At Work's End

"Aaaaand done!" Viola confirmed with a confident click of the mouse. Leaning back she sighed in relief, stretching her arms and popping her fingers as the workload had finally been dealt with and the final hour of her shift had arrived.

"Finally slayed the beast eh?" Gary joked, leaning over the cubicle.

Viola smiled. "I wish, slaying the beast would imply it stays down. But this one keeps going and going and going."

"Tell me about it." He placed a hand on his chin and tilted his head sharply, producing a snap!

Viola shuddered, causing him to laugh. "What? I'm not on the floor am I?"

"If you were I would probably be jelly."

"Jelly?"

"J-Jealous." She corrected herself, shaking her head to his amusement. "I'm tired so,"

"No no, I like that. Heh, jelly. Sooo... any plans for the week?"

She blinked. "Gary this week just started, I still not sure if I'm awake yet haha."

He smiled. "I hear you, allow me." He gestured, moving his arm over and pinching her arm. She squealed. "Yup, can confirm. Don't tell me I need to follow that up with a slap to the face? I just might."

She giggled, rubbing her arm. "Maybe in the morning, it would help wake me up." They heard a flurry of grunting and moaning from the cubicle next door, so to speak. "Gosh, sucks to be her."

"It does... oh you meant because of the overload our overlord blessed her with? Yea that too. But it's fine, I'm certain she's used to sucking."

"HEARD THAT, JACKASS!" Both of them laughed when it was followed up by a brief middle finger over the wall.

Gary leaned in with both arms over, revealing a bottle of water and shaking it to her. Viola blinked and reached for it, may as well after all. "Thanks."

"You can pay me back some other time. Lucky you, you got her next door. I got nothing but lame-o's who don't know how to hold up a conversation." He sighed.

"Well what about Cindy?"

"She left a bit early, had some things she needed to do."

"Randall let her?"

He shrugged. "Probably was the accent, maybe he has a thing for British girls? So, about this week?"

"Oh right, no my days are so-so right now. No plans as of yet."

"Good, or not good I don't know." He chuckled, rubbing his hair. "Anyway I was thinking maybe we could uh-"

"Go for drinks?" Viola beat him to it, startling him. "I mean, huh."

"I was going to say hang out, but that could apply as well."

They laughed for a bit, with Viola suddenly recalling something as her hand drifted to her stomach. She sighed, "Maybe not have drinks. I uh... feels a bit early. I'm not much of a drinker." She protested as he held his hands up.

"That's good. Well, when you're ready to pay me back, let me know."

Viola giggled. "Thanks for the drink, Gary. And the offer, I'll think about it."

"That's good enough for me." He replied, drumming his fingers on the cubicle before getting off. "That's all from me, see ya tomorrow V. Stace, good luck!"

Both girls waved goodbye, with Viola opening the water he gave her and getting a few gulps. Stacey leaned back from her chair, rubbing her eyes.

"You gunna take that offer, champ?"

"Don't know, I mean I don't go out often."

She scoffed. "Right, you got all the company you need after all." That comment made Viola blush. "Just saying, wouldn't hurt to go out now and then."

"Guessing you want to go with, too?"

Stacey smiled, "I think I'll leave it for just you two."

"It's weird, I mean I only see him at work."

"Take a chance, I'm sure you've done that before and it paid off." Viola was listening, her eyes noticing something on the water he gave her. Turning it, she noticed a phone number written on it using sharpie marker. The reveal made her smile.

"I guess it couldn't hurt."