Was there any hope left?
"See you in the fall?" She let the question hang in the thick, undecided air. She didn't think that he would be gone the whole summer. And especially not with her.
"Yeah. The fall." As those words left his mouth, it's like she could feel herself breaking yet again. She built up this relationship and nothing was happening so he left.
She suddenly felt as if all of the air was taken from her. She dipped her head and took a deep breath. At that moment, however, he looked back. He saw the disappointment in her eyes. The pain she was feeling was shown on her face.
He looked at her, and then turned to the woman he was leaving with. This was nothing more than a business plan that would make no time for any fun in the summer. So they walked away into the elevator.
"Gina, listen I can't do this again. I just can't let you come with me because it will only end up bad for both of us." He hoped she would understand.
"It's her isn't it? You've fallen for her." The tone in her voice. The body language. He knew it, she understood. "Well what are you doing? You just left her heartbroken. And yes even I could see it."
He got off at the next floor ran across to the other elevator and took it up. He has two seconds to think of what he was going to say. The elevator dinged. The doors opened.
And she is there, right in front of him. They're both speechless, and shocked the other was there. As was everyone in the break room. All eyes were on them. So he made the first move.
He gently placed a hand on her cheek, thumb stroking where a tear had been. She closed her eyes at his touch. He knew this was now or never.
He dipped his head down slowly and before she noticed his lips were on hers. She gasped a little which gave him a chance to slide his tongue into her mouth. She wrapped her arms around his neck as their tongues fought for dominance. His hands gripped her hips, pulling her towards him.
They pulled apart when air was necessary and just stared in each other's eyes. They broke contact when the heard clapping from the break room. Completely forgetting where they were.