Staring at your redheaded boss, you find that a smile begins to widen on your face as she says what you want to hear...
"You can train the newbie today," She nods at you, making you do a little victory dance inside.
"What...!" Denise splutters. Your rival gives you a look of pure loathing.
Shrugging your shoulders, you continue to smile at her. "You heard Kim. Are you saying that you don't trust her judgement? Man that really is disrespectful!" You do your best not to laugh out loud at the blonde.
"Now, now, James," Kim says in a teacherly tone. "You didn't let me finish. Denise will be assisting you train Michelle today."
The smile fades from your lips and is replaced by one of practical delirium. "Assisting me? Sure, that's...perfect!"
It is perfect! You've always longed for the day that your biggest rival in the world would have to be scurrying after you - following your demands! Denise looks as though she's been slapped in the face by a dead, wet fish.
"His...his assistant?" She says, completely baffled. After a curt nod from Kim, Denise seems to be calculating something.
"That OK with you?" The bespectacled redhead asks.
Denise shoots Michelle, who has been standing next to Kim silently the past couple of minutes now, a smile and her countenance suddenly changes.
"Sure! So I'll assist James in making sure that the new girl learns the ropes," She gives both her boss and Michelle a warm smile. "Sounds fair to me?"
Kim looks slightly amused yet impressed. "Good attitude Denise, I like that. Each of the three of you will be reporting back to me at the end of the day. How you get on will obviously make an impression on me. James - over to you!"
She marches away to her office, leaving the cute brunette looking between you and Denise, unsure of what to say. Before you can say anything, Denise quickly takes charge.
"Right, the first thing to do will be to set up your work email. From there, we can have all of your details on the system too. Then we can set your initial targets and goals, and assess the most effective way of achieving those. Right James?" She gives you a challenging look.
"Hang on, Denise," You say, feeling a little flustered. "You're MY assistant remember." You give her a death stare, to which she simply shrugs. You turn your attention back to Michelle. "Anyway....yeah...we'll get you set up with an email..." You begin walking over to the IT area, gesturing for Michelle to follow, hoping that she doesn't see you as less decisive than Denise.
Denise falls next to her and begins talking. "There'll be lots of new faces, new things to remember... Honestly, you'll be fine. I felt like this on my first day too!"
"Thanks," Michelle giggles. "There's a lot to take in!"
"It's fine!" You call back at her. "You'll be...fine!"
Michelle doesn't respond as she continues to chat with Denise. By the time the three of you have walked over to the IT area to set up Michelle's account, you realise why Denise is so positive. From her perspective, this a chance to show to both you and Michelle that she is the natural leader - that she is the one who should mentor Michelle from now on! She knows that it will seriously impress Kim if Michelle has rave reviews about her!
Knowing that you can't let Denise take over any more than she's done, you clear your throat, interrupting their conversation.
"Anyway, thanks Denise. I can deal with this myself now. Why don't you make the three of us a coffee and fetch Michelle a folder so we can start building a portfolio?" You give your rival a fake smile.
Denise looks unimpressed as her eyes narrow at you. "Coffee? James, I've been at this office the same amount of time that you have!"
"Yes, but you're my assistant for today - remember? And I want you to assist me by getting us coffees! Anything else you want to ask?" You say through grinding teeth. There's no way you're gonna let the bitch use this situation to her advantage when she's the assistant!
Michelle looks between the two of you as though she's watching a tennis match. "Look...I can..." Her voice drops off as Denise flicks some of her blonde hair behind her head and begins to reply...
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