Friends only

“So is your rich and well connected boyfriend picking you today?” Jess, a girl who works at the company Kola placed me in, said spitefully.

“I have told you that he is not my boyfriend.” I sighed, she will just continue to attack me, and she hates the fact that I didn’t work as hard as she and her friend did to get a job here, well the rumors said she slept with one of the senior officers in charge of recruitment to give her and her friend acceptance letter but then an order came from the owner of the company that I am to be placed on the team so her friend was dropped.

“So friends with benefits then. All these girls that won’t keep their legs closed and using their bodies to get to places where the rest of us got with our brains.” Jess said a little too loudly as the rest of the students who were sharing an office with me turned to pay attention.

It was blatantly obvious that I got in here with connections and what was annoying me was that they were acting so high handed when also got in through connections. “I didn’t use sex to get in here like you, Jess. I am not that low.” I responded as she flew up from her seat.

“Say that again, say it again and let me knock all your teeth out of your mouth for that lie.” Jess raged getting into my face after spinning my chair to face her.

I sighed as I stood up. “This company frown against violence of any kind, if we do fight you will be fired but I will resume work the next day with only a reduction from my salary, it won’t even enter my form.”

Jess grinded her teeth but she didn’t say anything. “Unlike you, your sugar daddy will not help you. None of them can especially if I do tell my friend to tell his not to allow you return here. So Jessica, try me. I dare you. Raise your hand to hit me for calling you a whore.” I spat at Jessica who stumbled back from me.

“You okay babe?” Kola voice sounded from the door as I smiled.

“Yeah, you are early.”

“I wanted us to see the CEO before getting dinner, I would like to introduce the two of you.”

“Okay, let me log off.” I tell him with a smile as I switched my computer off and grabbed my things. “That will be the last time that you will gang up on me or talk crap about me.” I tell all of them before leaving the room. Let them know me as a bitch, I didn’t care.

“And she got her bitchy face on.” Kola rested an arm on my shoulders as I adjusted my bag.

“I don’t have a bitchy face.”

“Honey, your bitchy face is your amour, the one you put on for people you don’t like. The one you got on now.” Kola pointed out as I released a sigh and glared at him.

And the one I don’t wear when I am around him. He didn’t add that one but I was sure he was thinking about it. He must have started to notice the way that I have been acting lenient towards him, I needed to hide this crush I was having for him a little better. “Why do you want me to meet your friend?” I asked instead.

“For you to make at least one sure connection in this internship you are doing because you are not playing nice with your fellow interns, you are making enemies instead of friends.”

“It isn’t my fault, they all gang up on me, and I have been telling you about it.” I protested as Kola nodded.

“Of course, it isn’t your fault, you didn’t act high handed when you met them and you certainly didn’t act like a bitch when they first tried to talk to you and you didn’t act like a showoff too when you corrected an account which they all failed at.” Kola listed and I cringed. Okay, I may have given them a good reason to hate me.

“Shut up.” I mumbled at Kola who laughed at me.

I have been acting like a bitch most of the times, it was Kola that made me see it, and I discovered that the attitude was a defense for me and it was with Kola and Ivy that the defense was ever fully down. It made me feel lonely when I realized it.

“Hey, you are okay?” Kola looked at me worriedly and my heart skipped a beat at his caring action.

Stupid organ, he does this for everybody. I tried to tell myself but it still didn’t change the fact that my crush for him couldn’t be reasoned with. “Super Duper.” I replied but he chuckled.

“You need to learn how to lie better my dear, you suck at it.”

When I frowned at him, he raised his hands in defense, “I’m sorry but it is the truth”

“So, are you not concerned that this your friend might take an interest in me?” I teased as u changed topic while he laughed, he knows how I always changed a conversation when I couldn’t answer again.

“Why will he do that? He got easier girls for him.” Kola replied as I smiled.

“But if he did.” I pressed.

“Nothing I guess, after all I am sure that you will be angry if I stopped him, we are friends and only friends so it doesn’t really concern me.” he said with a shrug as I tried to maintain my expression. The door opened and Kola ushered me past the secretary past and into an office which a man was sitting behind the desk.

Apparently, that was all I was and will ever be to Kola, a friend