The Arrangement

Kathy my best friend looked very happy as she danced with her husband, she just married the love of her life. Moments like always seem to get to me, we all watched as she had her first dance with her husband.

I was deep in my thoughts that I didn't notice Lucas, Kathy my best friends older brother had occupied the sit beside me. I turn to him giving him an awkward weird smile.

"So see you tomorrow at 7 sharp at manor." he says, leaving before I could say anything. I begin to think why he wants to see me, before I remember asking Kathy to help me with an interview with her brother.

She must have talked to him, I suddenly become excited and a little bit anxious. Lucas has always been the dominating serious kind.

I've known Kathy since high school somophore year and we have been best friends since then.

Lucas was her hot older brother who was in college, we rarely met except when he was on break from school. Both Ariana our other best friend and I lusted over him, he was so hot and he's still so hot but he only saw us as his little sisters friends.

I had a huge crush on him back then and always had sleepovers at Kathy when he was back from college but he never noticed me and of course he was always dating back then so after a while I moved on.

My boss has been wanting a written interview with him for a while but he never does anything public or interviews, so I begged Kathy to ask him for an interview. If I actually get this interview, its means a promotion which is also to another department which is the job I've been gunning for, for sometime now.

I woke up earlier than usual the next morning, he said I should meet him by 7, I went for a quick run which usually helps with my anxiety. Had a long shower before spending almost 40 minutes on what to wear which shouldn't be a long decision because its just a business meeting but at the same time I wanted to look good. I finally settled on wearing a black chiffon dress shirt with a white peplum short skirt which landed just above my knees. I packed my hair up in a high pony tail, put on little makeup and wore my favourite power heels.

I didn't bother with breakfast just coffee, I'm usually not a breakfast kind of person. Just black dark coffee and I'm good to go, the drive to the Alvarado manor was short. I arrived just in time a little after 7, I had been to the manor like a million times the staff know me so I went right in. I packed my car and walked inside before asking Andrew the butler where to find Lucas, the place is huge and I don't know which wing Lucas is staying.

"He's in the east wing first door by your left." Andrew explained.

I walked up to the stairs and to his room, knocked but there was no answer. Debated on whether to just enter or not, before finally pushing the the door open. Lucas was standing directly behind the door holding a cup of coffee which I pushed into him causing it to pour on him.

"Oh my God, oh my God I'm so sorry." I said repeatedly as I bring out a couple of tissues from my bag using it to clean his shirt.

"I'm so so sorry, I swear I didn't mean to." Without saying anything he grabbed both my hands by the wrist.

"Why don't you go wait in the living just down the hall not in my bedroom." He said sternly looking deep into my eyes.

"Of course sure, I'm sorry again." I mumbled leaving.

What is wrong with me, I thought to myself. I have officially started the interview in a bad foot.

I paced around the leaving room panicking, should I just go or stay. God he's so good looking and his chest even in that shirt it still looked super hot and now he officially hates me.

After a few minutes he joins me in the living room he changed into a simple gray shirt and jeans.

"Why don't you have a sit Miss Ford," he said pointing to the mahogany sitting area.

"Of course yeah."

I sat down and he sits directly opposite me.

"I'm sorry about ruining your shirt. I apologized again.

"Please you have apologized enough," he said without as much a smile.

"You're late, I said 7 sharp."

"I'm sorry about that again."

"And what were you doing in my bedroom." He asks

"Sorry about that also, Andrew directed me there. Sorry." I add.

"Okay so let's begin. You should know I only agreed to this because of my sister Kathy, I can't seem to say No to her. And also there are limits to the questions you can ask me, nothing personal just about business." He explains.

"Of course but I was to do a profile on you, I'll have to write a little bit about your personal life. Just nothing too personal."

"Let's put a pin on that," he says. "Would you like something to drink," he asks. "Tea? Coffee?"

"Coffee dark please, thank you." I said suddenly feeling the urgency for caffeine.

He calls someone on the land line asking for 2 two dark coffees.

"So let's begin."

I bring out a tap recorder and a notepad and set it on the table. "If you don't mind, I can also record. I mean it's just for me, the audio, but the interview will be out in a written form."

"Just for you?" he asks smirking at me.

"No I mean just for my notes, not to listen to privately like some perv of course." I mumble fastly.

"Of course Miss Ford," he says smirking again.

He checks the time on his watch and says.

"You were late and I have to get going, But you'll get a call from my secretary to fix the interview according to my schedule.

You should also send proposed interview questions to have looked at by my media spokesman."

"Sure of course," I say getting up.

"Till then." He says walking out and leaving me alone in the living.

My heart is beating so fast, just few minutes with him and I'm turned on what am I going to do when the interview starts.