I showed back up at the recording studio at eight like i was told. The girl at the desk glared at me. "You again?" She asked. "Uh yes, but he knows i'm here this time i swear. It's my first day." She groaned as she picked up the phone. "Richard your newest hire is here?" She asked into the phone. "Oh good. Can you get her an id badge?" He asked. "Sure thing, and when she's done?" "Send her to my office and i'll get her set up." He said.

"I'm sorry if i seemed impolite. I'm Paige." Said the girl behind the desk. "It's okay." I said smiling. "Stand here." She said clicking the camera and taking a photo of me. She clicked a few things around on the computer. Moment's later the machine popped out a freshly laminated i.d. card. "Here you go Marny Cooper." She said handing it to me. She handed me a clip and i attached it to my shirt. Then i headed to Richards office. I rapped on the door. "Come in." He said.

When i entered his office he was on the phone. He held up a finger and an apologetic face. "Look i understand that, but he failed to do the job he was hired for and if he can't do it then i need you to find somebody else....what do you mean there is nobody else? This website has to get up and running....I understand that but i need someone with vision. Fine you know what i'll figure it out." He said hanging up. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yes i suppose it'll be fine. I hired a guy to fix the website you know an upgrade sorta thing and he botched it bad." He sighed sounding stressed. "Well i'd be happy to take a look." I said.

"You know about coding?" He asked. "Yea, i took a few classes in high school." I said. "Well then you are better than nothing. Let me show you to an office you can call yours." He said standing up. He walked down the hall a few feet and opened the door. Inside the office was a desk in the back of the room facing the door. A brand new computer was set up. There were several other things lined up on the desk. "I know it's not much but..." "It's perfect." I said taking a seat in the plush rolling chair.

He showed me how to get to the website for the label. "It's terrible, i know. The banner they made looks like something a four year old finger painted. And they didn't even use current videos on the home page." He pointed. "Well what are you thinking for the site?" I asked. "Well i just need it to showcase all the artists. Whatever you put there is up to you." He said.

"How about we do photos, a bio, interviews, samples of their music, and where they can purchase the music." I said. "That's a great idea." "And for the homepage instead of doing stuff of the bigger names we can do new artists. And the stuff on the pages will be exclusive so they have to come here for it and when they do they'll hopefully hear something new they like." I said

"Honey, that is a tall order but if you can make that happen then you are amazing." He said. "Well i'm happy to help, oh uh the camera I've had for a while broke...if i could..." "Say no more i'll get you a new one and have it delivered tomorrow. Also let me get you a contact list of all the artist we have signed here at the label. You can contact them to set up interviews and photo-shoots. Also i have everything on this system connected together. So any music they have made will be on here." He clicked around onto the network. "Just don't take any of this stuff. It's all new stuff each artist is working on and will be debuted when it's time." He said.

"No problem it'll get handled." I said. "Okay wonderful i'll have somebody come round later to take your lunch order." He said tapping the door frame as he left. I spend a little bit of time working on the banner. It was probably cheesy but it was a cannon with big shot records being shot out. It was bright and it popped.

Then i spent hours coding a tab at the top of the page for each of the artists. Then i opened up notepad and started copying and pasted bios from each of the artists. I used several pieces from each one to make my own bio. By the end of the day all i had done was the bios but it was a start. My dad knocked on the door. "Hey how was your day?" He asked. "Great! Let me show you what i did." I said motioning him over. "You did all this? This is amazing!" He said. "Thank you." I said smiling.

"So I'm not exactly sure...what ah you know...I'm supposed to be doing with this whole father thing." He said taking a seat on the edge of the desk. "Okay?" "So i thought well, this weekend we have an event uh it's an album release party for one of the bands. It's there first album and it's a pretty big deal. And i thought I'd set you up on a date with one of the brothers." He said. "Well that's ominously cheesy." I said. "Oh if you don't want to come i understand i might've overstepped." He said putting his hands up. "No, you know what it's great. Sounds good." I said. "Okay he'll be at your house at five." He said standing up and leaving. I didn't get a name of the band. Much less the name of the guy who was going to be taking me out.

I shut the computer off and headed out to leave. I heard a beautiful voice coming from one of the recording booths. I followed the sound and found a guy with blonde spiky hair and blue eyes. He was playing on the guitar. He was singing with so much soul and passion. I was indeed staring. He finished the song and looked up to catch me staring. Color me embarrassed. He sat the guitar down and smiled giving me a small wave. "I'm sorry." I said. He put his hand up to his ear signaling that he couldn't hear me.

I walked over and opened the door stepping inside. "I said I'm sorry, i was trying to snoop your song it was just beautiful." I said. "Oh? Thanks it's just something new i was trying out." He said shaking his head. "Well it was great." I said. "I'm Dylan Everly." He said. "I'm Marny Cooper." I said. "I don't think I've heard of you. Band or solo?" He asked. I put my hands up. "No no i can't sing. I'm working on the website actually." I said. "Oh that's great i heard the last guy was a crock." He shrugged laughing.

"So when did you start working here?" He asked. "Um today was actually my first day. I just found out Richard is kind of my father." I said. "Wait you just found out, like today? Man that's rough." He said. "Yesterday actually but day two isn't any easier." I said Shrugging. "Man i do not envy you at all. My father is such a good guy i mean like the type who works hard to provide for his family. I kinda hate how i turned out." He said.

"Why you have a record deal seems like your doing alright for yourself." I said. "Yes i suppose so but i think my dad was worried for a while there it wouldn't work out. He said no doubt you're talented but you need to take care of your self." "Like get a real job?" I asked. "Bingo." He said. "Well i should let you get back to your music." I said standing up. "Sure, see you tomorrow Marny." He said giving me a smile.

No heart, don't melt like that you have a date lined up with a guy who is probably excited to see where this is going. I mean i would. I left the office and caught the bus to head home. When i got there my mom was just pulling in. "Hey honey." She said meeting me at the door. "Hey mom, how was work?" I asked. "Quite good but first how was your day?" She asked. "It was...good. I'm helping with the website." I said.

"Oh that sounds fun, you did some of that in high school right?" She asked. "Mhm i rather liked it." I said. "Good, so your birthday is coming up soon. What shall we do?" She asked. "Well i guess what we always do?" I asked. She shook her head laughing. "I'd like to take you out to dinner, anywhere you'd like to go." She said. "Are you sure we can afford it?" I asked. "We can as it just so happens i just got a promotion and a raise!" She said smiling. "Mom that is wonderful!" I said. "It is, and they have a program that will let me advance in the company and send me back to school" She said beaming.

"Mom this is wonderful news!" I said hugging her. "Thank you." "Well why didn't you tell me?" I asked. "Well i wasn't sure that it was gonna happen and then they told me the news today!" She said clasping her hands together. "But i want to hear more about your first day." She said. "Well, Richard said they are having a cd release party this weekend and that he set me up with a guy." I said. "Oh he's in the band? What's his name." "Yes i guess so, I'm not sure of his name he didn't say." I said shrugging.

I started dinner so we could eat. "What did you do today?" "Well like i said just worked on the website." I smiled. "How do you get on with the other people that work there?" She asked. "Well Paige was kind of rude at first but I'm sure she's fine. And i met one of the singers." I blushed. "He must've been cute." She said raising an eyebrow. "Oh no, we are not having this conversation." I said. "Why you've never been serious about anybody." She said. "And I'm not serious about him i just met him." I said. "So why can't we talk about him?" She asked.

"Cause there is nothing to say." I nodded matter of factly. "Oh well that's no fun." She said laughing. "Eh I'll keep you posted." I said, but really i wouldn't. I just met the guy and i don't even know why i brought it up. Guess i was still thinking about his smile. I had a dreamy look on my face i just knew it. But i couldn't help it.