Chapter 3:
Caroline started chewing on her lower lip, and hesitated.
'Great! What am I supposed to do?' she looked around her apartment and at that moment Annie stormed through the door.
"You won't believe what just happened. WHOA! What's going on? It looks like a flower salesman threw up in here! Am I interrupting something?"
Del opened his mouth to say something, but Caroline was faster. "Hi Annie! Nah, you're not interrupting! So, what happened?" She looked over to Del insecurely, and he gave her a confused look. Annie sensed that something was wrong and she didn't want to let her friend down, so she started ranting and raving about her newest conquest, and how he had stood her up for a guy.
"I can't believe I didn't notice it! I mean, how blind can a person be?"
Del picked up his jacket and went to the door "Um, Caroline. I gotta go. I'll call you tomorrow." With that, he disappeared through the door.
"Spill it!" Annie sat down on the couch and looked at Caroline. "What is going on here? I mean, Del buys you all these flowers and you obviously don't seem too happy about it."
"Oh Annie, I'm so confused, I don't know what's going on anymore." She told her friend everything that happened throughout the day and Annie listened intently. Even though the thought of Caroline and Richard together grossed her out, she didn't say that, since she knew that wouldn't help Caroline at all.
"So, you think that you might have feelings for Vlad, huh?"
Caroline stared at the floor intently and then lifted her head to look at Annie "I don't know. I really don't know. This is driving me crazy. I just don't know what to think or do."
"Well, first you will have to tell Del that you can't marry him, that's for sure!"
"What?" Caroline gave Annie a confused look.
"It's obvious, don't you see it? If you wanted to marry Del, you would've already said yes. But here you are sitting on your couch thinking about your cranky assistant."
Caroline knew that Annie was right, and she smiled at her. "You know Annie. I don't know what I would do without you. You are so right. I mean, Del and me, it just wouldn't work, the only times we get along without fighting is when we're having sex. That's not what a marriage should be based on, is it?"
"I'm not the right person you should ask about that" Annie grinned.
Caroline laughed at her. "Oh yeah, for a moment I forgot who I was talking to."
Annie put an arm around Caroline's shoulder and hugged her "It'll all turn out alright, trust me." With a look at her watch she added, "Shoot! I have to go take Ma to electrolysis. Go call Del, honey. Get this problem out of the way and then you can concentrate on the other one."
After Annie left Caroline sat down on the couch with the phone in her hands, staring at it intently. Finally she got up the nerve to dial Del's number.
"Hi Del, it's me Caroline. yeah, everything's alright, well.. kinda anyway. Listen, are you busy right now? I would like to talk to you. no. not on the phone. could you maybe come over?. I know you just left, but this is important. ok, thanks. see you in a few." She put down the phone, thinking about the conversation that was about to happen. 'Am I really doing the right thing? Yes I am. am I? For God's sake, of course I am. There's no way Del and I can get married, we both wouldn't be happy.'
Not much later there was a knock on her door. She opened it and made way for Del to come in.
Caroline started chewing on her lower lip, and hesitated.
'Great! What am I supposed to do?' she looked around her apartment and at that moment Annie stormed through the door.
"You won't believe what just happened. WHOA! What's going on? It looks like a flower salesman threw up in here! Am I interrupting something?"
Del opened his mouth to say something, but Caroline was faster. "Hi Annie! Nah, you're not interrupting! So, what happened?" She looked over to Del insecurely, and he gave her a confused look. Annie sensed that something was wrong and she didn't want to let her friend down, so she started ranting and raving about her newest conquest, and how he had stood her up for a guy.
"I can't believe I didn't notice it! I mean, how blind can a person be?"
Del picked up his jacket and went to the door "Um, Caroline. I gotta go. I'll call you tomorrow." With that, he disappeared through the door.
"Spill it!" Annie sat down on the couch and looked at Caroline. "What is going on here? I mean, Del buys you all these flowers and you obviously don't seem too happy about it."
"Oh Annie, I'm so confused, I don't know what's going on anymore." She told her friend everything that happened throughout the day and Annie listened intently. Even though the thought of Caroline and Richard together grossed her out, she didn't say that, since she knew that wouldn't help Caroline at all.
"So, you think that you might have feelings for Vlad, huh?"
Caroline stared at the floor intently and then lifted her head to look at Annie "I don't know. I really don't know. This is driving me crazy. I just don't know what to think or do."
"Well, first you will have to tell Del that you can't marry him, that's for sure!"
"What?" Caroline gave Annie a confused look.
"It's obvious, don't you see it? If you wanted to marry Del, you would've already said yes. But here you are sitting on your couch thinking about your cranky assistant."
Caroline knew that Annie was right, and she smiled at her. "You know Annie. I don't know what I would do without you. You are so right. I mean, Del and me, it just wouldn't work, the only times we get along without fighting is when we're having sex. That's not what a marriage should be based on, is it?"
"I'm not the right person you should ask about that" Annie grinned.
Caroline laughed at her. "Oh yeah, for a moment I forgot who I was talking to."
Annie put an arm around Caroline's shoulder and hugged her "It'll all turn out alright, trust me." With a look at her watch she added, "Shoot! I have to go take Ma to electrolysis. Go call Del, honey. Get this problem out of the way and then you can concentrate on the other one."
After Annie left Caroline sat down on the couch with the phone in her hands, staring at it intently. Finally she got up the nerve to dial Del's number.
"Hi Del, it's me Caroline. yeah, everything's alright, well.. kinda anyway. Listen, are you busy right now? I would like to talk to you. no. not on the phone. could you maybe come over?. I know you just left, but this is important. ok, thanks. see you in a few." She put down the phone, thinking about the conversation that was about to happen. 'Am I really doing the right thing? Yes I am. am I? For God's sake, of course I am. There's no way Del and I can get married, we both wouldn't be happy.'
Not much later there was a knock on her door. She opened it and made way for Del to come in.