Sitting in her office Samantha stared at the phone. Several times she had stretched across to pick it up but stopped herself. Why couldn't she pick it up and dial his number? She had wanted to do it for days. He would probably want her to call, but then again why didn't he call her?
Finally plucking up the courage she picked the phone up and dialled the all-important number. Knowing New York was three hours behind she called him at home, hoping to catch him before he left for work. She was in luck. "Fitzgerald." He had his sexy morning voice on.
"Martin, it's Samantha." She said.
"Hey you. I was just thinking about you." Martin answered honestly. He wasn't kidding, his dream the previous evening had been pretty racy, and it involved Samantha, him and a beach towel.
"Oh really, I've been thinking about you for a while. I just wasn't sure whether you'd want me to call." She told him hesitantly.
"Samantha you can call whenever you want. You know that. I just wish that when I left LA we were on better terms."
"We were on better terms, certainly better than we had when I left New York." She told him truthfully.
"That's true. So how are you?"
"All right. Work's busy just now but I'm coping." She told him. "What about you?"
"Yeah we're busy too. Had a really big case that we managed to get a good ending for yesterday."
"Really, oh that's great Martin." He could hear the longing in her voice. "We are about to get reviewed so we are all here slaving away night and day trying to get everything up to date."
" Review's are never fun. DO you know who's doing it?" He asked her.
"No, but we know someone is coming from Washington." She told him. "I am just praying it isn't your father." She joked.
"I hope you don't get that bad luck either. But it's unlike my dad to go out of his way to do reviews. You might just be lucky enough not to get him." Martin told her. He knew his father wouldn't go out to LA, or would he? "Van Doren was talking the other day about you. She says she misses you."
"That's nice of her to talk about me. What about everyone else?" Samantha added. "How are Danny and Viv and Jack?"
"Everyone is well. Jack has started dating someone. He's a little coy when you ask him about it but I think everything is going well for him. Viv is doing great. She keeps getting rave reviews when she goes back to the hospital so that's good and well Danny is just Danny."
"Yeah nothing new there then." Samantha joked. She loved hearing about her former colleagues, but it hurt too. She missed them all so much. But did she miss them that much that she would give up her job and life here in the sun. Just as she was about to ask another question Carla knocked on the glass of her door. "Martin I'd love to chat more but looks like something came up."
"That is a shame. I have loved talking to you. You know that whenever you want you can call. I miss chatting to you."
"Yeah, I'll take you up on that offer. Have a good day Martin." She said before hanging up the phone in fear of what he would say next. "I miss you too." She said to the hung up phone. Now why could she say it to him?
The day wore on and as they worked Samantha got more and more tired as always. But for some reason today it seemed worse, maybe it was to do with the fact she had spoke to Martin. Speaking to him made her really miss him. Maybe it was time for a trip back to New York. She'd wait until after the review and then take a few days to go and visit her friends. Maybe it would give her final closure on Martin, and then again maybe it would open a while new can of worms.