Alice's Book Club

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Alice

"Mommy, Mommy Wake up it's Friday" Bruce was bouncing up and down on my bed, dressed in his Superman footies complete with a cape I looked over at the clock and saw it was 4:30am. I buried my face in my soft pillow and grumbled incoherently, not fully ready to a person let alone a mom. Unfortunately, Bruce was persistent and ripped the covers off of me, I jolted as the cold air from my ceiling fan assaulted my body. "Grandma said, 'You can't be late or else you will get in trouble' " Bruce folded his arm's in contempt for my laziness. "You're right , you're right. Let's go" I yawned gathering my towel and shower cap and headed to the shower. One of the perks of living in a small two bedroom it's easy to get dressed fast when your bathroom is literally right across from your bedroom. Showering didn't take long, and neither did getting Bruce ready, "Pop tarts are done." Bruce called out as I fixed my hair in the bathroom mirror, I ended up settling for a side ponytail, "I would be getting a new weave tonight anyway" I thought to myself quickly putting on my being kitten heels, and did my best to examine myself in my sink mirror where only the top half of my body could be seen.

"Pop Tart is getting cold" Bruce teased; "I'm here" I walked into the kitchen/living room and retrieved my warm pastry before Bruce scarfed it down. I checked out Bruce's outfit he was getting better he wore a long sleeve Green Lantern shirt and dark denim pants, he also had his trusty Batman mask in hand. "Hunny don't you want to leave the mask here?" I asked hoping to wean him off it "No I need it" He replied pouting in a way no mother could resist. "Alright, let's do something about this hair though. I always loved my son's soft curly top, but this morning it looked more like a Brillo Pad I brushed it into a soft wavy style, "Alright all good to go..' I turned my phone on to check the time and was happy to say it was only 5 giving me plenty of time to go drop off Bruce and get to work. 'Damn I'm good' I thought to myself.

"I'm late, I'm late" I chanted running to the elevator pressing the up button rapidly like a mad man. I ignored the awkward looks from coworkers and continued to pray for a speedy and empty elevator, of course, wishes don't come true, and I waited patiently for the suits to exit the elevator. Once we were all on I pressed the button for the 10th floor took a second to fix my disheveled skirt and blouse, 'The price you pay when you have 38DD's and an ass the size of China' I thought to myself, trying to fight jealousy as I looked at the women with normal skinny figures. Fortunately, I arrived at my floor quickly and raced to the private elevator down the long marble hallway. Once I reached the elevator, I pressed up again, had a moment of bravery. I looked at my phone happy to see that I still had five minutes to get upstairs make coffee and arrange the files needed for today, 'Things are looking up' I smiled myself "Good morning Alice" I heard Mr. Mavericks sultry voice and turned to see my drop-dead gorgeous boss. He wore a navy blue suit tailored perfectly to his lean yet muscular form, and had a crisp white and blue striped tie, his green eye's held me in a trance and I tried to think of anything but kissing him."G-g-good Morning Mr. Maverick"' I greeted in the most polite manner I could muster. "Running late" He smiled, entering the elevator I completely ignored, "Whaaaatttttt?....no you're just early " I countered feeling foolish. "Hahaha, touché ,but this time I have a reason' he held up a bag from Dunkin Donuts 'it was going to be a surprise but I got caught up in the line" He rubbed his hair with his empty hand, and resembled a child for just a moment. "Ohhh, What you get?" I took the bag from him and looked inside to see four strawberry frosted donuts. "They're your favorite right?" His voice held a bit of fear "Yes, they are thanks" I replied flattered that he remembered such a small detail and confused why he would bother remembering at all. "Good, I was going to get you the white hot chocolate till I realized it was only seasonal" He smiled, making my heart skip a beat, it was going to be a long day.

I stared at the bag of frosted strawberry donuts, trying to figure out where such a spontaneous gesture came from. All I could come up with was this had something to do with the email, yet as plausible as it was I didn't want to come to that conclusion. 'Alright let's say he did read the email, why wouldn't he say something about it...but then again what could he say? It's not like he can say 'So I heard you're a gigantic pervert and write about me' or even say 'So you got a thing for me?'....WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?' I fought between the two possibilities until I just gave up. RING RING, "saved by the bell."

Jared

"Strawberry Donuts" I smiled to myself, it was a small step but an important one. I looked out my door and saw Alice fixated on the donut bag. I knew I had screwed up my delivery, but I was caught off guard by her beauty. She wore a long blush pink pencil skirt that hugged her ass perfectly, with a simple white slightly sheer long sleeve blouse adorned with gold buttons. It showed just the right amount of cleavage and had me drooling for a closer look. Even with her short 5'4 stature, she was still a force to be recon.Her sweet brown eyes could cut you down to the size of an ant, her full lips begged to be kissed. Although I have seen her hair in many styles over the years, I have to say I prefer it when it's long and hanging down her back, but her side ponytail was just as cute. "Mr. Maverick, Jean Danger is on line one and she or he, sounds pissed," Alice said, I grumbled not really interested in dealing with Mr. Danger at the moment. I picked up the phone reluctantly "Jean, what can I do for you?" I asked fairly certain this a wasn't a social call. " Hey Jared baby" Jean greeted, he was the top Drag queen in Philly and had been one of my first clients and closet friends since I took over the agency. "I need to have a talk with you, about this Dumbass agent you hooked me up with," he said, "What's wrong I thought you loved Maggie?" I asked concerned that he and my employee weren't getting along. "I do, but ever since she went on maternal leave, they had me hooked up with some asshole named Blake." He replied "I know Blake he is a good agent he has kept many happy clients. Outside of being a bit arrogant, he's a good guy" I defended "Yeah if you're a straight white man. He doesn't know what to do with my fabulous Asian self." He replied, and I could practically see him snapping his fingers "This fool tried to get me in a role for a straight white family man on TV. I told him I wasn't doing that bullshit role, and still, he got these bitches calling for an audition" He explained while I pulled up the call record for Blake, turns out Blake never canceled Jean's audition. "Perhaps he thought you would come around, don't worry it's canceled and won't happen again, in fact, I believe there is a casting call for Kinky Boots. " I pulled up all the info I had for the Broadway show, and heard him squeal on the phone "Hell yeah hook me up." I smiled at his enthusiasm "Your scheduled an audition on Sunday at noon" It wasn't hard to get Jean in the door, not with his notoriety and my credibility. "OH thank you babe's" He continued screaming. "You're welcome, and I have to ask you for a favor?" I replied "Name it," he said, "I need two tickets to your next show at iCandy?" I asked "Oh who you bringing?" he inquired "hopefully Alice" I admitted "Boy please you been carrying a torch for her since you hired her" he scoffed at my announcement. 'This time it's different I know she likes me, so I don't have to feel like a creepy boss hitting on her." I defended knowing he was right I knew I loved her since we met, and over the years it became stronger and stronger, now that I know how she feels I can stop acting like a schoolboy and start working like a man.

DING. A chat window appeared on my computer screen from Mr. Maverick. I replied confused knowing this had to be related to his conversation with Jean, 'God I loved that girl/boy' I thought to myself replaying all the conversation we had in and out of Drag. He replied. I felt my heart drop 'Holy crap is he asking me out.....wait to calm down maybe this is about work. It's not exactly unheard of to go scope out talent' I tried to think this through logically even if my mind was racing. I replied. he replied, warming my heart most bosses could care less if you have a kid and here mine was trying to help me find a sitter I replied He replied, I felt the heat creep into my cheeks and realized with full certainty that this was, in fact, a real true blue date. 'I'm going on a date with Jared Maverick' I smiled to myself things were definitely looking up.