A Little Gift from ENCOM | By : RedeyedZombiekitten Category: S through Z > Tron: Legacy Views: 2286 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter 6: Changes Ed looked at the cup of coffee Judith brought him into his office as if it was the first time in his life anyone brought him coffee without being asked for, simply for reasons of kindness. “What’s this?” he grumbled low, glancing beneath furrowed brows at the steaming beverage on his desk. “One calls it coffee. People use to drink it when they’re tired”, Judith replied, a faint sarcasm twitching the corners of her smile. Ed was turning to the screen again. “You’re not my secretary”, he mumbled while typing swiftly, not hiding the disgust in his voice at the thought Judith would somehow lower herself to the actions of a secretary. “But I’m your work mate. Never heard of work mates offering each other coffee?” Ed didn’t respond, just kept his slightly red-rimmed eyes on the screen, sitting there in a rather unhealthy position, neck bended, back bowed, shoulders tensed. “Don’t get me wrong Ed, but you need a holiday”, Judith stated, straightforward, not caring if he could take this as an offence. Because she knew he wouldn’t. There was hardly a thing she couldn’t venture. It was a privilege he granted her exclusively. “I can’t. I have to keep an eye on things.” The glance he gave her while speaking, that brief glimpse of a glance darting up to her for a second, made her suspecting that there was a double meaning hiding in his words. Is it that Flynn issue again? She thought, slightly irked. Dryly she answered him: “You don’t have to. You can have every trust in me, and you know it, Ed.” Ed’s typing seemed to slow down a little for an instant, but he wasn’t enlarging upon this topic, just kept on working, silently, staring eagerly at the screen. Judith was watching him for some moments, finally turning away from him to leave the office because actually she was about to clock out. But after three steps she turned to him again. “Is there something I can help you with?” She said, her voice caring and cordial. Ed looked up from his screen and with sober but honest friendliness he replied: “No. You can go home. Please, enjoy the evening.” Judith walked a few steps closer to him until she reached the front of his desk. Then she spoke, a hint of softness in her voice: “If we would split work, then we both could enjoy the evening.” The look he gave her she couldn’t really read. But there seemed to be something like gloom and strain in it. “I need to do this on my own,” he just said, taking up again his typing and focusing the screen, cutting every hint to his mood. And Judith was heading the door again, accepting what he said, but regretting it at the same time. “Judith!” he suddenly held her back just as she reached for the door handle. “There will be some changes around here”, he entrusted her. “Just have a little patience.” Again Judith felt like Ed's talking about work was only the surface of a meaning reaching deeper than his words would tell. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * As Judith was walking through the corridor heading for her working place, she saw Ed coming her way. He just came from the regular morning meeting, and as he passed her he said to her, briefly and neutral: “Just heard the good news. Congratulations”, heading further to his office. He was talking about Judith’s elevation.
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