Chapter One
1298 Words
*Mr Gilbert*
“Gilbert!” I heard once again. In response, I raised my head from my office desk and saw Collins standing right in front of me. “Why not?” I thought within myself. Collins is the only other human that refuses to allow me to exercise absolute and veto power in my very own company. He is the only one who has the guts to barge into my office without knocking.
“How intense could that sleep have been?” He said jokingly.
I rubbed my hand on my face now realizing that it had been a dream all along.
“Yeah, what is the matter?” I asked him while still putting on a very funny expression on my face. Although I may not have been able to see my face, I knew this because he laughed for a while after seeing my face.
“Why don't you go wash your face before we commence the meeting?” He said. Even though I tried to refuse at first, he was later able to convince me to carry out his request.
“Dude, if you don't mind me asking; what intense dream were you having this time around?” He asked as I returned from the restroom after fulfilling his demands.
“That should be between me, myself and I” I replied.
“I think that young dude over there would have an entirely different opinion” he said while pointing at the front of my pants.
Curious to find out what he meant, I directed my attention to the part of my pants that he was pointing at.
“Damn!” I exclaimed softly as I realized that I had a visible erection trying to pop its way out of my pants.
I silently walked towards the direction of my chair when I heard the door to my office open. I stood right there on the spot backing the entrance as Collins attended to the person that had just barged in. I heard the door shut after a few seconds. Collins walked towards me and scoffed.
“The coast is clear now” he said while handing me a few documents.
“Who on earth was that?” I yelled in anger.
“You've got to calm down bro,” he said.
“I asked her to come in while heading to your office,” he added.
“Does that give her the right to barge into my office without knocking like she just did?” I fired back.
“Ok look, I apologize on her behalf” he added.
“For my sake, please do not fire her,” he added with a smile on his face.
I walked straight to my chair without uttering another word.
“Are we cool?” He asked, still holding the smile on his face.
“I guess so,” I replied.
I began to glance through the documents that he had just handed me after sitting down.
“So what was this dream about?” He asked.
I stopped for a while and glared.
“Come on man, you ought to have known by now that I am not one who is frightened by that s**t” he said with both his arms folded as he sat back and took a spin on the chair he sat on.
“Was it her again?” He asked as he held my desk to bring his spin to a halt.
All I did afterwards was look at him and smile.
“That's a big yes then” he yelled.
“Do you care to fill me in on the details?” He asked.
Trying to pretend like I did not hear what he had just said, I continued scouting the files that he had handed me in a deeply engrossed manner.
“Look dude, I am your best friend and not your employee, so I do not appreciate the silent treatment” he said in response to my silence.
Still not giving him any feedback, he forcefully closed the document that I was glancing through and pulled it to himself.
“Dude!” I screamed.
“First of all, I am not a dude; rather I am a man”
“Dude is for guys below the age of forty” he said.
“Fair enough,” I replied.
“I think you've earned the title,” I added.
“So what was the dream about?” He asked again.
“Whatever it was, it is in no way as important as this deal we are about to close” I said.
“So can you hand me those papers?” I asked.
“This deal can wait for a few minutes can't it?” He asked.
“Stop trying to escape the question and give me an answer already,” he added.
“Ok, what do you want to know?” I asked, trying to plan the ignorance card.
“Was it her?” he asked.
“Ok, you've got me”
“Yeah it was her,” I said.
“Happy now?”
“Come on dude…” he tried saying.
“Hey!! You specifically said no more dude” I said with a smile on my face.
“I never said that,” he replied.
“I only said that I have grown past the age of being called a dude,” he added.
“If you are bigger than a dude and I am older than you, what does that make me” I asked.
We both began to laugh for a while.
“Ok, now that the grumpy version of you is gradually wearing off, can you fill me in on the details of this dream of yours?” He asked.
“Oh s**t” I groaned softly as I began to scratch my head.
“Dude..”
“Sorry man…” we both burst into another round of laughter after this statement of his.
“I guess we would both have to agree at this junction that we would cut down on the new dude rule” I said while still trying to contain my laughter.
“I totally agree with you brother,” he replied.
“Now leaving the whole dude thing aside, can you bring me up to speed on your mid-day fantasy “ he added.
“Well,” I said as I sighed.
“It was about her,” I said.
“I knew it,” Collins screamed as he hit the desk between the both of us.
“Come on man!” I exclaimed with a stern look on my face.
“Sorry” he replied.
“So how did it go?” He asked.
“How did what go?” I replied.
“The dream of course,” he added.
“Let's say I was at the verge of lying with her when you decided to start screaming my name” I replied.
“Really?” He asked in curiosity.
I decided not to pay attention to his question. “Can I have my documents now?” I asked.
“I think you meant our documents,” he replied.
“Well that can wait,” he added.
“So what…”
“Hold on a sec” he said as he interrupted himself.
“Is that why you have been acting grumpy since I came in?” He asked.
“Who is acting grumpy?” I replied.
“Can you shut up now?” I added.
“Ok look, I'm sorry for interrupting”
“Maybe next time you'd put up a sign that says CURRENTLY IN A TRANCE at the front of your office” he said as we both began to laugh once again.
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