Hi follow readers, sorry for the late chapter. I nearly lost this story on my USB but crisis averted and am now able to continue on. Here is the latest installment for Emma, I hope you enjoy and as always read and review please. P.S. Daredevil belongs to Marvel and Rumor Has It belongs to Adele.
"She ain't gonna be able to love you like I will / She is a stranger / You and I have history…"- Rumor Has It, Adele
"Oh come on have sex already! The tension is killing me!" Liv yelled at her computer. I walked over from the couch to see what the commotion was about. What I saw on my best friend's shiny new laptop was a porn flick. Or at least the people looked like they were in a porn flick and the music was definitely right.
"Um Liv what are you watching?" I asked not taking my eyes off the oiled body of the plumber or the sculpted stomach of the housewife. "Oh just a rerun of my favorite reality show. I can't believe they put on Netflix." She said scooping up a big spoon of her warm pumpkin spice oatmeal. Liv was real big on cooking meals that fit the season; my favorite is her peppermint red velvet waffles. I continued eating my own pumpkin oatmeal while watching the plumber and the housewife continue their dance of sexual frustration.
Liv explained the show which was called Forbidden Temptations a show where spouses test each other to see if they cheat. The one who doesn't gets the grand prize of ten thousand and a small chunk of their dignity. I shook my head at these sad characters and Liv, "I can't watch two people get on." I said walking away from Liv's smut fest.
"Is that because Matt hasn't handled your temptations?" Liv asked not taking her eyes off the screen. That made me chock on my oatmeal and late for work.
Shuffling through the deep snowy streets of New York gave me time to think about sex. Matt and I have been dating for three months now so that mean we're far behind in sexual activities or too early? Not that I have anything to be nervous about Matt hasn't placed any pressure on me for sex. Actually he hasn't mentioned sex period, huh.
I stopped my snow boots at that realization. Matt hasn't spoken about sex at all. Does he…I mean can he…Is he not attracted to me? I know that may sound impossible considering I'm dating a blind man but that didn't stop me from thinking up thousands of excuses why we haven't had sex. I need to get to work fast and see Matt because now I have questions that need answering. Plus people were starting to stare at me.
I ran through all different reasons why Matt hadn't brought up the big question: when are we going to get it on? When I believed I walked into a war zone. The screaming and sounds of objects falling and crashing were definite sounds of war.
"It is not my fault!" Karen yelled I could hear her from across the hallway.
"Well it's not my fault because I have a system!" Foggy screamed back. Oh man if Foggy and Karen are fighting then it is bad. I entered just as I was sure Karen was about call Foggy a son of something.
"Okay, what's going on?" I asked ready to diffuse any bombs here.
"Karen broke the printer again." He said pointing at the bleeding printer. "It's the second time this month." Actually third but I didn't want to correct him.
"I didn't break it Foggy. I was just helping it print but instead it decided to vomit ink." She fired back aiming some pretty decent daggers at him.
"Alright everyone calm down and breathe okay." I motioned them to breath and they eventually followed my command. "I know someone who can fix this baby fast and cheap." I went over to the printer and placed in a box carefully so I wouldn't get any ink on me.
Well at least I have an excuse to see Lester again. I was just about to head out when Matt showed up.
"Oh excuse me Matt coming through with a heavy package." I said gasping at the weight of the box.
"Sorry Emma." Matt side stepped to let me out. "Wait where are you going with a heavy load?" He asked as I shuffled to the hallway.
"Well um…" I kept my voice low so Foggy and Karen wouldn't hear. "There's been an accident with the printer."
"What? The printer's broken again." Matt said loudly, not understanding my attempt to keep quite.
"It's Karen's Fault!"
"Don't do this to me again Foggy Nelson or I swear to god I will bang your head with this keyboard." And they're off.
"Good luck Matt." I yelled running from the scene of the crime but I'm pretty sure a bulldozer couldn't be heard over the scream fest going on.
I took a cab to Lester's Repair Shop because snow plus my already soaked feet plus a leaking printer equals accident waiting to happen. The ride was as smooth as a cab ride through New York can be. I was too busy trying to wipe the leakage coming from the printer that I didn't even notice my ringing phone. The angry cab driver however did notice and told me to answer it or get out. I did the former and it was Matt calling me.
"Hi sorry I left you alone with those two. Is everything okay?" I asked suddenly fearing that Karen's constant threats about throwing Foggy out of the building straight to the moon has come true. "No, everyone's in relativity good condition." He reassured me but his voice said otherwise.
"I was calling to see if you're still going to Lester." Not this again.
Lester and I saw each other again after Liv and Reid's love session caused the TV to fall and break. A friend of Liv told us about a new shop that opened in Hell's Kitchen that was giving free repairs to new customers. I didn't realize the shop owner was Lester until I walked through the door with my cracked TV. He and I continued to bond due to the constant break down of the electronics at my apartment. Once I knew I could count on Lester for repairs for cheap pricing, we become good friends. He was funny, clever and always available to hear me squabble about my life. I took Matt to meet Lester after my microwave broke and that's when I found out Matt's the jealous type.
I decided Matt should be acquainted with all the men in life in my life just so he knows that I have no secrets to hide. Well while Lester enjoyed meeting Matt, the same cannot be said for him.
"There's something off about him." He said as we walked out from Lester's shop.
I shook my head at disbelief and then remembering he couldn't see me I said "I can't believe you're doing this."
"What?" He said as we paused at the street corner waiting for the cars to pass.
"The whole jealously, territorial boyfriend shit." I said my hand tightening around his as we crossed the streets.
"I'm not jealous or territorial. It's just there's something off putting about that guy." He replied as I dragged us safely across the streets.
"What? What was off putting about him?"
"Well I can't put my finger on it but I don't think he actually owns that shop."
"His name is on the store Matt."
"Yeah well it's just a hunch is all it is."
"Just a hunch well did you at least think he's a decent person."
"Maybe I don't know it."
"Matt." I whined stretching out his name.
"Emma," he paused and turned in my direction "I'm just concerned is all. I worry about you I mean I worried about you before but it's different now."
"I know I get it." I did. I worried about Matt differently now too. Before I had a mild curiosity to how he was always getting hurt now I have a near damn heart attack about it. I even offered to adopt a seeing-eye dog for him but he just refused saying his stick was enough. Clearly not though.
"Well do you at least trust me around him?" I asked as I signaled a cab for us.
"Of course. Why would you ask that?"
I flinched. Peter's mistrust in me was what turned our relationship very bitter. "Just past experience." I said getting a little ticked-off at the lack of a cab.
"It's about Peter right? He didn't trust you?" He pressed on.
"No, he didn't trust anyone but he especially didn't trust me." Finally a cab decided it wanted to work for a living and pulled over for us.
I opened the door for Matt but before he got inside he said, "Emma I trust you. I really like you and I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt so if you want to be friends with Lester then go ahead. I trust you." He even reassured me with that the grin of his that I loved.
"Oh Mattie." I draw closer to him and gave him a nice long kiss. Unfortunately our cab grew tired of us and decided to take off we had to wait ten more minutes for another one.
The memory of that encounter burned in my mind as Matt's clear discomfort with my friendship with Lester had never left.
"You said you trusted me." I fought back. Ready for a fight I wasn't about to take hits like I did with Peter. Not again.
"I do but like I said before I worry about you." His voice was too soft and kind to be angry at. I softened up and reassured Matt that I would be back to him quick and safe. He lighten up, a little, and told me he'll be counting the minutes. Oh sometimes Murdock can be real softy.
"You're here." The cab driver said stopping right in front of Lester's shop. I paid him and made my way to good friend Lester. He managed to fix the printer as quickly as I needed and I was able to get back to the office in less than two hours.
"I'm back." I said making my way inside. I stopped when I saw a long flow of raven hair and even longer legs standing in front of Matt.
"Oh hey Emma come and meet an old friend of mine and Matt's, Elektra."
"Um hi." That was all I could manage out of my throat due to it being nearly swollen shut from nerves. And what did I have to be nervous about? Except that Matt and Foggy's old friend happen to be a living and breathing Greek goddess. And not mention an apparent old flame of Matt's. Yup, nothing to be nervous about at all.
The whole time everyone was talking I just nodded looking over at Matt's lover- I mean friend. Everything about her screamed high end and sharp. Her hair was a shampoo commercial's dream, her clothes were clearly designer from the cut, fit and unique deeply red color. And the perfume she wore kicked my cheap body spray's butt. Man I hope Matt couldn't smell her.
"And Emma in her quest of finding a sex toy decided to take our opening instead." Foggy was explaining to her my association in this pack. "Oh did you ever find your sex toy, Emma?" she asked. Her voice reminded me of those sultry actresses from the 50's.
I was so absorbed in my head I didn't even hear her question until Karen tapped me on the shoulder. "Huh what did you say?" I asked mentally kicking myself for looking like an air head.
"Just if found your sex toy?" She laughed a bit under her breath it sounded effortless and cool.
"Oh no I mean yes." I replied
"Was that toy, Matt?" She laughed a little louder now and my face went nuclear.
"How did you know we were dating?" Matt sounded a little flustered and his cheeks were a bit red too.
"The way she was looking at me when she found out we dated. Don't worry it was purely a sex driven relationship." She grinned like a wolf at Matt's and mine discomfort. Clearly she was not about to fluff their relationship in my expense.
Matt was too shocked at her bluntness to talk but I however was not.
"So how long are you staying here?" I asked with a sudden bolt of courage after being mocked in front of my friends.
She shrugged, "As long as I feel like it for now. I have business that's keeping me here." She was staring at Matt the whole time and finally looked at to me to say "and let's just say my business looks in dire need of my kind of help."
"Well hope that deal doesn't get bored of you like Matt did." I couldn't keep the sass from dripping out of my voice.
She looked a bit shocked at my stab at her but then gave me one wide Cheshire cat smile. "I think I like you Emma." Her tone said otherwise.
"Right back at you." Great just what I need another pretty girl that hates my guts. This is Junior Prom all over again.
