Tied Together

My First Day

Logan got ready and headed out to her first day of a new job. However, she took too long getting ready in her desperate need to impress and then missed the bus forcing her to walk. In her hurry to get there on time she took a wrong turn. She looks around and accepts the fact that she has never seen this place before. “I can still make it I have five minutes!” She shouts before noticing she is surrounded by people. A young man trying to help kindly starts saying, “Hey! Miss, do you need help get- ugh” before he can finish his sentence he was rammed into by an extremely stressed Logan. The blow knocks them both off balance and sends them to the asphalt. “Oh my god! I am so sorry I am trying to get to work, it’s my first day at a new job!” She says and then mutters under her breath “I don’t know why I said that last part.” She then lifts herself off the ground and offers her hand to help the young man as well. He rudely brushes away her hand and starts brushing himself off. “Yeah! You should really watch where you’re going next time. I was just trying to help.” He walks past her and they both begin hoping they never meet again. Little did they know life had tied them together long before that fateful day.  

Logan briskly walks into her new office two minutes after her day officially starts. She walks to the receptionist. “Hello I am Logan Boram, Today is my first day as Mr. Marcam’s personal secretary.”  

“Ms. Boram we have been expecting you, please follow me to your desk.” They have a short walk to the desk that is plagued with awkward silence. “Here you are!” the lady kindly says         

    “Mr. Marcam will be with you shortly. My name is Sadie and let me know if you need anything.” Sadie walks back to her desk and Logan is waiting in a very tense manner for her boss to show up.  

She starts taking a closer look at her desk seeing if she can find something to do in the meantime. At that moment there is a hand set on her shoulder. Logan who is severely startled jumps out of her chair and quickly turns around. The man standing in front of her is the man she knocked over in her hurry to get to her new office “Oh it’s you. Well I don’t think I have introduced myself, allow me to do so. My name is Leo Marcam; you are now working for me. Pleasure to meet you.” He says that in such a condescending tone it sickens Logan. “My name is Logan Boram; I am your new secretary.” She attempts to say that in a way that doesn’t let him know she’s extremely intimidated. He responds with “One mistake and I’ll fire you on the spot.” 

“As should be expected.” 

“Do not question my authority ever.” 

“I … wouldn’t … dare.”  

“Here is what to do until I tell you otherwise.” he hands her a paper with instructions on it. He leaves her desk to go to his office right across the hall. Being eager to work she turns to the paper and begins. She writes down the messages that are sent to Mr. Marcam. He is quite popular so as you can imagine there are many. She then types her notes, and then files the documents according to date. She is exhausted by the time lunch comes around but she realizes she has too much to do and decides to work through lunch. Five minutes into lunch Mr. Marcam comes out of his office to find Logan still at her desk working hard. He is surprised he did not expect her to be the kind of person to put this much dedication into her work. She notices him standing there and looks over. At that instant he turns his back on her and returns to his office and Logan gets back to work. Inside Mr. Marcam’s office he is secretly admiring Logan. Heavens forbid he would ever let her know that of course. As lunch ends everyone starts returning to the office and the once peaceful silence is replaced with overlapping conversations of useless chatter. For the rest of the day Logan is focused on completing her tediously repetitive work and she accomplishes that feat five minutes before seven. She knocks and then enters Mr. Marcam’s office he unenthusiastically says “What do you want?” 

“Here are the messages that have been typed and filed by date” She then places a stack of files on his desk “You have done well Ms. Boram, for most that would have taken three office days.” 

“Thank you. My day today is almost over is there anything you need before I leave for the day?” 

“No, that should be all for the day. See you tomorrow Ms. Boram.” Logan turns and begins to walk out of the office when Mr. Marcam says “One more thing Ms. Boram, leave your house with extra time tomorrow to ensure you aren’t late again.” 

“Of course Mr. Marcam.” with that Logan turns and walks out of his office. She then goes to her desk collects her coat and purse and leaves for home. She has a walk home that is calm, and quiet, and then she gets home. As soon as the door opens she is instantly bombarded with questions by her roommate Alex.