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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...
