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"When are you going to make a move on him?" Thea asks. I just roll my eyes and wait for her to run out of jokes to tease me, but there's an odd tension in the air before Thea nods to herself again. "You should totally wait until you put in your two-week notice so you can actually have a chance."
I pause, not believing what I was hearing. I was so convinced that Thea would be making fun of me, but... I don't really hear a lot of teasing in her voice. Actually, she seems to be planning something in her head as she sips her coffee.
My heart skips a beat. I just assumed she would keep this over my head for ages, but Thea isn't the type to get people's hopes up without reason.
And, for the stupidest rationale, my heart skips a beat. If Thea thinks that it's possible. Is there actually a chance? I do work with him, and he's talked to me a few times at work about things that aren't work, but that's been the extent of it, really.
"Do you think I actually have a chance with someone like him?" I ask after a moment, hoping that I don't make myself look like an idiot. For some reason, I glance around. Being just across the street from my job and my boss and talking about him like this puts me on edge.
"Yeah, you're hot," Thea smiles at me, and I shake my head.
I know that. I know that I'm pretty. It works to my advantage, definitely, but... I don't think being hot is enough to get with a billionaire.
"Yeah, but... I don't think so. He just seems... distant."
Apparently, this doesn't stop Thea. Just the smile that keeps appearing on her face and the slow nods she keeps doing only to herself tell me she's seriously thinking about this.
And I guess that it's alright for now. There's no harm in it, and Thea's my best friend. She's known worse things during the course of our friendship. This is just another thing for us to talk about.
My crush on my boss.
"Brooding and mysterious! It's a good combination." Thea's face is lighting up with more and more excitement, and I have a feeling that she's going to blow this out of proportion. I just shrug my shoulders, trying to hide the fact that... yeah, he is a little bit brooding and mysterious, at least in my mind. "Is it not?"
Thea's prompting is starting to wear on my nerves as I take another bite of my breakfast sandwich. The fading headache I fought all morning is beginning to come back as I fight back waves of embarrassment.
And, better yet, I still have to go back to work after this lunch break.
"It's good, or more obviously, it could just be him being professional with me," I dismiss the idea quickly.
Because she was spot on, mostly. There is something a bit thrilling about knowing so little about this man. Yes, I work with him. Yes, I schedule his days. But in all reality, there's a distance between him and me.
But I've noticed that starting to change a little bit. I get to work with him pretty closely, and I've noticed that he's slowly getting more and more comfortable with me. There's still that same distance and aloofness from him, but it seems like he's gotten used to me, to some extent.
I let out a sigh. It's stupid how much of my time I spend thinking about him. I know I should probably quit before I hurt my own feelings or do something that might get me in trouble at work, but there's something in me that just won't let go of him.
"Why won't you just have fun with your life?" Thea whines, and I actually laugh this time.
I'm sure in my mind; this is the start of a beautiful romance that ends with me getting married to Mister Fletcher. If it was Thea in my position, I'm sure she could manage to make it happen. But... with me?
I think about it for just a split second. I've been a good employee, I try my best to dress well but professionally, and Mister Fletcher has never said anything to my face that would suggest that he dislikes me.
But that's just how bosses operate. I shake my head.
"Risk throwing away my job just to see if I have a chance with my boss? No thanks."
Thea sighs wistfully, and I know that I just crushed her dreams of Mister Fletcher and me getting married.
"I would," she mutters, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Well, then you do it." I reach out over the table and gently poke her arm before I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket. Before I even look at the screen, I know it's my alarm, and I take another bite of my breakfast sandwich.
"Breaks over," I say through a mouthful of food, chewing quickly as I stand up from my table and take the first steps to leave. I give Thea a little wave goodbye. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"See you tomorrow."
I leave the cafe, entering the busy world that always seems to be around in the cities. I manage to eat the rest of my sandwich while crossing the street back to the building where I work.
But, there's something in the pit of my stomach that's telling me that the rest of this day is going to be rough. I just hope that I don't have to stay late.
