Almost A Love Story

Aftershock

She arrived in Paris, almost 6 pm. The moment she get out of the airport, she immediately called Christina.

"Hey, you're already in Paris?" Christina asked on the phone. "Yeah, i just want to let you know that I got here safe" Meredith replied. "So uhm aren't you going to tell me the purpose of your visit in there" Christina jokes. "No I won't periodt" she said then she hangs up the call.

She took a cab, and went to a hotel near the Airport. She reached the hotel and went straight to her room.

She laid down on the cozy bed, feeling the soft mattress touching her back. She stand up again and take off her coat. She went to look at the window, enjoying the view.

She was smiling feeling the cold wind on the opened window, when she felt like she's going to threw up. She quickly went to the restroom and vomits.

She gets out of the restroom laying once again on the soft mattress. Holding her stomach and her head on her other hand. She doesn't know what's happening to her. She's been throwing up and vomiting gor the past few days. She closed her eyes again, she will meet Andrew tomorrow. After a little while she finally fell asleep.

next morning....

Her phone starts ringing loudly. Her eyes are slightly opened as she answered the call. "Hey, Mer. Wake Up!!" Christina shouts over the phone. "I'm still sleepy" she says in a groggy voice. "Mer, i just check what time is it on Paris right now. It literally says 11:45 am, and you're still laying down on bed? I thought you're meeting Andrew today, what happened?" Christina asked. "I don't know, but this past few days all I want to do is to sleep and eat" she says opening her eyes widely. "You should definitely get up now, too bad I can't kick you right now to get up" Christina chuckles. "Fine!!" she said then she ended the call.

It's almost 2 pm when she's all set to meet Andrew, she doesn't have his number anymore. He changed his number since he left Seattle. Since there's no way she could contact him, she decided to just go straight to his office.

She took a taxi and told the driver if he knows where is "L'art D'aimer(the art of love)". She's not surprised with the fact that the driver knows where it is because his company is pretty famous in Paris. She reached the building almost after 20 minutes.

As she walked inside the building, she could hear people murmuring. She can understand it a little bit, but she's not that fluent. She went to the lobby. "Bonjour, comment puis-je vous aider? (Hello, how may I help you?)" the young lady on the lobby asked. "Uhm, I'm Mr. Deluca's friend, is there any chance i could meet him today?"she asked to the lady. "Oh, Mr. Deluca's in his office right now, you could go there" the young lady replied pointing at the elevator. "Thank You!" Meredith said. The young lady gave her a wide smile then she walked through the elevator.

The elevator door opened she walked a few steps, she could see his office door opened. She walked and was surprised when she saw him hugging a girl she doesn't know who.

Andrew's POV
I saw a girl standing in front of my office shocked. Her hands covering her mouth, then she ran away. I quickly pulled away from the hug. I ran outside and saw the girl running. I sprinted until i reached her, grabbing her wrists. I was surprised to see that it was Meredith. I quickly let go of her. "Meredith? What are you doing here?" I ask. She's not answering me she's just looking at the floor, scratching her wrist. "Meredith?" I asked once more. "Doesn't matter, go back in there and continue hugging your girlfriend" she replied this time looking at me. "Girlfriend?" I asked confused. "Yeah, the girl you were hugging earlier" she said in an awkward smile.