Making An Impression
Kurt woke up the next morning to the sound of his alarm clock going off. He groaned and rolled over to turn it off. He then sat up and stretched a bit before getting out of bed. He fixed a quick, light breakfast and put on his new outfit. Smiling in the mirror at himself, he proceeded to style his hair and brush his teeth.
“I must say, you look rather handsome in that. You and the elf did a good job picking it out. Even if it is a hideous outfit”, Santana remarked from around the corner. Kurt jumped at her sudden appearance, but quickly relaxed.
“You know, just because you complimented me, doesn’t mean the other part of that sentence is cancelled out. Besides, shouldn’t you be getting ready to work at the diner? Those hungry New Yorkers aren’t gonna sing for themselves.” Kurt straightened up and walked into his “bedroom” to grab his messenger bag.
“Yea, yea. I’ll get ready soon. You’d be surprised how fast I can work on a tight schedule”, she called after him as he left the apartment. All he had to do now was hail a taxi and make it to Vogue.com in time. Which he of course did, but for some reason, he still rushed up to Isabelle’s office. She was sitting at her desk, looking over some papers when he walked in.
“Kurt! I’m so glad you’re here, and just in time. I need your help filing these papers by date and you’re just the person to help. Do you think you can do that while I get my coffee? Unless you want to get my coffee for me, which you can. It’ll be an iced americano with double espresso.” She smiled, waiting for his response.
“One iced americano coming right up!” He smiled and turned around, trying to find the break room. After asking a few people and making some wrong turns, he finally found it. Kurt walked in and approached an open coffee machine. After he finished making Isabelle’s coffee, he walked back to her office. There was a young girl, about his age, standing in the doorway and he ran into her. Mortified at what he’d done, Kurt apologized and offered to pay for any damages to her shirt and skirt combo.
“Matilda, I would like you to meet Kurt Hummel”, Isabelle said as the young girl looked up at him. “Kurt, I would like you to meet my secretary and assistant, Matilda Gilbert.”