NadiaSantosFan
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Yay! She took the job! 
thats so great. . I can just imagine how their gonna get along. .
thats so great. . I can just imagine how their gonna get along. .
Dirty Little Secret
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catfishally
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Haha people skills!
mbellsdiva
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Wonder what got her to actually come in for the job.
Sydney is a challenge and I think Vaughn likes a challnge.
Sydney is a challenge and I think Vaughn likes a challnge.
Spydrummer06
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The people skills line was good.
Great update
Great update
Syd_Vaughn4ever
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what is she....some kind of alien????? can't wait for more! so cute!
phoenix shotgun 47
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great update
love sydney's personality. wonder what happened to her...
love sydney's personality. wonder what happened to her...
SkyGirl5
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Chapter 4
At nine the next morning, Sydney rolled into Michael’s office dragging a shocking amount of things with her. In addition to the oversized bag that Michael assumed to be her purse, she also had a larger duffle bag slung over her shoulder and a white paper bag clutched in her hand. “Planning on stealing that many office supplies, are you?” Michael asked, gesturing towards the duffle bag with the pen in his hand.
“What? No. I brought a change of clothes; I’ll leave right from here to go to work,” she explained him.
Confused, Michael looked up at her. “As opposed to this… which is play time?” he asked with a crinkled brow.
“No,” she sighed, slightly annoyed, “I bartend a few nights a week to get extra money.”
“Gotcha,” Michael nodded. “Well you can leave those in here. Behind the desk is fine. Then you can take those files over there,” he pointed towards the stack of manila folders on the edge of his desk, “and make copies of them. The copier is down the hall to the right and right next to the ugly green plant.”
“Ugly green plant?” she questioned.
“Trust me, you’ll know what I mean,” he assured her. She eyed him suspiciously before grabbing the stack of folders and disappearing from his office. Fifteen minutes later she returned, files and copies in hand, with a confused look on her face. “Trying to figure out what plant it’s supposed to be, aren’t you?” he asked knowingly.
“It’s just so…,” she let her voice drift off, unable to find the proper term.
“I know, it’s been here for almost a year and I still can’t figure it out,” Michael said with a slight laugh. Much to Michael’s surprise, this elicited a soft smile from her, something he hadn’t yet seen. It wasn’t much, merely one of the corners of her lips tugging a few millimeters upwards, but it was definitely a start.
“So what now?” she asked, lifting up the stack of files in her arms in an attempt to gesture with them.
“Now you take the files and put them back in the cabinets along the walls in the hall – alphabetically by the name on the file tab. Then you take the copies you made and mail them out to the address on the top of the copy,” he explained. Sighing, Sydney nodded her head and left his office once more.
Michael had barely begun reading the contract in front of him once more before he was interrupted by Eric poking his head into his office. “Dude,” he hissed as he cautiously entered the room, “there’s a hot chick out there. Is she new?”
“She’s my new personal assistant,” Michael said in a dull tone, still reading the contract.
“What? Since when? OH!” he gasped so loudly and dramatically that Michael jumped. “You hired the rapist?!” he questioned with horror.
“For the hundredth time she’s not a rapist,” Michael told him. “She’s a…. dancer.”
“That explains why she’s hot,” Eric said, smirk crossing his face. Michael rolled his eyes. “I’m gonna go ask her out.”
“I wouldn’t,” Michael began, but Eric was already gone, “…do that,” he sighed under his breath. This was not going to end well, but hopefully it would at least be amusing. Sitting his desk, Michael approximated about a minute and a half before Eric returned to his office. He was dead on too; a minute and a half later, Eric slunk back in looking miffed.
“She hit me with a file folder,” Eric told him.
Michael couldn’t help but laugh. “Yeah, I saw that coming. Sydney is… not very sociable.”
“Then why the hell’d you hire her?!” Eric demanded. Michael shrugged as he folded his hands across his stomach; he was still trying to answer that question himself. Eric shook his head at him before leaving Michael’s office.
Later that morning, just as Michael’s stomach was beginning to growl, warning him that the bagel he had eaten for breakfast had long since worn off, Sydney reentered Michael’s office. “Done,” she informed him.
“Excellent. I was just about to go grab some lunch. Why don’t you come with me and-”
“I don’t get to take my own lunch?!” she demanded.
“Well, normally you would, except I thought this would be a good opportunity to take you to meet Daisy,” Michael explained slowly.
“The dog,” she said in a flat tone.
“Do you have a problem with dogs?” he asked, eyebrow raised.
“No; let’s go… but just so you know,” she stopped and spun around at the edge of his office causing Michael to take a step back as her accusatory finger almost poked him in the mouth. “I have mace, so don’t try anything funny,” she warned before continuing walking out of his office. Michael shook his head and rolled his eyes before locking his office door behind him.
~*~
“God, I hate this traffic,” Michael muttered when they came to a dead stop on the highway again.
“If you hate traffic, I’m afraid you live in the wrong city,” Sydney pointed out to him before popping a fry in her mouth. She and Michael had stopped at In and Out Burger to get lunch before starting the drive to her house.
“I know,” he sighed with a sideways glance. “When I first moved here I thought I’d get used to it – wrong.”
“Moved from where?” Sydney asked, minimal curiosity in her voice.
“New York City,” he said.
“Oh yeah, ‘cause there’s no traffic there,” she rolled her eyes.
“You ever been?” he asked. She nodded. “When?”
“Long time ago – look,” she said, her voice turning harsh, “I don’t need any friends, okay? And I certainly don’t need to be friends with my boss, so cool it with the personal questions, okay?”
“Fine, sheesh, I was just making conversation,” he muttered.
They drove the rest of the way in silence, though Michael thought he heard Sydney muttering under her breath once they reached his house. He left his car haphazardly parked in the driveway before getting out and walking into the garage. “Daisy likes to jump up on people,” he warned Sydney, “but she’s harmless, I swear.”
“Great,” Sydney sighed.
He unlocked the door to his house and let them both inside, calling out to Daisy as he did so. She rushed over to him and jumped up with her two paws right at his waist. He scratched her head and baby-talked her for a few moments before grabbing onto her collar and holding her firmly so she didn’t lunge at Sydney. “Go ahead,” he told Sydney, who was looking slightly wary, “I’ve got her, she won’t jump.”
“Hi doggie,” Sydney said quietly, lowering her fingertips towards Daisy’s nose. Daisy sniffed, barked and then lunged towards Sydney, who jumped back about ten feet, nearly smacking her head into the wall in the process.
“Haven’t been around dogs much, have you?” Michael asked with a slight laugh.
“Only little ones that fit in the palm of your hand,” Sydney explained to him.
“Well, Daisy can’t do that, but she thinks she can fit in your lap. It’s sad, really,” Michael laughed. In the process, he loosened his grip on Daisy’s collar and she rushed forward, jumping up to Sydney. Sydney put out her arms in defense and Daisy rested her paws on them as she stood and tried to lick at Sydney’s face. Meanwhile, Sydney stood so frozen with fear, Michael couldn’t help but laugh.
“Get her off, please,” Sydney managed to croak.
“Daisy, come,” Michael commanded as he shook a box of her food. This caused Daisy to rush over to him and start to bark. “She really won’t hurt you,” Michael assured Sydney, who was looking slightly rattled.
“Yeah… sure… I know,” Sydney said, though she didn’t sound convinced at all.
“Would you like to leave now?” he asked in an amused yet knowing tone.
“Please,” Sydney sighed desperately.
“Okay, but don’t worry; you’ll get used to Daisy,” he told her.
“Great,” Sydney grumbled under her breath, “just great.”
At nine the next morning, Sydney rolled into Michael’s office dragging a shocking amount of things with her. In addition to the oversized bag that Michael assumed to be her purse, she also had a larger duffle bag slung over her shoulder and a white paper bag clutched in her hand. “Planning on stealing that many office supplies, are you?” Michael asked, gesturing towards the duffle bag with the pen in his hand.
“What? No. I brought a change of clothes; I’ll leave right from here to go to work,” she explained him.
Confused, Michael looked up at her. “As opposed to this… which is play time?” he asked with a crinkled brow.
“No,” she sighed, slightly annoyed, “I bartend a few nights a week to get extra money.”
“Gotcha,” Michael nodded. “Well you can leave those in here. Behind the desk is fine. Then you can take those files over there,” he pointed towards the stack of manila folders on the edge of his desk, “and make copies of them. The copier is down the hall to the right and right next to the ugly green plant.”
“Ugly green plant?” she questioned.
“Trust me, you’ll know what I mean,” he assured her. She eyed him suspiciously before grabbing the stack of folders and disappearing from his office. Fifteen minutes later she returned, files and copies in hand, with a confused look on her face. “Trying to figure out what plant it’s supposed to be, aren’t you?” he asked knowingly.
“It’s just so…,” she let her voice drift off, unable to find the proper term.
“I know, it’s been here for almost a year and I still can’t figure it out,” Michael said with a slight laugh. Much to Michael’s surprise, this elicited a soft smile from her, something he hadn’t yet seen. It wasn’t much, merely one of the corners of her lips tugging a few millimeters upwards, but it was definitely a start.
“So what now?” she asked, lifting up the stack of files in her arms in an attempt to gesture with them.
“Now you take the files and put them back in the cabinets along the walls in the hall – alphabetically by the name on the file tab. Then you take the copies you made and mail them out to the address on the top of the copy,” he explained. Sighing, Sydney nodded her head and left his office once more.
Michael had barely begun reading the contract in front of him once more before he was interrupted by Eric poking his head into his office. “Dude,” he hissed as he cautiously entered the room, “there’s a hot chick out there. Is she new?”
“She’s my new personal assistant,” Michael said in a dull tone, still reading the contract.
“What? Since when? OH!” he gasped so loudly and dramatically that Michael jumped. “You hired the rapist?!” he questioned with horror.
“For the hundredth time she’s not a rapist,” Michael told him. “She’s a…. dancer.”
“That explains why she’s hot,” Eric said, smirk crossing his face. Michael rolled his eyes. “I’m gonna go ask her out.”
“I wouldn’t,” Michael began, but Eric was already gone, “…do that,” he sighed under his breath. This was not going to end well, but hopefully it would at least be amusing. Sitting his desk, Michael approximated about a minute and a half before Eric returned to his office. He was dead on too; a minute and a half later, Eric slunk back in looking miffed.
“She hit me with a file folder,” Eric told him.
Michael couldn’t help but laugh. “Yeah, I saw that coming. Sydney is… not very sociable.”
“Then why the hell’d you hire her?!” Eric demanded. Michael shrugged as he folded his hands across his stomach; he was still trying to answer that question himself. Eric shook his head at him before leaving Michael’s office.
Later that morning, just as Michael’s stomach was beginning to growl, warning him that the bagel he had eaten for breakfast had long since worn off, Sydney reentered Michael’s office. “Done,” she informed him.
“Excellent. I was just about to go grab some lunch. Why don’t you come with me and-”
“I don’t get to take my own lunch?!” she demanded.
“Well, normally you would, except I thought this would be a good opportunity to take you to meet Daisy,” Michael explained slowly.
“The dog,” she said in a flat tone.
“Do you have a problem with dogs?” he asked, eyebrow raised.
“No; let’s go… but just so you know,” she stopped and spun around at the edge of his office causing Michael to take a step back as her accusatory finger almost poked him in the mouth. “I have mace, so don’t try anything funny,” she warned before continuing walking out of his office. Michael shook his head and rolled his eyes before locking his office door behind him.
~*~
“God, I hate this traffic,” Michael muttered when they came to a dead stop on the highway again.
“If you hate traffic, I’m afraid you live in the wrong city,” Sydney pointed out to him before popping a fry in her mouth. She and Michael had stopped at In and Out Burger to get lunch before starting the drive to her house.
“I know,” he sighed with a sideways glance. “When I first moved here I thought I’d get used to it – wrong.”
“Moved from where?” Sydney asked, minimal curiosity in her voice.
“New York City,” he said.
“Oh yeah, ‘cause there’s no traffic there,” she rolled her eyes.
“You ever been?” he asked. She nodded. “When?”
“Long time ago – look,” she said, her voice turning harsh, “I don’t need any friends, okay? And I certainly don’t need to be friends with my boss, so cool it with the personal questions, okay?”
“Fine, sheesh, I was just making conversation,” he muttered.
They drove the rest of the way in silence, though Michael thought he heard Sydney muttering under her breath once they reached his house. He left his car haphazardly parked in the driveway before getting out and walking into the garage. “Daisy likes to jump up on people,” he warned Sydney, “but she’s harmless, I swear.”
“Great,” Sydney sighed.
He unlocked the door to his house and let them both inside, calling out to Daisy as he did so. She rushed over to him and jumped up with her two paws right at his waist. He scratched her head and baby-talked her for a few moments before grabbing onto her collar and holding her firmly so she didn’t lunge at Sydney. “Go ahead,” he told Sydney, who was looking slightly wary, “I’ve got her, she won’t jump.”
“Hi doggie,” Sydney said quietly, lowering her fingertips towards Daisy’s nose. Daisy sniffed, barked and then lunged towards Sydney, who jumped back about ten feet, nearly smacking her head into the wall in the process.
“Haven’t been around dogs much, have you?” Michael asked with a slight laugh.
“Only little ones that fit in the palm of your hand,” Sydney explained to him.
“Well, Daisy can’t do that, but she thinks she can fit in your lap. It’s sad, really,” Michael laughed. In the process, he loosened his grip on Daisy’s collar and she rushed forward, jumping up to Sydney. Sydney put out her arms in defense and Daisy rested her paws on them as she stood and tried to lick at Sydney’s face. Meanwhile, Sydney stood so frozen with fear, Michael couldn’t help but laugh.
“Get her off, please,” Sydney managed to croak.
“Daisy, come,” Michael commanded as he shook a box of her food. This caused Daisy to rush over to him and start to bark. “She really won’t hurt you,” Michael assured Sydney, who was looking slightly rattled.
“Yeah… sure… I know,” Sydney said, though she didn’t sound convinced at all.
“Would you like to leave now?” he asked in an amused yet knowing tone.
“Please,” Sydney sighed desperately.
“Okay, but don’t worry; you’ll get used to Daisy,” he told her.
“Great,” Sydney grumbled under her breath, “just great.”
Michael_Vartan_Rocks
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ahahah Eric is crazy. I'm glad Syd and Vaughn are talkin a lil' bit. can't wait for more
vaughn4eva24
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i wonder why she was scared of daisy so much
eric asked her out hahahaha
eric asked her out hahahaha
Spydrummer06
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Eric is hilarious, he did deserve to get hit with files those. I'm wondering why Syd is so scared too.
Great update
Great update
vaughnshoney
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Great update. Vaughn's gonna have to be very persistant to get through Syd's defenses here.
sparklingrainbow
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wow, i think syd's issues are worse than any of us may think... she won't even entertain conversations with her boss... i do hope to find out more soon...
great update!
great update!
Syd4Vaughn
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Damn just when he managed to make her smile she went and closed off again
NadiaSantosFan
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Haha. . .Eric asked her. .
Ooh and Syds got issues. .
Ooh and Syds got issues. .
gtwallichs
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Sydney is just a barrel of fun, isn't she!?
Great update
Great update
farliieansds225
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awesome update
haha eric asked her out!
whats her prob with dogs???
cant wait for more!
haha eric asked her out!
whats her prob with dogs???
cant wait for more!
xMountineer02300844x
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Great update. Syd needs to loosen up a bit. She eneds to have a little fun in her life. Michael is only trying to be friendly...can't wait to see what happens next.
-erin
-erin