I sit alone, bored at my desk. Another lonely day, pulling medical files, doing payments.. blah blah... Now that everyone on my floor is off on a two-day meeting in Jersey, I’m all alone. Well at least I can listen to whatever I want on the radio. My cd player is spinning Pantera right now and I keep it low. Good thing too because my boss comes upstairs to my floor. “Kristin, could I talk to you?”.
“Yeah, sure, what’s up?”. She stands next to my cubicle and explains that she hired someone new. ”His name is Dustin. He sounds like someone you could get along with, which is good because I need you to play babysitter and show him around.”
‘Oh goody’ I thought to myself. ‘Someone to get on my nerves not knowing where anything is.’ My boss says, “He’ll be in around 9 today, so be nice.” and smiles. “I’ll try”, I say with a fake smile. I look at the clock as she walks away and it reads 8:45. Well, maybe today will just be a lazy day looking over someone’s back.
Before he comes in, I clear off the empty desk in front of mine because that’s probably where he’ll be put because nobody uses it. The last file folder of payments is a big one and I lift it up, setting it on the top shelf of the cabinet. I turn my head and looked at the door, where he stood. He must have been watching me because he turned his head and smiled.
“Uhh...”, I stuttered, “You must be Dustin.” He cleared his throat and said, “Yeah, Mary told me that you would be helping me out today.” I took a good look at him as he talked. His brown hair was slightly long, layered. His smile was incredible. My first thought was how handsome he was. I noticed a small scar on the left side of his face. It looked painful, but now, it looks sexy. He had dark gray eyes, warm and comforting opposite of his slightly pale complexion.
“So, where shall I call home?”. I looked over at the empty desk and said, “Well, I guess this one will be yours because no one is using so...” My voice trailed off as he placed his jacket and bag on the desk. “I really don’t know your name yet.”, he said, I laughed and introduced myself. He shook my hand, “Well it’s a pleasure to meet you.” His right eye twinkled slightly as I felt my face curve into a smile.
“So, Dustin, uh.. Have you ever worked with medical files and billing before?” He explained to me that he was transferred from our Bucks County office. “Yeah, I worked up there, and then moved for, well, personal reasons, so I asked to be transferred closer to home.”
“So, you basically know what you’re doing then? Good.”
He sat down at his desk and started to get situated. I really couldn’t put my finger on it, but something about him intrigued me. I pretended to work as I watched him out of the corner of my eye. He was dangerously attractive and the most handsome part of him was his hands. They mesmerized me as he unpacked his bag, placing papers on his calendar mat next to his computer. He pulled out a picture frame, stared at it for a few moments before putting it down. I couldn’t make out who it was but whoever it was brought a smile to his face.