He was early this morning. He wanted to be here before her. The rain still hasn't stopped. He walked towards his office but changed his mind again and entered Gillian's office. If he would wait here, she couldn't avoid him. He didn't know yet what to do or say. The only thing he knew was that he needed to fix this somehow. He couldn't just pretend that nothing happened. He needed to fix this.

It was already 11 when she finally showed up. Usually she came before seven. She didn't see him at first and went straight to her desk but when she finally saw him she didn't looked surprised or shocked, just sad…defeated.

"You're late."

"You're early."

They were silent again. Why couldn't he just say it? Why couldn't he just kiss her? Tell her how much he loved her?

"I didn't mean what I said yesterday."

"I know. It still hurt."

"I know. I didn't want to hurt you."

"That's a lie."

He nodded. She got better every day at reading him.

"Anything else you wanted to say?"

He said nothing.

"I thought so."

She left her office. Leaving him alone again.

"Stay."

It was just a whisper. She didn't hear it. She didn't come back.