Title: Dinner
Author: Brittanyleigh
Notes: If they were mine Helen and Bobby would be together, but since there is no chance of that happening, I'll settle for the next best thing, Helen and Mike. If you don't like them being together, you might want to stop right here. It's set sometime after Bad to Worse, but Jamie isn't in it, cause I don't like her. Enjoy, and please give me some feedback. I don't care if it's good or bad. This is my first fic, and I would appreciate it.
Helen Gamble walked into Donnell, Young, Dole, and Frutt on Friday evening. She was exhausted from working all week and the only thing she wanted was to get Ellenor and go out to a nice, relaxing dinner.
"Hey Ellenor are you ready?" she asked as she approached her desk.
" I can't go. I have to much paperwork." she answered without looking up from the paper she was writing on.
"What? You can't bail on me. I can't go out to eat by myself."
"Why don't you just cook something?" asked Lucy from her desk.
Lindsay spoke up from across the room where she was talking to Bobby. "You wouldn't ask that question if you've tasted Helen's cooking before."
"Gee thanks Linds." said Helen sarcastically.
Lindsay smiled.
"Can't you do the paperwork later?" asked Helen, looking for anyway possible to keep from eating alone.
"Nope. Hiller wants it in by 9 tomorrow."
"You can to cook. You made me dinner once while we were dating." said Bobby suddenly.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Did it take you that long?" asked Lucy.
Helen grinned. "I had Lindsay come over and make before you got there."
Lindsay looked up at Bobby. "Honey if she had made it you would have been to sick to sleep with her."
"It wouldn't have mattered." said Helen. "I don't think we actually got around to eating."
Helen and Bobby looked at each other for a moment, briefly thinking about that night, before breaking their gaze. Helen turned back to Ellenor.
"You really can't come?" she asked.
"For the last time, no I can't come and eat with you." answered Ellenor and then after a brief pause she asked. "Why don't you call Mike? I'm sure he'd jump at the chance to have dinner with you."
Helen briefly glared at her before saying "Were just friends and you know that."
Yeah right. Thought Ellenor. Everyone knew that Mike had a thing for Helen and they suspected that she liked him as well.
"I guess I'm going to go home and order pizza or something." said Helen.
"Ok, I'll be home in a few hours."
Helen turned and walked out the door. As soon as she was gone Ellenor put her pen down and looked at Lindsay.
"You think this'll work?" she asked.
Lindsay smiled. She was determined to get Mike and Helen together. She hadn't seen her happy for a long time and she knew that Helen liked him. She moved across the room and picking up the phone on Jamie's desk, dialed Mike's number.
"Hey Mike. This is Lindsay. We're all going to Helen and Ellenor's for pizza and a movie and we thought that you might like to join us. You would? Great. Were all leaving the office now. We'll meet you over there. Bye."
Bobby walked across the room to where Lindsay was. "What in the hell are you doing? Helen is going to kill both of you." he told Lindsay and Ellenor.
"Relax. It'll be fine. She likes him and she deserves to be happy."
"Yeah I know that, but if she wanted to ask him out then she would. She doesn't need you to do it for her." he said.
"She's afraid." said Lucy.
The three of them looked at her.
"Helen has never been afraid of asking anyone out." said Bobby.
"Her and Mike have known each other for a long time. She's probably scared that she'll mess it up because she's screwed up every other relationship she's ever been in."
"How do you know that?" asked Ellenor. "You guys never talk to each other."
"We went out to dinner a few days ago and we talked about it for a little while." said Lucy.
Lindsay looked at her with a slightly jealous expression. She could never get Helen to open up to her like that. Helen never talked to anyone about her emotions. She just pretended to be strong until no one was around, then she cried. Why would she ever open up to Lucy?
Lucy looked at Lindsay. "I needed boyfriend advice and I figured she had had the most experience in dating, so I asked her to come to dinner with me to help me out with a problem. Then we started talking about my problems and she told me about some of the problems she had had while she was dating a few guys." she explained.
"Oh." said Lindsay, still slightly jealous that Lucy knew things about her best friend that she had never heard before. "Well if she's afraid of asking Mike out, there's no better way to get over it than to spend a few hours outside of work with him."
Bobby rolled his eyes and shook his head. Helen was going to be pissed.
So what'd you think? The Mike and Helen stuff will start in the next chapter. Feedback please!!
Author: Brittanyleigh
Notes: If they were mine Helen and Bobby would be together, but since there is no chance of that happening, I'll settle for the next best thing, Helen and Mike. If you don't like them being together, you might want to stop right here. It's set sometime after Bad to Worse, but Jamie isn't in it, cause I don't like her. Enjoy, and please give me some feedback. I don't care if it's good or bad. This is my first fic, and I would appreciate it.
Helen Gamble walked into Donnell, Young, Dole, and Frutt on Friday evening. She was exhausted from working all week and the only thing she wanted was to get Ellenor and go out to a nice, relaxing dinner.
"Hey Ellenor are you ready?" she asked as she approached her desk.
" I can't go. I have to much paperwork." she answered without looking up from the paper she was writing on.
"What? You can't bail on me. I can't go out to eat by myself."
"Why don't you just cook something?" asked Lucy from her desk.
Lindsay spoke up from across the room where she was talking to Bobby. "You wouldn't ask that question if you've tasted Helen's cooking before."
"Gee thanks Linds." said Helen sarcastically.
Lindsay smiled.
"Can't you do the paperwork later?" asked Helen, looking for anyway possible to keep from eating alone.
"Nope. Hiller wants it in by 9 tomorrow."
"You can to cook. You made me dinner once while we were dating." said Bobby suddenly.
Everyone turned to look at him.
"Did it take you that long?" asked Lucy.
Helen grinned. "I had Lindsay come over and make before you got there."
Lindsay looked up at Bobby. "Honey if she had made it you would have been to sick to sleep with her."
"It wouldn't have mattered." said Helen. "I don't think we actually got around to eating."
Helen and Bobby looked at each other for a moment, briefly thinking about that night, before breaking their gaze. Helen turned back to Ellenor.
"You really can't come?" she asked.
"For the last time, no I can't come and eat with you." answered Ellenor and then after a brief pause she asked. "Why don't you call Mike? I'm sure he'd jump at the chance to have dinner with you."
Helen briefly glared at her before saying "Were just friends and you know that."
Yeah right. Thought Ellenor. Everyone knew that Mike had a thing for Helen and they suspected that she liked him as well.
"I guess I'm going to go home and order pizza or something." said Helen.
"Ok, I'll be home in a few hours."
Helen turned and walked out the door. As soon as she was gone Ellenor put her pen down and looked at Lindsay.
"You think this'll work?" she asked.
Lindsay smiled. She was determined to get Mike and Helen together. She hadn't seen her happy for a long time and she knew that Helen liked him. She moved across the room and picking up the phone on Jamie's desk, dialed Mike's number.
"Hey Mike. This is Lindsay. We're all going to Helen and Ellenor's for pizza and a movie and we thought that you might like to join us. You would? Great. Were all leaving the office now. We'll meet you over there. Bye."
Bobby walked across the room to where Lindsay was. "What in the hell are you doing? Helen is going to kill both of you." he told Lindsay and Ellenor.
"Relax. It'll be fine. She likes him and she deserves to be happy."
"Yeah I know that, but if she wanted to ask him out then she would. She doesn't need you to do it for her." he said.
"She's afraid." said Lucy.
The three of them looked at her.
"Helen has never been afraid of asking anyone out." said Bobby.
"Her and Mike have known each other for a long time. She's probably scared that she'll mess it up because she's screwed up every other relationship she's ever been in."
"How do you know that?" asked Ellenor. "You guys never talk to each other."
"We went out to dinner a few days ago and we talked about it for a little while." said Lucy.
Lindsay looked at her with a slightly jealous expression. She could never get Helen to open up to her like that. Helen never talked to anyone about her emotions. She just pretended to be strong until no one was around, then she cried. Why would she ever open up to Lucy?
Lucy looked at Lindsay. "I needed boyfriend advice and I figured she had had the most experience in dating, so I asked her to come to dinner with me to help me out with a problem. Then we started talking about my problems and she told me about some of the problems she had had while she was dating a few guys." she explained.
"Oh." said Lindsay, still slightly jealous that Lucy knew things about her best friend that she had never heard before. "Well if she's afraid of asking Mike out, there's no better way to get over it than to spend a few hours outside of work with him."
Bobby rolled his eyes and shook his head. Helen was going to be pissed.
So what'd you think? The Mike and Helen stuff will start in the next chapter. Feedback please!!
