Off The Books (A TayNew AU)

11 New Perspective

Tay

"Tay, shouldn't we just call him by now?" Mr. Pick spoke to me as I was still holding back my laughter. It's 6:05 AM and I'm in the backseat of my car parked a couple meters away from our office building. And I was just there looking at New who was looking grumpy as hell.

It took me a lot of persuading to get him to agree to come to the office at 6:00 AM. I didn't really tell him what will happen. I just said that after clocking in, he should stand outside the office and try to look at things in a new perspective. Of course, I didn't expect him to actually do it. Who would blindly follow their boss with such a ridiculous suggestion? Well, New did. But I hope it's out of trust that I'm actually looking out for his improvement.

"But sir, he's been here for almost fifteen minutes already." Mr. Pick's right maybe I should stop trolling him already. Plus, he looks cold from the cool morning breeze. I rolled down my window, and called him, still laughing, "New!"

He looked around upon hearing someone calling him but didn't seem to notice that it was me. That wouldn't be surprising since we're in the white Benz, a different car from the one I used when I went to his apartment.

"Should I just go down and call him, sir?"

"Nah. Don't bother, Mr. Pick. I'll do it."

I stepped out of the car to go nearer and call him again. "New, over here!" I was still giggling heavily when he finally saw me. He was both pleasantly surprised and annoyed.

"Good morning, sir!" He tried his best to sound polite. "You're unusually early today."

"Yeah. I've been here for fifteen minutes already. I was surprised to see you here, too."

"What? Fifteen minutes? And you've been watching me stand here the entire time looking at things in a new perspective?" He rolled his eyes obviously mocking me. Damn, he is sassy.

"Yeah, and it's totally hilarious." I laughed again.

"Okay," his dry response which made me stop.

"So, let's go?" I asked him.

"Go where?"

"Somewhere you could see things in a new perspective." I laughed again. I walked behind me as we made our way to the car.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you were taking the shotgun." He looked stunned when he realized that I was sitting at the back seat as well.

He was about to transfer when I stopped him, "It's okay, New. It's better this way so that we can talk."

"Where are we going exactly?" He asked again when Mr. Pick started driving.

"We're going on a field trip."

"A what?"

"I'm gonna tour you to one of our processing plants. I actually do this almost every morning before heading to the office. I go on-site to do random checks making sure that everything is in order. It's also a way for me to be aware of any issues in the operations." New's jaw dropped with what I said. "What? You think, I arrive in the office at 10:00 AM because I'm slacking off?"

"No, I didn't say that, sir." He violently shook his head.

"Judging from your expression, that's what you thought, right?" He bit his lower lip and look away. That made me giggle.

"This is actually what I meant with seeing things in a new perspective. Yesterday, when you said your work lacked something, I immediately surmised that it could be due to your limited knowledge on the actual operations of the company."