Only You

21

The sunlight bounced into the room as I leaned on the kitchen counter sipping on my coffee. Last night Michael and I made some spaghetti for dinner which only made me more tired than I was when we had gotten home. Carbs always make me tired. 

After dinner we fell asleep, originally in our own beds. We've been sleeping on the couch a lot lately and I finally wanted to lay comfortably in bed, but I struggled to fall asleep due to an overwhelming feeling of being watched. So I ended up walking over to Michael's room and asked him if I could stay with him. He didn't ask why, he just moved the covers for me to crawl into the bed, and within minutes I was sound asleep.

Michael walked out of his room, in his usual classy clothing, today  he wore black slacks with a red dress shirt and black tie. He had a silver watch on his wrist and his hair to the side as usual. He smiled when he saw me staring 

"Im sorry about last night" I spoke up before he called me out on my staring at him 

"why are you sorry?" 

"just for waking you, I just couldn't sleep..I had this weird feeling that I was being watched" I shrugged trying to make it not a big deal 

"you should have told me last night, we could have looked around" he made his way over to the fridge and poured himself a little bit of orange juice, swallowing it all quickly

"It's no big deal, I'm sure it was just me" I shrugged again, placing my coffee cup in the sink

"Well you can sleep in my bed with me whenever you want" he kissed my forehead as he placed his cup in the sink as well, he turned around and grabbed his car keys "ready to go?" 

We arrived at work without any disturbances, It's been nice coming into work with Michael, the drive isn't so quiet and the walk in isn't lonely. I don't have to open any doors because he holds it open for me, it's just nice all around. 

I took my place at the front desk, clocking in before I grabbed my folder for this mornings first meeting. As usual I began to set up the conference room with all the paperwork needed for each member of the meeting. The meeting didn't start until 8:45 so I had some time to get everything ready

"Hey Katie" I jumped a bit, not expecting anyone to walk in here let alone Michael "sorry I didn't mean to scare you" he chuckled

"just wasn't expecting anyone" I rolled my eyes and laughed with him "what's up?"

"I just wanted to let you know I ordered some coffee to be delivered, can you bring it to my office when it gets here?"

"Yeah that's fine" I smiled, he winked at me before walking away so he didn't see me blush..lucky for me

Once finished with setting up I walked back to my desk, taking a seat since I knew it would be a while until anyone showed up. Its only 8:15 and I swear people usually arrive minutes before the meeting is due to start. I went through my emails to make sure I wasn't needed by anyone, I mostly do things for Mr Baker but every so often people shoot me an email when they need me to do anything

My phone rang, showing extension 5345, I glanced over at the copy of the company phone list and saw the extension belonged to Marissa. She works as the head of the finance department and hardly ever needs me for anything so a call from her isn't really expected

"Hello?" I finally picked up the phone after it ringing for a bit 

"Hey Kathryn, how are you?"

"I'm doing well, you?" 

"Good, hey I was just calling out of curiosity" she continued "are you and Michael dating?"

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people are noticing us together a lot, I'm just shocked she was so up front 

"Kind of, nothing official really" 

That's the truth right? I mean we're going on out first date tonight

"why?" I asked 

"Oh the girls and I just noticed you guys together a lot so we were curious" at least she's honest "thanks, talk to you later" 

"Okay" all I managed to get out was okay, for some reason I felt kind of intimated by the conversation

Well I guess not intimidated, more nervous that people are noticing. I mean its no surprise that the receptionist job is the smallest job here, I don't have as much work as others, I don't need additional schooling for this, I don't have a fancy title...and It's never really been a problem, it's not until now that I really think about it. Little 'ol me with an engineer? I guess its just not too common 

A notification popped up on my screen, informing me I had an email. I quickly clicked on it to reveal the message. It was the marketing lead

Can you print this packet out and make 10 copies and bring them back to me please?

TIA, Tamara

I printed the packet attached at the small printer next to my computer and walked over to our big machine to make the additional copies, its easier this way since the copy machine staples papers for you. I finished up with the small task and walked over to Tamara's small office, she was on the phone when I walked in but she smiled at me and mouthed thank you when I placed them next to her, I smiled and nodded before walking out

When I walked up to my desk I could see a young man with a cup carrier in his hands, two cups placed diagonally across from each other sat in the carrier. He smiled when he noticed me and I did the same. 

"Delivery for a Michael Stuart" the smile still on his face as he approached the desk 

"Yes I'll take that, thank you" he nodded and turned away leaving the drinks with me

I grabbed the carrier and began to walk towards Michael's office, I looked down at the two cups and one of them had a cute little red heart on the lid..I don't think I've seen that before. As I approached his office the door swung open. Marissa began to back out of the office, she held Michael's tie in her hand as she ran her fingers over the fabric. A flirtatious smile was evident on her face as she stared at Michael. His head swung over in my direction when he noticed me

"Hey" was all he said as he pulled his tie from Marissa's grip

"Here's your coffee" I forced a smile, placing the carrier in his hands, ignoring Marissa's smug look, and turning away before either of them could see the disappointment on my face

*I wanted to add a bit of drama just for fun lol, what do you think?*