The time was right. It was now or never. I took a deep breath and started to walk forward slowly.

"Go for it buddy! I know you can do it!" Josh cheered me on.

I walked towards her, ignoring him. Every step I took towards her, I could hear the click of my shoes echo distinctly.

"Hey Samirah!" I tapped her shoulder.

"Oh hey Matt!" She turned towards me and smiled.

She smiled! It's a good sign!

"I uh just wanted to um you know," I shrugged and nodded, hoping she would understand where this was leading to.

"You wanted to...." she prompted, tilting her head to the right, the rays of the sun hitting her red hair, making it look like they were aflame.

"Do you want have lunch with me today?" I swallowed hard, anxiety about her answer, short-circuiting my brain.

"Sure Matt! Twelve thirty sounds okay?"

"Um uh yeah, twelve thirty sounds absolutely perfect...... for lunch." He added and shrugged when her perfect eyebrows creased in confusion.

"Ah hello Joe! Absolutely-" Samirah attended the call and walked away from me, but not before waving at me.

I skipped back to my cabin, still unable to believe that she had agreed to go out with me.

"What did she say?" Josh looked up as I passed him, the anticipation in his voice akin to a small child enquiring about ice cream.

"She said yes, man!" I grinned, the disbelief fading off into complete happiness.

"Bro! I knew you could do it! You were one of the only few people who had a chance with her!" Josh held his hand out for a fist bump which I completely ignored(what were we, five?)

"Thanks man." I walked past him and into my cabin, ready to get my before lunch goals completely done(my meticulous plans never fail.)

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"Ha ha I can't even-!" Sam laughed when I told her about the tubelight incident in our office.

"Well, you gotta do what you gotta do." I shrugged and smirked, causing her to laugh again.

"So Matt, tell me about yourself. Like are you seeing anyone?"

"Me?" I stopped my fork with my thumb before it fell back onto my plate.

Did she just ask me if I was seeing anyone when we were on a date?

"Uh um yeah, sure. You could say I'm seeing someone.." I shrugged, trying to play it cool without letting her see my panic and annoyance.

"Woah that is so exciting! Who is it?" She put her elbows on the table and leaned her face on her hands, eagerly waiting for me to give her some information.

"How about you?" I played it safe by turning the question on her.

"I'm seeing Mr. Turing. You know? Head of the Accounts department?" She let out a dreamy sigh.

"Oh." I exhaled, trying to stop myself from showing my true emotions about the direction this was taking.

"Hey! Open up your fortune cookie!" Sam nudged.

"You actually believe in these?" I rolled my eyes.

"I usually laugh at the funny stuff they say.." she shrugged, opening hers.

"You will meet the love of your life today." She laughed as she read it out. 

"That's so ridiculous! Love of your life? I met chocolate years ago!" She chuckled again, eating the cookie and throwing away her fortune. 

"Come on! Open up yours Matt!"

I shook my head and opened mine up.

Are you out of options? Are you the type that will not take no for an answer? Are you determined and hard-set and most importantly, desperate? Are you ready to do whatever it takes to get what YOU want? Then it's time you met the Devil.

Contact Number: 79816378XX.

"What does it say?"

I handed her the fortune, wordlessly.

Was this some kind of sick joke by the universe? Or did someone want me to actually find this? Who was the Devil? Was it like a code name or something?

"This is so stupid!" Sam laughed, almost choking. She handed me back the fortune.

"You are not desperate, you are doing pretty well in life..." she shook her head and rolled her eyes.

If only she knew...

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A/N:

Aren't we all desperate in some way? 

I'm desperate to read and write and have fun.... 

What are you desperate for? 

What do you think about this chapter? And if you have read any of my previous works, do tell me if my writing has changed in any way...

Loads Of M&Ms

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