Two hours later
When Hayden and Tove finally emerged from the Conference Room with the two executives from Wagner, Cara was in the middle of working on clearances. Melissa had handed her a large stack of forms - basically all of the brand name products used on screen had to go through a process in which the brand gave clearance for the appearance of the product. Cara had been making phone calls and typing up confirmations all morning.
Hayden and Tove shook hands with the two gentleman and walked toward Melissa's desk as the other men exited.
Cara tried not to look up from her work.
"How was the meeting?" Melissa asked.
"It went well, I think they have some great ideas for the collaboration," Tove replied.
Hayden stood silently at the side, stealing a couple of glances in Cara's direction.
"Well, you have a twenty minute break. Then, the Bentley agency reps will be here to discuss the Headley book option."
"Sounds good," Tove said. "Hey, let's go grab a coffee."
Hayden shook his head in agreement, still not saying a word.
The two men walked out the door and down the street to the coffee shop at the end of the block.
"How is it going over there?" Melissa asked, looking over at Cara. "You're awfully quiet."
"I just wanted to get most of these taken care of before lunch," Cara responded, still sifting through the forms.
Melissa smiled. It was only Cara's first day, but Melissa was already impressed with Cara's impeccable work ethic. She'd never seen someone so task-oriented and self-motivated. She knew that she'd made the right choice in hiring her.
"I hate to get you away from that work, but is there a favor I could ask of you?" Melissa said.
"Of course," Cara looked up and smiled. "I am your assistant...I'm here to do whatever you ask me to."
Melissa smiled. "I know, but I've never been the domineering diva type to just order someone around. I'd like to think of us more as a team than as you following orders."
Cara smiled. This was turning out to be a bright spot in an otherwise stressful first day (even though the stress really wasn't all that related to the actual work).
"Can you run this back to Brenda in Accounting?" Melissa asked, handing a form to Cara.
"Sure," Cara stepped around her desk and took the form.
She began her walk to the back of the building to give the forms to Brenda.
Melissa had introduced to the Accounting department earlier in the morning so she knew her way around the building fairly well.
When she returned to the front office, Melissa was away from her desk.
She sat down at her desk and looked in surprise at what she found there.
Sitting on top of her desk was a large coffee with creamer and sugars beside it and a note that read 'Hope your first day here is going well - Hayden'