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Chapter 12 – Losing Nerve Only to Find Bad Timing
Desiree couldn't make herself utter the words. She had called John in the hopes of saying something to him. She didn't even care whether it was about the baby or not, she just needed to talk to him. Now that she had him on the phone though, she had no idea what to say.
"Okay…" John said again, wondering what exactly Desiree needed to tell him. "Rae, are you alright?"
Desiree sighed. "John…I'm sorry."
John stopped walking in the hall, thoroughly confused by Desiree. "Sorry? Sorry for what?"
"I'm sorry for leaving like that. You were trying to get me to understand something very important and I took the easy way out." Desiree sighed but finally managed to choke out more. "I left because I wanted to avoid the entire situation."
John could hear the emotion breaking through in Desiree's voice and he could instantly tell that there was something else going on. Desiree didn't just have epiphanies like this out of the blue. Something had definitely happened to her. John just wasn't sure what that was. "Rae, baby, I knew that. I understand that you are scared about changing our relationship. You never answered my question though. Are you alright?"
Desiree smiled. She knew that John would be able to see right through her. He knew her all too well. "I'm fine John…really, I am. I just wanted to call you and tell you that, over these last two weeks, I've thought about what you said. Can we meet sometime and talk about it in person?"
John grinned. "Rae, of course I'd like to see you. Actually, I'm going home for some days off the next couple of days. We could meet up and talk somewhere."
Desiree bit her lip slightly. It was a nervous habit she had for as long as she could remember. She had anticipated having a few more days to think about what she would say to him but now he was telling her that he would be in the area the next day. "Umm…that sounds great. Why don't we meet at our spot?"
John's smile grew even bigger. He knew what spot that Desiree was talking about. It was a spot that meant a lot to both of them when it came to their old relationship. The fact that Desiree wanted to meet there gave John hope that she wanted to start again, with their relationship the way it once had been. "That would be great. I'm flying out tomorrow morning. So why don't we meet around four?"
"That would be fine." Desiree said. "Good bye John."
"Wait…Rae?" John asked quickly, wanting to say something more before she hung up on him.
"Yes…" Desiree asked hesitantly.
"I look forward to seeing you again." John said truthfully.
"Me too." Desiree replied with much more hesitance in her voice than John portrayed in his. "Bye"
"Bye Rae." John quickly replied as they both hung up. John hadn't been expecting that conversation at all. That wasn't saying that he didn't like it though. To the contrary, John's conversation with Desiree put an extra bounce in John's step as he continued towards his locker room. He was looking forward to seeing Desiree again and seeing if she really was on the verge of accepting John back into her heart…for real.
As Desiree hung up the phone, she couldn't believe what she just got herself into. In less than 24 hours, she was going to tell John that he was going to be a father. Desiree had no idea how John would react to the news and she could feel the nervousness beginning to seep through her already.
Sandra was still standing outside of the writer's office wondering what had happened between Randy and Alex. By this time, they had been in there for a good 45 minutes and Sandra was really beginning to wonder what had become of them. Sandra was sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall next to the door just staring at the ceiling. When she heard the door open, she quickly jumped up to see what had come of her conniving and planning.
Upon seeing Randy and Alex walk out of the room hand in hand, with huge smiles present on both of their faces, Sandra immediately grinned. "So, I see that the two of you had a nice talk?"
Alex grinned. "Yes we did have a nice talk…and some nice…well…" Alex stopped as she leaned in to Sandra. "I don't think I need to go into detail."
Sandra just laughed at Alex's antics and then smirked at the smile that Alex and Randy shared after that. "I see…" Sandra said with a laugh. "Well…you're welcome."
Alex laughed. "I should have guessed that you had something to do with this."
Sandra grinned. "You mean Randy didn't tell you?"
Randy just smiled. "I didn't exactly get that far."
Sandra laughed. "Yeah, I sent Randy in there, knowing you were all alone because I knew the two of you just needed to talk."
Alex put her arm around Sandra and whispered in her ear. "Well, while I do thank you for your help, if you ever meddle in our relationship again…I'll be quite upset." Alex tried to keep a straight face and sound convincing.
Sandra cocked her eyebrows. "Oh really?"
Alex just started laughing.
"Hey, what are you two talking about now?" Randy questioned having not heard the two girl's whispered conversation.
"Oh nothing babe." Alex replied with a grin.
"Why don't I believe you?" Randy said with a smile.
Alex wrapped her arms around Randy's neck. "Because babe…you just know me too well. It's nothing too important though so don't worry about it."
"Alright." Randy said as he gave Alex a peck on the lips.
"Oh jeez, is this what I get to look forward to all the time now?" Sandra said with mock annoyance.
Alex just grinned at Randy and Randy looked at Sandra with a grin. "Yup…so get used to it."
Sandra just laughed as she began to walk away. "I'll see you later Alex."
"Bye Sandra. Thank you."
Sandra turned around with a smile. "Oh, you are welcome."
Alex just laughed as she turned back to Randy leaning into his chest. Randy wrapped his arms around Alex and just held her like that.
"This is so nice…to finally be in this moment with you." Alex said with a sigh.
"Yeah, it is." Randy agreed. Then he lifted Alex's chin so she would look at him. "Now though, I have to go do my job."
"Yeah I know." Alex replied sadly. "I don't want to let you go though. But I know I have to."
Randy leaned down and captured her lips. "See you later."
Alex returned the kiss and then let Randy go. She then returned into the writer's room to get some work done.
The next day John was walking the streets of Boston. He was anticipating his conversation with Desiree. In a way though, he was also dreading it. John could tell from their conversation the previous day that Desiree had something more on her mind than she was letting on. John had no idea what that more was but he did know that there was more. That more part was what had him worried.
Still though, John continued on until he got to the spot. John and Desiree's spot was a park bench, under a tree, in the far corner of a park in Boston. As soon as John got there he took a seat and checked his watch. It read 3:45, so John was a little early. He didn't mind waiting though.
Desiree was walking down the street towards the park in Boston. She had walked this way many times and knew that she was almost there. Yet, she slowed, trying to gather her thoughts. She still hadn't decided what she was going to say yet. She knew that John deserved to know the truth but finding the words to say and actually saying the words were a difficult concept for Desiree to swallow.
Finally though, she got to the park. She saw John sitting on the bench waiting for her. She was about to walk over and join him but something held her back. She just stood there and watched John for a few moments. Before she could stop herself and think about what she was doing, she turned around and quickly walked away from the park.
John had been sitting there for a while waiting for Desiree for what seemed like ages. Upon checking his watch, John realized that it was now 5:00 and Desiree was an hour late. John had never known Desiree to be late so he was worried that something had happened to her. Then John realized that maybe she had just stood him up. John didn't understand why Desiree would make the plans only to stand him up but John decided to leave anyways. He had already been waiting for over and hour.
John returned to his home in West Newberry, outside of Boston. John wanted to call up Randy to see what he thought about Desiree not showing up but he decided against it. John had talked to Randy before leaving and was excited to hear that he and Alex were finally together. He didn't want to interfere with Randy's day off too much because he knew that he would be spending the time with Alex. That was the deciding factor he had for not calling Randy. Instead he just decided to take Randy's original advice of going out with friends. So, John called up a few of his Boston buddies and they all decided to meet at a bar to hang out and catch up.
Desiree and John happened to have the same circle of friends, so it wasn't surprising that John's plans to go out easily fell into Desiree's knowledge. She felt terrible about losing her nerve and standing him up. With this thought in mind, Desiree made the decision that she really did have to talk to John. That was what put Desiree in front of the bar that night pushing herself to enter. The problem was that she might have waited a little too long.
John had been at the bar for a few hours at this point and had several beers in him. He didn't really care though. He was having a blast with his friends and didn't really realize how drunk he was getting. Unfortunately for John, when he got drunk he got a little too friendly with people that he shouldn't be that friendly with. It just so happened that the instant John had a gorgeous girl sitting on his lap, with his arms wrapped around her, Desiree entered the bar.
As soon as Desiree saw John with the girl her jaw dropped and her nerve flew out the door. The tears started to swell in her eyes as John made eye contact with her. Seeing Desiree with tears in her eyes sobered John instantly. He stood up pushing the girl away to try and explain. Before he could say a word though, Desiree bolted.
A/N – Well then, there is the end of another chapter. This chapter concentrated on the drama between John and Desiree and…wow, there is definitely some drama going on there. Don't forget about Randy and Alex though. There will be more in store for them too. Whether it will be good or bad I won't say. I'll only say that there will be more. Thanks for all of the reviews and please continue with them.
Kim
