Ch-1.4 The Interview (Not the movie)

Sitting on the couch, Mitch and I chatted while we waited for James' mother to arrive. After waiting for half an hour, the front doorbell of the daycare center rang, followed by the footsteps of someone coming in.

"Mitch! it's me" Said a familiar voice coming to my right where I was sitting.

"Oh, Natalia! You finally made it," Mitch said. She stood up and walked to Natalia to greet her.

And there she is, my target. Natalia Holland, I have so many plans for you, things I can get and achieve. But for now, I must gain her trust first. And I have a few ways to easily get it.

"Meggy~ Come here" Mitch called out, waving her hand.

As I walked to where Mitch and Natalia stood, Natalia's eyes met mine, raising her brow in surprise. She remembers me from that small interaction we had a few days ago. It's a bit sweet of her to remember that. 

When I got to where Mitch was standing, she faced Natalia, raised her right hand just below my chest, and said "Natalia, I would like to introduce you to our applicant Megan Mandella" After she turned to face me and waved her hand towards Natalia, and said "Meggy, Natalia Holland, My best friend, who also runs the daycare with me".

After Mitch introduced us to one another I stepped forward and reached out my hand to Natalia to initiate a handshake and said "What a coincidence! It is very nice to meet you again ma'am".

"Oh, It really is you! And likewise" She said, reciprocating my gesture, and shaked my hand. "What a coincidence indeed".

Wow… Her hand is so smooth and delicate. Making me wonder if other parts of her body are the same.

I shook my head from all the indecencies in my mind, It's not the right time to be thinking of these things. Those times will definitely come.

I was brought back from myself when Mitch spoke "Oh my, you two knew each other?" She asked us tilting her head and putting her index finger to her. cheek, making a very cutesy confused reaction.

Got damn it! How can someone of her age be so beautiful and cute!? You're lucky you aren't my target or else I would have taken you a long time ago.

Sigh, anyway she's beside the point. "Yeah, me and Miss Natalia met a few days ago at a mall," I said, retrieving my hand. "And I actually knew beforehand that Miss Natalia works here because I saw pictures of her with D̶i̶s̶g̶u̶s̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ children posted on the daycare's social media". I added

"I see. Well, that's good then" Mitch said, clapping her hands together. "Alrighty then. Now that Natalia is here shall we proceed to the interview?"

"Yeah, let's" Natalia replied. All three of us went behind the counter and entered the employees-only room. Inside are four cubicles, one was situated right next to the entrance of the room and the other three are facing the left side of the room. We walked past the cubicles and went to what seemed to be the break area where.

All three of us sat at the table in the break area, Mitch and Natalia sat right next to each other and me on the opposite side.

And so the interview finally began.

Natalia put her reading glasses on and placed her bag on the table, pulling out her Laptop from her case. Turning it on, and began to type something on her laptop. Mitch on the other hand did the same, putting her reading glasses on and started reading the application paper I gave her earlier.

The two of them looked very serious. They are like completely different people when they started working. Mitch's air-headed demeanor is replaced by a fierce-looking lady. I feel like if I do something I'll get yelled at. And Natalia did not even glance back at me after opening her laptop, she looked like a very professional office worker.

It makes me genuinely nervous. I had plenty of interviews before, but none of them felt like this. Probably because most of the people who interviewed me before were gullible men, who can easily be tricked if you show them a little bit of skin. I don't think those tricks would work on these two, given that they are both professional career women.

Thinking about it, this interview might not be as easy as I thought. A few thoughts came across my mind, and I began sweating. 

Now that I think about it what if, I didn't cut it? What if I am immediately stopped from my tracks for revenge? What am I supposed to do then? I didn't think of that outcome! I didn't prepare a plan B if the interview didn't work out!?

More sweat began dripping down my cheek. A few taps and sounds of paper shuffling later, Natalia lifted her head a little and looked at me with a narrowed eye. "Miss Megan…" she began in a cold tone.

Gulp. Here it comes…

"Like what you sent in our Email, you go to Arlan University. What course are you taking?" She asked, intertwining her fingers and hiding the lower half of her face.

Taking a deep breath to calm myself, I answered her question. "Yes, that's right. I'm a senior and taking HUMS because I want to become a teacher" I answered with a confident smile. Surely that's enough.

"I see… So why do you want to be a helper here?" But then I was taken aback when Mitch's turn to ask me a question, looking at me with the same narrowed eyes. Her fierce eyes are now directly staring at me. She looks very intimidating. meeting her eyes is enough to make me shiver… NO! I have to push through! I am not ready to give up.

"You do know that you are overqualified to be working here. You go to a very prestigious university with a high standard when it comes to their students" She continued leaning back in her chair, crossing her arms together, and still staring dagger at me. "Why would someone like you, be interested in working as a daycare helper instead of a tutor for high schoolers?"

Are they suspecting me? No… That can't be right, I just have to answer right, or else, the plan will be ruined. I stopped for a second to think about how to answer the question. When I was ready, I opened my mouth "I mean, I have my reasons why I decided to work here" I said and looked back at Natalia. "One of those reasons is I have little experience in teaching someone. I thought 'If I want to become a teacher I first must know how to handle children. So starting as a daycare helper might be a good start. Second I need money to support my daily needs, I do receive money from my parent but I try not to rely on them too much. And last lastly…" I don't want to say the last one but, If I want to convince them I have to say it. Swallowing my disgust I continued to answer the last question. "I am fond of children"