Early Bird (Erkenci Kus)(Part 2)

48. A day to remember

Deren looks over her shoulder as Aylin talks to her group and then she turns to the half of the table that was on her side during the meeting. These included Ahmet, JJ, Guliz, Sanem, Dilara, Yila, Volkan and Deren herself. "Alright. While they're being ridiculous over there, we have to come up with the romance of Lunopark."

"There's this nice little cotton candy vendor there. Cotton candy is very romantic in my opinion," JJ says and Guliz makes a note. "There is the Ferris wheel, carousels, sparklers, fireworks...oh, a boxing thing..." He punches the air. "You can win a stuffed animal at that one, lovers like to go for walks through the park with the bear and the girl gets very excited if the boy lets her win. There's a shooting range, you know...it's all very cute...and happy..."

"JJ?" Guliz looks up curiously as he explains, and he sees everyone else also looking at him with smiles.

"I've never been there of course. Only know about these places from movies and music videos..."

"Aw," Deren pouts, frowning. "You've never been there?" JJ shakes his head. "Don't worry, we're all going now, JJ."

"Yes," he nods and smiles.

"Good. Okay, more ideas," Deren waves a hand for them to continue.

"I suggest a famous singer or a crooner of sorts, to sing some romantic songs."

Sanem looks at Guliz and grins. "Yes!"

"Excuse me, but how do you want to pay this person?"

Sanem chews on her lip and wrinkles her nose, returning to her notes. There goes that one.

"Write down all your ideas and tell me when you're done."

"You know," Sanem looks at Volkan. "We're just interns. No one looks at our ideas anyway." He shrugs.

"I'm going to explain the basic concept of what's going to happen. 6 couples, they're going to Lunopark together. They spend one of the most romantic nights of their lives there... they sit in beautiful cars and look up at the stars - " Sanem looks over at Can in his office as Deren talks, smiling to herself. " - before going home. That's it." Sanem jots down her own idea of a night under the stars. "I'm waiting on the copywriters for the full text. Sanem?" Sanem looks at her. "You write something too. If I like it, I'll use it."

Sanem grins and points at herself. "You won't find a more romantic soul than I, Miss Deren." She smiles at Can again. His eyes were still on her.

"Great! I believe in you." Deren lowers her voice and leans closer. "Do not show Aylin or her team any of your ideas. Got it? They will steal them and make some kind of action movie out of it."

JJ nods then narrows his eyes at Guliz, wagging a finger.

"What?" Guliz asks.

"She's talking to you. You're always nipping at Miss Aylin's heels for attention...You're staying with me. Right under my nose."

"I am not! Stop exaggerating," Guliz clicks her tongue and turns away, hiding her notes, glancing over her shoulder suspiciously. JJ smiles at Sanem, who had her eyebrows lifted at the two of them. She chuckles and goes back to her own ideas.

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Nihat sits down with one of Mevkhibe's favorite flowers - a red rose - and looks at it for a moment. Then he starts to write. He draws a heart with an arrow, his initial on one side and hers on the other. He puts on her favorite music and then takes a sip of water. Right. I've started. Now to get to the best part - the actual poem...

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Can was on his way back from the bathroom when he heard heels behind him. He keeps going, thinking it was someone who would just pass by once he was in his office. The heels keep following and he looks over his shoulder to see that Deren was already inside.