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The cast looked gob smacked and nobody could find the right words to say.
The first person who pulled Kelly into a hug was Melinda Clarke saying "wow
that was...a surprise, congratulations, Kel".
Kelly smiled and thanked her.
After that the other ones slowly made their way over to Kelly and hugged her
one by one, saying their congrats and how happy they were for her.
Everyone except for Peter Gallagher.

Peter still stood on the exact same spot, not believing what she just said.
Engaged. To...Dan.. who? He couldn't even remember his name. His world stood
still. He didn't say anything when he heard the others excuse themselves and
leaving in different directions. Now he stood there in an empty room . Empty
except for the beautiful women standing in front of him and looking
concerned.

Kelly didn't know what to say. She was glad that everyone took the news so
well. In fact she was happy like over the moon happy but she couldn't help
but wonder why Peter hadn't said anything. He just stood there like he
hadn't heard what she just announced. She carefully took a few steps
towards him and asked "Peter?".

God, I'm standing here like an idiot, he thought to himself. Say something
Peter, don't embarrass yourself. "Congrats Kel" he said pulling her into a
hug.
"Uhm thank you, everything okay?" she asked a little shocked about the
sudden change of his behaviour but enjoying the nice gesture.
"Sure" he answered and pulled away from their hug with, he had to admit,
slight disappointment.
"Okay.. what do you say? We take a coffee and catch up? You know we didn't
talk much during the holidays and I..." she started but was interrupted by a
nervous-looking Peter "Uhm..you know what? I'd love to but I can't I have to
read over some lines because i haven't had time yet, but maybe later or...uh
tomorrow. See you later on set and congratulations again, that's great for
you and...Daniel" he said and hurried out of the room before Kelly could say
anything else.

David. His name is David, Kelly thought.
Kelly wondered what was wrong with him. She thought they were friends. They
always had great chemistry and were on the same page, or at least she
thought they were.
Slightly disappointed, Kelly made her way back to the others to talk and
catch up, still wondering what had gotten into Peter.

Peter made his way as quickly as he could to his dressing room and locked
the door after him before placing himself on one of the sofas.
He put a hand to his forehead and sighed. Kelly is engaged. Kelly. The
heartbreaking beautiful, humorous, gorgeous, intelligent and
adorable..Kel...my colleague, he reminded himself. Nothing more. I work with
her. We are friends. That's it ,Peter. You are married. To Paula. You have
children you love. And Kelly is engaged. To... Da..whoever. She is happy.
You should be happy. Be happy, Peter. "But why am i not?" he whispered to
himself and closed his eyes once again.

"I am so happy for you, I bet it's gonna be awesome" Rachel said exciting,
hugging Kelly for the millionth time that day.
"I hope so" Kelly smiled and tipped Melinda, who was just staring into space
on the shoulder "Mindy?".
Melinda turned around and smiled "huh?".
"Can I talk to you for a second? Rachel would you excuse us for a moment?"
Melinda nodded followed by Rachel and Kelly pulled Melinda with her into her
dressing room.
"So what do you wanna talk about?" Melinda asked a little confused because
of Kelly's sudden need to talk.
"I...sit down" she said and both women sat down on the sofa, facing each
other.
"You know about the engagement..." Kelly started and Melinda interrupted
"Yea that was...surprising" . Kelly rolled her eyes and smiled at her friend
"I know i never thought I'd ever marry at all. But you know...everyone
seemed to take it...okay right?" she asked Mindy who quickly answered "you
kidding me? Haven't you seen Rachel fussing around and talking about nothing
but your wedding?". Kelly smiled and nodded "yes but...do you think
that..Peter ..isn't happy? or that he just..you know maybe it isn't as
important for him as I thought i just thought we were friends...".
Melinda once again interrupted "why what did he say again? I can't remember
when he came over and congratulated you".
"That's my point exactly. He just stood there. I thought he'd say something.
Anything. But he just waited until you all left, gave me a quick hug and
then quickly found an excuse to turn my coffee invitation down and then he
left" Kelly explained looking slightly sad. Melinda gave her a friendly
smile and said "come on Kel, he's just busy, you've been friends for...4,
almost 5 years now, he is happy for you!".

After the conversation with Melinda, Kelly felt better but she still could
feel the tension between Peter and her on set. Usually were "couple-scenes"
not a problem for the two of them. They had fun filming together, always
laughing together and everything seemed so carefree to Kelly. But not today.
Peter didn't even look at her properly. He just said his lines like he'd say
"Dinner's ready" instead of "I love you". She always admired his
professionalism, but today was an exception.
Kelly didn't know what she did that made him upset or mad and she didn't
think talking to him would make it any better. At least not today. Maybe
Melinda was right, he was just busy.

After a long day at work Kelly finally made her way over to her car when she
saw Peter next to it, waiting for her "Hey" he said when she approached him.
"hi".
"Just wanted to say, sorry about the coffee-date today, i totally forgot
that we..." Peter started but Kelly interrupted him "we do this every year
Peter".
"Uhmmm right um i just wanted to say sorry and maybe we could just
reschedule that and meet tomorrow or whenever you can" he said and gave her
the smile she had missed so much over the holidays. She returned his smile
and said "okay, see you tomorrow". She then opened the car, placed herself
behind the wheel and drove off, finally smiling again.

When she arrived at her "new home" she heard nothing more than silence.
"David?" she called out and heard something that sounded like an "uh huh".
She followed the noise into the kitchen where she saw her new fiancé sitting
on a kitchen stool and reading a magazine.
"Hi" she said cheerily and made her way over to him. When she tried to kiss
his cheek he slightly pushed her away and motioned to his magazine "good
evening darling".
She just shook her head when he looked back down "how was your day" she
asked when she made her way over to the fridge. When she didn't get an
answer she asked again "David?".
He looked up for a second then looked back down "uh huh".
"I asked how your day was" she repeated, while she pulled a bottle of milk
out of the fridge.
"Good. I met with some new investors and it seems like they are really
interested in supporting the channel" he said still not looking up from the
precious magazine of his.
"That sounds good" she said opening the bottle and taking a slip. It was
then when David looked up, a disgusted look plastered across his face "Kelly
could you please...just use a glass like normal people" he said standing up
and taking the bottle from her. Kelly wiped her mouth and quietly said
"sorry".
When he handed her a glass she said "soo you didn't ask me how it went today
, i told you last night i was going to tell everyone about the good news"
she smiled and watched him sitting back down and continuing to read "Uh huh"
he said again in the exact same tone as before.
"Wow don't sound too enthusiastic about it" she said and turned around,
closing the bottle and putting it back into the fridge.
"Sorry darling i have a lot of work to do" he said still not looking at her.
"Yea i can tell, reading that football magazine looks like hard work David"
Kelly said a little annoyed because of his behaviour.
"Yes it is work, you know that my work includes reading magazines and
watching TV, I have to know what's new in the press and media" he said
looking at her.
"Okay then i don't want to disturb you any longer, where are the little
ones, by the way?" she asked one last question.
"Bed" he said shortly before standing up and walking into the living-room to
make a call. Private. As usual.
Kelly sighed "Thanks honey, i had a good day, too, and yes everyone said
they were happy for us" she whispered to herself and made her way upstairs
to go to bed. Alone. Again. But this time she didn't care anymore. She could
say she was almost used to it.

That night Peter couldn't sleep. He tossed and turned around in bed, only
thinking about one person. Kelly. He didn't know what was wrong with him.
They were friends and he wished he could be happy for her as a friend would
usually be for another. But he couldn't not even when he was lying in bed,
next to his wife and staring at an old family picture. He knew he loved his
family more than anything but he also knew that he couldn't get the events
of today out of his had, neither could he ban that beautiful face out of his
head...