Sera gets home at about 5:30am (without Phil) and see the note instantly. She reads it over a couple of times and stands over me until I wake up at the feeling someone's there. I slightly open my eyes and see Sera standing in front of me.
"You love him?" she asks as my eyes slightly open
"Why won't people just let me sleep?"
"And he loves you?"
I push myself up and rub my eyes. "What?"
"He told you that he loves you and you say it back… is that true?"
"Who?"
"Jay!"
"Oh, yeah… then it's true"
"So, you and him are like a couple now?"
"Sort of, yeah… wait, did Kim tell you about this?"
"Well…"
"Urgh!" I sigh and fall back, try and get another 30 minutes of shut eye
"Don't go back to sleep…"
"Why not?"
"Because this is bloody exciting news… although we did have a feeling you two would get together"
"I know… oh man, I have to give Terry $10 now"
"Wait, what?"
"Terry and I had a bet, and I just realized I've lost the bet"
"Oh"
"Well, since no one will let me sleep around here, I'll just get up early today" I say and get up, starting to get ready for the day ahead.
"Vodka and smoke then?"
"Exactly" I smile and roll up a joint with some of my Brownstone and Coke
I get to work and have a pile of paperwork on my desk.
"What the hell?" I say to myself
Rebecca walks in. "I need you to sign some stuff, urgent"
"This stuff?"
"Yes, that stuff, and I need you to carefully read through it"
"Alright, but what's it all for?"
"You'll find out when you read it" she says and leaves
"Thanks" I say in still slight shock, looking at the 4 foot tall pile of paper. I call my assistant.
"Yes, Miss Clarke" she answers
"How many appointments do I have scheduled today?"
"4 scheduled for today"
"Cancel them, find a new day for them"
"All four?"
"Yes, all four… I've already got enough on my plate"
"What if someone who doesn't have an appointment need you?"
"Tell them to make an appointment. Who knows, I might finish earlier than I expect, if I do, I'll tell you to send them in"
"And your visitors?"
"Depends who it is. If it's Joe from yesterday, and I don't think he'll be here today, send him straight in. take their name and number, if it's urgent, and I mean urgent, send them in, in any other situation, give them my office phone number. You got all of that?"
"Yes I do, Miss Clarke. You must have a lot on your plate today without those appointments"
"Oh trust me, I do… it's just some really urgent paperwork that pile is at least 4 foot tall that I have to read through and sign"
"Got it. Good luck"
"Thanks" I finish and hang up. "Oh I need a drink!"
The day goes by slower than ever, head hurts from reading stupid paperwork all day. 3pm comes along and the reading and signing is just about finished. I get a call from Lisa.
"Miss Clarke, you have a visitor. He says it's really urgent and should only take a minute"
"What's his name?"
"Terry"
I just about choke on my drink. "Send him in"
"Okay"
Terry walks in. "Hey sweetcheeks"
"Hey stranger, how you doing?"
"Great, how you doing?"
"Great, I'm working and getting drunk"
"So not much has changed"
"No, not much at all"
"Hey, you owe me"
"For what?"
"Oh come on… Jay made it kind of obvious"
"Obvious about what?"
"Please, you know exactly what I'm talking about"
"Yeah, alright then. It was $10, right?"
"Yes it was"
I get $10 out of my purse and hand it to him.
"So, how'd it happen? You know we had a bet"
"Details on how it happened are still blurry, it just happened. I know we had a bet on, I woke up this morning and was like 'Oh man, I owe Terry $10!'"
"You could've won it"
"Yeah but, he was just there and it happened"
"What happened between you two this morning?"
"What do you mean?"
"I've been told that Jay got off the phone with you and was pretty darn happy"
"Where'd you hear that from?"
"A little bird told me"
"Chris?"
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Lucky guess! People really can't keep things to themselves anymore. I remember when Chris was the last to know about Adam and mine engagement thing, and now, Chris is that little bird"
"Yeah, that was fun. So… what happened?"
"Nothing"
"Oh bullshit"
"You really want to know?"
"And you promise not to tell a single soul… including the little bird… about it… heck, let the little bird suffer not knowing & have him find out for himself"
"I promise… just tell me what happened!"
"Okay, we slept together the night before, he had the drive to North Carolina in the morning, like early, I was still asleep when he left, he left me a note, he confessed that he does have extremely strong feelings for me, and I told him the same back over the phone" I sum up
"You got the note?"
"Yeah" I say and pass him the note.
He reads over it. "Oh, so he does love you… and you said it back"
"Basically"
"I swear, Chris puts extra hype behind these things. We all knew he liked you, which he always tried to play down, he still does"
"I know ay"
"Ay, still got a bit of Canada in you. I got to get going, long drive ahead of me to New Jersey"
"Alright, see you soon"
"Bye for now" he says and leaves, $10 richer.
Straight after that, I finish the paperwork & talk to Jay over the phone. (Just a little bit of it!)
"Hey, my next free two days is a month from now" Jay says
"Really, a month?"
"Yeah, a while away"
"I know a way to make it go quick"
"Oh cool. I'll just be working… which will make it go quick"
"Was there a point to the earlier statement?"
"Oh, yeah. Do you want to have a proper first date with me when I get those days off?"
"Of course I do… but I don't see why McDonalds and talking until gone midnight wasn't our first proper date"
"It's a fast food restaurant!"
"Alright smarty pants, we'll have a proper one"
30 minutes later…
"Jay, I got to go, work's done for the day"
"Alright, we'll talk soon"
"Okay, bye"
"Bye… hey Zoe…"
"Yeah"
"Love you"
"Love you too"
"Bye"
"Bye" I finish and hang up. I grab my stuff and head home, just finishing the paperwork on time & telling Rebecca it's done.
