. Wow, that's great!"

"I'm glad you weren't disappointed. There are so many people who doesn't want that job, but I love it, so I don't understand how they can not want it!"

"Me neither! It has been my dream job since I was young!"

"Mine too" he said, and looked deeply at me. It felt like he was looking straight into my soul, and everything I was. A smirk formed on his face.

Knock knock. Professor Fabio stepped into Harrys office with his hands behind his back.

"I see you've found the tone with Harry, Violet" he said. I nodded and smiled.

"Yeah, he's very nice and polite." I looked at him. He was looking at me, smiling. Suddenly Fabio put his hand on my shoulder.

"Can I talk to you outside for second?" He gave me a serious, yet smiling face. I nodded quickly, curious what he was going to talk to me about. Then I looked at Harry, who was gazing Fabio like he had done something bad, and I could see Fabo was looking at him, too.

He took me out in the hallway, away from Harrys office. I began to worry about what he was going to tell me. Did he change his mind about giving me the job? Did he regret giving it to me? Had he found somebody else to take my place?

My heart was pounding, as he cleared his throat. "Listen... There's something you need to know" he began. I gave him a questioning look.

"What is it, professor?" I asked, a bit relieved, because now I knew he wasn't going to fire me. He wouldn't start his sentence like that if he was going to. But at the same time, there was something in the professors voice that made me concerned.

"Don't freak out until I have finished talking, okay?"

I nodded quickly, getting rather impatient. He sighed, and looked up.

"It's Harry."