Chapter one: Always know who the boss is
People say life is so small that it ends in a blink of an eye. I do not agree with that! I am only 20 years old and I have blinked about trillions of times till this moment. Why do people say impractical things? They just want to create deep phrases that people would be impressed of. Bullshit! Life may not me very long but it is long enough to fulfill your dreams and desires! And my dream is to be a well-known fashion journalist! Who am I you ask? Well I am Aisha Khan! A Pakistani American! I moved to the big apple when I was just 15 years old, but not alone! With my entire family! My parents initial plans were to make me into a doctor then get me married into a rich family and that rich family would have made me sit at home and make rotis. But I am supper stubborn I will do what I want to do! It's not like I want to be a model or an actress and get myself into controversies! I want to write about those controversies! Becoming a journalist, that isn't bad right? Anyways today I have a very important job interview at MANAYA, one of the leading south Asian magazines in America! I have been trying to get this interview call for the past two years!
"AISH GET READY I'LL DROP YOU OFF", my older sister Zehra yells from the living room. "Coming appi!" I yell and quickly change into a sleek red jumpsuit with a black leather jacket on top. I grab my sun glasses and wear my Michael khors limited edition watch. Let's face it this interview is all about the bling! I wear my simple yet elegant high heels and rush out of my bedroom door.
On the way there I was continuously reading the companies policies and history. "Chill Aisha you are interviewing for a journalist position not for a takeover. I don't think you have to know all that." She says while she looking at the road. "Do you know how hard it is to get an interview call from manaya? Very! So I would rather be prepared! Better safe than sorry!" I yell at her and look back at all the pages from my file. Zehra laughs and taps my shoulder, "What if they ask you what kind of superhero would you want to be and why?" she says and turns up the air conditioner. I aggressively look at her "why in the world would they ask that? This is a world known fashion magazine not a kids comic book! I swear you lack logic." I say and take a sip of Zehra's coffee that was sitting in the cup holder for the past 10 minutes. She raises her eyebrows, "fine, as you wish but they ask this question to governors as well. It is a very common question, anyways we are here!" she says with a fake smile and parks in front of the main entrance of manaya. I roll my eyes at her and whoosh out of the car and gallop towards the front door.
I have been here before, but every time it seems like the first. The building is just so well made and the dcor is just off the hook! I can't help but glance at every little detail. If I get this job I will be the happiest person alive! I quickly get through security check and head towards the elevator. It was empty, I am kind of scared going on a compact elevator alone but I wasn't going to wait around for someone else to come and join me. So I rushed towards the elevator before the doors closed and before I knew it I bumped into a man. We both trembled inside the elevator as we crashed into each other. Within a second the door closed. "Sorry" I say as I look at him fixing his tie. He was quite tall and not that bad looking. "You ruined my tie's iron" he said a little aggressively. "Well I am sorry, and besides you stabbed my toe so I guess we are even. My name is Aisha, and you?" I say with a smile as I hold my hand up for a shake but he just gazed at my hand for a second and then looked away. "Rohan" he says without any expression. "Okay then. It was nice meeting you" I say as I look at the number of the floor we are on as my floor was next. But something bad always has to happen there was a violent shake and the elevator stopped. "OH NO" I yell. "*uck" he yelled with so much anger that I literally got scared. "Woaw calm down and there is no need to swear. Things happen" I say with a smile. He looks at me as if I just said something extremely stupid. "DO NOT TELL ME WHAT THE B*OOD* HELL TO DO!" he yells at my face. I keep calm and look at him. "Listen Mr there is no need to be rude.!" I yell. He just rolls his eyes and starts swearing again but I do not know if he was swearing at me or at the elevator. Either way I hate when people swear and I needed to shut him up so I stomped on his foot and he yelled in pain. "That will teach you to shut up!" I say and smile. He looks at me in anger and pins me to the wall, holding up my arms. Is he like a killer or something? He held me against the wall so roughly! I just looked into his eyes that were red with anger. He looked into my eyes and realized what he was doing so he eased his eyes and loosened his grip a little but I was still pinned to the wall. We both were just there in that position staring into each other's eyes for minutes. I swear we would have stayed like that all day but the elevator shook and started again. He completely let me go and shifted himself on the other side. My floor came and I rushed out immediately. As I walked away I sensed that he started screaming at someone, god knows for what! Such a grumpy person gosh! I quickly headed to the room I was asked to show up to. I signed in and sat in the waiting room.
After 30 minutes my turn came and I walked into an office where a lady and a gentleman were sitting next to each other and there was an empty chair opposite to them. They gestured me to sit on that chair. I quietly sat and smiled at them and tried to look pretty. "So Mrs. Aisha what interested you to apply for this job?" they asked. I wanted to correct them and say miss but at the same time I didn't want to be rude with my first impression but I had to correct them. "I am extremely sorry but it is miss and why wouldn't I be interested? Fashion is not just a passion for me it is my base. I grew up following fashion trends more than a model would, to be honest. And Manaya one of the leading fashion magazines. It is an international logo, it represents southern Asia in a way no other magazine could. This company mashes western and eastern clothing together so elegantly, who wouldn't want to be a part of this experience?" I say with a huge smile thinking I aced it. But they were expressionless. I got a little disappointed by that. They jotted down something on their clip boards. "Ok so Miss. Aisha if you could be any superhero which one would you be and why?" the lady asks and I go in complete shock. I was stuck! I did not know what to say! Oh my god I should have listened to zehra. The only super hero I know about is spider man and why would I want to be that? Because he kissed mary jane? Oh god I'm dead. "Excuse me you have not answered our question?" the man asks. I was about to ask if I could go to the bathroom so I could google a good answer but before I could say anything a man walked into the room. It was the man from the elevator! "Sudesh I need your, Oh I didn't know you were conducting interviews" he said and was about to head out again but stopped and turned back around and looked at me straight in the eye. He raised his eyebrows. "Sudesh put this interview on hold and come with me immediately" he said and that man who was talking my interview walked out. I was left in the room with that woman. "May I ask who that man was?" I ask. She smiles "Oh that's just the ceo of the company." I immediately start choking on nothing. "Excuse me you okay?" she asks. I continue choking and gesture her that I am okay. "Sorry my tonsils they do that sometimes" I lie and stop coughing. I cannot believe I stomped on the ceo of manaya. And how did I not know who the ceo is? I studied so much about the company how did I not get the ceo's name or picture? Why in the world did I do that? This job is gone I know it is.
After a while that sudesh guy walked back in and I looked at him knowing he would say I need to leave. "We have kept your resume in our files and will get back to you if the position fits. For now we are done" he says nicely. I so knew that was just a nice way of saying screw out of here the Ceo hates you. I fake a smile and stand up, feeling like a looser and walk out of the room. I find Rohan, the Ceo right in front of me as I step out. I look at him and sigh. I did not have the guts to even say sorry to him I was too scared and quietly walked away. I bet he was laughing at me inside. Well there goes my hopes and dreams.
Precap :
R: you want this job right?
A: yes
R: well you have to earn it thenthen
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Edited by mebigirl - 10 years ago
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