Chapter 2: The golden sun blazed from the cloudless, azure sky as I walked towards the tall building. “Good morning, Marielle” I smiled. “Morning, your tasks are on your desk as usual” she replied. “Okay, thanks” I said. I walked into the elevator and pressed floor number three, and waited for the elevator doors to shut. I looked at myself in the mirror and applied a coat of matte, red lipstick and pressed them together. When the doors opened, I walked out and unlocked my office door. I sighed and put my bag down. “Let’s see what I have to do today” I picked up the sheets on my desk and looked through them. Before I started work, I logged onto my laptop and checked my emails. “Junk, junk, junk.. why is there so much junk? None of this is important” I rolled my eyes and before I could get on with my day, someone knocked on my door “Come in” I yelled and looked through one of the filing cabinets. The door opened “Hi El”. I turned round, I already knew it was Theo since he’s the only one who calls me El, short for Ariel. No, I’m not a mermaid... did I just say that? Never mind. “Hi Theo, what’s up?” I asked and looked at the file that was in my hands. “Fern wants to see you in her office” he replied. “Okay, I’ll be there in a sec..” I said. “Alright” he sighed and shut the door.
I knocked on Ferns door, and waited. “Come in” I heard her yell. I opened the door “You wanted to see me?” I said. “Yes, I did!” she said. “Take a seat” she smiled. “So, on Monday, there is going to be a shoot for the football team, FC Barcelona.. and since you’re a PR, I was wondering if you could help out?” she asked. “Of course, I’d love to help out” I smiled. “Perfect, thank you. I’ll just give Alberto a ring and let him know” she said. “So, what did she want?” Theo asked, as he sat on the edge of my desk. “She wants me to help out with a photoshoot with FC Barcelona on M-” I explained, though he interrupted me quickly. “FC Barcelona?” he said, loudly and jumped off the desk. I nodded. “THE FC Barcelona?!” his voice became louder each time he spoke. “Yes! And geez, you don’t have to be so loud!” I said. “OMG! You’re so lucky, El” he frowned. ➡️❤️⬅️