Aphmau walks into the living room with the biggest smile on her face, "Morning, Katelyn. Travis." She says as she slips on her black flats and grabs her coat, humming as she does so.

Katelyn looks at Travis then back at Aphmau. "Someone's in a good mood. I'm assuming your study date went great?"

"Not a study date. And I'm in a great mood." She says as she buttons up her coat. "New haircut?" She acknowledges Travis.

"Got it yesterday."

"It looks great." She opens the front door. "I'll see you guys later. You're doing good in life." She closes the door behind her.

"What the hell was that?" Katelyn asks.

Travis laughs at Katelyn. "That was obvious a study date. And something happened."

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"That'll be $6.39." The cashier says as Aaron takes out of his wallet and hands the guy a ten.

"Keep the change." He puts his wallet away and picks up the latte. "I hope you have a good day." He smiles and turns to walk out.

"You too sir." The guy calls out. He begins his walk towards the office and only one person on his mind: Aphmau.

"Excuse me, sir, would you like to donate to S.T.P?" A woman holds out a clipboard. "All you do is sign your name and how much you donated?"

"Of course." Aaron takes the clipboard and begins to fill out the sheet. He hands it to her while taking out his wallet.

The woman's eyes budge. "A hundred dollars? Are you serious, sir?" Aaron hands her the money.

"Use every penny. Screw climate change, let's make a difference." He says.

"Thank you! Thank you so much."

"No, thank you for being a voice." He tucks his hands into his coat pockets and keep walking to Lycan Inc. with a large grin on his face.

"Morning, how are you?" He passes a woman with a baby stroller. "Cute baby."

"Thank you." The woman says as she places the baby up and tightens its jacket.

Soon before he knew it, he was right of front of the building and walked right inside.

"Looks amazing in here as usual." He says to the janitor who's mopping the floor.

"Thank you, Mr Lycan." He says as the elevator opens.

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"Good morning, Sam. Jimmie. Kim. How's your morning been so far?"

"Just a morning." Sam responds, clocking in. "You?"

"Absolutely spectacular, Sam. Oh hey, I almost forgot." She hands him a green notebook. "Good luck on that presentation." She gives him a thumbs up before walking away.

"What's going on with her?" Jimmie asks and Kim shrugs.

"I don't know, but she suddenly got more attractive." Sam says as Melissa walks into the clock in room.

"Have you seen Aphmau this morning? She has the pitch hopefully."

"Passed by a few seconds ago, I'm assuming towards your office to drop it off."

Melissa nods, "Thanks. See you in the conference room at 9. Remember, we can't afford to lose this deal."

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"That, Williamson Inc, is why we believe that this product could change the lives of Phoenix Drop. For the better." Aphmau turns off the projector.

Claps echo through the conference room as Aphmau packs up her belongings. A man in a brown suit with brown hair and grey eyes stands up to shake her hand, "Honestly a good presentation."

Melissa stands up and walks beside Aphmau, "Lycan Inc. only hires the best."

"We'll definitely be contact soon."

"Great. Have your people call mine and we can arrange another meeting soon."

"Splendid. Always a pleasure to see you, Ms. Lycan." He turns to Aphmau, "Miss?"

"Aphmau Everton." She responds.

"Miss Everton, I'll be expecting you at the next gathering. Until next time." He says as he begins to exit.

Melissa turns to Aphmau and gives her a tight hug. "I don't know where'd we be without you."

"It was honestly no problem." She hugs Melissa then looks up at Aaron who's looking back at her. He starts to walk to them and taps Melissa on the shoulder,

"May I cut in?"

"Of course, of course. Now that there's a guarantee callback, we have to work our asses off, especially me." She points to Aphmau, "I want you in my office at 1."

"Yes ma'am." Aphmau says as Melisa picks up her computer bag and exits the conference room.

"You did an amazing job." Aaron compliments her.

"I couldn't have done this without your help. I'd probably have nothing done if I didn't come over last night."

"Speaking of last night," Aaron clears his throat. "Let's go out tonight instead. I can't wait any longer."

"I'm down for that. I can't wait any longer either."

Aaron looks around the conference room. "If we were the only ones here, I'd totally kiss you right now."

Aphmau laughs, "We'll have plenty of time for that later tonight." She leans in, "If you know what I mean."

"Who are you and what have you done to Aphmau Everton?"

"She's still here, with more." She notices how shocked he is and chuckles, "I'll see you tonight at my place at 6?"

"Not a minute late."

Jenny comes over with Aaron's stuff. "I packed up your notes and computer." She hands him the bag. "We better get going. Like Melissa said, she'll need all hands on."

"Right right. Thank you Jenny," Aaron takes the bag. "And I'll see you later." He locks eyes with Aphmau before walking out of the conference room.

Jenny clears her throat, "So you have a big date with Aaron tonight. Must be getting pretty serious."

"Date? Yes. Serious? Hopefully." She responds, "Why?"

"I just overheard you guys talking about it. And with the study date last night, woo, I bet something happened big enough to cause Aaron to be the way he was this morning. All... giggly and... nice. Know what I'm saying?"

"What are you trying to get at?"

"This is my way of saying you won. Fair and square." Jenny sighs.

"Right." Aphmau checks her phone, "Well, I better get going with the project, but thank you for understanding?"

"No problem. Now go on, shoo." Jenny says, shooing her out of the conference room.

"Alright, bye?" Aphmau says as Jenny closes the door behind her. They part ways as Jenny pulls out her phone and opens a game.

Final Fantasy.

She opens the chatroom and finds Shu296 at the top of the call list.

FC: Sorry I couldn't meet you today, but I heard about your victory. Congrats! But let's make our meeting even more interesting. Meet me in Mr. Lycan's office Jr at 11 am.

She turns the phone off and chuckles, "Gullible, honestly. This is war. You don't win until you're the last one standing."

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