the box ghost's last day on earth
Disclaimer: I do not own Danny Phantom or it's character's
Chapter 8,
Gloria was going through a second box of tissues as she looked at her wedding album. She threw her glasses across the room. She didn't need to see happy memories to remember the happy times. Her eye's filled with tears and she hugged the album, almost hoping that if she hugged it tight enough, that maybe, just maybe, she would be transported back to that day. Even though Vlad was a typically serious guy, he actually pushed a piece of wedding cake against her face. She was surprised at this, but she laughed and kissed him. They laughed, and hugged, getting cake all over their formal wear. Gloria thought they would always be together. A new wave of tears started when Gloria heard a knock at the door.
I only thought about ordering Chinese food, right?
She wondered before walking over to her door. She looked trough the blinds and saw a man's legs, but nothing else. Confused, she went ahead and opened the door, just to see Paul standing there with a movie and some ice cream. He smiled and held up the items in his hands, with a shrug.
"I thought that you would want to have some company?" Paul suggested and Gloria gave him a faint smile.
"Your very sweet, but you probably shouldn't be here." Gloria said and Paul blinked.
"Why not." Paul said and Gloria paused.
"Your my boss. I'm your secretary. If people heard that you were here at my house, they may start talking. The whole office would start looking at me as if I was your mistress. And they may say that my divorce is because of our so called affair." Gloria said and Paul blinked.
"I understand your concern, Gloria. But honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. Anyone who knows me, knows that I care about the people I work with. Besides, it was actually my wife's idea to come down here. And if anyone can sort out a sore situation, it's Franny." Paul said and Gloria smiled.
"Yeah, your right. Come on in." Gloria said and they entered her home. Paul quickly found the kitchen and put down the ice cream.
"Want some ice cream?" Paul asked and Gloria didn't want to saw 'yes' immediately so instead she just said,
"What kind is it?" She asked and Paul smiled.
"I have cookies and cream here, but I also have dreamsicle in the car." Paul said and Gloria smiled.
"Two of my favorite flavors. How did you know?" Gloria asked and Paul chuckled.
"Because we have to have those two flavors at office parties because you always ask if we bought it or not." Paul said and Gloria blushed.
"Here, put this movie in while I go back to the car." Paul said and Gloria took the movie 'Sleepless in Seattle' out of Paul's hand. She rose a eyebrow at his selection, but Paul had already went outside before she could ask. So she just went ahead and put the disc in the DVD player. When Paul returned, he went straight to the kitchen again. He had more then just dreamsicle in his hands. He had also bought popcorn and a pack of Dr. Pepper. Gloria smiled and walked over to him.
"Almost seems like you have a Gloria Gilmore file at your disposal." Gloria said and Paul was confused.
"What do you mean by that?" Paul asked and Gloria shrugged.
"Well, I still don't think that Vlad knows my favorite ice cream, or that I love Dr. Pepper. But you do." Gloria said and Paul's eyes widened.
"Then he really didn't deserve you." Paul said and Gloria smiled, but was blinking to avoid crying.
"If that's true then why do I feel so... broken." She said and Paul paused.
"Well, just because he didn't deserve you... that doesn't mean that you can't be upset at a chapter in your life is... uh... changing." Paul said cautiously and Gloria took the dreamsicle ice cream from Paul.
"So, um... Why did you bring 'Sleepless in Seattle'?" Gloria asked and Paul smiled.
"Franny said that it was at home. And I have never seen it, but I figured that you may want to see it." Paul suggested and Gloria laughed.
"I actually haven't seen it." Gloria said when Paul threw a bag of popcorn into the microwave.
"Cool, then we can compare notes afterwards." Paul said and Gloria shrugged. She got up and grabbed a spoon and a can o Dr. Pepper.
"Are you gonna have any of the dreamsicle ice cream." Gloria asked and Paul shrugged.
"I actually prefer the cookies and cream, so I see myself sticking to that one." Paul said confused and Gloria smiled.
"Cool." She said simply, and then she opened the dreamsicle, took her spoon and created a small crater.
"What are you doing?" He asked and Gloria giggled as she opened the Dr. Pepper and gently poured it in the crater.
"It's kinda like an ice cream float. But it's a soda float." She said and Paul smiled.
"That doesn't actually look half-bad." Paul said and Gloria smiled.
"Oh, I do have some Doritos in the pantry. It goes great with ice cream." She said and Paul smiled.
"I agree." He said and grabbed the chips. Gloria saw Paul pour the chips in a big bowl and suddenly she started laughing so Paul looked over at her.
"What?" He asked and Gloria shook her head.
"It's just that suddenly it felt like one of the sleepovers I had as a kid." Gloria said and Paul shrugged.
"Well, I'm not sleeping over but sounds fun." Paul said and Gloria smiled.
"Ready to start that movie?" Gloria asked and Paul nodded.
"Yeah, go ahead." He said simply.