Chapter 21:
Ashleigh was confused. Harry had just called and cancelled on their date. What was she suppose to make from that? Was he serious? The other night Ashleigh had thought there was something between them, now Harry had just called her and given her a vague reason of family problem and had cancelled on their date? She needed to talk to someone about this. She picked up her phone and dialed her number; she picked up on the first ring.
"Hey babes, whats up?" she asked
"Muntaha, I need advice"
"About?"
"A guy"
She heard Muntaha burst into a sad laughter, which was clearly filled with pain.
"Hey Muntaha, whats wrong?"
"You're asking me advice about a guy, I'm the person with the worst love life right now"
"Awn, Muntaha what happened?"
"Nothing, you ask what you were going to ask"
"Muntaha darlin, c'mon tell me whats wrong?"
"Ash, its nothing, you tell me?"
Ashleigh sighed, she really hoped Muntaha got whom she wanted, she didnt deserve heartache.
After telling Muntaha the whole story, all Muntaha said was;
"Give him a chance. Dont go thinking about all the things that could go wrong. You like him, give him a chance."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, and if he likes you, he'll stay in touch and he'll reschedule the date himself"
"Thanks a ton babes, I love you"
"I love you too, anyways I need to head back to work"
"Bye"
Ashleigh kept her phone down and smiled, Muntaha was right. She needed to give Harry a chance.
Harry was mentally cursing Danny. Why the fuck did they have to do this thing on Saturday? The day he was suppose to meet Ashleigh. He could murder Danny at any moment now.
He was so looking forward to meeting her again and having a good time but Danny had to intervene and ruin the day. Well he had to make it up to Ashleigh somehow, she'd sounded quite bummed when he'd told her he had to cancel. He decided to give her a call.
Ashleigh had just started working on her article again when her phone rang, without giving a glance at the caller ID, she picked up the phone,
"Hey, this is Ashleigh speaking"
"Hey" Ashleigh stopped typing, it was Harry.
"Hey" she replied softly.
"I'm really sorry about cancelling out on Saturday" she smiled he sounded genuinely sorry,
"Its fine Harry, I understand"
"No, its not fine, I want to make it up to you, are you free for lunch today?"
A bubble of happiness engulfed her at his words, he wanted to make up. He was still interested in her.
"Sure, I'd love that"
"Thats great, then I'll see you at the cafe in an hour?"
"Yes"
Ashleigh was smiling from ear to ear as she kept the phone down.
Harry headed towards the cafe they were suppose to meet at, when he reached there, he spotted her sitting at their table, he smiled at his own thought. Their table. It had a nice ring to it.
He reached the table and gave her a smile as he sat down,
"So whats on the menu today?"
"What do you want to eat?"
"Well, since Saturday I would be eating whatever you'd made or ordered, I think I should eat your choice today."
He saw her smile as she picked up the menu to order.
They had finished eating and it was time for Ashleigh to leave for work,
"Harry, thankyou so much for this" she said as she stood up.
"It's been my pleasure" he replied back sincerely.
He walked with her till her car, she placed a light kiss on his cheek before she got into her car.
"Bye Harry"
"Bye"
Whenever she was with Harry, she couldnt quit smiling. He just made her feel so happy, and giddy with excitement. With Harry she felt like she was a teen going on her first date. Harry made her feel joy, something she'd forgotten had existed.