It was a Monday morning. I actually like Monday mornings, a chance to start fresh with a new week. Get some things knocked out and get ahead of the game at work. Everyone else is dragging ass and complaining about being at work, but me? I like it.
I had been busy working and getting through the boring part of updating things and decided to take a break and work on a short bit of erotic fiction titled "Service for Her Only". It was a piece about meeting up with an anonymous girl and just going down on her till she had her fill. That's when I heard a cough.
I looked over my shoulder and the mid level boss from research was standing over my shoulder. I alt-tab'ed my keyboard, but the spreadsheet didn't pop up to cover the editing software! Fuck! So I quickly moved the mouse up and clicked to minimize, but I knew that window had been up long enough for Val to read the title.
Val's a pretty good looking woman. Mid 40's, married, nice ass and wears heels which complement the way she looks. Long dark hair, glasses completed the "sexy librarian" look. I had recently started working on a project that involved some people who worked under her but I didn't really know her that well. I was mortified that she had busted me writing erotica and I was waiting on her to say something. But all she said was, "How have things been going on your section for the update later this week?"
"Good morning Val," I managed to recover my composure a bit, "It's going well, still pulling together some of the data sets which Greg requested last week. I should have them for him by the end of the day."
"Great, I just wanted to check in with you and see if you needed anything."
"Thanks, I'll get right on it now that I'm finished with my regular stuff."
"Okay, I'll let you know if I need anything else from you." When she said this last bit, a slow smile started on her lips. She had been friendly in the hallway with me, but I didn't know quite how to take her smile. Was it in reference to what she had seen me looking at? Fuck it. Too late now, the damage was already done. I'd just have to wait and see if my supervisor called me in to take about looking at questionable things while on the company's time.
I got to work pulling together those data sets. I didn't have much to worry about with my work record, but I didn't need it spread around the office that I was writing erotica. So I just put it behind me and got my work done.
About an hour later I got an instant message from my boss asking me to come down to his office. Shit, probably nothing, but still you know?
I closed out my files and headed down to Bob's office. When I got there he looked up and said, "Hey, I just wanted to let you know that Val stopped by" Fuck fuck fuck "and said that you were being very helpful with her new research project. How's it going?"
Ah relief. So she either didn't read it or doesn't care.
"Well, that was nice of her. Still early but I don't think it will be too much of a drain on my time. Her group is easy to work with."
"Good, let me know if you need some extra time to get that stuff for her. I don't want your regular projects to suffer."
"Will do."
I headed back to my office with a sigh of relief. If she wasn't going to say anything now, she most likely wouldn't say anything later. I got back to my desk, logged in and started working again. I work mostly with loads of data and I don't really fit in with the people I work with. I kind of fell into this job and being an easy going extrovert I stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the mostly introverted math heavy geeks I worked with. I like to go out and work out, keep in good shape, and have fun with exploring new things. Not like the guy down the hall with star trek models hanging over his desk.
I had only been working again for about 30 minutes when an instant message from Val popped up on my screen:
Val: Hey Tom, did you speak with Bob?
Me: Yes, that was kind of you to say that to him. Thank you.
Val: I always like to help out people that are helping my people out.
Me: It's always nice to get good feedback from other supervisors.
Val: When someone is providing a service, I like to reward them.
Oh? Did she just reference what I had been writing?
I didn't respond right away, but then I wrote:
Me: Anything I can do to help out with your project, I'm happy to do so.
Val: If you like giving service, I think you'll be perfect for something else I thought of this morning after coming to see you...
Hm. She was either flirting with me or fucking with me. Since this is all stored, I decided to stay safe and went with: