I check my reflection one last time in the mirror. I'm wearing a black pencil skirt that reaches above my knees with a white blouse. I let my brown wet hair fall to let them dry naturally. I do not use blow dryers or straightener on my hair because I think they are not good for hair. I love being natural. That's why I even don't wear make but now that I have started working I have to wear the make up so I have tried to keep my make-up minimal by applying a baby pink lipstick, and mascara. That's my limit. I slip into my black heels, take my purse and leave my room.

As I enter living area I'm met with the aroma of food and my stomach starts grumbling. I keep my purse on dining table and go in kitchen. I see mom cooking breakfast. "Good Morning mom." I greet my mom as I hug her from behind. "Good Morning sweetie. I have cooked your favorite breakfast." My mom says after kissing me on my left cheek. "Aww!! Thanks a lot mom. You are the best." I say happily.

I know it sounds odd that a 24 years old girl lives with her mom when people of my age lives independently but the thing is that I don't want to leave my mom alone and I'm very happy. I am very close to my mom. She is my best friend and she is the best mom anyone can have. I have a younger brother too who is studying architect in Harvard University on scholarship.  My dad died of in a car accident when I was only 15. Since then it has always been three of us and we love each other to death. The death of my father  made me and my brother mature at very young age. We were not very rich at that time so I and my brother started working while studying to support our mom. But we didn't avoid our studies and worked really hard and got scholarship in the University we wanted. My brother is still studying whereas I have completed my studies and here I'm, with a job in a very well know multinational company. That time was very rough but it got us closer. I wish dad was still alive but I know he is here with us in our heart and memories and he is watching us from heaven.

I get out of my thoughts when my mom touch my shoulder and ask "what happened Ari? Where are you lost?" "I was thinking about dad, mom. I miss him so much. I wish he was here with us right now." I reply sadly and hug my mom. "He's in our heart sweetie. He is always with us. Right now he is watching us from the heaven and he won't be happy seeing you sad on the first day of your job." My mom says wiping her tears. "Yes mom you are right. Dad won't be happy seeing us sad. He's with us. Come on let's eat breakfast." I say kissing my mom on forehead. "Yeah. You sit I'll get the breakfast" mom says as she back to her work.

I take my seat on dining table. I take out my phone from my purse to see if I have any message or missed call as I was expecting a call from my younger bro, Logan. I on my phone and see I have a missed call from my brother. I call him and he picks up at fourth ring. "Hey sissy" he greets me cheerfully. "Hey Any. How are you?" I tease him. "Ari don't call me that. You know I hate that name and I not a kid any more." He says getting annoyed. "No matter how old you get for me you will always be my baby brother." I tell him. "Yeah yeah. I'm good Ari. How are you and mom?" he ask. "I and mom are good. How's your college going?" I ask him. "College is amazing Ari. My studies are also great. And don't worry about me I have a few friends here and I'm having a great time with them." He answer all my questions before I could ask. "That's great Logan. I'm glad you are doing great. I was worried for..." Before I could complete he interrupts me "Hey Ari calm down. You don't have to worry about me any more. I'm a big boy now. And we have talked enough about me. Today is your day. I wish you all the best for your first day at work. Don't get too nervous. You can do it. Be confident. I'm here for you." He says making me laugh. "Thank you so much Logan. I will try my best" I say laughing. "Yey! That's my sissy. Now I got to go. I have to get ready for my class." He says in a hurry. "Okay. Bye Logan. Me and mom miss you a lot. Take care." I say. "Bye sis. I miss you guys too. Love you." He says. "Love you too" and with that I end our call.

Logan isn't a social person and don't have many friends or you can say no friends except his childhood best friend, Max. They both have been friends since kindergarten and the best thing is that they both share same birthday. They are inseparables and everyone in school was jealous of their friendship because it isn't easy to find a true friend. They both would take bullet for each other without thinking. I'm so proud of him. We both believe in having one true friend rather than having many fake friends therefore even I don't have many friends, just two best friends, Mia and Jeremy, from my school time.

My mom comes with a tray of breakfast and coffee. She keep one plate before me and sit down with the second one. As mom said it's my favorite breakfast, pancakes with chocolate syrup, French toast and mushroom omelet and my mom's special coffee. Trust me my mom makes world's best coffee. My stomach starts grumbling again and me and my mom starts laughing. We both start eating our breakfast while talking. I tell her about my conversation with Logan and she gets sad because she miss him a lot. But then she starts laughing after hearing our whole conversation. By the time we finish breakfast it's already 8:25am which means that it is the time for me to leave for work. My mom kisses my forehead and wishes me good luck. I thank her and get in my Beetle and starts driving to my destination that is Knight Industries and Cooperation.

Being honest I'm really nervous. I have heard a lot about my boss from people, media and all. And believe me it's nothing good. Everyone says he is very strict, ruthless, and he doesn't think before firing his employees. I have only seen him once in newspaper but the picture was not clear. He was not even present at the time of interview because he went to Europe for a very important business meeting so the Head of Human Recourse Department, Mr. Ross Geller, took the interview. The interview went very good but I didn't think I'll get the job because there were so many other people and as it is known that there's competition in every field so I wasn't very much confident. Mr. Geller had told me that he was really impressed with my grades and with my personality. Thanks to my brother who made me join personality development classes in university. I'm so lucky to have such a loving family. With my that thought in my mind I reach my destination. I park my car and get out of it. Now I'm standing before this huge, magnificent building with my heart beating rapidly. This will be my first meeting with my boss and I hope it goes well.

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The picture is of Nicolas Philip Knight - Matt Bomer

I would like to dedicate this chapter to my friend @dumbusisofdumbestbro.

This is the first chapter and it's not edited. Please vote and comment and don't forget to tell me how you find it.
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6-December-2015