HI! I'm SO sorry for the horrid more than month-long wait for this chapter! I'm a terrible person for not updating sooner. But I know you'll be wanting to read so get to it! :)
"Hey," Caitlyn said, looking concerned, "Mitchie, are you okay?"
Mitchie shrugged. "I just…um… had a kind of mental breakdown last night, that's all."
"I'm sorry, Mitch. You could've called or something…"
Mitchie smiled hesitantly. "It's okay. I'm feeling better." She lied.
If only Caitlyn could understand what was going on. Mitchie would have told her everything and then Caitlyn could help her.
"Hey, everybody!"
The two young women turned their heads to the source of the voice.
"Nate's coming home!" Jason was standing on his desk, yelling this at the top of his lungs.
Caitlyn laughed. "Jason! Get down from there! Tess will kick your ass if she sees you!"
Tess Tyler was the Editor-in-chief of Hot Magazine; a glamour queen who knew what she was doing- and a real bitch who you didn't want to mess with.
Jason just smiled. "But Nate's coming home!"
Caitlyn shook her head. "I think you've made that clear, Jase."
Jason jumped down from the desk, surprisingly lightly, and placed his hand on Caitlyn's shoulder.
"I'm gonna go get some donuts to celebrate." He then looked at Mitchie. "Oh, Nate's gonna be so glad to see you again!" He looked back at Caitlyn and then ran off.
The blush fading in her cheeks, Caitlyn turned to Mitchie and grinned. "Nate sure will be happy."
Mitchie's face was blank. "What!?"
Caitlyn smirked. "You know Nate."
Mitchie's mouth opened and closed, but nothing really came out.
The few people in the small office were still chattering about Nate and donuts. Caitlyn turned around and said, in a loud voice, "Back to work, people! We all know Tess." Then she made a face and walked out of the office, Mitchie following behind.
"Nate!?" Mitchie whispered loudly.
Caitlyn rolled her eyes, still walking. "Yes, Nate. You two are perfect for each other; get over it."
Mitchie had a look of horror in her eyes and Caitlyn laughed.
"Why does this surprise you? We've been trying to set you guys up for ages… Hello? Is Mitchie home?" Caitlyn waved her hand in front of Mitchie's still-shocked face.
Mitchie blinked. " Seriously? I mean, Cait, he's just… he's not…" Mitchie had to try hard to keep from bringing Shane up. She knew it would only bring more trouble.
"He's totally sweet," Caitlyn said. "And he hasn't seen you for like a year. And look at you, Mitch." Caitlyn stopped and turned around to motion up and down Mitchie's body. "You're gorgeous."
Mitchie smiled. "Cait, when did you become such a suck up?!"
Caitlyn laughed. "When did you get so clueless?"
Mitchie's smile faded a bit, but she bit her tongue. She didn't want to tell Caitlyn. Not yet.
Caitlyn noticed Mitchie's sudden change in mood. "Mitch… you want to go to dinner tonight? Maybe do some shopping? We could bring Ella and Peggy along. It'd be like a girls' night out."
Mitchie sighed with relief. "That'd be wonderful"
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"So then he screams at me, 'No, Peggy, you don't understand! Photosynthesis is the study of cameras!'" Peggy was telling an epic story about and old boyfriend.
Caitlyn and Mitchie giggled, trying not to spit out their drinks.
Ella looked confused. "Isn't it, though?"
Mitchie couldn't help but laugh at that. Classic Ella. It was good to have a night to just have fun. Mitchie was really enjoying herself. She was remembering what great people Caitlyn, Peggy, and Ella were. She seemed to have forgotten her best friends in the whole situation she was in.
"No, Ella. It's a scientific thing. You wouldn't like it." Peggy assured Ella, who nodded happily.
"Oh, I'm so glad I don't date stupid guys like that anymore!" Caitlyn said, shaking her head.
"Me, too." added Peggy.
"The guys at work aren't even that bad. I'm happy we have them. And we must have the biggest number of straight men working on a fashion magazine out of any other fashion magazine in the country."
"They're straight?" Peggy joked. Mitchie and Ella just laughed with the two others. They'd been exchanging witty comments all night. It was never-ending entertainment.
Caitlyn's phone buzzed and she pulled it out of her pocket and looked at the screen.
She raised her eyebrows. "Speaking of guys at work…" She pressed a few more buttons then looked at Mitchie.
"Jason texted me that Nate's flight just landed. We'll be seeing him tomorrow!"
Mitchie just shook her head at Caitlyn and tried not to laugh. She'd been saying things about Nate to Mitchie all night and refused to give it a rest.
Peggy smiled. "It'll be nice to see him again. Is he going to be picking up where he left off on the guys' advice columns?"
Ella nodded. "I think so. And Baron told me he might be working on a piece about the fashion and music in Paris."
"That should be interesting." Caitlyn kept looking at Mitchie, not blinking.
"Stop it!!" Mitchie shrieked at her.
Caitlyn looked shocked for a moment and then burst into another fit of giggles. Mitchie, Peggy, and Ella happily joined in.
Mitchie hadn't felt this carefree in a while. It was nice.
I'm sorry for that fail-full chapter. It was terribly short and not very good in my opinion. I made myself write it tonight, even though I'm missing Dancing With The Stars for this... But at least you know I'm not dead, right? Hopefully I'll be updating more often soon. School's just been keeping me super busy right now... The good stuff in this story should be soming soon!
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