I shrunk in my seat upon seeing the strangers' reactions. I was expecting them to be at least a little impressed.
First, I addressed the person beside "Cassie". We have a temporary PM in place. Parliament has been a disaster, trust me. I never thought my work would get harder, but...
I would rather drop the subject. Thinking about how much work is piling on back at Bill's office is nauseating, to say the least.
Pondering Cassie's question only causes me to further deflate; why would she ask that? Neither she or her friend introduced themselves to me, but she's already asking that sort of personal question? Perhaps this is some sort of test?
Gosh, if I wasn't Bill's intern, I don't know where I'd be today. Hmm... when I was young I wanted to go to art school. It was my dream, but my family wasn’t too keen on that idea; my mother herself said that all artists are dirty, homeless hippies.
Well, I agreed with them. I’m definitely no Da Vinci, so it’s silly to think I stood a chance there. My whole life, I had always listened to my family over my heart, and they never steered me wrong…
Until I went to law school. You see, my parents wanted me to stay… close, and the only place after secondary school that worked was some hoity-toity law school. I hated it there. I never fit in… luckily, it wasn’t all for naught. I met Bill at that school.
It was shortly before he was elected PM. Bill was doing a lecturing tour, and my school was one of his stops. After a particularly rough day, I actually bumped into him. I was a complete mess; tears, runny nose, flushed face, you get the picture.
That was when Bill told me something important: “You don’t belong here.”
After so many hopeless pep talks from my parents, counselors, professors… Bill was the only one who could see what I saw. He was the only one who truly understood how I felt. He then said, and I quote, “Nobody will ever hire someone as pathetic as yourself. I'm the only chance you got."
He gave me his card and encouraged me to go to his lecture. Bill is my opposite: he's driven to achieve his goals no matter what, he always speaks his mind, and he never lets ANYTHING intimidate him. Naturally, I took the chance he offered me. Not only did I get to finally distance myself from my family, I also got to be taught everything I needed to know by Bill personally.
So, if I wasn't Bill's Intern, I would probably be a mess. Either a miserable starving artist or a miserable penniless law student, still trapped back home. At least I can be a happy, starving, penniless Intern now! That's why I need to save Bill from Al-
I instantly slapped a hand to my mouth. Dang it, I got carried away rambling! Did they even know Bill was here? Ugh, was that some sort of trick question?! To think I could get fooled so easily!
Sorry. I didn't mean to ramble on and interrupt you two like that.
Maybe they didn't notice? That was a pretty long, boring story.