Love At First Glance (Love at Firsts #1)(14)

I wake up to Bernard sitting on my chest and licking my cheek. I guess with my headphones in I didn’t hear any of my alarms. I wake up grumpy and still sexually frustrated.

I start my morning with my usual routine: bathroom, Bernard’s food, shower and then get dressed. As happy as I was last night, I feel miserable now. I need my sleep for f*ck’s sake. I groan and bend down to pet Bernard before I leave.

“I’ll see you tonight buddy,” I tell him before locking up. I walk down the stairs and hear a door slam behind me. I don’t know who it was, but looks like I’m not the only one having a rough morning. I decide to walk to work today, today Tuesday so I should be safe on my way to work, and not suffer at the hands of Monday! I even dared to wear my new heels. They are amazing little black boots with two buckles on the sides and cut outs by the heel.

I smile when I feel the crisp air hit my skin and look up at the bright blue sky. Looks like this day is going to be a bit better than I expected.

I walk all the way to work, which is actually a lot closer than I thought. Moving here was a smart decision despite my noisy neighbors, I’m saving petrol and working out at the same time. It’s a double win. Although there are quite a few bakeries on my way to work that smell like heaven. I must resist the temptation! God, that is going to be hard to do twice a day.

I give into temptation as I stop for a coffee and buy myself a cream cheese bagel for breakfast. I need to find something to eat before I leave in the morning or the little weight I’ll lose walking to work while come back on with a vengeance.

I suddenly stop and scold myself. I probably look like a mad woman to the people around me. I’m doing exactly what I used to do when I was with the dipshit. I need to change the way I think of myself. If I want to allow myself a treat, I’ll do so. I’ll workout harder but I’ll stop restricting myself and will eat what I want. Spencer would be proud. I grab my phone and text him, knowing that he’ll want to hear about my revelation.

Me: Morning Sunshine, you’ll be proud, had an epiphany. If I want a treat, I’ll allow myself to have it and stop starving myself to please the next f*cker I’ll meet.

Spencer: Morning Rainbow, about f*cking time! I’ve been telling you this for years! Lunch on Thursday? On me.

Me: Can’t do lunch this week :-( I have meetings back to back. Can do next Tuesday though. I’m all free.

Spencer: Sounds good to me. Are we still on for our movie night?

Me: Did you really think you’d be rid of me this easily?

Spencer: You’re the one not able to do lunch this week, not me!

Me: Fair enough. Just got to work. I’ll text you later. Have a nice day my ray of sunshine <3

Spencer: You too my little Leprechaun <3

Me: Leprechaun? FFS Spence! I know I’m a red head but still!

Spencer: Just kidding! You know I love you <3

Me: You’re lucky I do. Laterz sucker!

Spencer: Nutter.

I giggle as I walk into the large office. All of our desks are making a circle with a big plant in the middle. It's quite a nice, open layout. We can all chat and see each other when we take a break or need something but can also block each other out when we need to concentrate. It helps make things more casual.

“Well someone’s in a good mood,” Matt chuckles. “Did you get any last night?” He was the only one who saw me walk into the office and now I have everyone looking up at me. Thanks for that, f*cker.

“Oh do tell us everything about your night, Have.” Shane, one of my other co-workers, asks.

“I didn’t get any. Next door neighbor did though.” I frown.

“Loud f*ckers?” Alicia asks.

“Yeah, they decided to be really vocal at two o’clock this morning and didn’t stop for an hour. I ended up putting my headphones on just so I could fall back to sleep.” I sigh and plop down into my chair.

“You should have banged on the wall or better yet, gone to their door and yell at them.” Shane grins.

“I banged on the wall and it did f*ck all. I thought of going over there but gave up. I didn’t have the heart to go and tell them off for having a better sex life than me.” I shrug and take a bite of my bagel.

“Hopefully it won’t be like that every night,” Matt says, patting my back.

“I hope so.” I smile and turn on my computer.

I try to focus on work, but I’m struggling. I’m so tired. I’m one of those people that once their sleep is disturbed, they are ruined for the day. I’ve been staring at my computer blankly for the past thirty minutes, the words for this article about an up and coming band just aren’t coming to me. They are releasing their first EP next month and I was invited to the listening party last week, which was interesting. It’s not exactly my type of music, but they are definitely good at what they do. The singer has an amazing voice and they are all supermodel hot. They were all heavily tattooed and pierced, and I’m not judging, but it was all a bit too much for me. One of the guys even had his tongue split into two to make it look like a snake’s tongue which made me physically shudder and then turn red with embarrassment. I was mortified, but luckily it made him laugh. Lincoln, their bass player, is a total sweetheart and a complete weirdo at the same time. Although I’m sure I’m a weirdo to him too considering I went to a listening party for a metal band wearing peg trousers, Louboutin's, a white button down shirt and a blazer. I could have at least put on a leather jacket, but no, not me. I decided to go for the all professional looking.