...I Really Liked That Teacher's Desk Pen Set...

So this happened last week at work. You see, I've been working as an assistant for Mr. Thompson in the accounting department for about a year now. He's always really busy and keeps me pretty occupied, but there was one thing that annoyed him to no end, his desk was never tidy. Every day he'd come back from meetings or lunch break and complain about how messy his pen set looked... And it wasn't even that bad! But I knew if I straightened them out for him every day, it would just be a constant battle with pens rolling off the table or getting knocked over by my coffee cup... One afternoon, Mr. Thompson was out of town at some conference and wouldn't be back until evening. It was so quiet that I couldn't help but notice how empty his desk looked without all those papers... and then there it was, the pen set sitting off to the side where he never noticed when they weren't perfectly aligned. I didn't think twice about it, just reached over and picked up each of the pens... they felt so smooth and shiny in my hand, each one a different color, all lined up neatly next to their matching ink cartridges. It was like I could hear Mr. Thompson's voice in my head: 'Keep those things organized...' But here's the thing, I couldn't stop myself from taking a quick look at each of them... And then one thing led to another... It started out as just playing with his pens, but ended up being an excuse to admire how cool they looked on my own desk. They fit so perfectly in my hands and were such a nice change from my normal black ballpoint pens that get stuck to my shirts all the time... And there it was, the guilt creeping in. I know I should have put them back, but... I did feel kind of bad later when Mr. Thompson noticed his pen set missing and got worried it had been stolen or lost... But then again, he never even questioned me about where they were... Maybe he's just too distracted to notice little things anymore? Honestly, if I could go back in time, would I do the same thing again? Probably... They really are a beautiful set of pens...