Driving home for christmas

Unfinished buisness

Amber POV

I get home and climb out of Lucy's car and she makes no effort to say goodbye other than to wait for me to leave so she could drive off again.

Ugh why did she have to be like this? Why did she of all people have to be my boss?

To think all this happened with her damaging my car and now it seemed we were both trying to bribe each other.

It was clear. I needed a few days off for the Christmas show and my boss to be responsible and fix my car. Lucy on the other hand needed me to be extra quiet about how rude and destructive she was and so she had no other choice but to make a deal with me.

After all she did agree that if i made her like christmas , then a deal was a deal.
I , however thought that this was one hard task that would never be accomplished. Lucy was cold, selfish , mean and rude.

I get into the house and creep up the stairs as i make sure not to wake my mum up.
I wish i had my own place.

I use to have my own place. It use to be good. Everything was fine until my contract ran out and i had no other choice but to return home and i guess ever since my mum has just been holding on to me. It makes her happy to see me every day instead of being alone in her own home. I guess that's one of the reasons i haven't moved out again. That and the fact i need a pay rise.

Lucy doesn't care though.

I lay down on my bed and look up at the ceiling. Eh today wasn't that bad.
Thinking about it , i actually had a good time.

Apart from the long awkward walk to the car and drive home , things seemed good for a food date.

A food date. Ew. A date. Why did i say that?

I had to admit the bookstore was nice and i understood how frustrating it could be walking around and having people in your face constantly. I kind of felt sorry for her.

Wait.. did i really say that? ... she has no care in the world for others and here i am feeling sorry for her.

The chips were great and the water though i kind of wished now that i chose something else.

No that's what she wanted. She wanted to show off her money.

I guess if she took all her girls on these kind of dates, i could understand why they liked her.

She clearly was good at planning dates.  Friend dates ofcourse. Just friends. Coworkers i mean.

Tomorrow was the christmas party at the office and i had promised Matt one thing. I would deliver on that promise and the only thing standing in my way was my boss Lucy.

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Morning

I get into work at exactly 8 am. This time i am not late. Thankfully.  As i drove into work today, i made an effort to see who was parked outside.

I was suprised to see Lucy's car was not there but then i figured she told me she had like 4 different cars and assumed one of the other more expensive looking cars were hers.

As i walked up the stairs , someone grabbed my shoulder. It was Matt. He was dressed in a Christmas jumper and reindeer antlers.

"Like it?" He said gesturing to his Antlers. "I'm all ready for the party later and i hope you are too"

I smiled warmly. Matt was so happy go lucky and i never understood how Lucy could just walk all over him.

"Yeah I'll be there Matt" I said in agreement.
  Dont know about Lucy though? She will probably come up with an excuse.