Chapter - II
'Hallie...' Graham protested, as he pulled his mouth away from hers. 'Oh... Oh... I'm sorry. Oh, Graham. Oh...' Graham kissed Hallie again, interrupting her. She didn't care. Hallie pulled away. 'The restaurant!' Hallie left to take care of the clients.
Graham was left alone with his thoughts. He and Hallie had kissed. He had kissed Hallie. They were about finished with the clients. They had eaten. The clients. Hallie was supposed talk to them for a bit before they left. You know, convince them to invest. She was very persuasive. And obnoxious. They'd invest. Then she'd be back. What would he do? Graham just stared into space and wondered, without coming to a conclusion. And he never would, because in walked Hallie.
'Graham...'
Suddenly, he decided what to do: he kissed her. Hallie pushed away.
'Graham, I don't think we should do this. I mean, there's Patty, and...' Hallie trailed off. Graham snorted with laughter.
'Since when has it mattered what other people wanted?' Graham kissed her again. He had to do something, or he'd find himself thinking about Patty, too. This time, Hallie didn't push him away.
Patty looked at the clock. It was quarter to 11. Graham had said he's be home by 10. 10:30, at the absolute latest. Where was he? The house seemed so empty. She had sent Danielle to bed at 9:30... Where was Angela! She hadn't seen anyone except Danielle since last night. No... That's not true. She had woken Angela up that morning. And Graham had been late yesterday, too. He and Hallie had been entertaining clients. Tonight they were making sure everything was ready for the grand-opening in two weeks. They were going to be doing that for a while. Things wouldn't be back too usual for a long while. First it was preparing, and then they're starting out... Patty decided she'd just have to get used to it. Then Patty remembered Angela.
'Angela...?' Patty called. She was met with silence.
Patty walked around the first floor, calling Angela. Not too loudly, so she didn't wake Danielle up. She had looked all over the floor. Maybe Angela was in bed? Patty walked up the stairs, then to Angela's room. She knocked and called to Angela. No response. Patty opened the door. Angela's bed was empty. Patty rushed down the stairs. 'Angela? Angela? ANGELA!'
Once again, Patty didn't get an answer. Where was the restaurant's number? What did I do with it? Crap! Now I have to drive all the way to the restaurant! Wait! The address was with the number! No... Patty slid to the floor. Tears of frustration poured from her eyes. She just sat there and cried. She felt so helpless.
Me and Rayanne had just sat there, on the windowsill, or whatever, until Rayanne noticed the school was practically empty.
'Angela... Do you want to come over to my house? You can stay the night, if, you know, you want to. My mom would be cool with it. She likes you.'
All I could do was nod. I felt so helpless. So I just let Rayanne help me. Rayanne looked at a clock.
'Shit, the bus is coming in ten minutes. We should hurry.'
We didn't hurry, though, and had to wait nearly an hour. I felt kind of bad. Bt, eventually, the bus came. Rayanne paid my fare, as well as hers. I didn't realize until we got of, though. It was nice of her.
We sat in silence for the half-hour bus-ride. I looked out the window. So, we got off and walked over to Rayanne's apartment building. The elevator was broken, so we had to take the stairs. Then it occurred to me to thank Rayanne.
'Rayanne... Thanks.' I just looked at her, waiting for an answer. Then, I wondered if it was the wrong thing for me to say.
'Oh, Angelica. It was nothing. What are friends for, right? We are friends, aren't we?'
'Yeah... We're friends.' Rayanne hugged me.
'I missed you, kiddo.'
We walked the rest of the way in silence.