Chapter 38

Lucy's pov

When I get in the room I realize that the person interviewing me is someone that I know. This is my high school sweetheart, Ethan the classic heartthrob boy but except for being an ass like all of them he was actually nice and caring. He also cared about what you were saying and wasn't the classic stupid jock. He was an honors student with straight A's although he wasn't perfect he gave the image that he was. We only broke up because of the long distance when we went to college. We both wanted to pursue our dreams and the colleges were really far from each other. We eventually drifted apart from each other but there were no hard feelings. Besides I'm pretty sure that neither of us were ready for a relationship at the time. I won't speak for him but I definitely wasn't.

I wasn't even looking for one now either and then well, Laxus came along and that all changed. "Oh wow hi, it's been a while since I last saw you" I say, forcing a smile on my face for the sake of politeness. He barely glances up from his computer screen and orders "sit". I shake it off and sit waiting patiently for him to be done with whatever it is that he is doing and mess with my fingers that are in my lap and glance around the room. I notice that he has a lot of pictures in his office of family and architecture. He never really seemed all too interested in that stuff before. I look at the clock and realize that I have been here 15 minutes and he hasn't said more than one word to me.

I clear my throat and he looks up for a second like her just remembered that I was here. I try not to give off an annoying voice. "Sir I am here for the position as a personal assistant if that is still available" I remind him while trying to still be polite about it. "Yes it is" while still continuing to look at his computer. At this point I'm done "ok I can see that you are busy I will just go now" I announce standing up. I'm still polite to the receptionist who looks surprised that I'm out of there so soon. "It was nice meeting you" I say to her with a friendly wave and I hear her echo back the same sentiments.

Well, looks like it's time to find a new one but I'm obviously not going to tell Laxus about this. He came with me and waited outside which is really nice of him though. We walked out together and I barely said anything to him feeling guilty about withholding this information from him. He's been so supportive throughout this whole thing and I regret not telling him about this but at the same time I don't if that makes any sense. Which it probably doesn't but that's ok.

Although as soon as we are about to walk out the front door I hear an elevator open behind us and footsteps trying to catch up to us. "Wait!" the voice screams, sounding out of breath, I slow my pace a bit glancing behind me. I realize that it's Ethan again and when he finally catches up he puts his hands on his knees to catch his breath. I see that he has gotten a bit out of shape.

"I um- wanted to apologize for earlier and we can continue with the interview if you are still interested in this position" he says focusing most of his attention on me but glances at Laxus occasionally. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that Laxus makes him nervous so I squeeze Laxus' hand and stand on my tiptoes and whisper in his ear "I'm going to talk to him alone, I think that you make him nervous". He looks at me like I'm ridiculous and then gives me a smile heading out to the car.

"Who's that?" he asks me in the elevator before we even get to his office and starts interrogating me. "I don't see what that has to do with how qualified I am for my job" I state matter of factly. "Respectfully sir" I add in. "No I get it and I was just curious about you and what your life is like now thats all." Him saying that is what makes me tell him about Laxus "ok fine. He is my boyfriend who is the most supportive, funny, kind, sweet, loving person in the whole world. He's like a big giant teddy bear who's very protective of me but can also be tougher when I need him to be. However he is always there for me even when I wanted to apply for this job but he wanted me to keep working for him. I wanted some independence so that's why I'm here applying for this job." I finish with a smile on my face at just the mere thought of him.

I shut up at that point when I looked at Ethan's face and it was a mixture of regret, sadness, remorse and a lot of other things that I saw flash through his face all at once. The one that he kept as a permanent fixture on his face was guarded and always seemed to be a little bit mad. I don't want to hurt him talking about Laxus so I just ended it there. "Ok but um here's my resume for you to take a look at" I say, handing him the documents. He takes it from me and takes a quick glance at it and then his eyes are back on me once again.

We catch up talking about a lot of things since we haven't seen each other in so long. I think that I might have a real shot at this job. Things seemed to go pretty well today and I even told Laxus when he asked how it went. We go to check on my place before we head to his. I go to open the door and realize that my doormat is a bit out of place. It's odd but it happens so I don't suspect anything until I open the door. What I see there makes me want to throw up, cry and scream in horror. Those are just a couple of feelings I have when I see this.

What happened?

What's up with Ethan?

Why is she acting this way?

Will she get the job?