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Four hours of nothing.
Just old men complaining about old things. What a waste of time.
Did I get any calls?”
    I shook my head. “None.”
    He smiled. “Well you’re probably bored. How
about I take you out for lunch?”
    I stared at him in shock. “Um, Eric I
don’t…”
    He frowned and then smiled. “Of course. I
understand. It might not look right if the new attorney takes his
newly promoted secretary out to lunch. It’s alright. Rain check for
a later date?”
    I nodded my head. “Sure.”
    He stretched his arms up over his head and I
couldn’t help but wonder what his stomach looked like. Did he have
a flat stomach or was it a six pack? I shook my head and he smiled.
“How about you take the rest of the day off?”
    I smiled back at him. “That’s very generous
of you, but…”
    He shook his head. “Go on. There’s nothing
for you to do here yet. I’ll see you tomorrow morning at seven
thirty. I’ve got a deposition at ten and I’ll need you to start on
Substitutions of Attorney for the files I’m taking over. So we’ll
start the real work tomorrow.”
    A nice attorney. Wow. And I thought those
were just fairy tales. “Thank you Mister….I mean Eric.”
    His phone started ringing and he sighed. “Now
you better hurry before I get something for you to do. See you
tomorrow.” I turned to leave and his voice stopped me. “And
Ciara…stay safe.”
    I frowned. “Uh, sure. See you tomorrow.” He
picked up the phone and started arguing with the caller. I hurried
out of his office, shutting his door quietly and grabbed my new
calendar and phone and put them in my backpack before hurrying out
of the office. A paid day out of the office again. I had better use
the time while I could. Unlike the previous day I walked slowly out
of the office and stood casually as I waited for the signal to
change. It was incredible not to see the scary faces of the
preternaturals and I felt an incredible weight gone from my
shoulders. I made my necessary stop at the grocery store and then
flagged down a taxi to my house.
    After I was sure I had locked all of the
doors and all of the windows were still locked I started cooking
lunch and dinner for the day. Even though I had a raise I knew I
needed to keep my spending down so that I didn’t end up broke. I
really didn’t want to end up eating noodles for a month like I had
last year. The kitchen had all of the necessities I needed and
would need if I had a family of six. An hour later I had baked a
lasagna and the smell filled the kitchen. I spooned out my lunch
portion of the lasagna I had just finished cooking and then packed
the rest in plastic containers to eat later. I sat down on my
leather couch and turned the television on to the cartoon
channel.
    No, there is nothing wrong with a twenty two
year old watching cartoons. I’m always referred to as a young adult
so acting young is perfectly okay. The hours passed by slowly and
dinner was just as boring. I cleaned the dishes then went to my
room to read until I fell asleep. I realized as I grabbed the book,
which I was currently reading, that I led a very boring life.
Without my training with Akio I didn’t have anything to do or
anyone to spend time with. I made a decision to start going out and
live life before I turned into the crazy cat lady. I needed a
boyfriend or at least someone I could go out with.
    Eric’s face flashed in front of my eyes and I
shook my head. I couldn’t date my boss. Not only would that end
badly for my career it would kill my self esteem when he said no.
Plus it wasn’t likely that he didn’t have a wife or girlfriend
already.
    After reading for a few hours my eyelids grew
heavy and I could finally sleep. I curled up under my blankets and
dreamed of a life without preternaturals.
    The next few days went by slowly and
normally. Eric gave me letters to type and I assisted him at some
of his depositions all without seeing any preternatural faces
looking back at me. Eric was the