All About ME

 He waved an unimpressed hand in the direction of his young assistant, her phone in hand as she tried to snap as many pictures as she could. “I get that sort of thing everywhere I go. All I really wanted was a little escape.” He sighed, exasperated. “How far must one go for a little bit of private peace and quiet!?”

 

The young blonde was doing an excellent job of pretending her boss was not getting to her, but little did he realise his comments were starting to crawl under her skin. Are you really looking for peace and quiet, or are you jealous the attention is not 100% on you for a second? She retorted silently to herself before refocusing her attention on the sight in front of her and her mission to capture it on film.

 

“It’s all about you, isn’t it?” she uttered under her breath. But she was close enough that her boss heard her.

“Why yes,” he said, matter of fact as he turned to glance at his assistant. Beside him, she was fighting not to turn red. Did I just say that out loud?

“Yes it is. I’m glad you can see that.” Her boss went on. “And you know, Melanie, that might be perfect for my next project.”

“Huh?”

“I can see it now!” He shot up to stand on his feet, throwing his arms out wide and sending the chair he’d been sitting in flying backwards in the process. He waved his arms around in the air as he said “’All About ME’”, as if envisioning it on a theatre’s signboard. “It’s perfect. All About ME. Martin East. Melanie, you’re a GENIUS!” His stunned assistant froze as he grabbed her by the shoulders. “I could kiss you.” He stopped suddenly, releasing her just as quickly. “But I won’t.”

 

Snapping out of her daze, his assistant scrambled to set his chair upright again. “There you are, Mr. East.”

He sat down absentmindedly without a word of thanks, once again absorbed and lost in his own world.

She turned away to find the sight she’d been trying to capture, a flock of seagulls gathered nearby, had disappeared. “Oh.” She sighed in barely a whisper. Closing her eyes, she recreated the scene in her mind’s eye and breathed a sigh of contentment.