A/N: Hey I really wanna thank those that read the story! All 18 visitors! You have no idea how much it means to me.
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Even if Deborah had done her best to not make a scene jakob Bambergen´s words had together with his disregard for basic politeness such as turning up on time pissed Hans off and he wasn't the only one that felt anger flow through him Karl felt it too and with one simple look at each other they had decided to do something about Jakob´s words: words that Hans believed only he and his men had understood so he was pleasantly surprised to see the feeble excuse of a man being slapped by said pretty brunette and then get called out for his actions.
Hans stood close to Deborah to make sure he could get her out of harm's way if Jakob tried to react in any way to being slapped, he felt relieved when he saw her taking a step back as precaution and bumped into him. He took a step back to allow her some space and almost smiled when he saw that even if he would have wanted Jakob would be unable to because Karl was already dragging Bambergen out of the place. Unconsciously his own hazel colored eyes found her green eyes and he saw her blush before looking down at the ground.
"Forgive me Herr Gruber…" Hans' keen ears could pick up her mumbled apology and he knew that with everyone around them Theo would be with them at any moment, he had to react now before she would be whisked away.
"No, no Deborah it is I who owes you an apology." He was quick to reassure the young woman that already had been verbally abused in the curse of the evening. He saw that she looked up surprised at his words and he offered her what he hoped to be a gentle smile. "I apologize to you in my own name and that of my company: you came here as a guest and I'm ashamed to know that a man under my employ uttered those words toward you, as I´d be ashamed to hear them uttered toward any other woman. You did not deserve to be treated that way and I am truly sorry for that." Hans felt that the apology had been overly formal and impersonal.
" It is fine Herr you can't control what those you employ think and in this case say I don´t believe that I was supposed to understand it." Hans felt relieved that he had not offended her with his apology and he realized that if he compared her German and her Inglish it was her Inglish that was slightly accented: it was a soft almost non existent tilt familiar, but at the same time Hans couldn't put his finger on it.
"If I am forgiven then please call Hans and not Mister." Answered Hans with a smile that grew when he realized that he had made her laugh.
"There is nothing to forgive, but I´d prefer to call you Johannes." Said Deborah shyly once she had stopped laughing looking at the taller man.
"I feel that if I'd try to convince you to call me Hans I would lose for sure." Answered the German with a gentle smile.
Deborah was about to continue talking with the man when her friend calling her caught her attention.
"Dee!" Came the urgent call from Theo before he hugged her, she rolled her eyes but didn't break the hug. "Mary and Heinrich told me what happened: are you fine?"
"I'm doing fine Teddy. Did his words hurt? Yes. Am I going to allow some words to ruin my night? No. Please calm down: we haven't even started to bowl, you dragged me here for that sole purpose. I'm not leaving until I've at least beaten you." She did her best to reassure her best friend of the fact that she was fine: even if that wasn't the whole truth she wasn't feeling up to bowling before all the drama and now she would prefer to just curl up on her couch with some book….
"Are you sure? I mean we can totally leave if you aren't feeling up to it. No intention to offend Hans." Deborah could see how her friend was trying to make sure that she was fine so she did her best to give him a gentle smile.
"No offense taken Theo and please Deborah if you aren't feeling up for the evening you both may leave." Offered Johannes gently.
"Look I thank you both, but I'm sure that I'm up for some bowling: if that changes I'll let any of you or Karl know." She promised both men before tugging Theo with her. "Come and help me with the drinks for the girls Teddy: I hope that the waiter listened and didn't put any ice in my Cola! it's just so gross when it melts and mixes with the soda…" She gave Johannes a small wave over her shoulder.
A/N: So there is no Beta and I'm not a native English speaker so I'm sorry if anything is wrong! I've a tmblr acount where I'm pulling this story from. Please leave a comment!