I'm trying to still ad some part of the shows in the story. So in some chapters some stuff will look familiar. But I'll write stuff that didn't happen too, or bring a bit change to some scene… Hope you'll like this chapter!
After having the biggest scare of their lives, Josh took Gaby home. She was trying not to think about the previous hours. The blood, the fear. The only thing that mattered was the doctor telling her she was fine and that it wasn't a miscarriage. Apparently it does happen for some women to lose some blood during the 11-12th week of their pregnancies. Not fun. After an echo, and a nap, Gaby was now heading back home. And For Josh, home meant his penthouse, not Gaby's apartment.
"I'm not letting you out of my sight." Josh said once they got out of the elevator. "Besides, you're practically living at my place anyway…"
"That's not true. I'm only sleeping at your place, not living there." And no way would she move in with him. She loved him, with all her heart, but you can really move in with the guy after dating him for 9 weeks. She may be a little bit crazy, but still not that crazy!
"Sleeping, working, eating, changing, bathing… Sounds like living there to me."
"No, I'm staying with my boyfriend, after my work. Not the same and you know it." Not true, almost the same for everyone…
"Yeah, well not sure about the working part for now. I think it would be best if you just stayed in bed, for a while."
"Josh, are you firing me?" Of course he wasn't, but she needed to make sure. Because she needed that job, and she sure wasn't going to live on Josh's money, even if he had a loooooot of it.
"What? No of course I'm not."
"Then I'm not going to stop working. The doctor said I was fine, that everything was fine and that it can happen but doesn't have to mean anything. Even he said I could keep on doing my job!" It's not like being a chef was asking her to lift heavy weights or anything! The biggest thing she could be holding in her hands was a raw chicken… Not that heavy don't you think?
"Fine, but will you at least let me take care of you?"
"Naaaah." She said mostly to torture him. "I let you do what any normal boyfriend would do. But you have to let me do my work. And I am not moving in with you… I'm sleeping here tonight, just so you don't freak out on me, and tomorrow, I'm back at my place." For some reason Josh never slept at her place. Well the reason probably would be that his place was much bigger, and better than hers, but still. Not that she had ever asked him to spend the night with her. That place was already too tiny for both her and Sofia to live in it, so it was better to not take your boyfriends at home. Even if she would like for him to sleep over at her place one day.
"What does normal mean anyway?" Josh said opening the door and letting them both in. It was seven o'clock. Way too soon for either Yolanda or Elliot to be around. Gaby's dream flashed back in her mind. Could she have really done something like that?
"I can't believe I would do something like that." She said not really wanting to actually say it out loud. She sat down on the sofa, while Josh was closing the door and putting away his keys.
"Do what?"
"Hide you the truth for four years."
"Are you talking about your dream again?" He asked joining her and wrapping his arms around her. Gaby let her head rest on his chest as she tries not to guilty for what she did in that dream.
"No… Maybe… Yes."
"You didn't hide me anything, you do release the difference between a dream and reality? Oooh, that could make a great app!"
"What are you talking about?"
"An app that's tells if you sober enough to make the difference between reality and fantasy."
"Oh you mean like the one they created in that Google movie?"
"Never mind." Maybe Josh should go out a bit more, that way he could know that sort of things.
The next morning
It's a good and a bad thing they fell back asleep on the sofa and woke up just before Elliot and Yolanda arrived. That way they got to wash, change and hide the bedsheets that were still bloody from that night. When Elliot arrived, Gaby was in the kitchen making breakfast like she always did, while Josh was sitting on a chair right in front of her, pretending to read an article why he was actually looking over Gaby. Gaby was making some pain perdu when Elliot tried to poor himself coffee. But there was no coffee anymore.
"I'm sorry, I'm gonna make some coffee right now." Gaby said immediately. Josh had drunk more coffee than she thought he had, and she couldn't even have one cup.
"No worries, I'll do it." Elliot said.
"Cause you don't want my crappie peasant hands on it?"
"no, silly Billy." Elliot replied. Strange, he was either in a really good mood, or he had accidently drank a Xanax on his way here. "I can do it myself. Boop." He said by touching her nose and actually making coffee.
"Okay, I'm still in bed dreaming and I don't wanna be late for work." No way Elliot was so nice with her.
"Hahahaha." He laughed off.
"Elliot, you're in a pretty good mood considering your big 4 – 0 is tomorrow." What? Elliot actually had a birth day? Which mean, someone actually gave birth to the devil? Strange thing. Josh and Gaby had decided not to tell people about that night, why worry them if noting actually happened? "I thought you might be freaking out."
"More like, getting my freak on." He replied. Most people are absolutely not happy when becoming 40, wasn't his case. "With André" He added almost dancing. "This is the first time I've ever had a boyfriend on my birthday." Poor Elliot, 40 years and not once a boyfriend on his birthday. Sounds like no one wants to celebrate that with him… "39 years of sorrow. And I'm finally celebrating my birthday… in my birthday suit." And he danced out of the room.
"Oh my God, I love Elliot with a boyfriend!" Gaby said to Josh. "When he's happy, I'm happy. And maybe will even be friends, which will be great becomes friends don't tell friends they live like diamond store hookers." Jup, he did say that once. "Friends say Hey, you look cute in that dress."
"Heeey, cute dress!" Elliot said hopping by and leaving the room again.
"Isn't it enough when your boyfriend tells you that you're cute in that dress?" Josh tells her. "Which I believe I did."
"Doesn't count, a good boyfriend learns how to lie about clothes. Do I look fat in that dress? No, absolutely not, when in fact you gain 5 pounds and you can't even close that damn dress." She said. Wouldn't it be great if Elliot actually liked her, after all that time?! "That's it, I'm calling André. Elliot is about to have to most romantic birthday dinner ever."
"That's a pretty good idea." Josh said. "Too bad it isn't going to top my present. Because I make the most money here and I was called a creative genius by a top publication." He says yawning.
"Oh, is it bragging monthly?"
"What's that? You wanna see what it is? Okay I'll get it!" And for the first time since that night, he finally looked like he was thinking about something else than attaching Gaby to a bed for the next months. He ran out of the room to get his present. In the meantime, Gaby called André. A few small talks later
"So, I'm surprising Elliot with a romantic dinner for her 40st birthday and obviously I want you to be his date." André replied. Josh came back in the room with something huge hiding under a blanket, he was literally jumping of expectation. "Great, I'll let you check you're schedule and then get back to me." Josh was still jumping. "What?" What's with the jumping?! It's not his birthday! Josh took the blanket of the painting, surprising Gaby with what she was seeing.
"Oh my God! A painting of Elliot and André that's so cute!"
"I bet this make you feel pretty bad about your gift."
"You before you add anything, do I have to remember I'm the woman you're sleeping with?" A little less arrogance could only do the man good. "Oh, and that I'll give you the best present ever in a few months… Pretty sure you don't think I'm giving him a bad present anymore are you?"
"OH MY GOD!" They heard Elliot scream from upstairs. Josh took his painting and went hiding it again. "André just found out I was turning 40 instead of 32 and just broke up with me."
"What?!" Both Josh and Gaby said together.
"This is officially the worst birthday ever!" Elliot ran off and saw the painting of André and him. "OH MY GOD!" he said and run away. Both Josh and Gaby were feeling really bad about the situation.
Ten minutes later.
"Don't worry Elliot, André is not the last guy you'll ever date.." Josh said trying to make him feel better. Gaby had make him something to eat and handed him the plate over.
"Yeah, I'm sure you'll get dumped by tons of guys." She said.
"Unlike you, I don't fall in love every single time I see a cute guy. I've only ever loved 3 men in my life. André, my college crush Allen and Adam Levine. And I know it sounds crazy but André is the only one who loved me back." When Yolanda arrived, she was in an awesome mood while nobody was anymore.
"André broke up with Elliot because he's turning 40." Josh explained to her.
"Out of all the good reasons, that's what he picked?!" She said looking at Elliot.
"How did André found out my age anyway. The only people who knew are you 3. Who told him?" Elliot asked, looking at them all.
"Not me. I thought you were turning 50." Yolanda said. That woman only finds a way to sheer you up.
"I am so sorry, it was me." Josh said to protect Gaby.
"Oh my God it was you!" Elliot said standing up and a finger at Gaby. How did he figure it out?
"Listen Elliot, I'm really sorry. I was just trying to do something nice for you. It was going to be a surprise, we were going to be friends!"
"Well you ruin that didn't you! I'll never forgive you Gaby Diamond." Elliot said running out of the room again.
"Well for her defends, she had a rough night."
"NEVER!" Elliot screamed once more.
"That might explain the badly hiding sheets I found on my way in…" Yolanda said. "So, is there something I need to know about?"
"I knew I should have washed them earlier." Gaby said.
"It was just a falls alarm. The doctor said everything was fine."
"Yeah well it better be. One wreck in this house is already enough!" She said as she followed Elliot out.
Josh left for his office to figure out what to do with his desk and Gaby was brainstorming to find something to make it up to Elliot.
"Okay, I figured out a way to…" Gaby said entering Joshes office.
"To help me?" He interrupted her. "Last month wired featured Elon Mush hover desk."
"Oh yeah! I saw that. It was really cool." She said. "I'm not helping am I." Not really asking him.
"Look I know this might not seem like a big deal to you. But everybody in my business reads this column. Capital investors, potential clients, software developers."
"If it's a big deal to you, it's a big deal to me too. So, you wanna seem cool?"
"Yes!"
"Don't worry okay! You're gonna have it back in time for your shoot." She said talking about Elliot. "I figured out a perfect I'm-sorry-I-ruined-your-birthday-present. His parents know he is 40 right?" She asks him just to make sure. How well can a guy lie about his age?
"Why wouldn't they."
"Okay, so here is my plan. Since Elliot rarely gets a chance to see his parents I invited them to a 5 courses Korean-dinner."
"He'll love that! Here let's call them now!" Josh said actually thinking it was a good idea.
"Okay." She said but he was already dialing their number. As soon as they picked up Gaby took the phone to invite them. They said they were going to see if they could come. Right after calling them. They heard a loud OH MY GOD again coming from Elliot.
"Someone just outed me to my parents!" Elliot said running into the office.
"Wait, your parents didn't know you were gay?!"
"No, they are super traditional. They don't even like sex with each other!" Elliot explains to them. "How the hell did they found out?" He asks.
"Gaby did it!" Josh says pointing fingers at her. Hearing this Gaby turned around to face him and her how-could-you-tell-him-that-face. "I need him! He's like the desk whisperer!" Josh defends himself.
"Josh, I just thought of the perfect birthday gift. Tell that dim store hooker to get out of my face."
"Okay, can I just say one…"
"Gaby home." Josh said immediately. "I mean, hey sweetie, why don't you just go rest at home for today. I'll see you tonight." She would have never thought he'd be able to keep her out of his sight for the rest of the day!
"Bye." Gaby said with her sad face and leaving the office.
"Oh, and I lied about that dress!" Elliot told her as she left.
At home
"Ooh, someone is home early. What did you do? Did you got into a fight with Josh? Please tell me you didn't pretend to miscarry to break up with him!" She had texted Sofia about the hell scare thing while at the hospital. And she would never lie on something like that, she was in a good solid relation with him, why would she want to break up with Josh?
"I caused Elliot's boyfriend to break up with him, then I outed him to his parents and if I keep talking like that everything sounds great."
"Holly crap!"
"yeah, and did I mention it's his birthday tomorrow?"
"Oh… wait. So did Josh fire you?" She asks her.
"No Sofia, Josh didn't fire me. We both have a mutual arrangement that things are better for everyone today if I'm not around." Well, they hadn't any arrangement of any kind. He asked her to leave, which she did. And right after she left his penthouse got a text message from him every 3 minutes to check if she was okay, if she was mad. Her first 3 messages were like. Are you mad at me? Please don't be mad at me? – You know you can't be mad at me, it's not good for you right now to be mad at anyone… - Did I mention how much I love you today? Once she told him she wasn't mad (for the fifth time) he only texted to see if she was home yet. Like if she couldn't go home by herself. She asked him to take care of his office and told him he could come by later today if he wanted. She repeated she wasn't angry at anyone but herself, and that it was better for everyone is she wasn't around today. Right now, he boss needed to Elliot and not his chef. She could understand her boss wanted her to leave, besides, her boyfriend was supporting her by text messages. Which was nice. "How do I fix this?" She asked Sofia hoping she would have a magical answer to make all her problems go away. She listened to Sofia resuming all her mistakes when something popped in her head. "I know, I'm just going to find him another boyfriend. Let's see. Elliot said he only loved 3 men in his life. André, Adam Levine and some guy named Allen from College."
"That's great, so we find Allen from college!"
"I was going to say that!"
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