I paused to sip my coffee by the door to my office. It was so early that the building was still largely empty, so there would be no one to see me eye the cubicle tucked around the corner. A cubicle that had certainly brightened my life this summer, as that’s where my young intern sits. After a “downsizing” claimed Tim, and then Helen left for a new start-up it, the amount of work that landed on me as the sole member of the Analytics team was overwhelming. When HR had announced that Helen would be temporarily replaced by a young intern from England not even in college yet, I had been furious though smart enough to keep quiet. I had figured the intern would probably be the child of some bigwig in the head office in London who would do no work while touring the US and drawing a salary. I just braced myself for my long hours to get even longer. Why not - it’s not like there was any joy waiting for me at home.
Instead, Andrea Kay had arrived. She had little direct experience, but she was incredibly bright and was picking up the analytical reporting tools very quickly. I had to sit with her to set up the analytic parameters, but she showed she could take it from there and she was willing to stay late to make sure the reports completed. Honestly, I can’t complain about having to sit with her either, or being anywhere near her really … she was so incredibly cute from her deep brown eyes to the slender curves of her figure. I found myself making opportunities to sneak a look at the way her hips swayed as she walked down the hall, or the way her small breasts stood high on her chest even if well covered by professional tops. She made something stir deep inside me in a way I hadn’t felt for more than a decade, the reality of her being right there next to me so much more enticing than porn even if I could only dream of seeing more of her skin. Many of the young women one floor up in sales and marketing were far more blatantly sexy, particularly in the summer, with clothes that flirted with the edge of decorum and company policy. Andrea didn’t even seem to try, she just was sexy in whatever she wore. That was just as well, as the young bucks in Sales chased the skirts upstairs and didn’t bother us geeks down here. They didn’t have eyes for Andrea the way I did.
I knew I had to stop day dreaming about her and get to work, so I headed for my desk. I was going to get in trouble if I couldn’t learn to keep my eyes to myself. She was less than half my age, after all. I tried to be discreet in my gaze, and hoped she hadn’t caught me looking. She hadn’t done anything yet that made me think she’d caught me anyway. I had to adjust myself in my pants before I sat down, having stiffened like a younger man just at the thought of her. Besides, I needed to review last night’s results to see if anything new had shown up in the data trends.
Soon my coffee was getting cold while I skimmed through reports, at least until Outlook beeped for my 8am call with London to report to my boss there. I dashed off a quick email to Andrea before leaving for the conference room.
“Andrea,
Good morning. There’s something odd in the RDM report results. I’ll stop by your cube after my call with Masterson so we can see if it is misconfigured parameter or something to dig into.
Michael”
I straightened my tie as I walked past her still empty cube. I had to remind myself that surely there was no way a beautiful young woman like her would be interested in a graying 46 year old. But it sure was nice to be able to be around such a cute young thing.
Instead, Andrea Kay had arrived. She had little direct experience, but she was incredibly bright and was picking up the analytical reporting tools very quickly. I had to sit with her to set up the analytic parameters, but she showed she could take it from there and she was willing to stay late to make sure the reports completed. Honestly, I can’t complain about having to sit with her either, or being anywhere near her really … she was so incredibly cute from her deep brown eyes to the slender curves of her figure. I found myself making opportunities to sneak a look at the way her hips swayed as she walked down the hall, or the way her small breasts stood high on her chest even if well covered by professional tops. She made something stir deep inside me in a way I hadn’t felt for more than a decade, the reality of her being right there next to me so much more enticing than porn even if I could only dream of seeing more of her skin. Many of the young women one floor up in sales and marketing were far more blatantly sexy, particularly in the summer, with clothes that flirted with the edge of decorum and company policy. Andrea didn’t even seem to try, she just was sexy in whatever she wore. That was just as well, as the young bucks in Sales chased the skirts upstairs and didn’t bother us geeks down here. They didn’t have eyes for Andrea the way I did.
I knew I had to stop day dreaming about her and get to work, so I headed for my desk. I was going to get in trouble if I couldn’t learn to keep my eyes to myself. She was less than half my age, after all. I tried to be discreet in my gaze, and hoped she hadn’t caught me looking. She hadn’t done anything yet that made me think she’d caught me anyway. I had to adjust myself in my pants before I sat down, having stiffened like a younger man just at the thought of her. Besides, I needed to review last night’s results to see if anything new had shown up in the data trends.
Soon my coffee was getting cold while I skimmed through reports, at least until Outlook beeped for my 8am call with London to report to my boss there. I dashed off a quick email to Andrea before leaving for the conference room.
“Andrea,
Good morning. There’s something odd in the RDM report results. I’ll stop by your cube after my call with Masterson so we can see if it is misconfigured parameter or something to dig into.
Michael”
I straightened my tie as I walked past her still empty cube. I had to remind myself that surely there was no way a beautiful young woman like her would be interested in a graying 46 year old. But it sure was nice to be able to be around such a cute young thing.