So heres a bit of s/s like a few of you have been asking for! Thank you so much to all the reviewers you guys are the best!
Summer gazes round the room half heartedly, feeling tired from the day she's spent carefully drawing up her ideas for the spring collection. Needless to say it was slightly hard to envisage wearing anything but gloves and woolly socks right now. She glances sideways at the phone resting beside her newly replenished cup of coffee. She had almost decided to go and work in the room she had renovated for Seth, but she just didn't have the heart to open the door. It was a pity because the light in that room was a lot better than the pathetic glow currently emanating from the bulb overhead. Pushing her chair back she resigns to the fact her concentration is completely shot to pieces and slides her black framed glasses off, folding them carefully into their case.
Again she looks at the phone, the silence leading her thoughts astray. With hesitant hands she picks the phone up cradling it like it could break any second. Slowly she keys in the numbers and after a short ring a familiar frazzled sounding voice answers.
"Hello"
"Ummm….hi Mary its Summer", she glances down at the designs in front of her.
"Suuuumer daaaarling, good to here from you!", the eccentric sounding voice belts out making Summer smile.
"Well I'm just sitting at home here and got to thinking how bored I am and I'd….I'd really like to come back to work…"
"But Summer darling you've still got about another weeks holiday"
"I know…I know…it just turns out I'm not as busy as I thought I was going to be and I can be of more use as work than I can at home"
"Well I'm not gonna say no believe me. We are still missing some designs for the Spring Collection and don't even get me started on the effing models we hired to do our 'a winter in Paris' shoot...disaster, utter disaster"
"Well I've got some ideas…I haven't had a lot to do so I started fiddling round with designs"
"Excellent, excellent Summer you're an utter lifesaver I don't know what I'd do without you. Your collection was already done and accepted before you left on leave…but I'm not gonna question your motivation for doing more work when your supposed to be relaxing…because frankly I couldn't care!"
Summer laughs lightly finding Marys bluntness refreshing after hearing so much bullshit lately.
"Alright well since you're so eager…how do you fancy coming back tomorrow?"
"It sounds great", she grins broadly relieved
"Okay then I'll need you at that 'a winter in Paris' reshoot by 11am. Organise them and don't take any crap from those models. Make sure they pose till their legs snap off"
"Done"
"Ohh, then bring in your brief for these other marvels you've got lined up"
"Will do, so I guess I'll see you tomorrow"
"Gabrielle, what did I just tell you…NO! no, no! I said over there…don't look at me like that…and would it hurt for you to pout a little, smiling really does not become you", the conversation is cut off by Mary hanging up and Summer smiles again. Marys attitude was well known in the business. She was the best, but that didn't mean any of the models appreciated her for it.
She stacks her drawings carefully into a pile placing them in a folder for tomorrow. The front door opens loudlyletting in a blast of cold air. She pulls up her sleeve glancing at her watch, realising how late in the day it is.
Seth enters humming some Christmas tune or another.
"Summer my love, how are you this glorious afternoon"
"Your in a good mood", she observes warily
"Well I cant help it, watching you love blossom just seems to have that effect on me"
"Would you leave Ryan and Marissa alone Cohen, they don't need your nosey nose nosing round in their business", she gets up going to the kitchen where she dumps the remainder of her coffee in the sink. Seth follows her, standing behind her and places his hands on her shoulders.
"Ohh well I just like to reminise…repeatedly with Ryan over the fact it was ME that got them together",
Summer rubs her head wearily "Seth I think every one really has heard that story enough…in fact its so ingrained in my memory I'm pretty sure I'll be able to repeat it word for word when I'm 90 and have alsheimis"
"Well memorable moments do deserve to be preserved…and what better way, than in their friend and families minds"
"Cohen if I hear one more world about Ryan and Marissa tonight I will strangle you", she turns round looking him in the eye.
"Jeez alright cool your jets woman…can I mention them separately but not together?"
Summer sighs loudly throwing her hands in the air in defeat and walks into the living room collapsing onto the sofa"
"So what have you been doing all day", he inquires slumping into the sofa beside her.
"Just did some umm…stuff round the house…and rung work to tell them I was coming back"
Seth looks confused momentarily "What…I thought you had a bit longer"
"The reason I took leave was for you… and now", she indicates at him not wishing to go into that sore point
"Ohh" he looks down
"Mmmm so….", she shrugs her shoulder awkwardly hating the atmosphere between them.
Seth jumps up suddenly " Ahaha, guess what I got you today"
"Oooo what?", she questions happily at the change in subject.
Seth disappears and Summer hears him fiddling round with something by the front door, shortly after he enters again grinning, his hands behind his back.
"This is your Christmas present", he holds out a box shaped present that's wrapped in silver paper.
Summer groans "Cohen…its not Christmas yet, now I'm gonna be wondering what it is"
"Ahh no, this is a special moment Summer. Come on gather round the tree", he moves over to Summer pulling her up from the sofa. She lets him lead her and stands next to him in front of the huge tree that they had both put up the other day.
"Alright a moment of silence is required", Seth says seriously looking at Summer
"Seth, it already was silent you just broke…", shes cut off by Seth covering her mouth with his hand.
"Sssshhh", he whispers removing his hand from her mouth . He places an arm round her waist pulling her closer to him before bending down and placing the present under the tree.
Summer glances at Seth confused but remains silent.
"Our first present under our own tree", he whispers close to her ear.
She grins "You're so cheesy Cohen", whispering for his benefit
"I know and you wouldn't have it any other way", he kisses her cheek softly making her giggle as he continues leaving a trail of kisses along her jaw.
So there we have it for now….please review I always love to hear your thoughts good and bad.