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====story draft #2Nora picked up the phone on the third ring and on the other end all she could hear was static .As soon as she tried to move the phone from her ear she heard someone laughing.Suddenly the anger suddenly collected in her ears making a ringing noise occur."if all you want to do is make some stupid prank call call another persons cellphone im tired of all of nonesense you people put me through day after day with these prank calls".suddenly there was a click and all she heard was the dial tone. A second later her cell phone vibrated and she knew this was a call from her assistant "hello hi tiffany yes my days going well oh yes i am coming to work to day and yes iam matching and by the way tiffany havent i told you many times that i want my tea to be pepperment and that i also want it to have 10 spoons of sugar added to it"."My gosh tiffany you would think i asked you to do the most difficult task in the world'.Nora knew she was bieng a little harsh on tiffany but she didnt care all she cared about was whether or not this girl was a good order taker.She walked across the street and flagged down a cab quickly getting in she said "get me to the world trade and fast,i will pay you five dollars more than the price if you get me to there before seven oclock.It was six fourty and she knew that this begginer cab driver wouldnt be able to beat the fdr traffic of new york to get her there on time but at least she had him driving a little faster.They only had five more blocks to go when she loooked at her watch and said let me off right here and paid the fair pluse gave the man the five dollars extra she had promised.Nora switched from her stilitos to her pumas and got to the building in seven minutes.As she walked to the elvator going through the front desk she was hit on by a security guard whom she ultimatly deemed undatable so she turned him down and headed for the elavator.When the elavator finnaly got to the lobby there where ten people also waiting for the first elavator that came so they wouldnt be late for their jobs even if it meant cramming themselves into the elavator and being squished.The elavater made a beep and i she looked up.Nora knew that shed have to get on the side of the elavator doors so that she could be the first one in when it got to the first floor.Abpout fourty seconds later there was a soft buzz and it was apparent the elavator had came.As soon as the doors had opened and the people had gotten of nora briskly got inside and pressed the fourth floor button.As soon as she got off the elavator she turned left and headed toward her office .Nora had been working at Flick international for five years now and she had slowly clawed her way to the top like a lion taking its prize slowy and gracefully to let everyone know that she had the power.Entering her office she saw a note on her computer it said "Nora i will be back with youre tea see you then Queen Grumpy".It had alway amazed her to know that her receptionist knew how to make her smile with the discerning way of a conman.And sure enough she was back soon she came in the room exxagerating her walk a little today she was wearing a she was wearing a strech bubble mini skirt and white buttoned up shirt with a corset on top she had her hair down in curls with a long bang that overflowed onto her eyebrows."thanks '' i said holding the scalding hot coffee in my hands it was just the way i liked it .After what seemed only a minute of talking she glanced back at clock it was seven fifty and she needed to be doing some work so nora said"sorry tiffay but i hace too much work piled up to keep chatting with you these conversation are refreshing though ,and i thank you for that but tiffany would you mind getting started on the errands i had told you about yesterday but before that i need to you to go to go to cinnabun, and wait on the line for what seems like an eternity so that i could enjoy the refreshing taste of a cinnabun by the way thank you tifffany".Without anything distract she started her work it was mediocore work for someone with a masters degree but she needed a job while she went to law school for her law degree.There was a boom and the building shook.Nora stood up by the looked out of the mindow or what remained of it her window had a big crack in the middle of it was like looking at at tiny diamonds put together to make one creation.There was a quick blur in her vision and Nora looked down to catch a glimpse at what had fell it was the John thecook .The John nice John who had sometimes flirted with her it was improbable and hard to grasp how could he be dead.Nora quickly went to her desk and got her sweater wrapped it around her hand tightly walked back over towards the window making the last few remaining glasses cascade to the floor like a waterfall.With the window now clear again Nora could actually make out the body its body lay on the concrete floor contorted into a weird position his face was in a mask of horror, shock ,pain and something else Nora couldnt really put her finger on it.ON the side of him were people Nora had hung out with and also flirted with they also lay unmoving on the floor .The crowd around them showed shock and horror some yelled some cried and some were screaming into their phones.Looking at this Nora was unconsiously pulled out of reality,but was soon was pulled back in by the feel of water on her shoulders,and damp hair matted onto her face.Quickly grabbing her things Nora went towards the elavators.There was already people who were there screaming and pacing back and forward hoping the next elavator would be on this floor.But it wouldnt so she walked past the elavators and the queue of people waiting for it.Nora headed straight for the stairs if this was a real emergency people shouldnt wait for a elavator that would just be stupid. So instead Nora hurried toward the entrance of the steps and opened the doors.Looking into the staircase Nora knew she wasnt the only smart one working here there were tons of people running down the flights of stairs when there was finnaly an opening nora jumped in at a chance to get out of the building.With only one more flight left to go Nora finnaly noticed that there was REALLY something going wrong somepeoples clothes were burnt and ripped as if they had just been involved in a massacre.A she got out of the stair case Nora picked up speed and ran toward the entrance way of the building so that she could leave because if there was something serious going on here she did not want to be apart of it .Exiting the building rays of light entered her feild of vison causing Nora to shade her eyes with her left hand .Suddenly she noticed the crowd that had formed in front of the building spectators were watching the building wearily as if it might take a tumble any moment now.Noticing that most of them were pointing towards the top of the building Nora looked up and what she saw was astonishing.The was a plane lodged inside one of the top floors of the building the tail of it stuck out with fire putruding from it to Nora it looked like a cartoon that she used to watch where something bad would happen and the superhero would come and save the day.The only thing missing now was the handsome superhero in tights.She knew this was a time to be serious and not make stupid comments but she couldnt help herself her brain was already shutting off she had gotten out safely it wasnt like she was needed here this was a dream any way right.....All that was left was her to wake up in her room under her plush red covers and sleeping mask covering her eyes.Feeling as if she had forgotten something Nora shifted her weight to her right foot and took her cellphone out of its case.She had ten calls.Six were from tiffany and four from her mother. Tiffany had probably gotten out safe but to make sure she dialed the girls number and hope she would pick up ,and she did after the second ring.Nora asked tiffany what the hell was going on and was she safe when tiffany said that she was alive Nora could feel the air go back into her lungs as she breathed a sigh.As for what was going on Tiffany was still unsure so when she hung up the phone with tiffany she figured that she should go home .Once in her apartment Nora undressed and took a shower using the scalding hot water to bring her back to the world.There was now a ringing in her ears that she couldnt quite ignore it was almost like a yell so Nora went to the hot pink medicine cabinet opened it and took out her sleeping pills and setting them on the side of the sink.She dragged herself into the kitchen and got herself a glass of red wine and slinked back into the bathroom and opened the bottle of pills.Pulling off the bright orange cap was like unveiling a bride at her wedding it made her belated so without looking down to see how many pills she had in her hand Nora popped them into her mouth like they were candy.And for the aftertaste she gulped down her wine .Nora knew it would be a while befor she could actually sleep so the went back into the kitchen and took the whole bottle of red wine out and gulped it down.There that sure felt alot better.Nora was starting to finnaly feel sleepy after watching reruns of i love lucy so she turned of the tv and turned on her portable cd player and put the head phones over her head .Snuggling into her comforter Nora closed her eyes and let the black engulf her .====