Short Story--Office Surprise--Day 3

Welcome back to my annual birthday story. Ready to find out what happens next with David and Macy? Read on. Or, if you missed Day 1, or Day 2, follow those links to catch up!

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“I don’t know, Macy. I’m sort of on a diet right now. Gotta stay thin enough to fit into my wedding dress next month, ya know.” Hilary ran her hands down her perfectly skinny waist and Macy barely kept herself from rolling her eyes.

“Even if you don’t eat the cake, you could still come sing.” Macy cocked an eyebrow. “I didn’t get a huge cake anyway. Our birthday budget was pretty much blown for the month already.”

“We have had a lot of birthdays lately.”

“Right?”

“If I remember, I’ll try to swing by. You said three?” Hilary jiggled her mouse to wake her computer back up.

“In the big conference room.” Macy backed out of the payroll office. “And tell the others when they get back from lunch.”

Hilary waved at Macy, but no telling if she actually heard her words or not. Something had already caught her eye on the monitor in front of her.
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Macy huffed. Things were not going as well as she’d figured. Maybe people were birthday’d out or something, but barely anyone seemed excited about celebrating David this afternoon. They’d sure be put out if no one showed up to celebrate them on their day, but apparently it was too much trouble to give the same courtesy to their newest co-worker.

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At least she didn’t have to worry as much about stretching that little cake. Those things cost much more than she’d expected. Especially for something so plain. She hadn’t even asked them to put words on the top.

She plugged her invitation in with a few more cubicles before her lunch hour ran out. It would have to do. With only so many hours in a day and not knowing about his birthday until this morning, her planning time was limited. Next year, she’d do better.

Assuming he stayed here after this sham of a celebration.

“Oh!”

Speak of the devil, he caught her elbows as she ran into him, coming around the corner too fast. Her hands pressed against the wrinkle-free shirt covering his chest for a few seconds before she quickly pulled back.

Not workplace appropriate, even if he did smell really good that close.

“You okay?” He squeezed one of her arms before letting go.

“Fine. Just moving too fast.” She smoothed down her trousers. Had she never been this close to him before? He seemed taller.

“We really need to get mirrors at these corners, huh? Like they have at the stores? Then we’d see people coming before we turned.” One side of his lips turned up in a grin and his blue eyes sparkled with humor.

She couldn’t help but reciprocate the smile. “Brilliant. Maybe we should make you the office safety monitor. First your idea about bowl cozies and now mirrors.”

“Ha.” His grin diminished a tad. “Sure. The higher ups would probably appreciate less workers comp payouts, right?”

She blinked. Had she said something wrong? “Right. Gotta get back to work.”

He nodded and stepped out of her way, but she caught another whiff of his cologne as she passed. Deep breath.

Was he onto her plan? He didn’t seem to be. Only a few more hours until she could surprise him.

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Think Macy can pull it off? Ready to find out? Only two more days of this short story. Come back tomorrow to see what happens next.