Kristen woke up the next morning and got out of bed slowly, letting Dean sleep in. She got herself ready for work quickly and headed downstairs with Harvey. She threw on a jacket and headed out for Harvey's morning walk. She felt the crisp morning air against her face, she wished she didn't have to go to work and instead could spend all day cuddled up with the sexy man in her bed.
She walked down to a bakery to pick up some breakfast for Dean. She didn't have time to eat herself but she figured he might be hungry when he woke up. She headed back walking slowly letting Harvey do his business. When she got to the house she walked and took in the warm air. It was so cozy in there the last thing she wanted to do now was leave again to go into the office. She walked to the kitchen to drop off the food.
She head a deep raspy and still sleepy voice "there you are"
Kristen jumped at the sound of his voice. For a second she had forgotten that he would be there. She was so used to living on her own. They both laughed at her reaction.
"Sorry, Didn't mean to scare you" he walked over and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind placing a light kiss on her neck
Kristen smiled, turning her head to place a kiss on his cheek. "Got you some food. I have to go into the office and there's not much food in this house" she smiled shyly.
Dean frowned "you're going into the office? Can't you skip? I have to leave tonight. I have to drive to Vegas to make my flight out tomorrow morning" He said looking at her
"I wish. I have some important clients today. I will try to come home as early as possible" she said "so what is your schedule?" she realized she didn't really know much about his life. She knew about Raw on Mondays and she figured Smackdown was on Tuesday's since she had gone to the last taping.
"My workweek is Friday-Tuesday. So I should be around here Wednesdays and Thursdays" he said nodding a bit
Kristen tried to hide her disappointment at the short amount of time he would actually be home, or the fact that he would be home right in the middle of her workweek.
"I should get going, babe" she said looking at the wall clock
Dean grunted turning her around and pinning her against the kitchen counter "stay a little longer"
She bit her lip and kissed him "There is seriously nothing I would want more at this point but I have a meeting at 9 am that I cannot be late for. These people pay by the hour" she said pulling away from him
Dean let out a sigh and kissed her "ok. Have a good day, I guess." He pouted
She kissed back "no pouting! I feel like shit going as it is" Kristen walked out to the living room to grab her bags
Dean looked down at the dog that was looking at him "I guess you and I will keep each other company today, Dog"
"his name is Harvey. BYE LOVE YOU!" Kristen said running out the door realizing that she was running late.
Dean laughed to himself "Love you too!" he called out. He sat down to eat his breakfast looking around the strange now empty house.
Kristen spent her day at the office in and out of meetings with clients. She was trying to power through the day in order to be able to leave home on time. She could not remember the last time she left the office before nightfall but she wanted to spend time with him before leaving. The night before everything felt so quick that she felt like they had hardly spent anytime together.
For him the day was spent trying to kill time. He didn't know the area, he didn't know where she kept anything and he felt like a stranger in her house. He tried his best to feel at home.
She was working as fast as she could and letting calls go to voicemail. She looked up when she felt someone walk into her office.
"Mr. Brown" she said looking up at her boss "Good afternoon"
The tall handsome older man smiled back at her "Ms. Thatcher, I have been reviewing someone of your work and I must say I am very impressed with your work ethic and the dedication to your work" he smiled kindly
Kristen smiled back "thank you" She felt uneasy about the last name, but she wasn't about to correct her boss. She had put in a request with HR to be called by her legal name now but figured he could get away with it.
"I am meeting with the people over at Emcore, as you know they are some of our biggest clients and they are preparing for a rather large and complicated legal process within their company. I am having dinner with them tonight and I would like you to join us, as I would like to be involved in their case"
Kristen looked at him she was so excited to be getting this opportunity, she knew working the Emcore file was a big deal within their firm.
"Is the dinner tonight?" she asked thinking about Dean back home
"Yes, is there a problem? I can always ask Michael." Mr. Brown asked. He was an intimidating man who was not fond of second chances and believed work should always come before anything. He had lost multiple wives this way.
"No not a problem. I would love to join you" Kristen said smiling feeling a pit in her stomach
"Ok, we can head out at 5:30" he said walking out of her office
Kristen stared at her door after her left. The excitement she felt from the news had faded and was replaced by sadness knowing she would not get to spend as much time as she wanted with Dean, that was if any time at all.
