He had ended up on a park bench. After leaving the studio with Tracy who was currently beyond upset over what happened, he brought her into his car. When he asked her where she wanted him to take her, she said, very quietly, that anywhere was okay.
And yet, of all places, he took her to a bench. A bench. She didn't seem to mind much, though it didn't seem like she was aware of anything at the moment.
Tracy just stared out into the street. Her eyes still held the same confusion and fear that they had back at WTZT. Link was sitting next to her, which was making her fairly more calm than she would have been on her own.
Neither of them said anything. What was there to say anyway?
Link couldn't ask if she was okay, because it was obvious that she was definitely not. He couldn't start talking about the Noreen and Doreen thing because that wasn't important. Not at the moment, at least. There was also the fact that the William Morris Agency had called and offered him a job. He really need to get back to them on that, but how could he when he was afraid of losing Tracy? Of being without her?
"What's gonna happen to him?" She asked after a long period of unwanted silence. Her voice was still a little broken sounding. "Is Corny gonna get in trouble?"
Link looked down at his hands and sighed, giving a half smile, "No. Of course not." He paused for a moment, seeing if she'd respond, but when she didn't, he continued, "If anything, he'll be rewarded. Beckett on the other hand..." he trailed off.
"I knew I shouldn't trust him." Tracy said quickly, turning to look at Link with a hurt expression, "Thank you for coming to help. I don't know what might've happened if you didn't."
"No probelm." Link smiled, "Though, making an attack was Corny's idea. You should thank him."
She gave him a small upturn of her lips before falling silent.
Both of their heads hung, they didn't say anything for a few seconds. The two listened to the people passing by who were telling excited little snippets of their overly exaggerated dramatic life.
"Trace," Link finally said.
Tracy looked up at him timidly, seeming to have no confidence in her self at all. She knew what he'd be trying to tell her, but decided to let him keep talking.
"I- I know that you don't trust me," He murmured, "and I know this is like the worst possible time to bring this up, but about what happened last week, you have to believe me. I was set up by Amber. She was trying to make it look like I was cheating on you by getting Noreen and Doreen to talk me into speaking with them behind the building where no one could see. When I was gonna ask what was going on, they were, well, all up against me..."
Tracy shook her head, feeling tears springing to her eyes, "If she wanted to separate us, why didn't she just ask to talk to you? Then she would've kissed you made you feel like an idiot for ever being with me."
Link's response was quick and in a soft voice. He made direct eye contact with her when he spoke, "Maybe it's because she knew I wouldn't say yes."
Tracy stared at him for a long time and didn't look away once. He gazed right back at her and a tear slid down her cheek. She sniffed and gave a grateful chuckle when Link hesitantly reached out and wiped it away.
He smiled at her, his loving one that he saved for her only. His blue eyes shone bright and proud. "Trace," He said softly, "You're so much more than what you make yourself out to be, and I'm sure they think so too." Link nodded his head behind him, laughing.
Tracy looked up in shock, noticing the crowd of people who had stopped to see the out turn of the conversation. They looked as if they were witnessing the most adorable thing on planet earth.
She turned her eyes back to Link, seeming surprised that he was saying all of this in public when everyone was watching.
"And," he tried to make words form, licking his lips, "and this past week has been really, really horrible. I've missed you so much."
Tracy smiled and nodded, "I missed you too,"
Link's heart fluttered a little and he was sure he was blushing at least a little. "Will you be mine again?" He asked, finally spitting out the point of the whole conversation.
Tracy raised a playful eyebrow and couldn't help but smiling despite everything that happened. "Yeah," she said, "I think I will."
(A/N- Short chapter today. Still fun to write)
