The time was already 0735hrs when Rogue finally opened her eyes. She was still a little sleepy, but she knew she had to wake up because she was going to work at 0830hrs. With all that, Rogue picked her body up and got off the bed. She pulled on her gown and headed straight for the bathroom. At the entrance of the bathroom, Rogue slipped off her gown and got into the shower. She was singing beautiful melodies; glad that today she was doing something different than sitting all day in the house like a couch potato watching television. Rogue liked to be adventures, at all times. This job seemed like quite an adventure for her, an adventure she was fully ready for.
"Rogue!" shouted Kristine, as he entered the bedroom door.
"In the bathroom!" Rogue answered.
Kristine rushed to the bathroom and slowly opened the door, "Breakfast is ready, hurry up or you are going to be late."
"Okay! I will!" replied Rogue.
She showered as fast as she could and within thirty minutes she was downstairs. She was wearing a golf t-shirt, jeans, a sweater top and a pair of sneakers.
"How do I look?" she asked Kristine and he responded with a grin, "Awesome!" they sat down at the kitchen table and ate their breakfast,
"Him! Bacon tastes great," commented Rogue and Kristine said, "Thanks!"
They finished up and went outside; Rogue went to her beloved white golf which Kristine disliked so much. He thought it was too old and needed to be sold but he knew, one word of that would make Rogue go berserk! So he just kept quiet and went to his jaguar. They both drove off, Kristine took his usual road to work and Rogue started her journey to a new world.
Rogue arrived at Suarez Publications in about exactly 0830hrs; she parked her car beside a magnificent jeep.
"Holy smokes! I am almost late! I got to rush now!" Rogue said to herself.
She ran to the entrance as quick as she could and slipped her tiny body through the door. All eyes were on her as she entered the building, it looked simple inside and everyone looked friendly. Some whispered to each other and she heard every word they said, though she wasn't sure how that was possible. Some looked at her and smiled, some just stared at her while others looked puzzled to see her. She took out a little grin and looked around. She saw a label on the other door, 'BOSS' OFFICE', and headed straight for that door.
'Tap! Tap!' Rogue knocked on the door,
"Come in!" a voice replied from inside the office.
She slowly opened the door and got her head in first, "morning sir!" she said with her gentle charming voice.
"Yes please, do sit down," the man said to her and she took a sit,
"my name is Rogue Western."
the man brushed back his brown hair with his hand and said, "Rogue... oh yes! I remember your name, you are the one Kristine recommended for me."
He then took the phone. 'Anatolia, please come to my office and uh... bring the key to office no.26 will you,"
"Yes sir!" a voice replied from the other end of the line.
Within the fraction of a second, there was a knock at the door, "come in," the boss said.
Anatolia entered and enquired, "you need me?"
"Yes! I need you to get Mrs. Western settled in office no.26, she is the new journalist." The boss said to Anatolia.
"Right on it sir, lets go Mrs. Western." She replied.
"Please just call me Rogue," said Rogue.
They got out of the boss' office and Anatolia led Rogue to office no.26 which is her office. The office was not big but it was in rigid shape. The room was divided into two, office no.26 and office no.27.
The girl in office no.27 welcomed her humbly, "my name is Hope Caitlin Palmer and you are?" she said, and "I'm Rogue Western." Rogue replied her.
The two women got along very well during the day, they cooperated quite fine. Hope took Rogue on a tour in the building during break time and they had lots of fun. But of course they needed to get back to work when break time was over.
"That was a whole lot fun, thank you Hope." Rogue said panting yet very much excited.
"you need not mention it; it was nothing, wait until we go out for shopping at lunch." Hope said and Rogue immediately said to her, "OK! But I'm paying,"
"So are we friends now?" Hope asked Rogue.
"Yes! We're friends now!" Rogue replied Hope and gave her a friendly hug. Then they both giggled.
It was already 1335hrs as Rogue looked at her watch and realized it was lunch time. She pulled out her chair; she stood up and went to Hope's office.
"are you ready for shopping Hope?"
"Yeah! Let me just finish this up." Hope replied.
"Alright!" said Rogue.
She went back to her office and tidied up her table then grabbed her handbag.
"I think that will be all." She whispered to herself.
"Knock! I am done now, we can get going." Hope said as she tapped on Rogue's open office door.
"Okay! Let us go!" Rogue said to her.
Then the two girls walked out of their offices and headed to the main door.
"So which car should we take yours or mine?" Rogue asked Hope.
"Neither of them, we'll take the company mini-coopers." Hope replied.
"B-but is it allowed Hope?" Rogue murmured, and Hope said, "mm-hmm!"
"But wait! Where will we get the keys?" asked Rogue.
"I have them." Hope responded to her.
And as planned, the two friends raced out of the garage with the mini-coopers, Rogue in a white and pink one with Hope in a black and purple one. Then they had to stop at the robots, Hope threw shades to Rogue and they put them on. When the robot light turned green, they sped off.
Entering the mall, they looked for parking lot spaces for two. They saw it opposite the DANTEZ boutique and went to park their vehicles there. They opened their doors at the same time and got out of their cars at the same time. How awesome they looked, Hope's maroon shinny hair swaying around her shoulders and Rogue's dark silver silky hair with white ends dancing on her shoulders.
"I have been meaning to ask, how come your hair is grey with white ends? I have never seen anyone with hair like that." Hope asked and Rogue answered her, "my dad says I'm special."
"Him! Where should we go first?" Hope asked.
"Hmm... that one!" Rogue said as she pointed to the shop two blocks away from the DANTEZ boutique.
"Okay!" said Hope.
With that being said, the two girls went to the shop. In front, it was labeled; 'THE ORIELITES' and they got inside. The clothes looked spectacular; the jewelry blinked and reflected back the light given out by the bulbs, which made the shop have a bit bashing golden hue.
"Oh... my... Gucci! This looks so nice. Wow!" Rogue said and Hope said to her, sounding surprised, "do not tell me you have never been here before!" and Rogue smiled, it was one of her silly ones that revealed the dimple on her left cheek.
"Gee! Rogue! How come you have never been in this place? I come to THE ORIELITES almost every weekend!" Hope said, with a huge disbelief written all over her face.
"Well I do not really enjoy going out shopping. I prefer to spend my time painting and writing." Rogue said.
"Him! OK! I get what you mean. And that means I got a lot to teach you." Said Hope.
They went around the shop and took a few clothes, shoes and some jewelry. Then they went to the fitting room to try out the things they took and see how they looked. Rogue had transformed to a new look, the joggers made her look like a rider and the jewelry she wore made her look as if she were a jewel herself. They shone brightly and sparkled.
"How do I look, Hope?" Rogue asked and Hope replied, "Wow! You look super sexy." And Rogue just smiled.
"Seriously! You look fabulous Rogue!" Hope continued.
"Thank you!" said Rogue.
They continued with their shopping. After some minutes, Hope looked at her wrist watch and said, "Rogue! Let us go and pay for these clothes then go grab some crushers. It is almost time up for work."
"OK! Let us go pay." Rogue responded.
The two girls then paid for their clothes and went to the Ratatouille restaurant.
"Uhm, I would like to have a strawberry and vanilla crusher please. Rogue what about you?"
Hope said and Rogue replied, "I would like the Oreo crusher please."
"Coming up!" the waiter said.
"Rogue! Rogue Western!" someone called out, Rogue turned her head to see who it was.
"Max! Oh my gosh, what are you doing here?" Rogue said as she stood up and gave Max a short hug.
"Hi Hope," Max said and Hope said, "hey Max, how you doing?"
"Good and you?" asked Max.
"feeling fantastic!" responded Hope.
"So... you guys know each other, I guess there is no need for introductions." Said Rogue.
Hope said, "Yeah we do, he works at the company as one of the journalists."
And Rogue said, "He does?" then she looked at Max and he said "uh-huh! In office no.28."
"Really! Then our offices are so close, I'm in office no.26." said Rogue and Max asked, "you work at the Suarez' too?" and Rogue nodded.