Chapter 2

New management could be a massive change depending on how much they wanted to change. I had some questions floating in my head, but they were all asked or answered in one way, shape or form by others. The meeting lasted just over an hour by the time all the questions had been answered. At the end of the question answering, the people who walked in behind the MD were introduced. They were a team of managers from the Yorkshire site who were not at risk and would help lead the Leicester team here once it was built.

The meeting was concluded and people dissipated from the room and back to their desks. The afternoon was filled with a lot of office chatter between everyone regarding possibilities. We knew with the redundancies happening that it would be a good few months before things really started happening.

"You know what I think, I think we should go out tomorrow night." Cleo exclaimed.

"Really Cleo? Any particular reason?" I questioned.

"To celebrate the fact that we could be getting rid of most, if not all, of the crap management here."

I couldn't help but laugh. "It'll be months before that and there's no guarantee the new managers will be any better."

"Any excuse for a night out" Cleo laughed.

"Fine but it can't be a late one, I've got lunch plans with my mum on Saturday."

"Just a few drinks," Cleo smiled.

I knew Cleo too well. A few drinks were never just a few drinks when Cleo was out. Friday at work flew by. Cleo had a change of clothes and decided to come to mine after work as it was closer to getting into town for the pub she wanted to go to. She had already pre-booked a taxi for 7pm. It wasn't going to leave long to get ready after work, but we had to make do with the time we had.

Cleo jumped in the shower first while I pulled her make-up and hair accessories out of her bag for her. I had just finished placing them all out on my dressing table when she appeared, ushering me into the shower. I rolled my eyes at her on my way out of the bedroom. I let the hot water hit my skin. It raised goosebumps momentarily until my body adjusted. I was enjoying the rush of the water over me too much as I was taking too long for Cleo.

"Hurry up!" She shouted.

With a sigh, I dragged myself out of the shower. As soon as I stepped back into my bedroom my jaw dropped. Cleo had rifles through all my drawers leaving my room a mess. There were a couple of options of clothes on the bed for me.

"What the hell, Cleo!" I exclaimed seeing the destruction.

"I needed to find something for you to wear." She smiled innocently.

"And I couldn't have done that myself, or you couldn't have done it with destroying my room?" There was a hint of annoyance of my voice.

"I'm sorry," she's pouted. "If you let me down your hair and make-up quickly I'll have time left to clear it all up." She smiled innocently.

"Ah, leave it. I needed to clear it out anyway. I guess I'll just add it to my to-do list this weekend." I laughed.

Cleo sat me down and whizzed through my hair and makeup. I thought she was going a bit over the top to say we were only supposed to be having a few drinks. My hair was normally pin straight; Cleo had added waves throughout. Make up normally I wear nothing or a very light layer, so little so people wouldn't normally notice that I was wearing it. Now I have full concealer, foundation, blusher, bronzer, full silver and black eyes. The full works.

"Gorgeous," she smiled happily stepping back and admiring her work.

"This seems like a lot of effort for a few drinks," I jibed.

"Get dressed," she ordered.