Thirty and Single.

Chapter 10.

"Hey Genesis! I had a meeting with-

"Genesis sweetie! I have been looking for you. How have you been?" Suddenly Corey came out of nowhere and cut off Colton before he finished what he wanted to tell me.

I looked at Corey and smiled falsely. "Hey Corey."

Colton and I both stood up. Corey came close to where we were standing. He glanced at Colton then said "Hi! I am Corey." Colton looked really uncomfortable. "Colton. I am Colton." He told Corey. There was a moment of silence which was so awkward to me.

"Uh...Genesis. I'll see you later." Colton spoke and walked to the elevator. I was sad because he was leaving. I wanted to talk to him more and maybe spend some time with him. I gave him a polite nod and watched him until he got in the elevator.

"Are you alright?" Corey asked me.

"Yeah! I am totally fine." I told him.

"Great! Um...I wanted to ask you if you can go to lunch with me later."

"Yes, I think I can."

He looked happy when I told him that. "Wonderful! I'll come get you at 1pm." Then he left.

I walked to Quinn's office.

"Green, you're here. How did the interview go?" She asked me the moment I entered her office.

"It was good. Actually that's the reason I am here." I said the gave her the papers. She wore her big glasses and went through the them.

"Hmmm." She groaned and kept reading.

I stood there like a Statue of Liberty waiting for her response. She glanced at me and continued reading. I was running out of patience.

I cleared my throat and asked. "Ma'am is the story okay?"

She looked at me and flipped the papers then kept reading. So I held my horses.

"Uh...so far everything is okay." She suddenly said. I couldn't hold my smile. She flipped the papers again and read something. She looked at me, my heart started racing. "I think you can publish it."

When she said that I almost jumped.

"Thank you so much ma'am." I told her politely. She gave me the papers. I was about to leave and she said, "Green, great job!"

I smiled widely and left her office.

*****

"Quinn said I can publish my story." I told Brooklyn when I got back to the office. "Aww, so proud of you sweetie." She said with a smile. "Thanks Lyn."

I took my phone and started playing a game. I wanted something to refresh my mind after the pressure I had for Quinn's approval. I was busy on my phone then Suddenly Corey came in. Is it already 1pm?

He said hello to Brooklyn then came to my desk. "Hey gorgeous! I came to get you for our lunch date." He told me with a wide grin.

"Ooh, I didn't know it was a date." I said.

"Uh, it can be a date if you want." He told me with a smirk.

I just smiled. "Please let's go for lunch." He begged. I stood up from my desk and we left.

We went to the bistro opposite the office. They had really tasty food. I ordered lobster rolls and Corey ordered for fried rice, the shrimp 'N' slide.

"Thank you for coming to lunch with me." He said. I gave him a polite smile and kept eating my food.

"Uh...so what happened today? You came in a bit late." He asked.

I swallowed my food and said "Um, I had an interview."

"Ooh. Okay. Er...I was thinking maybe this weekend we could spend some time together. I...I have this boat and I was thinking maybe we could visit an island. If...if that's okay with you." He stammered.

This weekend I want to spend time with myself. Going on a boat ride with him? Isn't that too soon for all that?

"Uh, I am sorry. This weekend I kind of have plans." I lied.

"It's totally fine. I understand. Maybe it's too soon to go on boat rides." He said with a false smile.

"No, no, no, if I had no plans I would totally spend my time with you." I told him. He smiled, held my hand and kissed it then whispered "There's always a next time."

We finished our lunch and went back to the office.

*****

"How was your lunch date with Mr. Romantic?" Brooklyn asked me when I got to the office.

"Mr. Romantic really?" I asked her. She smiled and said "Yeah, he is so romantic." I shook my head and laughed. "You're funny!" I told her. She laughed too.

"Um, it was fine. Guess what?"

Brooklyn gave me her full attention and she was so eager to know what I was about to tell her.

"What? Spill everything!" She said excitedly.

I laughed at her because she looked funny. "Uh, he wants to go on a boat ride with me over the weekend."

"Awwwwwww! That is so romantic. That's why I call him Mr. Romantic." She said with a wink.

"Well, I said no."

Brooklyn was about to kill me. "No!? Why did you say no?"

"Because I feel it's too soon for me to go on a boat trip with him. After all, I don't know him that well."

She rolled her eyes at me. "That's the beginning of you knowing him."

I stayed quiet.

"So, what will you be doing over the weekend?"

"Um, spend time with myself."

"Ooh God! You're such a loner."

I smiled at her politely and began publishing my story.

*****

I parked my car in front of my house and got out. I saw Colton sitting on his porch alone. I found myself walking to his porch. I sat beside him in an empty chair.

"Hey Colton."

He looked at me and smiled weakly.

"Hey Green."

Green? When did he become so formal?

"How have you been?" I asked him.

"Uh...I am fine. I can't complain." He said that and I found myself smiling. I don't know why?

We stayed quiet for a while then he said "Er...I am sorry for troubling you last night. If I did anything. I did it because I was too drunk."

"Um, it's alright. You didn't cause me any trouble." I told him. He looked at me and gave me a polite nod.

"Can I get you a beer?" He asked me as he stood up.

"Yeah! I would use a beer right now." He smiled and walked in his house. A couple of minutes later he came back with two beers in his hands. He gave me one and sat in his chair. "Thank you." I said as I took the beer.

We drank in silence. Then I was tempted to ask him about his dream last night.

"Uh...last night. You had a dream. You kept apologizing to a person and said it was all your fault. What exactly happened? I hope you don't mind me asking." I said politely.

He looked at me.

"I prefer not to talk about it."