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Being There For You
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Matt got to work late the next day, he had wanted to stay with Harriet but she told him to go to work. She wasn't ready to be around anyone else yet and promised him she'd stay at his house and would call him if there was anything she needed.
"You're late today." Danny commented, who was waiting for him in his office.
"Yeah, I over slept." Matt replied, sitting down behind his desk. "Did I miss anything?"
"Harriet called in sick." Danny told him.
"Okay." Matt answered.
"She's got the flu."
"Okay."
"She's out for at a least week."
"Okay."
"You don't seem very concerned."
"It's the flu... people get it." Matt shrugged, dropping into his chair.
"Are you feeling okay?" Danny asked. "You don't look so good either."
"I'm just tired, didn't get a lot of sleep last night."
"Why not?"
"I don't know. Just couldn't sleep."
"Okay." Danny stood up. "I'll be in my office."
Matt nodded, opening his laptop, pretending to start work but once he was alone, he leaned back in his chair, running his hands over his face.
XxXxX
"Did you hear?" Tom said, walking into Simon's dressing room. "Harriet's out for a week."
"Why?"
"The flu."
"Really? She was okay yesterday."
"Well, that's what Danny just told me..." Tom shrugged. "They're going to have to re-write some stuff."
"This is going to be a fun week." Simon stated as Tom left the room.
XxXxX
"Matt?" Danny stood at the door of the office, trying to get his attention but all he was doing was staring down at his desk. "Matt?"
"Huh?" He looked up; he had been watching the phone. Waiting for Harriet to call him and let him know she was okay.
"Are you okay?" Danny asked.
"Sure..." Matt nodded.
"Okay, well do you want to go get some lunch?"
"Its lunch time already?" Matt looked at his watch, seeing it was almost 1pm.
"Yeah, probably doesn't feel like it because you only turned up 2 hours ago." Danny replied. "But come on...you look like you could do with a break."
"No, I can't... I've got to work on this." He gestured to the laptop, sighing when the saw the page was still blank.
"It's only Monday, don't put yourself under so much pressure." Danny told him, sitting on the edge of the desk. "We can't have you getting sick too."
"I told you, I'm fine." Matt rolled his eyes, as he started to type. "Besides, like you said I've only been here a couple of hours so I don't need a break just yet."
"Okay if that's what you want." Danny stood up. "I won't be gone long."
"Yeah." Matt nodded but didn't look up from the computer.
After a few minutes of typing, Matt realised none of it made sense. He sighed and deleted it all before picking up the phone and dialling the number for his own house.
"Harriet? It's me, pick up..." Matt said to the answer machine and a second later he heard the phone being picked up.
"Hey."
"Hey, how you doing?" Matt asked.
"I'm okay... you don't need to check up on me." She told him.
"I know but I wanted too."
"Okay."
"Are you sure you're okay?"
"Matt..." She sighed.
"Please, talk to me." He stated. "Don't try and act like everything is okay."
"I'm not..." She claimed. "Look, you'd better go before someone over hears... I'll see you later, okay?"
Matt sighed. "Okay... just...just promise to call me if you need anything."
"You'll be the first person on my list."
"Okay, good." He smiled slightly. "Bye."
"Bye."
He kept the phone held to his ear until he heard the line go dead before replacing it in the receiver. He sat thinking about everything for a moment before Suzanne walked into the room, breaking his train of thoughts.
"As you're not going out for lunch would you like me to order you some in?" She asked.
"No, I think I'll be okay."
"Okay, let me know if you change your mind..." She started to turn when he stopped her.
"Actually, is there anything that I need to do today?" He asked.
"You mean except write the show before Friday?" She questioned.
He rolled his eyes. "I mean, do I need to be at the studio for any reason?"
"No." She answered.
"Good... because I'm going to work from home today." He told her, standing up. "Can you let Andy, Lucy and Darius know... tell them to email any pitches to me..."
"Uh, okay..."
"Anyone can reach me on the phone." He started to pack up his laptop. "Oh and tell Danny that it's because I can't concentrate here... its not because I'm getting sick."
"Sure." Suzanne nodded slightly. "Was there anything else?"
"Nope, I think that's it." He pulled on his jacket. "I'll see you tomorrow."
XxXxX
Harriet had decided to clean Matt's house to keep herself busy. She had just finished scrubbing the kitchen when she heard keys in the door. She frowned slightly confused and tensed in fear.
"Matt?" She called out.
"Hey." He walked into the kitchen.
"What are you doing here?"
"I don't need to be there to write so I decided to work here this afternoon." He told her.
"You don't need to do that..." She started.
"Yes I do." He insisted, giving her a look telling her not to bother trying to argue with him.
"Fine." She sighed. "But at least let me make you lunch."
"I'd rather talk." He took hold of her arm gently to stop her from walking away.
"Matt, I told you. I'm okay."
"You're forgetting that I know you...and I know you're not okay." He answered. "And its okay for you to be scared...hurt... angry..."
"I told you..."
"You don't have to be strong around me." He cut in softly. "I can be strong for you."
Harriet looked down at her hand, fighting the urge to break down and cry.
Matt reached out and took her hands in one of his; using the other to lift her to chin so she was looking at him again.
"Let me look after you..." He whispered.
"I'm such an idiot..." She claimed, a few tears rolling down her cheek. "It's my own fault... I shouldn't have gone with him."
"No, don't do that…" He told her, using his thumb to brush away the tears. "Don't blame yourself...nothing can excuse what he did... it doesn't matter whether you went with him or if he jumped you from behind...its not your fault."
"But..."
"It's not, okay?"
She looked at him for a moment before silently nodding. He saw her fighting with her emotions and stepped closer to her, wrapping his arms around her gently. The action made her cry harder as she buried her face in his chest. She only pulled away when his cell started to ring.
"You'd better answer that." She said, wrapping her own arms around herself.
He sighed and pulled the phone out of his pocket. "Hello...I'm at home...I'm fine...I'm not sick!!! Danny... Will you listen to me? I don't need to see a doctor..."
Harriet walked over to the sink and about to start cleaning again but accidentally knocked some of the clean products onto the floor. She turned and mouthed 'sorry' to Matt, who was still on the phone.
"Um, it was nothing... just some bottles falling to the floor...I was cleaning... What? Why would a woman be here?" Matt rolled his eyes at Danny's comment. "I don't have a girlfriend... I'm sure... I think I'd know... Oh Haha... And why is it so hard to believe that I'm cleaning? I do clean! Yes I do! Y'know what, I need to get some work done... I'll see you tomorrow... yeah... bye."
"How are things down at the studio?" Harriet asked, as both Matt and her bent down to pick up the bottles.
"It's okay." He told her. "Danny thinks that I'm gonna come down with the flu too."
"Sorry."
"Don't be crazy...it's not your fault." He told her. "And anyway, it wouldn't be such a bad thing if they did think I was sick... at least I'd be able to stay here with you."
"You can't do that... the show needs you."
"I don't care about the show." He claimed as they stood up.
"Yes you do."
"Okay, I do but at the moment I'd rather be here with you."
"That's sweet."
"I wasn't trying to be sweet," he told her.
"I know." She managed a small smile.
"Come on..." He took her hand, leading her out of the kitchen.
"Where are we going?"
"We're going to sit down and watch a movie or something."
"No, you've got work to do."
"I can do it later..." He told her. "I got all week."
"Matt..."
"Neither of us got any sleep last night..." He reminded her. "Lets just relax for a few hours."
"Okay... that does sound good." She replied.
"Right, so it's agreed...What do you want to watch?"
"Anything."
"Okay..." He walked towards the TV and put a DVD in.
"This is my favourite." She said once she realised what it was.
"I know." He smiled at her.
This time she gave him a proper smile and shifted closer to him, laying her head on his shoulder. It wasn't even 20 minutes into the movie before they both were asleep.
