Meeting

Noah smiled at the beautiful lady as he handed her their boxes of pizza and coke and collected the money.He thanked her as she walked back into the office.

He turned around without looking and bumped into something or someone.He muttered out an apology without looking at the person who he bumped into and began walking away while pocketing his money but was suddenly grabbed roughly from behind and then a loud 'SMACK' was heard.

Noah rubbed his right cheek and scoffed.He turned slowly to face the person who just assaulted him. 'yeah' he should have known, there was only one punk who was capable of behaving that way

He could beat the living shit out of this bastard right now but that would cost him his job and he needed the money, so he took the second option

"i'm sorry" he said through gritted teeth and turned away clenching his fists.

Meanwhile, Zamir marched into the staff's office and began yelling in their faces "i'm going to ask only once,who the hell allowed that good for nothing into this floor"

The lady who ordered the pizza jumped out of her chair and stammered out an apology "i'm i'm s_sorry me Mr ..."

"you" Zamir yelled and pointed at the lady "shut the fuck up right this minute " and the lady held her lips together immediately

"call the pizza restaurant or whatever right now and have that bastard fired" he said before finally stomping off.

The poor lady grabbed her head and sat back in her chair and calmed a bit before picking up her phone.

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"Hey Noah,my office" the pizzeria manager called jerked his head towards his office as soon as he walked in. After they'd entered,the manager sat and cleared his throat and asked "anything going on with you?"

Noah wondered why the manager was asking this but answered anyway "no i'm good, why?"

The manager grunted "BE-cause your last delivery just called and was going on about you being rude to her boss"

"that's not what happened sir" Noah began to protest but the manager wasn't done

"she said her Boss demands that you'd be fired"

"what?" Noah couldn't believe his ears.actually he could.... "look, I can explain what happened..."

"it's no use son, I know that jerk better than you do and I also know that whatever happened right at that office is just a simple mis..... what happened to your face?" the manager asked frowning

"I got slapped for accidentally bumping into someone" Noah wasn't really in the mood to explain the whole situation and it looks like he didn't need to because the manager, Luke sighed and rubbed his eyes

"fine" he said looking straight into Noah's eyes

"i'll let you keep your job for the time being but you have to apologies to Mr jerk Jackson"

"and make sure he accepts your apology" he added seeing the young man eyes brighten

"yes... yes sir, I could hug you right now" Noah laughed and punched the air

"don't... and get out of my office" the manager shooed him out.

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Noah took a deep breath and stood the moment he saw the elevator open and 'jerk Jackson' stepped out.

Zamir who seemed to be in a lighter mood this morning stopped in front of his secretary's desk and glared at her before demanding an explanation as to why a certain disrespectful punk was on his office floor this early morning but before the secretary could speak, Noah stepped closer and greeted "good morning Mr Jackson" he said with a smile

Zamir turned and eyed the intruder with a icy glare "move back "

"Mr Luke said I have to apologize and make sure you accept my...."

another slap across the cheek had him staggering backward "i'm sorry" he said and chuckled darkly

For some reason,he was still deathly pissed at this arrogant oaf.he exhaled and said "didn't Luke tell you that i'm the major investor of his business and I could make him go bankrupt if he refuses to fire you?"

"i'm sorry" Noah apologized. he picked up the pizza and coke and presented it to Zamir without looking at him but as expected it was smacked out of his hand.

God knows how bad he was trying to control his temper right now,he bowed stiffly and repeated "i'm sorry".His phone rang in his pocket and he fished it out of his pocket while maintaining is position but seeing who it was had him straightening his back

"mom?" he said into the phone with a frown but his frown deepened and the next thing Zamir saw was his back as he ran towards the elevator.

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"i'm alright Noah,stop fussing around me" Helen complained as her son readjusted her pillow for the hundredth time.

"I told you not to go to that place anymore, you're too old for that kind of job, i'm trying to get money together so you could start a little business..."

"okay okay I've heard you already stop nagging me" his mother sighed

"I have to get back to work now, stay in bed, i'll be back early" he said and adjusted her pillow again.

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On his way back to the pizzeria,he began to wonder if 'jerk Jackson' wouldn't have gotten offended with the way he ran out.better to go to the pizzeria first to know how things are looking.

When he got there, Luke was waiting for him outside and he knew he was fucked, better to start looking for a new job then ah ah

"Mr Luke, you're out here waiting for someone?" he asked pretending he didn't know he was the one being waited for.

"I told you to make sure he accepts your apology whatever it takes" Luke said, nearly chewed his head off

"I got an emergency, I was called that my mom fainted and was rushed to the hospital"

"oh" Luke's anger dissipated and he shook his head "let's take a walk" he said and began walking.

They went to a nearby park and sat on one of the benches, Noah waited for the manager to say something but he hadn't uttered a word since they came here.

He couldn't bear the silence anymore and spoke first "I understand you don't have choice and it's alright... i'll find another job"

Luke grunted "who said I didn't have a choice and just so you know, we'll both be needing another job?" he said matter-of-factly.