Chapter 7: Saved by the phone

Okay I'm sorry for not updating for such a long time but I was waiting for one more review! This time I'm going to try to make it longer I know how annoying it is to read short chapters!

I tried calling all of the phones on our emergency list. I know I sound paranoid but Paul is NOT the guy who would just leave you sitting at home waiting. That's why I was worried! Even though a voice in my head kept telling me "Suze it's probably nothing he probably just got held up at work because of the Mackenzie case or something," at least that's what my good voice was saying. My bad voice however was a bit more glum, "He's probably screwing the new secretary," it said.

I know that I shouldn't be intimidated by an 18 year old blonde intern, but hey I was worried okay! Plus I don't need to justify myself! Yeah I saw the way his colleagues looked at me when I came by last week to check in with him about lunch…Pity I tell I saw pity in their eyes, but maybe I'm just being paranoid! Yeah that's got to be it! Don't worry he's fine and NOT screwing the blonde bitch!

Okay I have got to stay calm! Ohm…what should I do to loosen my nerves? Okay I'm gonna watch a movie! No never mind a long relaxing bath sounds good!

When I had let the warm water soothe my nerves as best as possible I started thinking clearly again…and that's when the phone rang. My first though was…PANIC! What if it's the police to tell me that they're terribly sorry but they found his mutilated body in a dumpster! I picked up the phone very carefully. "Ohm hello?" was my utterly intelligent way of answering the phone.

"Suze?" said, oh thank god, Paul's voice. That's when I got pissed.

"PAUL! Where the hell have you been for," I looked at the time,"3 hours!"

"Honey, I'm sorry but Arthur was having problems with the copying machine and…" he trailed of.

"Oh and there was absolutely NO way to get a hold of me? Do you have any idea how worried I was? I thought you were dead or worse screwing the secretary," I screamed on.

"Screwing the secretary? Susie you have a very vivid imagination!" he laughed.

"Do you think this is funny!" I yelled. Don't Susie me I added mentally.

"More cute then funny actually," he said

"So I'm cute huh?" I said flirtatiously. How does he do that go from having me pissed to being ion love with him in 6 minutes flat?

"Very…Do you forgive me?" he whispered into the phone.

"Yes, but only if you get your ass here right now!" I tried to be stern but it didn't work as well as I had anticipated.

"Yes Mrs. Slater…and Suze?" he said tentatively.

"What?" I said still trying to sound mad even though he had already won me over.

"I love you and wouldn't dare risk it by screwing the secretary." He said.

"I love you, too," and then I hung up. "See," said the good voice in my head, "he loves you so much you shouldn't have worried."

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