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figure out how to make flooring more sustainable because of all the hurricanes.  They started to venture out and come up with water repellant flooring, but in their attempts to do that, they realized they were not only repelling water, but they were repelling heat as though it were a mirror.  The heat would effectively bounce back and linger for longer periods of time.  I’m not sure how they figured this out, something to do with the molecular structure.”
    Sawla looked at me as though I had grown two heads.  She was pissed.  “I bet it’s hideous,” she sneered at me.  I winced at her demeanor.
    “Actually they have a large selection.  A well-known company in Seattle was interested in the study and funded them to create more products geared towards a colder environment,” I whispered.
    She glared at me.  Clayton was trying to stifle a chuckle while looking at the ground, “We will just have to see about that.” Sawla voice was scarily low.
    Nathan was gawking back and forth between Tyler, Sawla, and me.  Nathan looked at me and said, “You’re new right?  Are you a part of the Interior department?” He said a bit confused.
    “Actually I am with the commercial architects.  I did minor in interior design though.  I had quite a few classes that focused on creating buildings with sustainable energy,” I said quietly.  I felt out of place, being on my first day and having spat back and forth with Sawla.  I slowly sat down.
    Nathan had a huge grin on his face, “Double threat, I like that!”
    He looked back over to Tyler who was hiding a smirk with his fist.  Nathan shook his head at his brother with a quizzical expression on his face. Nathan dismissed everyone and quickly started to put his things together.  Will gestured for me to follow him as we came down to where Nathan was.
    “Nathan, this is Becca Stine.  As you already found out, she is our newest junior architect,” he said proudly.
    Nathan quickly looked up from what he was doing and put his hand out to me.  “Hello, Miss Stine.  I think you will be a wonderful asset to this company,” he said hurriedly.  I gave him a shy look, “Thank you.  I think I am going to like it here.” 
    He looked over to his brother Tyler, who was still sitting amongst the commotion of the other department teams making their way back to their floors.  “This is Tyler, my brother,” Nathan said.
    Tyler casually stood up and gave me a nod.  “Well, we have to be off.  It was nice meeting you Becca; see you around Will.  I will email you those stats you asked for.” Nathan said, clearly loosing focus on us and moving on to his next task at hand.  Tyler held his gaze at me, then slowly turned around to follow Nathan, their assistants casually walking behind them.
    “Wow, Tyler never talks during meetings.” Corey said looking at me. 
    Was it that obvious how annoyed I was with Sawla’s reaction?  Geez I didn’t mean to have it written all over my face.
    We all headed back to our department.  Will started me on a small project that I instantly fell in love with.  It helped block out the weirdness Tyler Conklin showed towards me at the meeting.   I got lost in my project until it was just after 6pm. 
    “You don’t have to stay any longer; you have put in more than eight hours.  Did you even take a lunch?” He asked.
    “I ate at my desk; I guess I’m just really focused on this project,” I said sheepishly. 
    “Well, my wife will not be happy with me if I’m not home in 10 minutes, and it’s a 20 minute drive.  You are welcome to stay as long as you want, but don’t feel like you have to.  The building is open 24/7 as long as you have your ID tag.  You are welcome to use your space anytime.”
    I smiled then thanked him and started to pack my things as he was walking out the door.  Once I had everything in order, I headed for the elevator.  My feet were killing me, so the stairs weren’t an option today.  I might even