Dirty Dawg!

Chapter 2

❝︎Wow, three months? You'll be going away for three months? We can make this work. You can visit on holidays...❞︎

New York, New York

The alarm did not go off. Or it had and I chose not to hear it. I had spent half my night explaining to my boyfriend Blake why it was a good idea for me to go across the world with my exboyfriend for my career. I was not sure if I won.

But he knew he had to let me do this anyway. He was not going to win. I yawn then glance lazily over at the alarm clock. It shined in red numbers ten thirty. s**t I was going to be late. I had to be across town by eleven fifteen!

"s**t!" I gasp as I fling the covers off me.

I run across the floor with bare feet to the bathroom. I start the shower, so the warm water begins to flow for me. I grab my toothbrush and vigorously brush my teeth once the toothpaste hits my brush.

Then I rush back to the bedroom and grab something hanging from my closet to wear. I shed my clothing and rush to the shower. The warm water hits me.

I try not to wash my hair because I did not have time to fix it. It was going to have to do being pulled up today. I get out of the shower. Get myself dry and dressed. Then brush my hair up. And add some makeup on. Then jewelry.

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"Hey baby morning" Blake sleepily sits up with his hair all tousled on top of his head. He rubs his eyes sleepily as I rush around looking for a matching high heel. I grab my phone off the charger by the wall once I find my matching shoe.

"Hi" I rush out.

"Want to go get breakfast before you head off to work?" offers Blake. "Maybe talk more about your job?" he asks me.

"No time" I ramble on. "I am late. I will be late. And Katrina will have my ass on a platter" I mutter. "Then Sadie will get my position and we will not have a job for me to worry about" I complain.

I lean in planting a kiss on his cheek. "Bye babe" I tell him before grabbing my purse that was laying beside him on the floor.

I grab an apple that was on the counter in our fruit bowl. Then rush out the door. I hated to leave things with Blake this way. But he knew how demanding my job could be. We had been together when I first got into the fashion game.

I met Blake at an art gallery in town right after I broke things off with Jordan. That is how long I had been with Blake. I get outside and whistle for a taxi, cab and hopped into it once it stopped for me.

It smelled like McDonald's processed cheese from a breakfast burrito. An Indian guy was driving it. He barley spoke English to me as I gave him direction to where my workplace was. I finally have a moment to bite into my red apple.

I sigh. I was going to make it on time at work. And Sadie would have to deal with me taking her promotion. That was sweet revenge. I finally get to work. I rush in. I toss my apple core into a trash can when I polished off my apple on the taxicab ride there.

I take the stairs. It was faster than the elevator. I was sure to work off that pizza I scarfed down the night before. I get to Katrina's floor. Then enter. I see old miss brown noser was already there. Sadie. Thorn in my side. Of course, Lucy Nash was already there to. I was the only one who was there late. Of course, I was. I sigh as I take a deep breath and wander into the meeting.

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"We were just talking about you" Sadie mentions to me. She smiles a fake smile at me.

I wince. "I am sure you were" I laugh. "Good things I hope" I sigh.

"Yes, Katrina was telling us all about the new promotion you got" says Sadie. "Well earned" she tells me.

"Thank you" I say even though I do not believe a word out of her lying mouth. She smiles and nods.

"We were talking about the big tour. And how you can not possibly handle those men all on your own" Sadie explains. "we offered to come along and help out"

"You did?" I stammer.

"I think it is a splendid idea. What do you think Lanie?" asks Katrina. "We need more help on the tour. And the band okayed for all you girls to go"

"Oh, they did? Sure, that is fantastic" I lie.

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Damn Sadie!

Now I was going to have to put up with her and Jordan all over again. What a horrible nightmare.

This was not a promotion. This was a demotion. I was going to have to basically do most of the work while Sadie flirted with the band. That was all she did the last time. She also tried to take credit for all my ideas as well. I was not going to let her do that this time. No way.

"I am glad we are all on the same page then. Wonderful ladies" Katrina praises us. "I have to make a few phone calls. You are free to get to work. To go over ideas for the band. Get to brain storming" she orders us out of the room.

I follow Lucy and Sadie out of the room. We head to the boardroom. I sigh. I really did not want this job. Not working for Jordan and working alongside Sadie. I had thought the one perk for this job would be not to be working with Sadie. It seemed I was never going to be free of her. No matter what I did. She would always be around.

"Think you were going to get rid of me that easily?" Sadie remarks as we walk down the hall together.

"I am only going for the work. You can have Jordan. I have a man. Have fun being his little side groupie on this trip. And catching herpes while you are at it" I snidely remark. "There is no telling what a man like that carries. He had been dating the both of us at the same time" I remind her. "but if that is your kind of thing good for you, I would practice some safe s*x" I say. "make sure to bring some condoms" I tease her.

She glares at me. "You are just jealous because Jordan prefers red heads" she remarks quickly.

"I really do not care. Look we have to be professional this time. We all nearly lost our jobs the last time. Let's not do this again. I say we do our job and come back. Look out for each other" Lucy speaks up.

"She is right" agrees Sadie. "I say we call a truce and work together"

"Fine!" I say.

We shake on it.

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Though I had a feeling once we were all around those hot boy band members feelings were going to change. And the cattiness was going to come back. We would all be fighting for our jobs and for affection by the end of the three months. Call it woman's intuition. Sadie glares at me. Sigh as I glance down at my empty notebook.

"Now on ideas we need to think of a theme for the outfits. Make those boys look good" I tell the girls.

"They always looked good in black" mentions Sadie.

Lucy nods. "Leather" she giggles.

I shake my head. "Everyone does leather. These are the nice boys from Boston Beantown. They need a good image. Sweet image. Though they are anything but sweet" I grumble as I tap my pencil on the table.

"True" laughs Lucy.

"What about the sporty look. Jackets, with converse shoes. They could match with jackets but all wear different colors" I mention as I sketch a look. I happened to draw Joey Macintyre kind of. I show them the look I was going for. "Make it a boy band look that all the boys wear today. Make them approachable likeable" I say. "The way their music is for the fans?"

"I like it" agrees Lucy.

Sadie sits there not saying another word. I was sure she was going to diss me here. "Alright" she agrees. "I think this might work" she says with a nod.

"Good! Now the colors. Should we pick the colors for them? Or let the men chose?" I ask.

"Maybe we should each get a man to dress and let him pick one at a time" giggles Lucy. "I want Joel" she jokes.

I sigh. "I will take Don" I tell them.

"No, me" snaps Sadie. Our eyes meet. We glare at one another.

"How about first come first serve? Or we draw names? Something to make it all fair?" offers Lucy.

Sadie nods. "That could work" she agrees.

"I just don't want to work with Jordan. The less I see of him the better" I beg of them. "Sadie knows why" I say with gritted teeth.

She grumbles something under her breath. "Lucy can handle Jordan"

"But I want Joel" wines Lucy.

"Just take Jordan I do not want him either" snaps Sadie.

I shake my head. Here we go.

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"Ladies, listen up. We will take a different man each time and help out" I order. "that will make things fair" I tell them.

"Fine!" Lucy and Sadie say at the same time.

"How are my ladies doing?" Katrina interrupts as she comes in the room.

I turn the sketch book over so she can take a look at the artwork I had done.

"We want our good boys from bean town to have a good boy image. Though they might be bad deep down" I explain.

Katrina says nothing as she studies the art.

"I like it. They look like good boys but deep down they might be bad" she chuckles.

"Thanks" I finally exhale out.

Katrina made me sweat it out. And I did not even have to work out.

All later that day we began to work on more clothing layouts for the band. By the time I made it back home it was near dinner time. I had skipped lunch. I was starving. All I had to eat was an apple and some gum I was chewing on all day long.

When I get home, Veronica was at work. And Blake was out to get art supplies. I dig in the fridge and get the pizza that was left in the box in there. And I heat up a few slices on a plate in the microwave for my dinner.

I grab a bag of Cheetos that Blake had been munching on the night before. I sit down at the table. I begin to jot down a few more ideas for the band. I scarf down my pizza.

I was starving. And I was tired. Today had been a very long day for me. I get a few sketches done of Jordan. I add details of his long hair curling in his face. Those sparkling brown eyes of his. The earrings in each ear. I could still recall each detail of his face.

His body. The curves.

How he felt when he was near me.

I also remembered how it felt to be nothing to him. So now he was nothing to me.

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"Hi babe, sorry I was not here when you came in" Blake suddenly comes in with a bag of goodies. He comes in and kisses me on the cheek.

"Hey!" I greet him.

"How was work?" he asks me.

"Good, expect that Sadie is going on the trip to" I grumble.

"Are you sure you want to go on the trip? To work with Jordan and Sadie?" he worries.

I nod as I pop another Cheeto into my mouth and brush the orange cheese dust from my fingertips.

"I do not get why you feel you need to do this! Let Sadie go. And stay here" begs Blake.

I sigh. "Blake, we went over this last night. I have to do this for me. Not for Sadie. Or for Jordan. For me. To prove I can be around these people and not let them get to me. And for my career" I state. "I have to" I say. "Please understand"

"I understand. But I am not liking this idea" he complains.

"Don't you trust me?" I ask.

He comes over and wraps his arms around my shoulders. "You know I trust you. It is Jordan I do not trust" he warns me. "Please be safe around him" he warns me.

"I will" I promise. "You have nothing to worry about. Jordan is no one I want to be with. He ended those feelings when he chose to be with Sadie" I remind him. "I want nothing to do with the man"

"You say that now, but feelings can change" he has to point out.

I nod. "I will never let that man get in my world again" I vow.

Jordan was not welcome in my heart. Not after he had broken it.

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