Chapter 2
When Watson woke up the next morning, she pulled out her phone to see if there were any new missed calls or messages as usual. When she eyed the date "24 The December", she immediately panicked. She couldn't help but to thinking what had happened last year at Christmas, when she just started being a sober companion. "Luckily, Sherlock have been keeping her busy with cases. Hopefully, there usually case at Christmas and Sherlock doesn't like celebrating Christmas," she murmured to herself. The more she persuaded herself to forget about that day, the more she suffered. She couldn't control herself and let tears run down from her eyes, her cheek and eventually her pants. "Watson "she heard Sherlock calling so she wiped the tears immediately and went downstairs.
"Watson, I have some goo..." Before he could finish his words, he was shocked to see his partner's puffy eyes. " She must have cried but why. " He tried to deduce her but came up with no answer. A sudden sorrow and agony attacked him. He felt his heart was aching . He discovered that he hated to see Watson crying or feeling sad. Not only did he want to hug her tight but he wanted to kiss her. He stepped forward and they are just few inches away. Watson was nervous about how close they are right now.
She cleared his throat," Why were you calling me, Sherlock? "Watson's words knocked him down to earth and he stepped back to the" safe zone". "I just want to tell you we could have two days off. Today and tomorrow," He regained his usual calmness.
"What? Day off? I must keep myself occupied for tomorrow. As long as I wish to have more "real world" time but it is definitely not going to be tomorrow." Watson was freaked out. She bit her lips hard and went straight to her room. Sherlock noticed her overreaction and unusual behavior. He wanted to ask her what happened but he decided to give her some freedom. After ten minutes, Watson went downstairs with her tracksuit. "I am going to jog, Sherlock. I will be back in two hours." Sherlock turned his head to the voice and wanted to tell her about her mismatched socks but she rushed out the room as if she was trying to hide something.
Sherlock thought t must be something tremendous. Otherwise, Watson wouldn't do anything like this. He searched his phone and decided to call her best friend, Emily.
After a few seconds, Emily picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"It's Sherlock Holmes, Jo…Watson's partner." Sherlock identify himself.
"Oh,Joan mentioned about you many times. What can I do for you?"
"She talked about me to her best friend? What and why she does she talk about him?" his brain function quick, "I am calling because I am worry about Watson. She has been acting weird when I told her she gets two days off, today and tomorrow. I thought she would be happy."
Emily thought for a while and decided to told him about that thing "Last year, she caught her boyfriend cheated on her on Christmas Day. When she wasn't your sober companion or partner, she was dating Ty ,the DA officer. When she put the dark blue dress to their date, he called her at last minute and said that he had to work because his colleagues are sick. Of course he lied. When Joan was on a cab to get back home, she saw Ty kissing another woman at the Avenue Street. I guess that explains what Joan acts so weird. "
Sherlock held his breath and was stunned to know Watson's past. An idea grew in his mind. "Thanks for telling me that." Emily was reluctant but she took a deep breath "You meant something to her. I could tell. Whenever she talks about you, she seems refreshed and happy. Even when she called and said she was mad at you, I can sense how much she cares about you. That's why she is angry. Please be good to her." Emily then hung up before he could react.
