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Chapter 8
The phone kept ringing and ringing, its melody resonating in the stairwell. It wouldn't be long before one of Liz's neighbor would open the door to see what the hell was going on..
Maria kept looking back and forth between the cell and her best friend. Was she going to take this call or just keep looking pensively at it?
"So.. Liz, aren't you going to answer it?"
"Yeah yeah yeah. Could you look in my bag for my keys please?" She handed Maria her handbag and finally answered the call.
She didn't even have time to say hello.
"Max Evans, you insensitive man, you had me worried sick here! You always call me as soon as you land. I was starting to think something had happened to your plane!!! I even called the airport to know if your flight had arrived!!" shouted an angry voice.
"Hmm.. I'm sorry but I think that .." Liz tried to speak, surprised by the outburst but definitely trying to hold back her laughter.
"Oh my god!" spoke again the now calm and very feminine voice "I'm so sorry. Please accept my apologies. I think I've just done a wrong number.." and without waiting for Liz's reply, she hung up.
"So?" Maria asked, arching an eyebrow.. The curiosity was getting the better of her. "Who was it? His girlfriend? His mother?"
Liz shrugged.
"I assume that it was a Pam from what I read on the screen but I didn't have time to ask.. I bet she's going to call again in a few minutes, she believed she had done a wrong number" she chuckled.
As soon as she finished her sentence, samba could be heard once again.. She let out a resigned sigh while Maria was still looking for the keys in Liz's handbag absent-mindedly, preferring to listen to the conversation, even if she could only hear one side of it.
"Congratulations, you have reached Max Evans's cell !" Liz said in a slightly annoyed sing song voice.
There was a pause. Liz was sure that this Pam was going to hang up again.
"Can I talk to Max please?"
"I'm sorry but he's in New York while his phone is currently staying in LA. But.."
"HERE THEY ARE!!!" Maria shouted, holding Liz's keys..
"What was that?" Pam wondered
"Oh, don't worry, just a cheerful overreacting strange girl.."she paused smiling at the death glare this comment owed her from Maria.. As she started to talk again, explaining to the person she was speaking to that she couldn't help her reach Max, she saw her 'favorite' neighbor half- opening his door as far as the chain would permit it, looking disapprovingly at the source of all the noise.
"Hey Peter!" Maria said blowing him a kiss while Liz winked at the old man.
As soon as he saw them, he started muttering and suddenly slammed the door shut.
"How charming." Liz mumbled.
"Sorry to interrupt your life but I'm still here!" spoke again the feminine voice.
"Oh sorry. I think I've even forgotten my manners. I'm Liz Parker, temporary keeper of this cell and you are?"
She could see Maria who was trying very hard not to laugh, starting to struggle with the lock while she was trying to hear Pam's answer.
"Pam Troy, Mr.Evans's secretary" Liz could hear the smile in the woman's voice.
His secretary?? Just his secretary as in only-typing-what-he-says-behind- her-desk or.. as a I-would-do-anything-the-boss-wants-on-his-lap.
Liz tried to forget all about the stereotypes of the boss-secretary relationship to concentrate on her conversation with this Pam Troy..
Wait..
Mrs. Or Miss Pam Troy? But why did she care? It wasn't her life after all and..
"Could you come to the office and drop the cell if you have a moment please? Otherwise a lot of people are going to think the worst if they have his answering machine all the time.."
It was the perfect opportunity for Liz.. Max would have his phone back and she would be able to turn the page.. Well, like there was anything to turn.. She rolled her eyes and agreed with Pam, telling her she would come as soon as she could..
When she finally hung up and entered her apartment, she met the death glare of her best friend.
"What?"
"Did I just hear what I think I've heard??" said a not-so-happy Maria, her hands on her hips, scrutinizing Liz.
"What?" Liz repeated
"Did I just hear that you're merely going to his office, give the phone back and that's it?"
"Hmm. Let me think.." she disappeared with her suitcase into her bedroom and shouted a "YES!!" from there.
Maria who was pulling open the curtains, suddenly stopped and made her way toward Liz's room.
"What? Don't tell me you don't want to see him at least one more time."
"Come on, what's the point? I mean, I'm sure that he would rather have me sending it by mail anyway.."
Maria put once again her hands on her hips and looked at the brunette who was unpacking her luggage.. A position that girl obviously loved, Liz thought.
"Lizzie. I know you.." she shook her head "I know that you're trying really really hard to deny that you are dying to see him again."
Liz looked up and started to open her mouth but Maria made a sign with her hand to stop her.
"No no no.. Don't give me the "he's a taken man" speech. I'm not asking you to jump his bones or anything you know.. Just to wait a little before going to give back the phone.. One or 2 days.." seeing the inquisitive look on her best friend's face she tried to explain but Liz was quicker..
"Maria, what am I honestly supposed to expect from that?"
"Liz, I don't pretend to read the future in coffee cups but I just know that if you don't see nor talk to him at least one more time, you will regret it."
"You know, when I'm listening to you, I'm under the impression that my life is a big soap opera.." she laughed. "Oh Brenda, I know that Bryan is going to knock at your door and declares his undying love for you.. even if he does not have the slightest idea of where you live.." Liz mimicked in a very high-pitched voice..
"Well at least, you can't say it's too boring." Maria chuckled and then saw Liz yawning.
"Well, after all the fun, I should let you take a nap.. With the jet lag and everything you must be exhausted. And Mickey G is waiting for me.."
"Yeah, I'm sure he is.. and I won't even tell him that you keep calling him that.." She yawned again. "Sorry, I slept a little during the flight but nothing beats your own bed." She answered, seeing Maria to the door.
"Call me tomorrow, okay? Then we can discuss again the oh-so-gorgeous- stranger- situation." she winked, step out the apartment and went to call the elevator.
"You haven't even seen him !!" Liz rolled her eyes..
"Oh just a feeling." she turned around and went back to Liz to say in a low voice. "You know, I was thinking. He must know his own phone number, doesn't he?" Maria winked again and disappeared into the elevator.
TBC.
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Chapter 8
The phone kept ringing and ringing, its melody resonating in the stairwell. It wouldn't be long before one of Liz's neighbor would open the door to see what the hell was going on..
Maria kept looking back and forth between the cell and her best friend. Was she going to take this call or just keep looking pensively at it?
"So.. Liz, aren't you going to answer it?"
"Yeah yeah yeah. Could you look in my bag for my keys please?" She handed Maria her handbag and finally answered the call.
She didn't even have time to say hello.
"Max Evans, you insensitive man, you had me worried sick here! You always call me as soon as you land. I was starting to think something had happened to your plane!!! I even called the airport to know if your flight had arrived!!" shouted an angry voice.
"Hmm.. I'm sorry but I think that .." Liz tried to speak, surprised by the outburst but definitely trying to hold back her laughter.
"Oh my god!" spoke again the now calm and very feminine voice "I'm so sorry. Please accept my apologies. I think I've just done a wrong number.." and without waiting for Liz's reply, she hung up.
"So?" Maria asked, arching an eyebrow.. The curiosity was getting the better of her. "Who was it? His girlfriend? His mother?"
Liz shrugged.
"I assume that it was a Pam from what I read on the screen but I didn't have time to ask.. I bet she's going to call again in a few minutes, she believed she had done a wrong number" she chuckled.
As soon as she finished her sentence, samba could be heard once again.. She let out a resigned sigh while Maria was still looking for the keys in Liz's handbag absent-mindedly, preferring to listen to the conversation, even if she could only hear one side of it.
"Congratulations, you have reached Max Evans's cell !" Liz said in a slightly annoyed sing song voice.
There was a pause. Liz was sure that this Pam was going to hang up again.
"Can I talk to Max please?"
"I'm sorry but he's in New York while his phone is currently staying in LA. But.."
"HERE THEY ARE!!!" Maria shouted, holding Liz's keys..
"What was that?" Pam wondered
"Oh, don't worry, just a cheerful overreacting strange girl.."she paused smiling at the death glare this comment owed her from Maria.. As she started to talk again, explaining to the person she was speaking to that she couldn't help her reach Max, she saw her 'favorite' neighbor half- opening his door as far as the chain would permit it, looking disapprovingly at the source of all the noise.
"Hey Peter!" Maria said blowing him a kiss while Liz winked at the old man.
As soon as he saw them, he started muttering and suddenly slammed the door shut.
"How charming." Liz mumbled.
"Sorry to interrupt your life but I'm still here!" spoke again the feminine voice.
"Oh sorry. I think I've even forgotten my manners. I'm Liz Parker, temporary keeper of this cell and you are?"
She could see Maria who was trying very hard not to laugh, starting to struggle with the lock while she was trying to hear Pam's answer.
"Pam Troy, Mr.Evans's secretary" Liz could hear the smile in the woman's voice.
His secretary?? Just his secretary as in only-typing-what-he-says-behind- her-desk or.. as a I-would-do-anything-the-boss-wants-on-his-lap.
Liz tried to forget all about the stereotypes of the boss-secretary relationship to concentrate on her conversation with this Pam Troy..
Wait..
Mrs. Or Miss Pam Troy? But why did she care? It wasn't her life after all and..
"Could you come to the office and drop the cell if you have a moment please? Otherwise a lot of people are going to think the worst if they have his answering machine all the time.."
It was the perfect opportunity for Liz.. Max would have his phone back and she would be able to turn the page.. Well, like there was anything to turn.. She rolled her eyes and agreed with Pam, telling her she would come as soon as she could..
When she finally hung up and entered her apartment, she met the death glare of her best friend.
"What?"
"Did I just hear what I think I've heard??" said a not-so-happy Maria, her hands on her hips, scrutinizing Liz.
"What?" Liz repeated
"Did I just hear that you're merely going to his office, give the phone back and that's it?"
"Hmm. Let me think.." she disappeared with her suitcase into her bedroom and shouted a "YES!!" from there.
Maria who was pulling open the curtains, suddenly stopped and made her way toward Liz's room.
"What? Don't tell me you don't want to see him at least one more time."
"Come on, what's the point? I mean, I'm sure that he would rather have me sending it by mail anyway.."
Maria put once again her hands on her hips and looked at the brunette who was unpacking her luggage.. A position that girl obviously loved, Liz thought.
"Lizzie. I know you.." she shook her head "I know that you're trying really really hard to deny that you are dying to see him again."
Liz looked up and started to open her mouth but Maria made a sign with her hand to stop her.
"No no no.. Don't give me the "he's a taken man" speech. I'm not asking you to jump his bones or anything you know.. Just to wait a little before going to give back the phone.. One or 2 days.." seeing the inquisitive look on her best friend's face she tried to explain but Liz was quicker..
"Maria, what am I honestly supposed to expect from that?"
"Liz, I don't pretend to read the future in coffee cups but I just know that if you don't see nor talk to him at least one more time, you will regret it."
"You know, when I'm listening to you, I'm under the impression that my life is a big soap opera.." she laughed. "Oh Brenda, I know that Bryan is going to knock at your door and declares his undying love for you.. even if he does not have the slightest idea of where you live.." Liz mimicked in a very high-pitched voice..
"Well at least, you can't say it's too boring." Maria chuckled and then saw Liz yawning.
"Well, after all the fun, I should let you take a nap.. With the jet lag and everything you must be exhausted. And Mickey G is waiting for me.."
"Yeah, I'm sure he is.. and I won't even tell him that you keep calling him that.." She yawned again. "Sorry, I slept a little during the flight but nothing beats your own bed." She answered, seeing Maria to the door.
"Call me tomorrow, okay? Then we can discuss again the oh-so-gorgeous- stranger- situation." she winked, step out the apartment and went to call the elevator.
"You haven't even seen him !!" Liz rolled her eyes..
"Oh just a feeling." she turned around and went back to Liz to say in a low voice. "You know, I was thinking. He must know his own phone number, doesn't he?" Maria winked again and disappeared into the elevator.
TBC.
