Dream Life??

A Typical May Day...

With eyes closed, May listened for voices or noises to detect the beginning of a new day. She searched for the beautiful chirping of the birds and the gentle flow of the little stream running just below the house. "Hahhhhhh, there it is" she says sighing contentedly.

"In 3,2,1...".

"Mayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..."an almost bored but angry voice screams from below causing May to giggle uncontrollably as she returns the call..."On my wayyyyyyyyyyyyy".

May yawns and sits up from the bed, eyeing her surroundings. She mentally screams "Good morning LA...I know you don't fancy me much but please please be nice to me today". She gets up and proceeds to the bathroom while humming the tune to "Sit still look pretty by Daya"...She does a clumsy twirl and lands face flat on the floor.

"Oh myyy...Moooooommmmmmm, Sasha brought her dog in here again. Yuck, gross, eiwwwwwwww" May grumbled incessantly as she hurriedly pulled herself up from the puddle of dog pee right outside her bathroom. "I swear if I see that dog near me...I'll so wring its neck".

What a way to start the day. Still contemplating on what to do with herself, her phone rings and she stomps towards it and picks the call without identifying the caller.

...Heyyy Riri... what's up!!

...Mayyy...how're you this fine morning!!

...Oh stop it...you know very well the answer to that.

...Well, I thought to try a bit of positivity this morning.

..."Positivity!! I literally just fell face flat in dog pee...and...and it was still warm" May said, close to tears at how sad her life was.

...Eiwwwwwwww...I mean. Umm, it's not all that bad. You love dogs, right!!

...Just...shut...up.

...I love you too, anyways umm...I wanted to know if you're free to hang out today. I've planned a whole lot of things we could do together...it's going to be so muuu..."

...Umm...Riri??

...Yeahhh

...Unlike you...some of us actually have jobs...real jobs that bring in money.

..."You can't skip??" Riele asked innocently.

May sighed hopelessly all the while face palming at the ignorance of her best friend. "Tell you what...I'll call you later so we can hang out after work, is that fine??"

...Ohhh sure sure, I can't wait. Make sure you call me or I'll call you and then...

..."Okay okay...bye Riri...Uh uhnnn...I love you too...Toodles" May said as she hung up quickly.

She loved her best friend so much. Riele has always been the sister May never had, even if she could be coo coo sometimes, that just adds to her cuteness. May raises her phone up and she immediately shoots up from her bed, running to the bathroom cursing at how fast time flies...

..........."nothing brings people together like good food. Here at savory corp, our goal is to provide our dear customers with nothing but the best which is why we work relentless to..." A gentle voice announced from the company intercom. Savory corp, a very popular and one of the top food developing companies in Los Angeles filled with diligent looking workers, some sitting at desks, others walking about. The serenity of the company's environment had a pull to it that caused passers-by to flow in and become customers.

A sudden burst into the company's doors provided a new centre of attention. Immediately, all eyes were pinned on May Davis, the 23 year old blonde who appeared sweaty from running and apparently, with a broken heel. May cringed inwardly as she received glances of disapproval and glares from her colleagues. As if nothing happened, she began her wobbly stride towards her desk trying to act totally normal. Her heels made a clink clonk sound that made her want to disappear into the deep. As she realized that they had not stopped staring...she took a deep breath and said calmly..."Move along now people, nothing to see here...shoo shoo". May smirked as a woman who looked to be in her forties gasped in surprise at being shooed.

As soon as she got to her desk, she sat down, closed her eyes and took a deep breath reminding herself that it wasn't the end of the world..."Right?? I only just disgraced myself in front of all and sundry. No biggie May...you got this!".

She opened her eyes to find the CEO's secretary, Wayne staring down at her.

"Boss wants to see you May" he said in his deep baritone voice. If not for the urgent tone in his voice, May would have taken a moment to appreciate this handsome gentleman looming over her. She got up and followed Wayne to her CEO, Mr King's office. Right outside his door, she gave herself a quick pep talk and adjusted her sweaty clothes. She already had an inkling on why she was being summoned. Mr King had been keeping an eye on her ever since she "mistakenly" spilled hot coffee on one of the most expensive machines owned by the company. Not only was the machine damaged but the company also lost a once in a lifetime opportunity to become partners with Pinefoods, the top food developing company in Los Angeles. That had been her last strike. Now, she would get scolded for turning in late or worse. She only just hoped that he would forgive her this last time and then she would be the most efficient and diligent of them all. Of course he won't fall for that cause that was the exact statement she made the last time. For the previous "mistake", she had convinced him that her dog's grand-aunt passed away and she was the only remaining member of the family to attend the funeral which lasted for four and a half days in Paris. She smiled to herself.

Taking a deep breath, she reached for the fancy door handle, hesitating a little before going in, shutting the door behind her slowly.