With her head lowered in total absorption of the meal, Ms. Polluck continued to gorge on the massive spread in front of her. Her mind solely on the delicious food, she wouldn’t have to think of all the problems she’d soon have to deal with, most important of all, the fact that she still hadn’t found a new assistant for this school year!
Weeks ago she’d though she’d hired a great new prospect. Monica… Wade was it? …Well her name wasn’t important…but Monica ended up having to cancel at the last minute, (some unbelievable story about winning a recall election in her home town as a write-in candidate,) either way Shannon was now without a helper.
Furthermore, no part time T.A or regular student would suffice nowadays, Shannon needed someone she could count on during her full work day because she was always so darn busy eating. Only a week into the school year and Shannon had passed her own paperwork onto the already quite busy vice principal, so even the diligent Doctor Hinamizawa was out of the question as a potential new assistant. Ms. Polluck looked to be truly on her own…
Now lost in this last slice of chocolate cake, she’d have a few more minutes to avoid deciding on what to do about a new assistant.
“~Mmmm cake~” she moaned aloud without a hint of self control, delving her tongue into the amazing chocolate essence…She remembered her past few assistants over the years; Brittney Huan had been quite the dependable worker bee as her student secretary, and Brittney’s classmate Hannah had been a wonderful T.A always there with a helping hand and a helping of doughnuts from the break room, oh and she supposed there was that body guard from her first year, T…something or other. Sadly, all those memories were in the past now, Ms. Polluck savored them as she savored the last few crumbs of her big brunch.
Vrrt! Vrrt! Vrrt!
Suddenly Shannon was wobbling, and more than she usually did! She heard her ringtone and realized it was her phone! She slunk a fat hand into her barely reachable pocket, not before letting the device vibrate against her thick pasty thighs one more time. (Mmmm…she wondered how long had it been since the last time she’d…-No she was on school hours at the moment! No time to dwell on her current feeling of fullness and…well…hungers of another kind.) Using all the will power and self control she still possessed, Ms. Polluck answered her phone.
“Hello? This is Headmistress Polluck.” Said Shannon, wondering who exactly had called her on her personal number.
“Hi, Ms. Polluck. I’m here…for the assistant interview?” said the voice on the other side of the call.
“Uh, oh, of course.” Ms. Polluck had been completely caught off guard by this turn of events, and fumbled for a name, none came to mind. “Well, how are you?”
“I’m fine. I’m just outside your office and wanted to double check…you did say eleven this morning right?”
Shannon again fumbled through her mind, this time for an explanation…“Oh! Yes, right. Right on my way too, just had a bit of personal business to attend to…Ha! Ha! Ha!”
“Oh okay then…Well I can’t wait to meet you.”
“Same here…be right there…” Shannon said ending the call. Shannon slowly got up from the table, leaving the mess she made for someone else to take care of.
“How?!” She muttered a bit to herself as she racked her brain. How could she have forgotten this meeting with a prospective new assistant? In fact this was exactly why she needed a new assistant so badly in the first place! Then, anyone trying to reach the headmistress would have to go through her assistant first. Oh, and she’d make sure who ever she hired would know to absolutely never schedule her meetings during her eatings! Shannon left the cafeteria and began hobbling into her personal SSS cart, perfect for getting the headmistress around the grounds in speed and style. Enjoying the scenery that was Buttercombe’s busy campus, she remembered how many of the young women here depended on her to keep this academy in tip top shape no matter how many business partner deals she needed to make, she would do whatever it took to make sure the students here had the most comfortable experience they could. Shannon felt her mood lightening a bit, reminding herself that just because the day’s first chapter had gotten off to a bad start didn’t mean she couldn’t change things around, right?
She brought her cart to a halt in front of the Office and Administrator’s Building and bumbled towards the semi-secret private elevator that led to her office.
Shannon gave herself a once over and adjusted her hair a bit as the elevator hummed to life. She then started concentrating, really concentrating, on what she could remember about this mysterious new assistant. She remembered going over resumes, favoring those that were available to move immediately rather than on previous work experience. Hmmm….Oh wait! She remembered a few nights ago eating a large lasagna in her room late at night, and then some wine…well LOTS of wine…Focus Shannon!
Okay so there was one resume she remembered that mentioned they and their partner could be there in a week; along with something about running a small bakery business in the past. That had been enough for Shannon to invite them to an interview…but the rest of the night was a little hazy after that. She couldn’t remember the name, and in fact, she wasn’t sure but she might have also sent a few other random invitations that night as well after the bottle of wine had been emptied….
Well if they weren’t “the one”, Shannon would just have to politely decline their offer…It would be extremely hard to turn them down though considering they were right here, and how badly she wanted an assistant….
The elevator gave a soft ding and its doors began to open, peeking out Shannon saw that new potential hire was…
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