10

Jennifer sat in the lobby as she read her book. Although, she wasn't really reading, there was no way that she could keep her mind on what was going on. Her head was flooded with the weekends events. Something that she could never bring herself to tell Bailey, and of course she knew Johnny would never even mention it to her.

Herb strolled out into the lobby and casually stood behind Jennifer. She could feel his eyes upon her and it was starting to bug her. "Yes?" she asked without looking up from her book. She didn't want to give him the slightest reason to stick around now.

Herb shrugged. "Anything new going on?" he asked. It was obvious that he had no idea what to say to start a conversation anymore. What was he going to do, ask how her marriage was going?

"No Herb," she replied.

"I see," he said and then leaned on her desk. She slowly lifted her head to see him standing there and staring. "Are you sure about that?" he asked.

Jennifer sighed as she laid her book down in the desk and then folded her hands and rested them on the surface. "Herb," she stated. "Just to save you the trouble, there is nothing that you could ever do or say that would get me to ever go out with you."

He raised his eyebrows and stood up. "Hey, once you realize just what you're missing, you come on back and meet me," he said.

A smug smirk came across her face. "Oh Herb, you got me there," she said.

"Yeah?" he asked as he turned to her with excitement. He then rushed over to the side of her desk and stood there.

"Yes Herb, I've always had the hardest time resisting you," she said as she stood up before him and tried to seduce him. She stood there and lustfully stared at him for a moment and then went back to normal and sat down. "But of course, I can always just ignore it," she said.

Herb just stood there and stared at her. He couldn't handle getting turned on like that and then being turned down the very next second. With out being able to speak, he turned and walked out of the room. Jennifer just smiled as she continued to pretend to read.

Andy walked through the door and stopped at her desk. "Hey Jennifer," he greeted. Jennifer put her book down and smiled up at him. "Good morning Andy," she said.

"Did you by any chance receive a phone call from a technical group, they wanted to compare how all the stations are run in the area or something like that?" he asked.

Jennifer just laughed. "You have no idea what you're talking about do you?" she asked.

"No, Mama Carlson set this whole thing up," he confessed.

"I see," she said. "But there weren't any calls. I'll let you know as soon as you get one." she said.

"Thanks Jennifer," he said and then left the room. Once he was gone, Johnny walked into the lobby and grabbed a cup of coffee. The two seemed to ignore each other's presence at first, but they were certainly aware of each other.

"Johnny?" she asked without looking away from her book.

He slowly turned to face her. "Yes?" he asked.

"I'm sorry about his morning, I was a little upset. That's all," she said as she turned to look at him. Her were filled with a genuine sincerity, but there was still something hidden. An uncertainty about something.

"Hey," he said and then shrugged. "At least I know now that you don't rush into anything you're not sure about."

They both stopped talking as Les came out into the room. "Is Mr. Carlson in his office? I need to talk to him," he said showing his impatience. Jennifer just wanted to get him out of the room so that she could talk to Johnny. "Yes he is, go right on in," she said.

"Thank you Jennifer," he said and then rushed through the door. Johnny walked over to her desk.

"Look, I know what happened last night isn't an every night deal, but it just didn't feel, right," she said.

"What do you mean? You didn't like it?" he asked.

"No. I mean that I felt like I was going behind Bailey's back. I can't steal any of my friend's dates. Maybe my enemy's dates, but not my friend's," she said keeping her voice down.

"Look, what happened last night was just a one time thing. I won't let it happen again if it makes you that uncomfortable," he said. He himself had enjoyed it, but he didn't want to give her a reason to want to rush out of his apartment. He was also feeling a little guilty towards Bailey, but for some reason, he didn't feel like he was as guilty as he should feel.

"I thought the night of the party was the only time that it would happen, but I was wrong then. Personally, I don't want to be wrong again," she said. Jennifer sighed. "There's a lot going on right now, and the last thing that I need are more personal problems to take care of."

Johnny sighed and then quickly glanced over at the door. "Hey, listen," Johnny said. As soon as he started to talk Andy stepped into the entrance of the lobby and paused at the sight of Johnny leaning towards Jennifer. "If you need to talk, we can talk tonight. Just not here, I don't know how long he's gonna stay in there."

"Alright, thank you," she said and then kissed him.

Andy's eyes just widened and he turned and walked back towards his office.