Stolen Kisses (GabeNath)

The Little Things

Three months have gone by.

The time never passed quickly nor has it gone by slowly.

Nathalie was still in a relationship with Hunter and seemed quite happy. Most mornings she would come into work with a grin on her face.

Gabriel however was not doing so well.

He was having a hard time adjusting to the fact that Nathalie was happy with someone else.

Nights would be spent either working on his new line of clothes, or designing Audrey's dress.

Most of those nights weren't spent sleeping.

The odd time he would fall asleep would be for a few hours, and leaning his head on the back of his chair at his desk.

Nathalie would usually catch him and attempt to convince him to go to bed. But he never listened.

Gabriel thought that if he just threw himself in his work, he'd forget about his feelings for Nathalie.

However his attempt to get over her never worked.

One brisk morning, Gabriel was busy working on his designs when he got a call.

"Hello?" He answered the phone.

"Morning Gabriel"

"Nathalie, good morning" Gabriel responded, "let me guess you're going to be late again?" He cackled.

"No, I'm not going to be there at all today" she sounded like she had a stuffy nose.

Gabriel sat up in his seat

"Are you feeling alright?" He asked, hearing the way she sounded.

Nathalie chuckled and replied, "I'm alright I just woke up with a fever"

Gabriel leaned back in his chair yet again.

"I see, get plenty of rest, ok? And drink lots of water." Gabriel advised

"I know, I know. Thank you" Nathalie sniffed

Gabriel smiled but then shook his head.

"Alright, I'm gonna let you rest, feel better. And please don't come into work until you feel fine." He said, concerned that she might overwork herself.

"I will, thanks Gabriel" Nathalie responded

"Bye"

"Bye"

Gabriel hung up the phone and got back to work.

"Stop. Don't think about how cute she'd be cuddled up in a blanket. With her hair in a low messy bun, and how she would fall asleep in your lap when you would start to rub her forehead. NO! Gabriel stop it." he thought, trying to shake them out of his head.

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It was now around 6:30 at night.

Gabriel has been tirelessly working all day. He would work for an hour or two on his new designs, then switch onto working on Audrey's dress.

Throughout the day he would take small breaks to just quickly glance over at Nathalie's desk, just to see that no one was there.

Even though he knew that she was sick and would be back in a few days, he still missed her.

He was about to return to his work when he got a text from Jagged.

Jagged
Yo, Hunter just got called in as an emergency backup dancer at one of my shows tonight, and I heard Nat was sick. I wonder who could go over and comfort her?
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