His (Book 1) {Currently EDITING}

Eleven *Edited*

                                                                 one year and a half later....   

   

I clicked down the corridor in my brand new Christian Louboutin's with the red bottoms. I was wearing a black pencil skirt that accentuated my waist and legs and tucked in was a sultry red top with ruffles. On my neck was a string of pearls and in my ears were pearls as well. I wore red, shiny lipstick on my lips, and my long brown hair was done in soft waves.

I got onto the elevator and rode up to the fifth floor. Being in the new office with marble floors, sophisticated columns, spacious offices, and even having my own name on the door and building.... made life so good. But don't let all of this new me fool you, I still lived with my friends and we all still paid rent and of course each took turns cooking dinner. I entered my own personal office that had the most amazing view of Collinsville that I had ever seen. Even Leo's office was next to mine and it was adjoined by a door. My office was better than I could ever imagine: huge mahogany desk in the center of the room, a picturesque window to my back with the view of the entire Metropolis that was Collinsville, different pictures and decorations of my tastes, and even my own library of books. I even had a bathroom and shower!

Now I know what you're thinking: who would need  shower in an office? Well, there were times, though rare where a patients needed us either in the middle of the night or in the wee hours of the morning. Once I had done an all-nighter with a patient and was desperately grateful for the shower after being up all night. But anyway, I'm getting off track here.

Every time I saw Coleman & Calavry Mental Services Practice, it just became more real. And it wasn't just us, we had about fifteen psychologists, clinical and counseling, and psychiatrists on staff that took a lot of the patient load.  

It was so much better than being in that old cramped office. Caine even came by a few weeks ago to see our new digs. You should've seen his eyes pop out of his head when he saw my full 180 look. I had changed a lot in the past year, mainly with my wardrobe. Would you believe that after that night in Carytown, Leo and I decided to hang out almost every night after work? And when I turned twenty one, he came out with me and my friends for drinks. They really seemed to like him, even if we weren't dating.

Evan and Jack even made some not so subtle cues that I should give him a shot, that he actually liked me. 

Wrong. 

Just because I had a new look and a better outlook on life doesn't mean that I still didn't have my demons. I knew I'd do something to ruin it, even if it was a small possibility that he did like me back. I honestly didn't think about it, I had other things to focus on.

No matter how good a person looks on the outside, it does not mean they're fixed within. But believe me, I was working on it.  

Honestly, I couldn't see what everyone else did when it came to Leo. I mean don't get me wrong, the man was fine and he could have (and does) any woman that he wants. All I've seen is woman after countless woman on his arm. So of course we were just friends, and I wouldn't be getting my hopes up. 

For one, Leo was five years older than I. And two, most of the women he dealt with were of the vanilla variety if you knew what I mean. If you hadn't noticed, I am milk chocolate. Would we even look good as a chocolate vanilla swirl? Eh, it's not something I wanted to get into.  

Once I entered my office, I put down my black Chanel purse and then got started on looking at my patients for the day. I found out  that I only had ten people to see today, so everything should go well. A call came through on my office phone and I answered.