Bankrupt?

12- The Tides Have Turned

Matt's POV

I was just leaving the conference room until I saw Jason running the opposite direction I was walking. He gave me a look of terror without saying anything, leaving me confused. I shrugged my shoulders and continued to walk to the writers room. But then, I turned my head towards the locked doors and saw a swarm of fans banking in the door and screaming. They were yelling  Let Mallory come back! And  Mattory is real! My eyes widened as a ran to get Jared.

"Jared.. Could I see you?" I asked.

"Um, what's wrong?" Jared said as he followed me towards the doors.

"We kind of have a mob," I said, pointing towards the doors.

His eyes widened when he saw all the fans. He grabbed his phone and called security. Then, Jared and I walked to the doors and tried to calm everyone down. But even at my horrendous attempts, the crowd seem to get more ferocious. Finally, after what seemed liked forever, security drove the mob away.

"That's living proof that we need this problem solved," I explained to Jared.

"Yeah. While you were gone, I talked to the GE associates. They said they can't tell us what they're going to do now, but we will get an email later this evening."

"That's good. At least we'll know soon."

I walked to the writers room to be encountered with a familiar face. She had her wavy brown hair, icy blue eyes, and that mischievous face I've been looking at for years. Cristina, my ex-wife.

"Hello Matt. It's been a while since we were in this room," Cristina said.

"You came onto me Cristina. I was happily with Mal and you ruined my relationship," I said.

"So I've been thinking, we really should be together again."

"We're divorced," I said. I hate saying that because it's just wrong to divorce.

"Not technically. We haven't signed the papers yet. Don't you want to try again. Can we start over? Don't you not even want to think about the divorce papers?"

"Cristina.."

"Matt. Don't leave me stranded. I'm going to leave you alone to think about it. But I want to see you at the Chinese restaurant around the corner at 7:00. I expect to see you there," Cristina said, while leaving.

I didn't take me a while to think about it. I already made my decision. I decided to visit Mallory and tell her to meet me at the restaurant later this evening. But for now, I need to check if GE bought us or not.

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Mallory's POV

I stood at the register pressing random buttons. I took Devon's early shift. Devon wasn't here today because he had something, so I was all alone. I heard the door chime and said "Welcome to CVS!" I looked to see who is was, and lo and behold, it was the girl that Matt cheated on me with.

"Well you must be Mallory" the girl said, "I'm Cristina and this is my friend Betina."

"Well, I hope you enjoy your shopping experience. I can help you with whatever you want," I said with a fake smile.

"I'm not here to shop darling. I'm telling you that I met with Matt today. We decided that we are going to meet at a Chinese restaurant at 7:00. He's making his decision about who he wants to be with," Cristina said.

I tried to hide my shock,"I'll be there."

I saw Betina grabbing a small plush basketball, "Is this a football?" She asked.

"Betina! Sorry she's a bit weird," Cristina said, "See you at 7."

I stood there confused. Will he pick me? I can't hide from him anymore, he needs to know that I still love him. Just as I was grabbing my phone, I saw Matt come in.