Katy’s Late Night Project

Katy’s Late Night Project
By rutger5 (An Original Story 2011)



Katy looked down at her phone as it vibrated on her desk. Her well manicured finger pushed a button and she saw that it was her friend Anne answering her text message. At least she wasn’t calling, where not only would Katy be forced to stop her working but to also argue with Anne about her plans for tonight.


[ What a surprise. Cancelling plans yet again to work late. You, my friend, need to get out some and spend time with people and Mark told me some of his cute friends would be there. Your loss Katy. Call me when you can and for God’s sake don’t work all night this time.]


Katy knew Anne was right to a point and she had been looking forward to going out dancing for a change but when her boss Gary came to her desperate to get the project done she had agreed to do whatever was required. The fact that he was the most gorgeous man on the planet and he had the most beautiful brown eyes she had ever seen always made it hard to turn him down. Plus the fact that he was in line for a promotion and hopefully would reward those who had helped him get it was also a factor in her thinking.



Her ex Phil had been jealous of Gary she knew although that had been her fault for confessing once while drunk how attractive she found him. But he was married with two beautiful little girls she protested futilely but Phil didn’t want to hear it. That was only one factor in their breakup and in reality it was fun while it lasted but they never had a real future together. Be that as it may since they split four months ago Katy was no longer getting sex on a regular basis. One reason she had stayed with Phil as long as she did was the fact that Katy was a sexual person and she knew with her work schedule as it was that there wasn’t the time to date and find someone suitable for such things. Her vibrator had certainly picked up the slack but it wasn’t the same as a warm body next to you, nor could it laugh at your jokes or cheer you up when something went wrong.


Stop wasting time moping about things she thought to herself or you will be here all night with nothing to show for it. She started working earnestly now, compiling the various statistics and findings from a variety of material in order to make the case that Gary would be bringing to the board for approval. Katy worked nonstop for a couple of hours and had made great headway when her stomach growled sending her a message that now was the time to take a break and get something to eat.


She opened her top desk drawer and removed a number of take out menus from previous late nights. What did she feel like tonight? She immediately decided that Thai and Chinese food were out and she really didn’t feel like pizza. But the pizza place did make a nice Caesar salad and with some buffalo wings it was a nice combo. She called and placed her order for delivery and gave her cell number as a contact before resuming what work she could manage before the food arrived.


Some more work was accomplished before her phone rang indicating the food was there. She grabbed her purse and headed out to the elevators. When she arrived in the lobby a scruffy looking individual was waiting there with her order. Katy didn’t like the look of him or how he stared at her like he wanted to eat her but she paid him, including a nice tip, and headed to the elevator with her delivery. She wondered why there was no concierge in the lobby like usual but she figured he must have been using the restroom or something. She looked back as the doors opened and noticed the deliveryman watching her while licking his lips. Katy shuddered when she got on the elevator and breathed a sigh of relief as the doors closed.


Once she got back to her cubicle she ate the salad first before digging into the wings. She dipped them in the sour cream sauce and felt a twinge of guilt because she’d been working so hard lately that her trips to the gym had become infrequent at best. Still she knew she was in good shape in spite of that. Until graduating high school she’d been a member of the gymnastics team and though her skill wasn’t good enough for the college team she had continued doing it some with running and other activities to stay in great shape. Since college she had slacked off a bit while still exercising regularly and at twenty five her metabolism was still fast enough that she could indulge on occasion. Her dinner was just about finished when Esperanza, the cleaning woman, made her appearance.


“Senorita you are here late again. You are always working, you are young and should be out having fun” she told her.


“Well what about you Esperanza, you’re working as well so who are you to talk.”


“Yes but my job is to work nights, but you work day and night. Also I am married and have found my love unlike you.”


“They’ll be time for that once I get ahead at the job. The work I do now will pay off in the future” Katy said defensively.


“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to offend you. It is just that people work so hard to get the corner office that they can forget the little things in life are the real joy. Like time with my children – that is worth more to me than all the money in the world. But I’m sorry for bothering you.”


“No I’m sorry also and I know you mean well.