yin yang // thesyndicateproject / tom cassel au

18

-Erin-

        "You're late." my boss says, checking his watch.

        "Yeah, yeah. I was busy. . ."

        He stares at me. "Are you taking this job seriously? Because if you aren't then I'm gonna have to fi-"

        "No please! Leah begged me to do something and we ended up doing it too late, okay? Jeez!"

        He sighs. "Fine. You're off the hook. This time. Now, go sit down, we have a new employee."

        I slowly sit down in one of the chairs around the oval table. 

        "Alright, so! We must welcome Tom to our office."

        Tom? Ha, that's funny-

        "Alright, so, hi, I'm Tom, uh, I do nothing with my life."

        I stare at him in disbelief. "No. . . It can't be." I mutter, then Nora nudges me.

        "Shut up, Erin!" she exclaims in a whisper. I raise my hands in defence.

        "Sorry, jeez!" I mutter, and Tom sits down in the empty chair next to me.

        "So, I guess we're going to have to get along, now aren't we?" he says with a smirk.