“Oh fuck me!” I said as I slapped my forehead. “Did you read this?”
I pointed at my laptop. About 20 minutes ago, we had received a company wide email titled “SNOW EMERGENCY.” All business was cancelled for the day.
“What? No!” Heather said. “I can’t believe it!”
It was certainly odd. I figured there was absolutely nothing that would ever shut the whole company down. But outside, there were already about 6 inches of snow with a forecast of up to 12 more before turning to freezing rain.
“Damn it! If we had only gotten this message before we left,” I said with a groan.
It would have been nice. We could have stayed in bed, slept late, then fucked all afternoon. Heather and I were coworkers and we had started sleeping together about two weeks before. No one knew (yet). I was the project manager and technically her boss, though I had very little real power. We had decided not to mention our relationship to anyone just in case people took some issue with it. Read more »