She's The Troublemaker

Chapter 19- Wide Awake

Hate , 

Luca ....

All night was spent with twisting and turning on the bed due to my sudden sleep depriveness and the very next thing I know is I am being woken up by my phone ringing . I squinted my eyes to see who it was but pushing that out of my mind I just took the call anyway .

" Hey Melissa , where you asleep ?" Abdul asked . Sometimes I feel why do people ask the most obvious questions when the already know the answer to it . I wasn't a insomaniac so I wouldn't be awake right ? .

" Um .... Yeah but go on why did you call me at this hour . It's 3 in the morning right ?"

" Yeah it is . I called you because we actually need to work for the event today . That's why we are here for and till now our brochures and portfolios are still incomplete . Top that off with how we are gonna present ourselves is another major issue . We still need to do our display boards , check which place we have , what all we can accommodate mainly we need to attract more and more wealthy people with our work and since we haven't got so much time on our sleeves . We ought to work now ."

" Give me 15 minutes , I'll be there " I hung up and washed my face with cold water . I combed my hair so that it looked descent and then headed off to Abdul's room . I rang the bell of the room , the door swung open to find an equally tired Abdul forcing a smile . I smiled back and entered . To say the truth the room was a big fat mess . Papers and plans were spread out of not for the material they would have been a substitute for carpet . Hundreds and thousands of identical cards were on office table along with a whole cardboard crate of brochures and pamphlets . The best of our design work were on the bed the duvet half covered and the pillows thrown over the chair . On the small dining table I could see staple pins , stapler , post it notes , glue , cutter , x acto knife and markers . I flashback to the time when I was at the airport that time I didn't think there were so much things in that tiny suitcase and the backpack of Abdul . Snapping back to reality I noticed Abdul was 

furious typing on his laptop and he was saying something , something I didn't hear at first .

" What did you say ?" 

" I said that you start with stapling all the brochures with a card , make approx 100 of them with mine , yours and Logan's cards stapled to it . I will contact the event organiser and tell him to send me the e-copy of the map of tomorrow so that we know which hall and what place to get in . God forbid if we are given hall no 5 , it would be disastrous ."

Why would a decent hall with living beings be disastrous ? Reading the expression on my face he continued -

" You don't know hall no 5 do you ? It's one of the most farthest halls in the arena and thinking about all the transportation it would cost us a lot of money . Plus hall no 5 is much smaller than the other halls the biggest being hall no 3 so it would be disastrous if we ever get that hall for an event ." Oh that was the reason . I started collecting some the brochures from the cardboard box and carefully tiptoed through the whole room to get the staples and stapler pins . Seeing that no space was left to fit my derrière , the only other place I could actually fit was the window sill . Since the windows in the room were wide I would sit comfortable with the everything balanced on my thighs that is the stapler and the 20 brochures I had picked up .

I went on stapling the brochures with the cards one at a time making sure to check twice before I put it aside . Now that I was really into doing something , my sleep came back to me as if whispering -

' Oh your working now so let me come over and make your life more miserable '

Stiffing a yawn I continued my work , by the time I had finished it was already 4:45 in the morn . After a 5 minute coffee break which was really needed . I complied most of the plans working drawings elevations sections etc . Waking up the slightly snoring Abdul we went down to the equipment area where they had stored the display board and we carefully started to pin them up . That's when I remembered our third crew member .

" Hey Why didn't Logan come ? Don't tell me even he hs fever "

" I tried to wake him up called him several times and even messaged him . I even went to an extent of banging his door that's when a housekeeping member saw me and her eyes went wide as saucers . So, to hide my criminal deeds I returned back to my room and called you up ."

" Oh Okay . But wait , He is gonna come tomorrow right ? It is the big day "

" Looks like someones missing somebody , eh." he arched his eyebrow at me and I smacked his arm in return .

" So , Abdul how long have you been working for this firm ?"

" I can't exactly say how long though . I came in as an intern to this firm and fast forward some years and I am technically the P.R of the firm , temporary P.R . "

" Temporary ? I thought-"

" Yes temporary its because the previous P.R of Kings had a brutal road accident and thats when the company really fell down to a point that we didn't get our 3 month salary . But all in all I survived ."

" I never knew that . Anyways I have a question which is bugging me since the time I came to Kings. "

" What exactly?"

" Besides me and Kristen and the  3 musketeers  , I haven't encountered a single female person in our office . Its weird . Considering the reputation of Mr.King "

"  Those are just rumors silly . Who told you all that crap its quite the opposite actually . Mr.King has never been involved with any woman till now , he always works regardless of any female trying to get his attention . "

" But I heard about Jennife-"

" Jennifer ? Oh I remember her , like it was yesterday . The moment she got into Kings she wanted Xavier . Not that she loved him or anything , for his wealth and status . She was always one of those obsessed woman who wanted it all . The statement she gave in Forbes , thats bullshit . She has never even come near as to whisper in his ear . But that day changed it all . She didn't get what she had initially wanted but got a lot more ."

" What had  happened ?"

" Its a long story . I'll tell you another time . Besides we have work on our sleeves ."

With that our never-ending work continued . Once we had quite securely done the display boards , I finally thought I could get some sleep . 

.........My assumptions are always wrong .  On the contrary I didn't sleep at all . It was like a     deja-vu  from the time I was at archi school . God those days were epic . Sleepless nights , Friends and Coffee that's all that mattered . However when I actually passed out I never knew that being a individual architect would be so damn tough . That's the reason I chose a job for . Pretty Simple . 

" Hey Melissa , Can I catch a nap ? Hope you don't mind . I'll be back in an hour I promise."

" Sure , Go . I'll try to complete this ." As he and I shared a wave , we bid goodbye . I got into the rest of the work which was pending . Time ticked by with the little speaker of my mobile stereo I atleast enjoyed the company of music . Music is everyone's special packet of cocaine , just each one has a different version of it . 

After what felt like a hell lot of time , I decided to take a break . Lying my head down on one of the crates I rested my eyes . In hopes that Abdul would come and wake me up after some time .

But.....

He never came .

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" Melissa GET UP "

" Yeah . I'm up , quit bothering me ."

" Its 8 in the morning the events at 9 . GET YOUR ASS UP "

That really broke my sleep . I woke up in a haze feeling all dizzy and took a few minutes to regain my vision . 9 IN THE MORNING . I was wide awake by now and  helped  Abdul get all the things back into a van before 8:30. I hurried back into my room to get fresh , take all my Id's and cards and rushed back t the awaiting bus .

But a hand grabbed my arm before I could even get in ..

" Sir?" I looked up to my boss whose grip on my arm had still not loosened 

" Abdul '' he barked . Not a second later Abdul came from the bus . He looked at me and smiled . I smiled back .

" Take her Id's . She is not coming to the event ." 

And my heart shattered