Laughing at the response that is so completely him, I feel the knots in my stomach unclench enough to take the full breath that has alluded me since I shot awake at four this morning after a night of sweaty anxiety dreams. Anxiety is not an emotion I have often—especially the kind that wakes me up in what basically amounts to the middle of the night—and I have what feels like a weird-ass hangover, but today is not a day for a messy brain.
Today I need to be all the way on my game.
ChaosQueen
I have kind of a big day today.
RenegadeRush
A big day professionally? Personally? Did aliens invade Earth overnight to start looking for human volunteers to return to their home planet and you want to be one of them? I haven’t had a chance to read the news yet.
Snorting out a laugh, I take a long sip of the coffee I made myself earlier, which means it pretty much sucks, but at least it’s caffeinated, and caffeinated is good. I take one more deep breath, and my stomach unknots the rest of the way. Bless this guy because he, along with this subpar caffeine, is exactly what I need right now.
ChaosQueen
I haven’t checked the news either so if the aliens invaded, I don’t know about it yet. Although, I wouldn’t not volunteer. Space is cool.
RenegadeRush
So fucking cool. But if it’s not aliens, what’s going on in your day today?
I consider the question. It edges a little close totoo personal for the guy on the internet, but I haven’t told anyone in my regular life about the MasterLab opportunity yet. I figured I would wait until after the first interview in case it turned out to be a bust, but keeping secrets is not where I thrive. I’m a decision by committee, tell your people everything kind of girl, so keeping the interview to myself feels absolutely antithetical to my entire personality.
I don’t know this stranger in real life, and it’s likely I never will, so, I figure, what the hell?
ChaosQueen
I have a job interview. A really big one.
RenegadeRush
You didn’t tell me you were looking for a new job.
ChaosQueen
I’m not. I mean, I wasn’t. The job found me. I was sort of asked to interview for it.
RenegadeRush
Badass. That’s a good thing, right?
ChaosQueen
A really good thing. It’s a big deal. A huge deal, actually.
RenegadeRush
Ah, I see.
So the fun fact about first impressions wasn’t a fact so much as it was…
ChaosQueen
The thing currently freaking me the fuck out.
I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’m less buttoned-up professional and more quirky chaos demon. I can’t be anything except for what I am, even for one-tenth of a second. The wild curls kind of give it away. They will not be tamed.
RenegadeRush
