The Internship

*Willow*

Today was finally the day!

The internship was starting. I had my new car, my tight outfits and my mind in the right place. Nathaniel Watson was going down. 

“Woah, Willow, you look great!” Levi smiled as I waited for my coffee to be done. 

“Thank you, Levi. I got a lot of new clothes just for the internship.”

“They’re working for you.”

“Morning all,” Joy entered the kitchen. “Lookin good, Auntie Willow.”

“I have asked you on many occasions not to call me that! It makes me sound old.”

“Is that why you have those wrinkles?” Nathaniel asked. 

“Wow, that would hurt my feelings if it came from someone with a higher GPA and a new Aston Martin, but…you don’t have those do you?” I smirked. 

“You look really trampy in that outfit.”

“Oh no, I hope I don’t catch the attention of any powerful men.”

“You’ve stooped that low?” Nathaniel asked.

“When you go low, I take you to hell. You’ll feel comfortable there, it’s where you’re from.” I smiled, bringing the coffee mug to my lips.

“No way you two are arguing this early,” Julian yawned. “Joy, can you drive?”

“You said you would.”

“I had a late night.”

“Doing what?” She questioned. 

“We went and got drinks last night,” Nathaniel informed her. “Just to take the edge off.”

“We have a bar here.” I said. 

“Well we didn’t want to stay here, Willow. We wanted to get away from your trollish smell.”

“Always a true gentleman, Nathaniel. Anyways, I’m going, see you there.”

“Don’t crash your car!” Nathaniel called. “Or do!”

--

I looked up at the building in front of me. 

Vortex Enterprises. One of the most prestigious software companies in the business. People would die to work here. 

So would I.

I walked into the building and made my way to the elevator. As it was closing someone slipped inside. 

A smile came across my face as when I saw Orlando Ruiz. He was so hot. 

Rich, brown skin, perfect black hair that was both wild, and yet tamed and a smile that made me want to faint. He also had a stud in his nose that I thought was so sexy. 

“Hey, Willow,” Orlando grinned as his chocolate brown eyes looked me up and down. “You’re looking good.”

“Oh um…yeah you are too Orlando. I love that tie.” I smiled. 

“I like your…everything, honestly.”

“Are you excited?”

“Oh yeah, I hear they’re pairing us off. Hope we get to be partners.” Orlando said.

“Yeah, me too. I think we would work really well together.”

“And I think there’s many places where we would work well together.” Orlando bit his lip.

Oh my god, Nathaniel was right! Orlando really did like me. 

“After you,” Orlando gestured.

I was sure he was looking at my ass as we walked. I entered the room and saw we were the first ones there. Perfect. 

We sat down and I noticed how Orlando’s eyes fell on my thighs where my skirt was riding up. 

“Liking the view?” I asked. 

“It’s very nice.” Orlando licked his lips as the door opened. 

“Oh, you two are here,” Nathaniel sat down across from us. “Getting well acquainted are we?”

“Very.” Orlando grinned. 

Slowly everyone else filtered in. Joy sat next to me and Julian took a seat next to Nathaniel. They whispered as two men walked into the room. 

I straightened up in my seat and put my focus on them. Everyone else quieted down. 

“Good morning,” The taller, younger man spoke. “My name is Jude Howe. I am the CFO of Vortex Enterprises.”

“And I’m Russell Howe, the CEO of Vortex Enterprises,” His father smiled. “It’s so nice to see so many young smiling faces this morning.”

“Hey, I’m still young, Dad.” Jude laughed. “So it looks like everyone is here.”

I looked around and there were only twelve people there. They took six people from Wrenford and six from Wildwood. Our schools definitely had a bit of competition, but Wrenford was better. 

“I hope you all came prepared,” Russell announced. “Your internship starts now.”

*Nathaniel*

“Do I have to get there early?” Orlando groaned on the phone.

“Yes! That will impress Willow. She finds guys who are overly prepared and early really hot. She’s weird like that.” I informed him.

“Okay, what else do I need to do?”

“Come on strong. She’s not gonna waste her time with a guy who beats around the bushes.”

“Should I just fuck her in the elevator then?” Orlando laughed. 

“Ew. I don’t need to know any of that shit.” I said dully. “Just seduce her.”

“So why did you decide to help me man?”

“Honestly? Sometimes I forget that Willow is a girl. Sex and romance will distract her from this internship and I will crush her.”

“Dude, that's sick.” Orlando said. 

“Too sick for you to go after her with my advice?” I asked.

“Definitely not, I want her badly.”

“Start off by getting there early, we’ll go from there.”

“Alright thanks.” Orlando stated. 

“No, thank you.”

I jumped as my window opened. Julian fell into my room. 

“What the hell are you doing?” I asked, helping him up.

“Sorry, it was just too hard to get to my room.” He said.

“Are you just now getting home?”

“Yeah, it was a wild night, Nathaniel. Oh I wish you could have seen me!”

“Julian, are you going to take the internship seriously with all this other shit you’re doing?” I asked. 

“Yeah, sure I am. The internship is during the day. This is all at night.”

“You can’t keep sneaking back in in the morning!”

“I know, but I’m having so much fun, Nathaniel! This makes me happy.” Julian smiled. 

He did look happier than I’d ever seen him. I wished he could just tell his parents about this. I hated keeping this secret and they needed to know what made him happy. 

But just like me and Willow, Julian wanted to make his parents proud.

--

“Your internship starts now.” Russell said. 

I was so ready. 

“Now, all of you are here because you are highly recommended by someone very prominent in the industry,” Jude looked down at his clipboard. “We have Julian Watson-Windsor. Your family is very well known!”

“Yeah, as my name states, I am the son of Scarlett Watson-Wrenford and Lee Windsor.” Julian smiled. “My dad recommended me for this internship.”

“We expect great things from you. And then recommended by Grayson Wrenford, we have Joy Watson-Wrenford. You two are twins, correct?” Russell asked. 

“Yes, twins and half siblings,” Joy laughed. “It was a crazy time in our mom’s life.”

“Oh I do recall that,” Russell chuckled. “Let’s see. Recommended by Scarlett Watson are Willow and Nathaniel.”

“How do you two know Scarlett?” Jude asked.

“She’s my sister.” We chorused before glaring at each other.

“So you guys are siblings?”

“God no.” We responded. 

“So you were born on the same day and you’re both related to Scarlett, but you’re not related?” Jude chuckled. “You sure you want to be in business? You guys could definitely have a movie made about you.”

“You’ll see this is exactly where I belong.” Willow smiled. 

“And I belong even more.” I assured them.

Jude chuckled. “This will be fun. Okay. Orlando Ruiz…you’re not the grandson of Emmanuel Ruiz are you?”

“I sure am,” Orlando answered with a grin on his face. “My grandpa taught me everything.”

I glanced at Willow and she was staring dreamily at him. Oh this was going to be too easy! Willow was so desperate!

“And then we have Andrea Burress, from the Burress family right?” Russell asked. 

Andrea was so boring it made me want to snore. My eyes shifted around the room and landed on a girl from Wildwood.

She smiled at me. Wow this girl was hot. Green eyes, flirtatious smile, flawless olive skin, shiny brown hair. Now she was something to look at. 

“Shauna Bailey. Your father is James Bailey?” Jude questioned. 

“He is. And my mother is Laura Bailey. A supermodel turned media mogul.” The girl smiled.

The daughter of a model? Right up my alley. 

“Okay, you will be rated on your own solo performance, but you will be working in pairs for most of this internship and even groups for some projects.” Russell informed us. “Why don’t you guys pick who you want to pair up with?”

Willow looked torn between Joy and Orlando.

“It’s okay,” Joy mouthed to her. “Go get him.”

Willow smiled. “Partners?” She asked Orlando.

“Sure, babe.”

Julian was my partner and Joy decided she’d work with Shauna. Even she didn’t want to work with Andrea.

“Okay, everyone picked?” Jude asked. We nodded. “Look at the person directly across from you. That will be your real partner this summer.”

No, no, no!

I had to work with Willow Monroe all summer?

Kill me now.