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Chapter 2 - Reconciliation
The pounding on the door at 2am could only be one person.
The irritated side of her told her to stay in bed and just bill him for any damage to the door.
The reasoned voice in her head told her that if the police didn't turn up first, called by one or more of the neighbours, he would soon resort to picking the lock!
"I really hope you're not drunk" she barked at him as she unlocked the door still tying the belt of her wrap.
"I'm not the one going round making ludicrous decisions" he retorted brushing straight past her and into the kitchen.
"Cal!" she trotted after him "It's 2am! And we have already discussed this"
"Have we? I seem to remember you telling me that you'd made yer mind up – had no logical reason for that decision and that I would just have to live with it….does that classify as a discussion now?"
"It's just an engagement, there's been no talk of marriage nor will there be for quite some time"
"Why? Why get engaged then – wot you just on a ring collection thing now? – what is the point of getting engaged if you not certain enuf about him to say yes to marriage?"
"You're just twisting everything now – Why are you so intent on making this so hard for me?"
"Because I was there the first time around –remember? I saw how he treated you..what it did to you. You are my best friend Gillian Foster and I can't watch you go through that again – I don't understand why you want to"
"Because he's changed! He really has Cal…and I…." cutting her sentence short, she just shook her head and walked into the lounge
Before she could sit down she felt his hand on her shoulder, twisting her round to face him.
"Finish the sentence Gill"
She tried to stare him out, squaring her shoulders, tilting her chin slightly and refusing to break eye contact.
He gave her a half grin, "Oh – so you wanna have a stare down contest now?"
"No! – What I want is for you to leave. I have never interfered in your private love life, what makes you think the have the right to do so with mine?"
"That's because I don't have one Foster"
"Oh no – really! Zoe…Poppy…and those are just the ones I know about"
"They weren't relationships – they were just convenient sex, convenient to both parties concerned in each case I might add…..Wait a minute..is THAT wot this is all about? You finally decided you're missing the old horizontal tango – Christ Foster..you don't have to get engaged for that!"
"Stop judging me by your own beneath the belt reasons Cal – we haven't even got near that stage yet…."
"REALLY!.. He is playing the gentleman isn't he"
"HE IS a gentleman – He HAS changed …and I really insist that you go now please"
"Fine" He raised his hands up palms towards her "I'm leaving – nice ring by the way…have you had that rock checked? Cos it looks a bit ' Zerconic' to me "
He had been backing away as he said it, he gave her one last contemptuous smile before shutting the door behind him.
xXx
"What the hell is she playing at? It's crazy and Gillian isn't crazy – well I didn't think she was"
Loker was swinging in his chair looking slightly devastated.
Ria was standing against a filing cabinet, her head down, her hair hiding whatever thoughts she might be having at just hearing the same news Eli had.
"She's lonely Loker. Foster just isn't the type of woman that can be on her own for any length of time….Damn Lightman"
"Lightman? For once I can't see how he can be to blame for this – he's been going crazy trying to talk her out of it from what I've heard"
"He pushed her into it Eli – My God don't tell me you are the only one in this company that doesn't know how she feels about him?"
Loker looked blank for a moment, "Oh..well yeah, sure I know she has feelings for the boss – well they are both pretty fond of each other, but they have these….'rules' they always have Ria"
"Feelings…'pretty fond'" Ria walked over to him shaking her head, hands on hips. "How the hell do you ever get a date Loker? They are crazy hot for each other. Sure I can understand Lightman sticking to the rules while she was still married..but the divorce was over a year ago, and what has done about it since then?"
"Oh excuse me – what has HE done? What about her? What happened to female equality all of a sudden?"
"Oh yeah, yeah right Loker – like she's gonna try and make a move when every time she looks around he's jumping into bed with his ex wife, or some 'floozy' in Vegas! - No this is down to him. If he'd have just kept it in his pants and given her a little encouragement…"
"Or maybe she should have given him some hint that she would be open to some encouragement…"
"Pleeeese… cum on…She hasn't dated a single guy, every time he so much as walks past her office she goes all 'googoo' eyed – she practically has a mental breakdown everytime he goes off on one of his crazy life threatening missions and yet she is the first one there to pick him up and put him back together when he gets back. How many 'hints' does a guy need?"
"How about.. Cal I would really like us to start getting down and dirty"
"That's just crazy…can you really see Dr. Gillian Foster coming out with something like that…"
xXx
Cal turned off the sound on his monitor. He'd heard enough and it sounded like those two could be going on for some time yet.
Chewing on a fingernail he continued to just stare at his two employees in their silent mine - Loker still swinging in his chair, raising the occasional hand or finger.
Torres striding round the room, arms swinging wildly.
Was this really his fault?
He knew she hadn't dated.
He recognised the attraction in her eyes and body language every time they were close, but he had assumed she wasn't ready to date – that she was enjoying her freedom.
However a lot of what Torres had said had struck a chord deep inside him. Maybe he should have tried a bit harder, been bolder with his attempts to show her that he was ready to take the leap whenever she was.
Was he now too late?
There had to be a way to turn this around.
Picking up his cell he started dialling……