Chapter 2

Courtney's POV

"Hello." I said into the phone.

"Courtney." I heard my best friend since 7th grade say.

"What happened Heather?" I asked. The last time we talked she was having problems with an old flame. I heard he choke out a sob.

"Alejandro is in jail…" She said then started to cry. Heather and Alejandro have been going out since they met in college. Heather loves this man, which surprised me since heather only loves her mom and me.

"Heather, tell me what happened." I said as I took a seat on the sofa.

"We went to the club, you know the one we use to sneak into in 10th grade?" She stopped for me to reply. I smiled a little remembering the few times we went together.

"Yeah."

"Well, everything was going great, we danced and then HE shows up acting like he own the place. He comes up to me the grabs my arm and pulls me to him. Courtney his grip was so tight , I still have a bruise on my arm." She said, then started crying again. It really hurt me to hear Heather cry. She was the kind of person to never cry and here she is crying her heart out.

"Shh, Heather please stop crying. Finish please." I said into the phone.

"He grabbed my arm then I started to yell for Alejandro. Alejandro Punched the guy in the face then pulled me into a hug. Then He pushed me to the ground and started fighting Alejandro. I blacked out, but when I woke up I was in the hospital. The nurse told me that when i passed I hit the floor hard and dislodged my shoulder. Then she said that they are both going to jail for aggravated assault. I called you because I know you can do something to make sure that douche bag stays in there longer my Alejandro can come back to me sooner." She said the sobbed quietly.

"Heather, I think I can do something. But you know how I feel about coming back." I said quietly.

"COURTNEY! I know how you feel! But I need you." She yelled but whisper the last part. I didn't know what to do. Heather is my best friend for so many years, I can't let this be the end of our friendship just because of some guy I don't want to see…

"Courtney… Please…" she begged. I sighed.

"Fine, but as soon as this case is over I'm leaving." I said quickly.

"Thanks Courtney, this means so much." She said quietly, I could tell she was smiling, which made me smile a little.

"Welcome." I said. It was quiet for a second before heather started talking again.

"You probably won't even see him you know. Since everyone went their separate ways I haven't even seen him around. And if you want you could bring guitar boy too." I could tell she was smiling now, she and Bridgette knew about our drunken activities.

"Heather, he has a girlfriend." I stressed.

"Hmm, when maybe he won't bring her and come. Then realizes what a great girl you are and dumps the hoe for you." Heather said cockily. Heather was back to herself for sure. But I couldn't help but smile at that one.

"Whatever Heather, but when is the best time for me to come?" I asked.

"Hmm, well I.D.K. Court. You're the lawyer, and I know you don't want to spend that much time here. So tell everything that I can do without you, and then when I finished I'll call you, and you can come. Sounds good?" She asked.

"Yeah, sound great." I said quietly.

"Okay well tell me what I need to do so I can get started." Heather said. I told her everything then we said our goodbyes.

I sighed, I'm going back to New York. The place I tried so hard to get away from. Part of me can't help but be a tiny bit excited. But the other half is dreading the very moment I cross the state border. Hopefully, things will get done quickly so I can come back home. I ran my fingers through my hair and sighed again. I got back up and went to finish my sign. When I finished I was very happy. I look at the wall clock. 11:49pm

"Shit!" I cussed. I have work tomorrow. I ran upstairs and hoped in the bed, then shut my eyes tightly. After a second I relaxed, and drifted off to sleep.

"It's always windy and cold here." I mumbled as I closed the door to my car and started walking up to Appleton of Boston Law Firm, my office building. I started to jog a little in my heels to the door, trying to get to the heat as soon as possible, while carrying my briefcase.

"Good day Ms. Delmont, do you need a hand." Daniel, the 40 year old doorman, asked as I walked a closer to the door.

"It's a cold day Daniel, and thanks but no thanks." I told him with a smile. He opened the door for me, with a warm smile.

"At least it's not snowing." He said as he closed the door. I smiled, he always see the bright side of any situation. I walked past the front desk and was greeted by the workers. I walked to the elevator, and pushed the arrow for up and waited. The elevator opened and I walked and pushed the 13 floor. The elevator started to close but was stopped when some put their arm out to open it back up. I looked up at the person who stopped the elevator and smiled. Standing there was a 27 year old man, Lewis Osean to be exact. Lewis was my main competition since law school. At work we always fight to get the best cases and to be top lawyer. But at the end of the day we are really good friends.

"Courtney, what a pleasure to see you." Lewis said as he walked into the elevator, with his charming smile. Even though I fight Lewis on a daily work basic, he is a very handsome guy. He has dirty blonde hair that normally is covering his vibrant brown eyes, but on a work day is gelled back, making his hair look darker. He has the nicest smile and even has dimples. I smile back.

"Lewis, how did your case go." I asked as the elevator doors shut and started going up to our floor.

"It went well, I won the case and Williams went to jail." He said with a smile.

"That's great Lewis." I said giving him a little smile. After that it was quiet for a while, Lewis started at me the whole time, it was starting to make me uncomfortable.

"Lewis is there a problem? Is my hair messed up?" I asked trying to fix my hair. Lewis chuckled.

"Courtney you look great. I was just wondering would you like to go out for lunch with me to celebrate me winning the case." He said.

"Of course, as long as I pay for the meal." I said with smile, and he shrugged. The elevator opened and I walked out with Lewis right behind me. We both started to walk to our offices when Tina, the top floor front desk intern called us.

"Ms. Delmont and Mr. Osean." Tina said out of breath as she jogged over to us in her 5in tall heels.

"Mr. Appleton is holding a meeting and request that his best lawyer be in at once." She said so fast it sounded like on word.

"Okay, and Tina go get a coffee or something." I said to her as we started to walk to the conference room. Once we got there I slowly opened the door and walked in. Mr. Appleton was at the head of the very long table. There was one empty seat on both side of him, the rest of the table was full of other lawyers. Lewis and I both walked to our seat next to Mr. Appleton.

"-you could've won the case son if you went with the easier pick." Appleton said to one of the new lawyers. Appleton notices us walked up to the table the greeted us.

" Courtney and Lewis nice of you guys to join us have a seat." Appleton said, and we both took our seats. Appleton got out of his seat and stood up and looked down at everyone.

"Now. Everyone here knows that I own many different law firms all over North American, and if didn't know you do now." He said seriously looking intently at everyone.

"This, is my top law firm, and I am very pleased with all of my lawyers here. But recently our rival Faith & Co. law firm has doubled the case winnings and is in the running with us for the top agency in the U.S. That CANNOT happen. Now I know that this law firm is great, but we are not winning all of our case." He said and slammed his fist on the table.

"In order to be the best we have to do our best. Look at Courtney and Lewis. They both worked extremely hard for the place. They always do their best in order to be the best." Appleton said, and then took his seat.

"Now. Like I said this is my best law firm out of many. Because of this, I have decided to move to my worst law firm to help in Texas." He said. I along with everyone else gasped and whispers started to erupt .

"QUIET." Appleton said, and the room went silent.

"Now, since I am leaving I have thought long in hard about who moves up and to what position. Also I have decided anyone in the building can transfer to Texas, and still have the same job, and will earn a raise because that law firm really needs help." Appleton leaned back in his chair.

"Now, we can discuss the new positions which I know everybody wants to know." Appleton said with a smile.

"As everyone knows Courtney is my top lawyer, along with Lewis right behind her. Now the logical move would be to have Courtney be the manager of the whole law firm and Lewis top lawyer. But Lewis and Courtney have both worked very hard so I decided to let both of you to be managers of the whole firm. And my new top lawyer will be Ramsey McHeave, and second runner up is Cintra Dalvenport ." Appleton said. I am the manager of the firm!

"Mr. Appleton, Thank you so much!" I said as I stood up and gave him a hug. I know its not professional, but this is my dream!

"Courtney, don't thank me. You earned it, you and Lewis." Appleton said to me and Lewis.

"Now Lewis give me a hug, you know you want to. "Appleton said with a smile. I looked at Lewis and gave him a big smile. Appleton went and hugged all of his other lawyers, after ended the meeting. I walked outside and waited by the door waiting for Lewis. I said a goodbye to everyone who walked by. Lewis, Cintra, Ramsey, and Appleton were the last ones to some out.

"Congratulations Courtney." Ramsey and Cintra said as they walked out.

"Congrats to you guys too. Top lawyer is the best position I ever had the pleasure of having." I said with a smile.

"Courtney, I hope you don't mind. But I invited Mr. Appleton, Ramsey and Cintra to lunch with us." Lewis said with a smile.

"Sure, the more the merrier!" I said.

"You guys can call me Tom now. Being called Mr. Appleton makes me feel old. I'm only 43. And I'll buy lunch guys." Tom said.

"Well lets go, I had Tina make reservations so everything is ready." Lewis said, and went to lunch. The rest of work went by fast. After lunch, Tom had me and Lewis show Ramsey and Cintra what perks top lawyers get, and is expected of them, and everything they will need to know. Then Tom showed us everything we need to know. After work I was so tired, but I still have to go to the Studio. But at least I can relax down there.

Author's note –

Yay second chapter! And thank you for everyone who reviewed it made my day 100 times better, each day I got a review for this story. SO Heather and Alejandro are in the mix of drama that is soon to be released. :] This chapter was really just filler. The next chapter will hopefully start to get more… interesting. EEEE I just can't wait to reveal the drama.

REVIEW! Tell me how I did? I hope I didn't have anyone to OC-ish, besides my OC. :]

Well, until next time…

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