A Day At The Office
Ryan woke up at 4am. Its was stil dark but there was a small light on. At first Ryan didn't know where he was and almost fell out of the bed because he thought he was back in the poolhouse with his king sized bed. Then he realised he was with Marissa... in her small hospital bed. He gently picked Marissas head up off his chest and moved out from under her while softly placing her head upon the soft pillows. He slowly inched out of the bed making sure he didn't wake her. Once off the bed, Ryan gave a huge yawn and stretched. Being cooped up on that tiny bed had made all of his body sore...but he wouldn't change it for a thing...not as long as I was with her Ryan thought and then smiled at the beautiful girl in front of him. He bent down and kissed her sweetly on her forehead and quietly left the room. He wanted to be at work around 5am so he could get everything he needed to do for the next week out the way so he could spend his days helping Marissa in her recovery...and catch up on some sleep wouldnt be too bad either He thought.
Ryan had been working hard all morning and had only drifted of a few times. His thoughts taking him to the only place he found solace...Marissa. Ryan was in one of his Marissa thoughts when there was a knock at the door. A man's head peeped into the room. His dark hair and handsome brown eyes looking around the room til they spotted Ryan. "Morning Ryan. Gosh, You're here early" The man replied raising his eyebrows. "Ahh Hi Gary. Yeah I want to take the rest of the week of so I thought I'd come in early and try and get as much done for this week as I can. Anyway what's up?" "Ahh the builders called about the hospital. They need you to give them a call ...something about walls not fitting in the right places or something like that" Gary chuckled. Ryan took an large sigh, trying to not let the anger fill up inside him. He knew he couldn't do business that way. "Ahh. Okay I'll call them before I go to lunch. Thanx Gaz" "No prob. Oh and I also have these contracts and documents for you to sign" Gary whinced. "Okay leave them on the desk and I'll get to them as soon as I can. When do you need em by?" "Ahh if possible before 4pm today before I go home. Then I can drop them all of where they need to go on my way home" "Okay we'll come see me if I haven't brought them to you by then" "Sure. I'll be here at 4pm" Gary replied laughing at the stress Ryan seemed to be in.
It was lunch time and Ryan hadn't taken a break yet. There was just so much to do. He had only just gotten of the fone to the builders and pretty much did their job for them. He had written up lots of documents for the hospital, the new housings and a couple of mansions he was working on and had began some of the designs. And add to all of that and to his stress Ryan also had no secretary and had to take all the calls all day. I must remember to talk to Kathy about the secretary job tonight. Ryan thought as he searched for another blue print he had just about finished.
Time flew by with Ryan scurrying around his company and spending hours sketching up designs for all the various projects he had going. He was just putting the final touches to one of the housing complexes when there came another knock on the door. "Ryan...Is it safe to enter!?" Gary joked as he walked in seeing all the blue prints and documents scattered around Ryans larger desk. "Yeah. Just" Ryan whinced at all the work in front of him and noticing what he still had left to do. "What can I do for ya?" Ryan interrupted their thoughts. "Oh I came for those documents I handed to you earlier" Gary replied, remembering why he was there and peeling his eyes away from all the paperwork. "Ahh. Shit. I completely forgot. Sorry Gaz...Ahh I'll do em now. Just do a quick run over what they say and I'll add my signature" Ryan tried. So they sat for a moment and went over the documents. Gary giving a very breif summary of them and Ryan signing his life away. "Should put a personal check in there too hey!?" Gary joked. "Thanks for reminding me...If it's more money you want I have something for you to do for me. Interested?" "As long as it's not a blind date, sexual favour or anything like that then sure" "No, no. Nothing like that. Since I'll be away for the week I was wondering if you'd like to take charge of the company while I'm not here. I'll also increase your salary for the week and pay for any overtime you may do. Would you be okay with that?" Ryan asked. He really needed to be with Marissa right now so he hoped he would go for it. "Sure. I think I can manage for a week" "Well if there are any problems just call my cell. I'll leave it on just incase anything happens and you need to call or need help. Also I maybe hiring a new secretary very soon. Her name's Kathy and if she takes the job, I want you to make her feel very comfortable and show her round and everything. She's a lovely lady, a friend of mine and we also ned her desperately. So behave" "I will don't you worry. Kathy? Okay we'll I'll take good care of everything. You don't need to worry bout a thing. Just take good care of that amazing women you talk about so much!" Gary smiled. He was good friends with Ryan and when Ryan talked bout Marissa he could see how much he loved her. "Will do and thanks heaps Gaz. Means a lot. Who knows...might make you my partner if I come back and find you've done an emaculate job" Ryan grinned. Just a bit of insentive for Gaz to feed on. Ryan thought. "Well here are all those documents. Hope all goes well. See you next week. Good luck" "Thanks. See ya when you get back!" Gary walked out of the office and continued to the elevators. And went home.
Ryan however stayed and finished up all he thought he had to do. By now it was already 8.30pm and he hadn't eaten anything since his mocha frappe this morning...and the 5 cups of coffee after that. Then he thought of Marissa and if she was asleep at the hospital. Then it hit him. She's probably freaking out since I haven't called her. Maybe I should and just let her know what is happening.
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Ring ring, ring ring. As soon as she heard her phone go off she jumped it and flipped it open within seconds. "Ryan?" Marissa questioned in a rushed tone "Hey Riss. I'm hope I didn't wake you!?" "No I was wondering where you were. I thought something had happened to you!?" She said sadly. "I told you nothing is going to take me away from you. I'm sorry if I scared you Riss. It's just works been flat out but I'm just finishing up now and then I can have the week off and we can spend it together hey!?" "Yeah. That will be good. And I'm sorry I freaked. I guess it's still stuff from being in the accident..." Marissa said flatly. "Okay...Did you want me to come to the hospital before I go home?" "You don't have to if it's going to be out of the way..." "No I want to...well if you aren't going to go to sleep. But I won't be able to stay long!?" Ryan whinced knowing that saying that would just make Marissa more upset and lonely. "O..Okay. So I'll see you soon?" "Give me half an hour and I'm there, okay?" "Sure. See you when you get here" Marissa snapped the phone shut. Her mind instantly wundering. Why are you freaking out so much? He's just working. Just relax. Nothings going to happen. God he probably thinks you're the one who's over protective now. Arghhhhhhhh... Just relax...relax.
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Marissa was looking at the clock that read 9.15pm. She was wondering when Ryan would get there he said half an hour but it had already been 45 minutes. Her mind wundered ack and forth. Wondering if something had happened and then trying to reassure herself everything was fine. Saying he's probably stuck in traffic or something may have held him up at work and he was on his way now.
Another 10 minutes had passed and Marissa was looking down, fumbling with her hands. She was really starting to worry...and it was getting harder not to think the worse. But just then someone walked in. Marissa looked up and immediately felt at ease. All the worry and sadness dissolving. "Ryan!" Marissa exlaimed when she had found out who had entered. She was about to ask where he had been but was soon cut off by Ryan's rush to explain what had happened. "Hey baby. I'm so sorry. I know I said I'd be here half an hour ago...I was just finishing up the designs for the children's ward for the hospital and before I knew it it was 9oclock. So I left straight away but there was a detour on the main road. There'd been an accident and the police and fire brigade where trying to get a couple out of a car and the ambulance came screaming down the road...so it took a little longer to get here" Ryan hurriedly told her "Hope I didn't worry you..." Ryan queried guiltily as he gently lied down next to Marissa.. "No. I just wondered what had kept you" Marissa lied. She didn't want to seem like the scared, worrying girlfriend she always seemed to be.
"Sorry" Ryan added, placing a kiss on her forehead. "I missed you today" "Me too" Marissa replied. "So what did you get up to? Anyone come and visit?" "Ahh yeah...Summer" Marissa smiled, thinking back to the good day she had had with Summer catching up and just chatting like they always had. "That's good. Bet she went on and on about their wedding!?" Ryan laughed. Summer always had a way of making every conversation about her and Seth's wedding. Everyone doubted she would ever stop talking about it...at least until after the honeymoon anyway. "Yeah. She brought in all these bridal magazines and hair design books. I now know what I'll be wearing to the wedding, how my hair will be and all my duties" She laughed. "Well I spose that's good then. Couldn't have you wearing jeans and a casual top to the BIGGEST wedding Newport has ever seen!" "I could" Marissa joked "So THE BIGGEST wedding hey!?" "Yep! Ask anyone. Summer's going all out" "Well I don't think it's going to be the biggest" "Ohh really! And why's that?" Ryan asked cheekily. He already knew the answer ...and he liked the idea. "Coz ours is going to be!" She exclaimed innocently. They both laughed. Then their eyes connected for a long moment. Each staring into each others soul. Their lips connected and all their emotions were exchanged. All the pain, the hurt, the anger, all the past, the future to come but most of all...all the love and passion they had for one another.
They lay there in silence just cuddling for a few minutes. Soaking in all the love they shared. Each with their own thoughts but both with their hearts beating as one. After a little while longer the silence was starting to put them both to sleep but Ryan knew he should let her sleep on her own tonight so she had a good sleep so they could spend the day awake talking or doing whatever possible in the hospital...But he didn't want to leave just yet...
"So what else did you get up to today?" "Nothing. Summ was here all day so we just chatted all day and we caught up and flipped through all the trashy magazines and caught up on the recent goss. I had a really good day...better now you've visited" Marissa smiled. Ryan returned her smile with one of his usual half smiles. "Well I'm glad you had a good day. You probably needed it. Being cooped up in here all day and all night" "Yeah. I miss going out with yous and having a girls day out with Summ. I can't wait til I get out of here...I mean the staff are nice and all but I'd prefger to be home with all of you guys and be able to do ...normal stuff you know" Marissa said glumly. "Yeah. I know what you mean.Summer's been driving us crazy with all the wedding talk and saying how much she wants you outta here. And we all miss going out with you...Just being 'The Fantastic Four' as Seth would say. And I miss being able to see you everyday, when I want" Ryan smiled cheekily and draw Marissa into a kiss. "Mmm...I definitly miss that too" Marissa replied.
Ryan stayed for another hour, holding Marissa in his big strong arms. They talked and kissed and stared into each others eyes... and kissed some more. After a while of just laying embraced in each others arms, Ryan looked up to see the time. The clock read 10:52 pm. Ryan sighed. "As comfortable as I am and as much as I wanna stay here with you, I think I better go home and leave you to get a good sleep for this week" He said breaking the peaceful silence enveloping them. "This week?" "Yeah that's why I was at work really early today and finished really late. I got all this weeks work out the way last night and all today so I can spend this week just with you. And maybe I could share you with Seth and Summer for a little while too" Marissa laughed as Ryan winked at her. "So all week huh!?" "Yep" "All to myself?" "Well mainly ...yeah" They both laughed. This was going to be a good week ...for both of them. They both needed it. "Well I should go. Kirsten left dinner out for me and I need some sleep before I come back tomorrow" Instantly Marissa's face fell. "Hey" Ryan lifted her chin with his finger "Please don't be like this. It makes it hard to leave.." "Do you have to?" "I'll be back early tomorrow morning...I'll probably be back before you even awake from your beauty sleep" Ryan tried to lighten his words. "It's only for ...like 8 hours and then I promise I'll be here when you wake up. Okay?" "Okay" Marissa tried to sound a little happier. It was hard though. After the crash she realised how much he meant to her and when he wasn't with her she missed him like crazy and was always afraid she was going to loose him or never see him again. Ryan bent down and kissed her. "I promise..." He whispered. At his touch and his gentle words she knew he would always come back and everything would be okay...
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A/N: Hope your all loving the story. Reveiws would be great but no big deal...know lots o ya cant b bothered...dat kool...anyway continue to read and enjoy oP