Hi guys and welcome back to chapter 4 of Business Intern. Right, let's get started, as there's a lot in this chapter.

Saturday-6:55pm, Carlos POV
This morning we had gone shopping, and bought me the perfect suit. The blazer and trousers were black, whilst the undershirt was white. I wore a red nice, representing my three favourite colours. Anyway, I had received a text from an unknown number earlier that day. The text read:

Hi Carlos its Ben. Quick change of plan, the table is booked for 7:00pm. Sorry for the change xxx.

With no reason to dispute it, I arrived at Aurora's for 6:55pm, hoping he would be there waiting. My mum dropped me off at the restaurant, and gave me a quick pep talk before I left the car. It was the usual stuff, be safe etc., but it made me feel better. Anyway, I walked into the restaurant, and saw no sign of Ben, so I made my way over to the bar. I thought I could at least order myself a drink, and wait for him to arrive. I got myself a coke, and scrolled through my social media, waiting for him to arrive.

It reached 7:30pm, and there was still no sign of Ben. I texted him, asking where he was and I got a response back fairly quickly. The response read.

You fucking idiot. I can't believe you fell for it. Why would I ever date someone like you?

I broke into tears reading the text, and ran out of the restaurant, holding my face in my hands. I got into the closest taxi, and told him my address. He could see me in tears in his rear mirror, so he didn't argue, instead just driving. I got home, and the taxi driver told me not to worry about paying, instead hoping that I was ok. I still gave him a £20 note, before running through the gates of my house, and straight up to my bedroom. Mum had planned a girl's night, so I knew no one would be in. I just curled up into a ball, and cried all night.

Sunday was no better. I spent the whole day crying, and wouldn't let anyone into my room. I wanted to be alone with my despair, crying over the memory of how happy I was a few days ago. Mum had called Evie, Mal and Jay, so they came over to try to help. I could hear then conferring outside of the door, none of them knowing exactly what had happened. Eventually, Evie persuaded me to let them in, and I showed them all the text message. The anger that grew in their faces was unbelievable, but they managed to contain it, each comforting me instead of losing their heads.

When Monday came, I sent the office an email stating that I was resigning from the internship. I received no response, but I was too heartbroken to care. I still spent the day crying over my broken heart.

Evie's POV-Week 2
After seeing Carlos on the Sunday, and the message that Ben had sent, Mal, Jay and I were completely fuming. On the Monday, we decided to march down to Ben's office and demand an explanation from him. The plan was for Mal and Jay to distract the receptionist, whilst I made my way up to his office, ready to give him what for. Anyway, the plan went off without any problems, and before long I was on my way up to the 55th floor. As the doors open, I heard a familiar voice say talking to the staff on the floor, but I was too enraged to care. I marched straight over to him, and heard him say "Evie? What are you doing here?" but my blood was boiling at this point.

"How could you?!" I shouted, causing the entire floor to go silence, and Ben to jump slightly. "After everything I told you? You such a sick bastard" I continued, with everyone gasping at the use of my words. Ben was as surprised as everyone else.

"What are you going on about?" he said, but that only enraged me more.

"Standing Carlos up on your date. And then spending him some fucked up message afterwards" I retorted, causing everyone to gasp again, and Ben to blush massively.

"Evie, can we go into my office?" he responded, rather calmly I might add. I was fuming, but nodded, following him in. As soon as he shut the door, I snapped.

"You're one sick fuck you are. Toying with him like that is low, real low. And what makes it so much worse is that it's not the first time it has happened. People like you deserve to be locked away." I turned to face him, seeing tears streaming down his face. "What are you crying about?" I snapped, with no sympathy for him at all.

"I didn't stand Carlos up. He stood me up. I told him to meet me at the restaurant at 8:00pm, but when I arrived he wasn't there. I waited for half an hour, before I left. This morning, I got this email from him." He responded, walking over to his computer, and loading up the email. The screen showed that the email had been forwarded from Audrey's computer to Ben, and it read:

I hope you had fun last night, you fucking idiot. Why would I ever go on a date with you? You're pathetic and something clicked in my mind.

"Wait, you mean you didn't reschedule the date for 7:00pm?" I asked, showing Ben a screenshot with included all the text messages, including the nasty one that was sent.

"What? I never sent that" he responded, wiping the tears from his eyes before showing me his recent text messages, none of them to Carlos. "But I do recognise that phone number" he continued, scrolling through his phone, and finding the number. "Here. It's an older number from…son of a bitch" was all he said, before storming out of his office, and heading straight for the lift. I followed him, and the whole way down, he was fuming. "Of course. I'm such a fucking idiot. Why didn't I see it before" he raved on, with me having no clue what he is on about. As soon as we reached the ground floor, and the doors opened, Ben snapped.

"You're a fucking bitch, you know that right" he said, storming towards the front desk. Mal and Jay jumped by his sudden appearance, while the woman behind the reception gasped.

"How dare you speak to me like that" she said, pulling herself from the desk. "I am your employee, and I have rights" she snapped back, but Ben was full on fuming by this point.

"You aren't my employee anymore, you sneaky bitch. You thought sabotaging Carlos and I would win you a place in my heart?" Ben snapped back, and she went very quiet. "Oh, you've got nothing to say?" he retorted, and she blushed slightly.

"I did no such thing" she said, in a rather quiet manner, obviously knowing that she had been catch out.

"No? Then why did you send Carlos a text message from your old number, saying the date was changed. And why was Carlos' 'email' forwarded to me from this computer." Ben responded, and the girl blushed deeper.

"Ben, I can explain!" she said, but he was fuming.

"Get out. If you step one foot into this building again, I will personally have you arrested for trespassing." He said, pointing to the door.

"Ben please, I love you!" the receptionist begged tears now streaming down her face, but Ben shouted back at her.

"GET OUT" he screamed, causing her to jump, before grabbing her back and running out of the door.

Ben walked over to one of the seats, and placing his head into his hands. "I've fucking blown it, haven't I" was all he said, with Mal, Jay and I comforting him. We had nothing to say, so I just took out my magic mirror.

"Mirror Mirror in my hand. Show me where Carlos stand" I chanted into it, causing an image of Carlos to show. Ben looked up at the mirror, faced by the image of Carlos laid in a ball crying. We could hear his sobs through the mirror, and that only made Ben more upset.

Ben's POV:
I sobbed at the sight of Carlos in his bed, knowing the pain Audrey had caused him. The image on the mirror turned off shortly after, but it still replayed in my mind. "Evie, what did you mean when you said it wasn't the first time that Carlos had overdosed on pills?" I asked, with that part of her rant stuck in my mind.

Evie pulled her magic mirror, and chanted a rhyme "Mirror Mirror oh so vast, show us that moment in Carlos' past", and the mirror turned to a specific moment in time.

Flash back-Carlos' POV:
After being bullied for the majority of the morning, I was sat crying at one of the tables in the quad, when I saw someone approach me. He was one of the quieter people in the 'lads' group, and had never really spoke to me before. I looked up at him, tears streaming down my face, waiting for an insult that never came, he just stared back at me. "What, you came to gawk at the gay kid?" I snapped, getting up from the table, but before I could fully get up, he sat opposite me.

"Of course not. Carlos, I'm so sorry everyone's been so cruel to you" he confessed, patting the table, suggesting I should return the seat opposite him.

"Yeah, I bet you are" I said, as I walked away from him, and towards my next lesson. I sat down at my desk, trying to wipe away my tears, when the bell rang and the rest of the class walked it. Of course, I had to share my class with my usual bully, so I knew this wasn't going to end well. The teacher was yet to enter the class, so he had fully reign to say whatever he wanted.

"Aww, the faggots been crying. Did your boyfriend break up with you?" he shouted, causing everyone to break into laughter. That's when I saw the lad enter behind him. He had obviously heard what my bully had said, and he decided to defend me.

"At least Carlos can get a date. It's common knowledge you haven't dated since year 8. What, did puberty give you a small dick that your ashamed of?" the lad retorted back, causing my bully to go bright red. The whole class had heard that he had said, and started to laugh at the bully, while the other lad came over to me.

"Thanks" was all I could say to him, as he sat next to me.

"Don't worry about it. I'm James by the way" he said grabbing the stuff out of his bag.

"Thank you James" I repeated, smiling at him. James made me feel safe and protected. We went everywhere together, and spent most of your time together within school. Luckily, as well, James as in the same year as Evie, Mal and Jay so no-one was going to mess with an older kid.

Two weeks passed, and prom was coming up. That week James had asked me to go to prom with him, and I agreed. We weren't dating or anything, but we had become very good friends. Anyway, prom night arrived, and I waited for him to show up all night. I kept texting him, asking him where he was, but he never responded. I rang Evie, explaining what was happening, and she said that Jay, Mal and she were on their way. How they were going to get into prom, I didn't know but the thought of their presence made me feel better.

Anyway, about another half an hour passed, and the school started to dish about the awards. It was the usual stuff prom, you know, most likely to get ID'd at 30, most likely to be a millionaire and of course King and Queen. All the awards passed, and everyone cheered as prom King and Queen were announced, while I just sat in the corner. Of course it was my two main bullies throughout the entire year. That's when I saw James running up to the stage, holding something in his hand. He grabbed the mic from the side, and began to speak into it.

"Wait, there one final award for the night." He said, and the whole room went quiet. He locked eyes with me, as he continued to speak. "Courtesy of us" he said, motioning to all the lads in the year "We are proud to announce Carlos De Vil with the Biggest Fag of the year award" he said, pulling out a picture of me from the envelope. The photo was the most embarrassing thing I had ever seen. It was me acting rather camp whilst I blew a kiss towards the camera. The whole room burst into laughter, turning and looking at me whilst I broke down into tears, and ran straight for the toilets. I passed Mal, Jay and Evie on the way, and the followed me, as I locked myself into myself in a cubicle. I could hear then shouting from outside, but I was sobbing too much to care what they said.

Present Day-Ben's POV:
The mirror faded out, and Evie began to speak. "That's when Carlos took the pills. Luckily we convinced him to unlock the door, and while Jay and Mal carried him out, I went and got Carlos' favourite teacher, Miss Hill. She accompanied us to one of the private rooms in the venue, and from there, we figured out that Carlos had taken the pills. She drove us back to Carlos house, and we accompanied him from there, making sure he was ok." Evie finished, and I was still sobbing.

"I need to go see him. I need to explain everything that has happened. I need to show him that I love him" I said, standing up from my seat.

"Ben, I don't think that's a good idea. He's not in the best of places right now" Mal spoke up, but I was adamant about my decision.

"I don't care. I need to fix this before it gets any worse" I replied, now leaving the building. Jay grabbed my wrist, and tried to yank be back inside, but I freed my wrist from his grasp. "If you dare lay a hand on me again, you'll hear from my lawyer" I snapped, stepping into my car. I pulled away from the building, and sped to Carlos' house, allowing myself in with the gate code. Luckily, the front door was unlocked, so I made my way straight up to his bedroom. I could hear the sobs coming from his bedroom, and slammed the door open, startling him as I did so.

"Ben, what are you doing here" he said, as I approached him on the bed. I didn't say anything, but I pulled him into the most passionate kiss every. I felt him dissolve into it, allowing me to dominate exploring every inch of his mouth. I pulled out first, staring into his deep chocolate eyes.

"Carlos, I love you, and I'm so sorry for everything that has happened. But I promise you, I had nothing to do with it" I began, with him still looking into my eyes. "It was all a cruel trick from Audrey" I continued, showing him how my number was different to the one that send him the messages. I could see he wasn't convinced however. "Evie will show you on the magic mirror. I promise you Carlos, I would never do this to you." I finished, a few stray tears rolling down my face.

He lifted his hand, wiping the tears from my face before speaking up. "Ben, I believe you, don't worry" he began, which calmed my nerves slightly. "And if you'll have me back, I would like to return to the internship" he continued, and I nodded.0

"Of course! Of course we want you back!" I exclaimed, taking his hand in mine, but he flinched, removing it as soon as I did.

"But I can't do this Ben." He began, motioning to the pair of us. "This is the second time something has stopped us from being together, and I can't risk it happening again. I'm so sorry" he said, with a few tears rolling down his face. I was completely sobbing. I was so heartbroken, but after everything Evie had showed me, I knew not to push it. I knew he had to come to his down decision about us, no matter my opinion.

"Ok" I replied, trying to wipe the tears from my eyes. "If you think its best, then I'll leave. I suppose I'll see you tomorrow" I said, pulling myself from his bed.

"Wait, you're not going to argue with me?" he asked, and I shook my head.

"Carlos, I love you, and I'll willing to do anything for you, anything to make you happy. If making you happy means not being with you, then I'm willing to do that." I replied, making my way to his bedroom door. "I suppose I'll see you tomorrow" I continued, opening the door.

"Yeah, I'll see you then" was all he said, no longer looking me in the eyes.

"I love you Carlos. And I only want the best for you" was my parting statement, closing his bedroom door, and leaving his house. I sent Evie a message, telling her what had happened. She sent me a consoling text back, telling me to give him some time.

Carlos POV:
Seeing Ben leave my room made me break down into tears once again. I was happy that he came over to resolve things, but now I've officially blown it with him. I had told him that I didn't want to be with him, and it was probably the biggest mistake I had made. At the time I thought I was doing the right thing, but now I've seen him leave, I realised how wrong I was.

Evie sent me a message, saying that Mal, Jay and her would be over soon. Within half an hour, they were sat with me in my room, and we decided to stick on a few film, trying to help me recover from what had happened. Evie showed me the whole event through her magic mirror, including Ben's massive rant at Audrey, which made me feel so much better. 'That bitch got what was coming to her' I thought as I saw her running out the building crying.

So there we go! Carlos and Ben's date didn't even happen, and both of them are heartbroken due to it? Will there issues be resolved? So, Audrey is a sneaky bitch and ruined it for them, and a new character was introduced in Carlos' flashback. Will James be popping up more in the future?

Oh, and thank you to White Collar Black Wolf for the review :)

Stay tuned to find Christmas Day TTFN :)