"Well what do you expect me to do about it?" she asked impatiently into the receiver. "Look I did not ask to be stuck here. I would much rather be going out tonight, but if the proposal is not ready by tomorrow morning we don't get the contract. No contract means no work and no work means no job."
She really did feel bad because she knew he had been making the plans for over a month now, but really there was nothing she could do. The proposals were supposed to be in next week, but because of some major changes at the clients office they had bumped the deadline up a week and now she was left scrambling to put the finishing touches on it tonight. The rest of her team had stayed to help but she had sent them home 30 minutes ago knowing there was really nothing else they could do. "David, I really am sorry." speaking with a much softer tone this time. I promise I will make it up to you."
With that Amber set back to work. Feeling both sympathetic to John for having his plans ruined and partly angry for him acting as though she had intentionally ruined them. The emotions spurred her on and before long she had lost track of time as she worked intently. Suddenly her concentration was broken as she heard the "ding" of the elevator. Amber looked at the clock it was 8:00, she wondered who would be coming into the office at this time. She walked to the door of the office to look around and saw no one. It was dark in the office and deathly quiet. She looked around one more time before turning to head back to her desk. Just as she turned she heard another noise, like footsteps. She turned and decided to go check it out. As she walked past the dark empty cubicles her heart was pounding and her mind was racing.
"You are being silly, Amber." she kept telling herself, trying to convince herself that her mind was just playing tricks on her. She had just about calmed herself when she felt the arms around her. She caught her breath and jumped a little then she heard the familiar voice.
"Hey baby."
She pushed the arms that were wrapped around her off, spun around. "You asshole!" she said angrily as she pushed John away from her.
"What did I do?" he asked innocently
"You scared me half to death!" She replied curtly as she began to walk back to her office. "How did you get in here anyway, you need an ID badge to work the elevator after hours?"
"David let me up," John answered following behind her, "he recognized me and I told him I wanted to surprise you."
David was the security guard that worked the evening shift. It was true he and John had met a few times when John would come to pick her up for dinner when she had been working late other times. "I will need to have a talk with him." she said as she sat back down behind the desk.
"Don't be upset at David." John said. "He was just being nice. Besides I did not come here to scare you or to fight. I came to apologize for being so short on the phone earlier. It was wrong of me to be upset, but it seems I have messed up the apology too."
"Couldn't you have just waited till I got home?"
"Well I could have, but I was upset and driving and by the time I realized what a jerk I was I was nearby and just decided to come straight over. So will you forgive me?"
