An hour later Ally and Andy were making their way to the conference room.
Larry and his client were already seated. "Hey." She said. Larry looked
up.
"Hi." He replied. "Let's get this done with then." They sat down opposite Larry. "Your client is suing my client because she dumped him." Larry paused and smiled.
"What?" Ally asked.
"What else? This isn't a case Ally, and you know it." Larry said.
"Look, I just want to know why she did it! Forget the twenty thousand dollars!" Andy said.
"Look, kid. This happens all the time. You just have to deal." Larry said.
"Is that what you're going to tell Sam when he grows up? That you just have to deal?" Ally asked. Larry looked up at her.
"This has nothing to do with Sam."
"Mr Paul." Jessica spoke up from next to Larry. "It's okay." She turned to Andy. "I just don't love you anymore." She said. Ally looked at her. 'So lying!" She thought to herself.
"You don't love me anymore, just like that. After two years." Andy asked. Jessica paused.
"No." She said. There was silence in the room for a while.
"Hey.it's okay to be scared of a relationship." Ally said.
"What?" Larry asked. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"She's scared. It's not that she doesn't love him.she's scared." Ally said.
"I just don't know what to do.two years. And we're almost finished school. What happens after that?" Jessica said suddenly.
"We take it as it comes." Andy said.
"I can't.I just loved you so much.and it's not enough." Jessica started.
"You go without it long enough and you realise it's everything." Larry said quietly, as if trying to convince himself. Ally looked up at him.
"Well I guess this is over." Andy said getting up. "I'm sorry for all this. I knew it would never go to court, and it was basically a waste of time."
"It's okay Andy. We won't hold it against you." Ally said smiling gently. Andy glanced quickly at Jessica who was sitting silently and avoiding eye contact, then he walked out. Ally turned to Jessica, then to Larry. Both were sitting as if in deep thought. Jessica was the first to look up.
"I should be going too." She said. Standing up she offered her hand to Larry, who as if unconsciously, shook it. Then she held it out to Ally who slowly took it.
"You know, it does get scary sometimes." Ally said standing up. Larry glanced up.
"I know.I just can't handle it." Jessica said, bending over to pick up her bag.
"Have you tried? Because until you do.you'll never fully understand the capacity a person has to love someone." Ally said, trying to avoid eye contact with Larry, remembering that he was the one that first said it to her about Sam. Jessica smiled weakly.
"I'll remember that." She said. She shook Ally's hand again and walked out of the room. Ally collapsed back into her chair opposite Larry. She looked up and realised his eyes were still on her. They held eye contact for a second, until she looked away.
"Did I say that? I forget." Larry said smiling. Ally smiled and looked at him again.
'Stop smiling!' Ally shouted to herself. Still smiling she stood up and gathered her files. She was about to walk out when Larry grabbed her arm.
"Ally.we need to talk." He said. Ally turned around.
"About?" She asked.
"I think you know." He simply said. Ally looked away and shook her arm out of his grip. "I can't.I have to go." She said.
"Then when." Larry asked.
"Oh jeez Larry, I don't know. Maybe two months ago." She said turning around. Larry didn't say anything, but held eye contact with her before looking away.
"Ally, I." Larry started, but was cut off.
"Ally? Are you in he.?" Peter stopped when he saw her and Larry in the room. "Oh, sorry. Your secretary said that you were in here." Ally looked at her watch and smacked herself on the forehead. She had forgotten all about her date with Peter tonight.
"Um.yeah. Just give me a second." She walked passed Peter and into her office. Larry was taken aback by Ally's sudden exit, but got over it enough to extend his hand to Peter.
"Larry Paul." He said. "I'm opposing council in Ally's case.and an old friend." He added.
"Peter Owen. I've known her for about twenty four hours." Peter said accepting Larry's offer and shaking his hand. "Any tips?"
"Don't get her mad, it will eventually nip you in the ass." Larry said.
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"Hi." He replied. "Let's get this done with then." They sat down opposite Larry. "Your client is suing my client because she dumped him." Larry paused and smiled.
"What?" Ally asked.
"What else? This isn't a case Ally, and you know it." Larry said.
"Look, I just want to know why she did it! Forget the twenty thousand dollars!" Andy said.
"Look, kid. This happens all the time. You just have to deal." Larry said.
"Is that what you're going to tell Sam when he grows up? That you just have to deal?" Ally asked. Larry looked up at her.
"This has nothing to do with Sam."
"Mr Paul." Jessica spoke up from next to Larry. "It's okay." She turned to Andy. "I just don't love you anymore." She said. Ally looked at her. 'So lying!" She thought to herself.
"You don't love me anymore, just like that. After two years." Andy asked. Jessica paused.
"No." She said. There was silence in the room for a while.
"Hey.it's okay to be scared of a relationship." Ally said.
"What?" Larry asked. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"She's scared. It's not that she doesn't love him.she's scared." Ally said.
"I just don't know what to do.two years. And we're almost finished school. What happens after that?" Jessica said suddenly.
"We take it as it comes." Andy said.
"I can't.I just loved you so much.and it's not enough." Jessica started.
"You go without it long enough and you realise it's everything." Larry said quietly, as if trying to convince himself. Ally looked up at him.
"Well I guess this is over." Andy said getting up. "I'm sorry for all this. I knew it would never go to court, and it was basically a waste of time."
"It's okay Andy. We won't hold it against you." Ally said smiling gently. Andy glanced quickly at Jessica who was sitting silently and avoiding eye contact, then he walked out. Ally turned to Jessica, then to Larry. Both were sitting as if in deep thought. Jessica was the first to look up.
"I should be going too." She said. Standing up she offered her hand to Larry, who as if unconsciously, shook it. Then she held it out to Ally who slowly took it.
"You know, it does get scary sometimes." Ally said standing up. Larry glanced up.
"I know.I just can't handle it." Jessica said, bending over to pick up her bag.
"Have you tried? Because until you do.you'll never fully understand the capacity a person has to love someone." Ally said, trying to avoid eye contact with Larry, remembering that he was the one that first said it to her about Sam. Jessica smiled weakly.
"I'll remember that." She said. She shook Ally's hand again and walked out of the room. Ally collapsed back into her chair opposite Larry. She looked up and realised his eyes were still on her. They held eye contact for a second, until she looked away.
"Did I say that? I forget." Larry said smiling. Ally smiled and looked at him again.
'Stop smiling!' Ally shouted to herself. Still smiling she stood up and gathered her files. She was about to walk out when Larry grabbed her arm.
"Ally.we need to talk." He said. Ally turned around.
"About?" She asked.
"I think you know." He simply said. Ally looked away and shook her arm out of his grip. "I can't.I have to go." She said.
"Then when." Larry asked.
"Oh jeez Larry, I don't know. Maybe two months ago." She said turning around. Larry didn't say anything, but held eye contact with her before looking away.
"Ally, I." Larry started, but was cut off.
"Ally? Are you in he.?" Peter stopped when he saw her and Larry in the room. "Oh, sorry. Your secretary said that you were in here." Ally looked at her watch and smacked herself on the forehead. She had forgotten all about her date with Peter tonight.
"Um.yeah. Just give me a second." She walked passed Peter and into her office. Larry was taken aback by Ally's sudden exit, but got over it enough to extend his hand to Peter.
"Larry Paul." He said. "I'm opposing council in Ally's case.and an old friend." He added.
"Peter Owen. I've known her for about twenty four hours." Peter said accepting Larry's offer and shaking his hand. "Any tips?"
"Don't get her mad, it will eventually nip you in the ass." Larry said.
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