"Wake up, wake up crazy girl. Wake up!!." A voice yells disturbing Michelle sweet dream. I turned around, hoping whoever the person is, he/she would go away. The he/she didn't go away.
"Seriously Michelle, have you forgotten what today is, get up before you miss your interview. Lazy ass." Interview, interview. Oh my God, I have an interview. I sit up immediately on my bed, my eyes wide open. Michelle thinks sitting up. "What the heck soph, why didn't you wake me up earlier. I'm gonna be late, oh geez." Michelle yelled, getting up from my bed as fast as she can. "What! Is that the thank you, you should be telling me. Besides, I've been waking you up for the past one hour and you were busy snoring like a dead man. I can not believe you right now." Soph, her one and only best friend says, staring at her in disbelief. Michelle ignored her and hurriedly rushed into the bathroom, took her bath, got dressed, did all the stuff a lady should do in the morning. "I'm off soph, whish me luck." Michelle said pecking soph on the cheek. "You know you would get the job, unless you don't break a certain persons head or noes, neck or..." "Shut up, I promise I won't break anybody's head, noes, neck, leg, bones unless they annoy me. shhh, bye." She blew a kiss at her and walked out of the house merrily. ************ "Oh my God, i can't believe I've actually forgotten the company I'm going for the damn interview, how I could I have left the address at home. Ugh." Michelle exclaims, staring around. She walked around the street hoping to locate the damn company, she could not. "Where the hell have you been Melissa, I've been looking for you. The shoot is about to start, come let's go, the director is already mad and you know he can be something else whenever he is angry." An unknown guy, who she has never seen before in my life dragged me by my hands towards one of the company in the street. "Hey, hey. You've got the wrong person here. Mister, I said you have gotten the wrong person here." Melissa yelled trying to get the man attention but the idiot won't even listen to me, he just kept on dragging her, ignoring all she is saying. Melissa decideds not to say a thing or do anything, she would love to see the end of this. The unknown guy stopped in front of a black gate, knocked on it. The gate got opened and the both of them got in. "I can't believe you right now Melissa, how can you try to play that, hey you got the wrong girl card* with me. Huh?." The strange guy says, Melissa rolled her eyes and smiled at him. "Director she's here, I've found her. Please can we start the shoot." The guy yells, an elderly man who is the director yelled at Michelle next. "Where the heck did you go yo Melissa, you know I'm working with time here, how dare you disappear like that, now get to your position. Wait, girls please make her up, also change the clothes she's wearing." The director dished out instructions here and there, Michelle was dragged again by two unknown ladies. By the time her make over was done, she could barely recognize herself, she looks gorgeous. "Melissa!! Melissa! Where the heck are you, I've got to be somewhere else, don't waste my time!." The director yells with a megaphone, making Michelle cringed. People call her crazy but this man is more than crazy. "You better go Melissa." One of the make up artist says, Michelle sighed getting up from the chair then walked over to where the director is. "Sir I'm here." Michelle says to the director. "Well, get to your place and least start this fucking shoot, you've wasted my time already." The director yelled with an eye roll. "Sir I don't know where my place is." Michelle says again. This time the director's face glows red, "What the heck do you mean by, you don't know your place. Melissa, your place is right at the office table, where the bowl of cereal is. Have you forgotten what you're supposed to do, you are a model not a dummy. Now, go do your job!." The director yells so furiously pointing at the office table not to far. Michelle, had to hold the urge to laugh cause to her the director looks really funny, when he is angry. "Okay sir, I will sir." Michelle slowly walks over to the office table, and sit down on the office chair. "In 1, 2, 3, Action." The director yelled. Michelle didn't know what to do but still went ahead anyway to do the number one thing in her mind and that's too eat, she didn't eat this morning, so the more the free food the better. "Cut! Cut! What the heck are you doing, Melissa!!." The director voice vibrated throughout the room. "I'm eating sir." Michelle answered, mouthful. The whole production crew burst out in laughter. "Shut up! Everyone of you keep your damn mouth closed!." The director yells, making everyone to quiet down. "Melissa! You are supposed to eat a spoon or two then say your lines, not to eat the whole bowl of cereal. And after eating two spoons, then you say, hmm, so yummy. So yummy. Got it!!." The director asks his eyes bulging out of their socket. "Yes sir, I get it." Michelle answered. "Good, in 3, 2, 1, camera rolling, Action." The director yelled. Michelle could literally see the veins puffing out of his neck. 2 hours later, 10 scene, 10 good scene retaking, 10 bowls of cereal eating by just one girl, Michelle. The director looks at Michelle tiredly, he didn't have the strength to shout or yell again. What the hell had gone wrong, the Melissa he knows, is very diligent in her work and is a pro. What happened to her!. "What is going on here, don't tell me you guys start the shoot without me. I was on my monthly period director, I told you I needed to get some pad and I told you director I don't just use any pad, I had to go to the company and that's what delayed me, how could you get me replaced." A voice yells from the door. The director looks at Michelle then back to the real Melissa, he did the same thing over and over again before asking the million dollar question, "if you are Melissa, then who is she?." The director asks, and everybody turns to look at Michelle who is already taking three packets of the cereal. "Hi.. okay funny story, I was on my own when that idiot over there, dragged me in here. I had told him I wasn't Melissa, but he didn't listen. Anyway, it was nice working with all of you, and director come on you have to chill sometimes, it's not everything you'll be shouting like a roaring lion, and hi real Melissa, I guess I can see why they mistook me for you, I'm your lookalike. Goodbye everyone." She says having a box of cereal in her head(she tried carrying like 10 packets and saw it was a lot of work) and the bowl. She is not leaving the bowl or the spoon, she loves it. "One more thing Melissa, if the director yells at you like a mad man just kick him in the ass. And thanks for the Make up and dress. Once again, goodbye." With that said she was out of the door and out of the company. "Are we really going to let her take a full box of cereal, that box contains about forty cereal packets." Austin, the guy who had dragged her in asked. "If you've not brought her here, would she have the chance to take it in the first place." The director asks glaring at him. "No sir, sorry sir." Austin apologise. "Okay, I've got to ask, what just happened?." Melissa who is still standing by the door confused by the display, that just happened asked. "Everybody go home, shoots starts by 7am, don't be late." The director announced, getting up from his director seat, ignoring Melissa. "Seriously, what the heck happened here. I'm so confused." Melissa yells, but the whole crew members were to tired to answer her, Michelle had run down their energy.
"You are back, did you get the job, were you picked, how was it?." Sophie asked her friend the minute she walked into the sitting room.
Michelle ignored her instead carried the carton of cereal into the kitchen and placed it on the kitchen cupboard.
"Where did you get the money to buy that?." Sophie questions following Michelle into the kitchen.
"Ugh, for a human being you talk to much. You're not a parrot so stop." Michelle says with an eye roll, hands on her waist.
"If you had answered all my questions, I don't think I would still be asking more. Would I?." Sophie retorts.
"Fine, I did not go for the interview." Michelle announced, plopping down on one of the armchair.
"What! Why?." Sophie exclaims.
"Sit down, and I will tell you." Sophie stares at her friend for a while then went on to sit down. Few minutes later, Sophie could be seen laughing her heart out on the expense of Michelle.
"Wow, my friend is really crazy. How could you even take the carton of cereal and the dress, after all that." Sophie asks between laughs.
"Girl, you should have seen how that director kept on shouting at me, it wasn't funny but annoying. The carton of cereal and the dress was just a consolation prize." Michelle says with a smirk.
"Wait, what about your dress, the one you wore for the interview." Sophie asked.
"Is in my bag or do you think I would leave my clothes for them. Girl, it's not possible. Anyway, I need to go have a bath, gosh I'm stinking." Michelle had a look of disgust as she said those words. She blew her friend a kiss then walked away to the bedroom, to go have a nice long bath.
"Take your time in the shower babe, I will go have some cereal." Sophie yells getting up from the couch she's sitting on and proceeds to the kitchen.
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Xander Collins growls for the eleventh time, staring at his laptop. He just got the damn thing fixed and now it's giving him troubles.
If there's one thing Xander hates, is to spend money on unnecessary stuff, like he would tag them as.
"Kate! Kate! Kate!." He yelled really loudly.
Kate his secretary rushed into his office really nervously, wondering what the boss wants now. If there's one thing Kate fears the most, it is being called to her boss office. The guy is the rudest, most bossy, arrogant, person she had ever met in her life.
"Sir, you called for me." Kate says, standing in front of Xander's desk.
"What happened to your hand, is there anything wrong with it. mostly the knuckle, is there anything wrong with it." Xander asks. Kate examined her hand then her knuckles, but there was no sign of any injury, so she raised up her head and answered
"No sir."
"Good, since your hand and your knuckles is perfectly fine why don't you give me a valid reason why you could not knock on the door before walking into my office." Xander asks looking really serious.
Kate stares at him and would have love to say, "What the heck sir, whenever I knock on the door you would say I shouldn't knock because from the sound of your voice I should know it's urgent, blah blah blah blah."
Sadly, she can't say that.... why? Cause she need the damn job.
"I'm sorry sir." Kate apologise, her head bowed to the floor.
"Get out!." Xander yelled, Kate looked at him shocked, "What?."
"Don't make me repeat myself Kate. Get out of my office and knock on the damn door." He growled.
Kate shrieked at his voice, stepping back in fear. She rushed out of the office in a flash, afraid her boss would use her face for a design.
Kate stood outside the door, took in a deep breath then knocked on the boss office.
"Come in." Xander said. Kate rolled her eyes walking into the office.
"Sir, you called for me." Kate says again, her fingers squeezed together nervously.
"I thought I asked you to send this laptop to the repairer shop." Xander ask.
"Yes sir, you did. And I took it for repairs." Kate answered.
"Why is it still giving me troubles." Xander asks again. Kate sighed inwardly, her boss is a billionaire. A freaking f!cking billionaire and still yet he manages money more than a pauper would. Kate bit her lip, afraid of saying what's in her mind.
"Kate, speak up. I'm not paying you so you could bit your lip and not say a damn word when I ask you a question." Xander yells hitting his hand on the desk getting impatient.
"Sir, the.. the laptop it's spoilt, it's broken sir, you've been using that laptop for the past 10 years. I don't think it can be repaired anymore." Kate said those words looking at any other place in the office but her boss.
Xander left eye twitch in anger, he hates to spend his money on unnecessary stuffs, he needs to save it and get his empire more bigger, his aim is to be the richest man in the world.
"Go, leave now." He growled at Kate.
Kate not wanting her boss anger to fall on her, quickly runs out of the office. Xander sighs exaggeratedly, picks up his phone then makes a phone call.
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Michelle walked into BrandXan company, she looks around the company in awe holding a box in her hand. She had gotten a job in a delivery company and her fist customer is in this company.
Michelle walks to the receptionist and asked for a certain person name Xander Collins, she was told the Xander Collins is the Owner of the company, the CEO.
Michelle sighs tiredly getting into the lift, she never expected delivering goods would be this tiring.
"Hi, how can I help you ma'am." Kate asked the girl who's walking straight to her bosses office.
"I have a package for your boss." Michelle replied the secretary.
"Please wait, let me put a call across to my boss." Kate says, Michelle nods her head and waited.
"You can go in." Kate informs her, Michelle nods her head and walks over to the CEO office. She knocks on the door but no one answered, she knocks again and two more time and had the same result.
Michelle sighed, opened the door and walked into the office. She does not have all day to waste.
"And who the f!ck ask you to come in." Xander yells from behind his office table.
"Well... Nobody actually told me to get in but I've been kno....."
"Do I look like i care to know if you've been knocking on the goddamn door. I'm busy at the moment, so get your freaky ass out of my office and come back only when I ask you to." Xander yelled glaring at her.
You promised soph, you won't lose this job. You promised soph, you won't lose this job. You promised soph, you won't lose this job. You promised soph, you won't lose this job. You promised soph, you won't lose this job. You promised soph, you won't lose this job.
Michelle recites walking out of Xander's office. Xander's secretary gave her a sit and she sat down there and waited. An hour later, he hasn't still called her. Michelle paced around a little bit, when she couldn't take it anymore she barged into the CEO office despite Kate pleadings.
"You! Didn't I ask you to wait outside, get the f!ck out of my office now." Xander growled at Michelle as she walks back into his office.
"Here is your package, please sign here and here." Michelle says showing him where to sign on the booklet in her hand, totally ignoring his earlier words. Xander took the book from her and tore it.
"What the hell did you just do." Michelle cried out in shock.
"Next time, when I ask you to stay outside, you remain there till I call on you. Now get your filthy a$$ out of...." Xander couldn't complete his sentence cause Michelle landed a slap on his face.
"That's for tearing my book." Michelle yelled.
"What the.." another slap was landed on his face.
"Now this is for wasting my time." She says again, then slapped him again.
" This is for all the names you've been calling me. Have a nice day Mr CEO." With that said she walked out of his office having a look of pure content on her face.
"Sorry soph but I just became jobless again."
Xander placed a hand on the side of his cheek, wondering if he actually just got slapped by a woman. A delivery woman. The first thing he did was to call the company she works for and got her sacked.
"Kate!!." Xander yelled, his voice sounding so angry. Mrs Kate stood in front of his office door, wondering if she should go in or run for her life.
"Kate!!." Xander calls again. Kate sighs and decides to go into the slaughtering room, it's not like her head ever comes off.
"Sir you called me." Kate says walking into the office..
"Kate how is it possible for that insane lady to get into my office, when you are just right outside my office." Xander asks.
"Actually sir, I tried stopping her but she wouldn't listen. She walked into the office before I could block her, I'm really sorry sir." Kate apologise.
"You're fired." Xander says in a casual voice. He is angry and he needs to pour out that anger on any available scapegoat.
"But sir, you can't fire me. This is my means of livelihood, sir please don't fire me." Kate begs going on her knees. Xander wasn't ready to listen, his mind has already being made up, she's is the scapegoat.
"You! Are! Fired! Mrs Kate. Get out of my office before i call security." Xander threatened taking his phone.
"Is alright sir, there's no need for that. I will go." Kate smiles tightly walking towards the door, then stops and turned around. "But, before I leave. I would love to let you know, that you are nothing but an insolent, arrogant bitchy, pompous boss that has nothing but cold attitude to give to this damn world. Not only those your bitchy rude self sucks but your managing spirit, I pity the girl you're going to get married to. Please do me a favour and tell her I say sorry in advance. You should also know I never once enjoyed working for you, who would want to work under an uncompleted construction like you, if you were completed then I'm sure you won't be having such characters. I guess the ink in God's pen finished when it got to your turn, and that's why he didn't design you very well. Have a nice day ex-boss. It wasn't a pleasure working with you." With all that said Kate walks out of her boss office a fulfilled woman, she had been wanting to say that for a very long time but she hadn't cause she's afraid of losing her job. Well, now she lost her job, what is keeping her from opening her mouth. Kate 1, boss 0.
Xander sits on his chair, his jaw hardened his expression angry. In just a day he got insulted by two women, not even men but women. Agrhh, now his going to need another scapegoat and he knows who that scapegoat is gonna be. No one else but the stupid delivery lady.
"Mr Roberts, I want you to send your men to arrest a certain lady for me." Xander went on to give every information needed to find the stupid delivery lady.
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"I can't believe you lost another job, come on Karina, you promised me." Sophie exclaims staring at her friend who is now once more jobless.
"I know I promised not to misbehave, but you should have seen what this particular arrogant man put me through. He called me names and asked me to wait outside for God knows how long." Karina defended.
"But still yet, you shouldn't have slapped him. It wasn't even one slap, you slapped him three time, three consecutive times. Come on Karina, when you got this job, what was the first rule they gave you?." Sophie asks hands in waist.
"Uhm, that the costumers are always right. I hate that rule, is total bullshit." Karina says with a frown on her face.
"And do you think the ones who invented that rule doesn't know that, but they still tell each and every new worker they get. The costumers are not always right, but there's nothing you can do about that, you need to work so you could get paid and by working i mean enduring all the customers motherf!cking attitude. Geez Karina, you don't have to react to every single thing." Sophie lectures, clearly annoyed by her friends inconsistent misbehavior.
"I just couldn't stand by and watch him insult me, it was so frustrating." Michelle says blinking her eyes, pouting.
"Oh geez. Michelle I don't have time for this, I need to be at work. My shift start now, see you in the evening." Sophie pecked her friend on the cheek, and made to walk out, "Soph." Michelle calls.
"Yes babe." Sophie answers turning around to face her friend.
"Are you mad at me." Michelle asks her sadly, pouting. Sophie sighs, walks over to her friend placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "No, I'm not mad at you. I'm just annoyed that you can't get a stable job, what job have you not done and in all those job you get sacked in less than a week. Come on babe, you would always promise me you won't get sacked but you always end up breaking the promise, it's not going to be a promise if you can't even try to fulfill it. I have to go now best friend, see you tomorrow morning." Sophie gave a side hug then walked away.
Michelle sits down on the couch, sighing exaggeratedly. She wished she could control her anger, so Sophie won't get disappointed anymore but she can't. Her parents are dead and Sophie is the only person she has in this whole wide world, they have been friends since highschool. And ever since highschool, the both of them had continued their friendship.
A knock on the door got Michelle attention, she got up and walked over to the door and open it.
"Are you Michelle Sylvester." The police man outside her doorstep asks. Michelle eyes the police man wearily wondering why he is here, "Yes, that's me."
"Well, you are under arrest, you have a right to a lawyer. I will advice you to remain silent, cause anything you say or do would be used against you in the court of law." The policeman recites showing Michelle his badge.
"What the heck." She utters.