Pieces of Dreams (sequel to TWST)

Chapter 5

Katia was awoken by the phone ringing.  She looked at the clock on her nightstand and read it was a little past 4 in the morning.  She stumbled through the dark apartment until she reached the phone.  

"Hello?" she answered half asleep. 

"Hello. Kat?"

"Yes. Who is this?" she asked yawning. 

"It's Paul."

"Paul? Why are you calling at 4:00 in the morning? Is something wrong?" She asked becoming aware that something might have happened if he was calling at this hour.

"Oh shit. I'm so sorry! I completely forgot about the time differences. We're in London right now. Everything's alright. I just thought I'd call since we had some free time. I guess my timing was a bit off though."

"Don't worry about it.  I'm sure with all of the traveling you do, it's hard to keep up with the time zones. How is everyone?" Katia asked as she took the phone to the couch so she could sit down. 

"We just came back from a photo shoot. Everyone's fine though, a little overworked, but we're doing okay. How about you? And Andrew?"

"We're both fine. Working a lot too.  Waiting for this last month to pass. It seems like these last few weeks are going slower than normal. " 

"That's what I was calling about.  We were thinking that instead of you meeting us at the Bahamas, we could all leave from London and arrive there together. You two could fly here to London on the 17th of February and spend a few days here.  We wouldn't be leaving until the 20th due to prior engagements.  What do you think?" 

"That would be amazing!  I love the idea!" 

"Great!  So I'll have Brian make all the arrangements and we'll see you here in London on the 17th." 

"Absolutely! I can't wait!"

"I've been looking forward to February since August!" Paul laughed. 

"That makes two of us...well three of us!" Katia laughed. "Andrew can't seem to talk about much else but going to the Bahamas these past few weeks. I'm sure hell be thrilled that we'll get to go to London before going to the Bahamas." 

"The weather here is a bit depressing, so I'm sure the sunny beaches will be more appealing."

"As long as I get to spend some time with you guys, the weather doesn't matter." 

"Well, I'll let you get back to sleep.  Sorry for the inopportune time to call, Kat." 

"Again, don't worry about it. I'll talk to you next week." 

"Definitely.  Get some rest." 

"Bye Paul.  Thanks again for calling." 

"Sure.  Goodbye." 

Katia couldn't help but smile as she hung up the phone.  Visiting London was an unexpected surprise that she absolutely loved.  Paul had kept his promise of calling her every week.  They talked every week even if it was just for a few minutes. There was always more for Paul to tell her since his life had a lot more going on, but Katia loved hearing about it.  It definitely beat reading any article about them in the magazines. Getting that call from Paul was always the highlight of her week. 

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"So who's supposed to be meeting us here?" Andrew asked as he and Katia walked through the London airport.

"Mal.  Do you see him?" 

"I'm looking for him." 

Between the early wake up call in LA, the layovers and the little sleep both Kat and Andrew had gotten, they were running on empty after having finally arrived in London.