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A Little Bit More
<p>Ada knew she wasn't likable. There was an extreme intensity she could never outgrow; anyone who met her would play a metaphorical game of tug-of-war. On one side stood intense hatred, on the other, acceptance. People rarely fell on the other. </p><p>It didn't surprise her when the people she worked with looked at her with mixed feelings of jealousy and spite. She thrived under it even. She enjoyed their dislike. Especially because of why it existed.</p><p><strong><em>His attention. </em></strong></p><p>She really couldn't blame them; she was just like them, hanging on the words of someone with enough charisma and mystery to make anyone a little bit curious, and in her defense, she just wanted to know a little bit more. </p><p>He did it in a way that they noticed and still questioned what they noticed. The attention he fixed on her grew, and so did the hate they held for her. She started seeing him everywhere: in her mind, in the black and white of a report, in her coffee cup. </p><p>Today, she knew they were gossiping about her, theorizing conspiracies in the corner of the cafeteria she had never been invited to, but that was okay. She made her way to his office to tell him about octopuses and dolphins. He was engrossed in work, but he typed less and less the more she spoke. She noticed. </p><p>Elvis walked in, cutting off a particular belly laughter she found quite cute. She smiled, happy to give them new material to talk about. </p><p>He knew what he was doing, and so did she. She was smarter than this thing she had with her boss, and perhaps that's what made it more exciting. </p><p>There was no offense committed. All she had wanted to know was a little bit more about the charismatic, mysterious, curious man in front of her.</p><p>And goddammit she enjoyed it. </p>
A Little Bit More
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