I was in a bit of a conundrum after finishing my Places To Read series, as I wanted to replace it with another series, but I didn't have any ideas ready to go.
Then, I remembered that I have a list of names waiting to be used, after asking Twitter to name a character for me.
So I decided to make a series about these names, to give them all a character, and a story. And thus, Character Stories was born.
Niamh
Panting, Niamh ran her hand across her forehead, and wiped the sweat on her leggings. She leant down to pick up her water bottle, and drank deeply from it, the cool liquid wetting her parched tongue.
Looking down at her smartwatch, telling her that she had achieved her workout goal, and that she was running late to get to work, Niamh quickly ended the workout tracker on her watch, and headed for the lockers.
Grabbing her keys and phone from a locker, she half ran out to her car, climbing in and turning it on, her car radio automatically turning on and blaring music at her, the heavy rock fuelling her blood as if she hadn't just spent an hour working out. She threw the car into first gear, and pulled away.
She showered quickly at home, rubbing shampoo that smelled of artificial strawberries into her hair, and coating her body in 'calming lavender' body wash. There was no amount of body wash capable of calming her down when she knew she had only twenty minutes left to get to work.
She didn't have time to dry her hair properly, so she knotted it up at the back of her head still damp. It was likely to fall in uneven and unflattering waves when she let it down in the evening, but she didn't care much. She would be washing it again the following morning anyway, after the gym.
Niamh climbed back into her car, her leggings exchanged for a pencil skirt, her old t-shirt for a white blouse, and climbed back into her car. The drive to work wasn't long, but her eyes kept flicking towards the clock on her car's dashboard, an hour behind, as she wasn't sure how to adjust the clock for daylight savings. Still, it wasn't difficult to read the clock, telling her she had three minutes to get to work, park, and make it into the building.
Her old boss wouldn't have cared much, he would've mentioned something about traffic and ask if she got caught in it. He would have asked how she got on at the gym that morning, or asked about evening plans. He would have already placed a cup of tea on her desk, and it would somehow be hot, no matter if she was five minutes early or ten minutes late.
Her new boss, well. Turning up to work late is harder to get away with when you aren't dating the boss.
She pulled up in the car park and practically sprinted into the building. She glanced down at her watch, and then up at her boss, as the clock on the wall ticked to 9 o'clock. Niamh smiled at her boss, and walked to her desk.
"Hi, Charlie," Niamh said, approaching his desk and he span around in his chair, grinning up at her.
"Morning, sweetie," he replied as Niamh leant down to kiss him. "You get up earlier and earlier every day." Niamh stepped away from him and sat down at her desk. Charlie might have been a convenient boss, but the role never suited him. He was almost relieved when he was informed that he was being demoted, and replaced. The one good thing about having the same job as him again? The spare desk next to Niamh's suddenly had a person in it, and it was a person she wanted to be near.
"Thank you for the tea," Niamh said as she sat down, smiling as she picked up the cup and blew gently on the boiling water before taking a sip.
"How was your workout?"
"Tiring." Niamh leant forward and turned on her computer, watching the screen slowly come to life, buffering slightly as it woke up. "It was leg day, I might not be able to move by the end of the day." She grinned, looking at Charlie. "You might have to carry me home."
"Can't, I biked," he replied, keeping his eyes on the screen in front of him. "Unless you're willing to sit on the handlebars." He glanced towards her, smiling.
"I think I'd rather drive." Niamh's computer made it's welcoming sound, telling her that it had finally managed to start properly, and she sighed as her work day started properly.
"Do you fancy pizza for dinner?" Charlie asked and Niamh looked over at him, pouting.
"Don't say that now. Say it at four when I start complaining. Now I'm going to spend all day craving pizza."
Charlie grinned at her.
"So is that a yes?"
"That's a definitely."
And done!
Apparently, Niamh is a girl who works in an office with her boyfriend, likes to stay fit, is a morning person, and has a deep love for pizza.
Who knew!?
Anyway, that's all I have for now...
Bye!
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