Early Bird (Erkenci Kus)(Part 3)

96. All work and some play...

Sobbing into yet another tissue, Deren sat on a bench by the coast. She replayed everything in her head, and everytime it made her cry more.

How could I be so stupid? Was I really that hard up for attention and acceptance? That jealous of a girl who never really did anything to me?
Oh Deren! You are such an idiot!

She blew her nose loudly, hitching in a sob breathlessly. The noise of her blowing her nose drowned out her phone's ringtone, but luckily she had it on vibrate as well.

Sanem calling...

"Yes Sanem?" she sniffs.

"Miss Deren? Hey."

"Hello," Deren wipes her nose.

"Is there any chance that you're not busy?"

Oh my God she's frustrating! "No Sanem, of course I'm not busy. In fact I won't be busy for the rest of my life. You can call and annoy me as much as you want."

"No no, forget about being fired right now. You're going to be very busy helping us come up with a new campaign."

"I'm not following. Campaign for what?"

"Redmod Miss Deren. We have to come up with a smashing new campaign tonight. We really really need you."

"Sanem," Deren sighs, inhaling through her blocked nose, "Can doesn't trust me anymore. He won't let me work on anything."

"I thought I told you to move!" Sanem growls in a low voice and a little squeak is heard. "That's the thing, uhm, Can doesn't know. He can't know until we're finished. Only then we'll show him."

"Wait," Deren stands up, wanting to make sure she heard right. "Do you think we can do it?" Her spirits lifted almost right away. If there was one thing she knew about Sanem, it was that she was annoyingly stubborn. It always irritated Deren to no end - because most of the time, it worked out in her favour.

"Of course we can do it. Why not?"

"I'm not sure," Deren hesitates.

"Miss Deren, listen to me. We don't have time to lose. This is life and death. Okay? I'll send you the address to my house if you can't remember where it is."

"Well, I suppose..." Deren trails off and sighs. "I guess you're right. I have nothing left to lose anyway so... Okay Sanem. I remember the address."

"Really? Oh my God! Okay, see you in a bit then."

"Okay." Deren ends the call and then stands there for a moment just reliving the phone call before she grabs her purse and heads back up to the main road's side from the coast.

-

Sanem grins and turns to JJ. "She said yes!" she squeals and high fives him.

"I knew you could do it!"

"Next is Mr McKinnon."

"You'll catch this one too, girlfriend," Ayhan beams from the corner.

Sanem takes a nervous breath. "Pray I do," she whispers.

"Come on Ayhan," JJ says and waves her with him. "We need plates and I don't know where you put them."

"Okay." She jumps up and runs after him with the cookie she was eating.

Sanem dials and puts the ear to her phone, shaking a snoring Muzaffer while crouching next to him. "Wish me luck Zebo."

"I'll drink it in a minute," he says sleepily.