Remember Us

Chapter Seven

The rest of the week passed by uneventful. Mark, Greg, and I had planned the surprise party that I had made up the week before and it was finally ready to happen. We moved things around to make the bakery more open feeling and invited practically everyone from the office he worked at.

“So Julie, what are you doing this Wednesday?” Mark asks while we finish decorating the room.

Before I could answer Greg intervened, “Mark, as a friend I'm going to advise you to stay away from our bosses girl.”

A laugh escaped my lips, “Greg, I'm allowed to have friends and Adam isn't my boyfriend. But Mark, I'm actually busy until the end of the month. Three weddings and a birthday party. Sorry.”

“and by then you will be taken.” Greg says.

Mark said something under his breath and went into the back to grab more chairs.

“why are you acting like this Greg?” I ask him, keeping quiet so if Mark does reappear, he won't have heard.

“look, Adam's my best friend and I don't care what you say, but he's not letting you go again.”

“I never said he was.”

“oh, so leading Mark on to believe he has the slightest chance with you is okay?”

“I was being honest! Adam and I have been on two dates Greg, that's not exactly what I'd call a relationship.”

He stops setting the tables and turns to face me, his face almost angry looking. “I know you and Adam are doing this whole starting over thing but be honest with yourself. This isn't your second date, it's like your one hundredth. That wasn't your first kiss last week, it was one of hundreds. And against everything you've said, you guys do actually know each other. Plus you have a kid together. A living human Julie! That's not something that just gets tossed aside because you've only 'been on two dates.'”

I was slightly taken aback from Gregs' outburst. But he also had a point, though I did too. “Greg did you ever think that I may need to see other people at all? I've only been with Adam and Jon. It's not like I'm actually going to do anything with Mark. I mean, that first night here was a big-” I cover my mouth at what I was just about to say.

“MARK THOMPSON GET YOUR ASS IN HERE!” Greg screams loudly. I'd never seen him this mad before.

Seconds later Mark was standing in the doorway, probably afraid to come any closer. “yes?” he asks hesitantly.

“what did you do to Juliana?”

“um, nothing?”

“nothing. Really? So her first night here she wasn't talking about you.” Mark quickly glances to me and then back to Greg.

“look, dude, it's all in the past.”

“and what exactly is 'all'?”

Mark rubs the back of his neck nervously while I run a hand through my hair. “Greg, remember how you dropped me off at the club?” he just nods, “well, Mark bought me a couple of drinks.” I shift from foot to foot, “and then we kind of went back to my place.” His reaction wasn't so good. I could see him tense up and before I knew what was happening Greg had punched Mark.

“Greg!” I yell and look down at Mark who was holding his nose. “Mark, go clean up in the-” but I was cut off from another voice. One I didn't exactly want to hear at the moment.

“what's going on here?” Adam asks. We all froze and I slowly turned to the door where he was standing.

“uh, hey Adam... Surprise?” the room was empty due to the fact he was an hour early. Only half of the surprise sign was actually hanging up and nothing was set out to eat or drink. Not to mention no one was here.