Getting her head together

Yawn.

Viola stretched her arms, glancing at her phone to check the time. It was a slow day at work; the manager was out of the building for most of her shift so it seemed rather casual for today. Course, when the office work is cleared soon which happens often, her coworkers get together and talk for what usually amounts to the last forty-five minutes of their shift. Curious how when the boss is gone we tend to get work faster.

Still, waking up early was hard to get used to and after the previous night's workout, she slept like a baby, but found herself sore in the morning. All that dancing came back to bite her in the ass... among her calves and thighs. Time to start practicing if this becomes the new norm.

The new norm, and to think it was slowly becoming casual for her and her neighbor to flirt back and forth every night. Yet not an actual word passed through them, they've done a lot but through cute notes posted on each other's windows. All because of that one night...

"Hey Vee, have any good stuff you wanna share? Anything interesting pop up since last week?"

She glanced up from her phone, how long had she been staring at the time? Well, only several minutes left so not long now until she'd be back home. She locked eyes with Cindy, one of their older workers not in age but of experience. A brunette, tall and lean with a look of determination, who sees to it that she meets her work quota for each day. Yet on breaks she breaks face and becomes much looser and flexible, going from punctual to casual at the blink of an eye. One moment she is your absolute hard worker and best secretary, the next she is one of the girls gossiping in the break room.

Maybe the British accent helps add to her two-faced look.

"You seem rather intent on leaving don't you? Got anyone waiting back home?" Cindy added, rather amused.

Stacy giggled. "Maybe, she has a neighbor that's been stalking her."

"Is that right?" Cindy chuckled as Viola gasped.

"Stacy, what the hell?"

"What? It's juicy, you never said to keep it a secret."

"I didn't think I had to!" Viola glared at the big mouthed blonde. Cindy meanwhile, was finding this rather entertaining as she sat up onto Viola's desk, curious to hear more.

"Well now, no need to get hostile Vee. Stacy just had a slip of the tongue, it could be our secret if you'd like. My lips are sealed." She smiled, bringing a sense of comfort to her coworker.

Viola sighed and slumped in her chair. "I guess so, not like I've much choice now. And he's not a stalker Stacy! Not really I mean..."

"Well, am I going to hear about this neighbour of yours or just be left in the dark?"

Stacy glanced over at Viola with a raised eyebrow, as if silently saying 'Should I say it or do you want to?'.

Sitting upright, Viola decided it was her story to tell after all. "No word of this to anyone else okay? I caught my neighbor having sex with his girlfriend."

"PFFTTT!" Cindy cupped her mouth, squealing in laughter with Stacy adding to it. Both girls passed a few minutes to themselves, with an annoyed Vee waiting for them to finish.

"That's it, fuck you two no more story time today!"

"No no, I do apologize. Please, ahem... continue." Cindy snickered, carefully hiding her smile and displaying a bit of a poker face. Stacy didn't bother, just standing there smiling and sipping on her Starbucks coffee.

"Yea, fine. I caught him with his girlfriend, then he caught me as well and life has been awkward ever since." Vee admitted, though not the story in its entirety, she was brief yet honest in how she felt. Excited yes, but also awkward in a sense. This was unexplored territory, coming through and flirting with Robin despite his gf was new to her. Knowing Lauren openly checked her out when she was out on jogs told Viola that Lauren was just as open as he was, a sort of polyamorous couple she figured.

Polyamorous, how does that one work exactly?

"Well, that is quite a handful there. I do admit Vee, I didn't think your life had grown to be so... interesting, over the week." Cindy tapped her heel against the desk, wanting to know more.

Beep! Beep!

"Aww fuck, already?" Stacy checked her phone and shut off the alarm. "Well damn, this was just getting started. I'm off." She sipped the rest of her coffee before reaching for her purse and heading out the hallway to the elevator. "See you tomorrow, girls!"

"Safe travels!" Cindy shouted back as Viola reached for her things and clocked out of her shift. "Vee?"

"Yea?" She spun around, purse in hand.

"I know it isn't your favourite request to hear but... would you perhaps like to join me for a drink? Maybe we can hear more of that neighbour of yours, I promised not to tell after all." She gave off a sincere smile, friendly and honest in her words.

Viola thought it over, being invited for a drink wasn't new to her but she often declined them. **** wasn't her forte and neither was socializing for the past few years. "Who's coming with?"

"Nobody, just a one on one girl's night if you accept. We can head to Thirsty's a block over if you're fine with that."