Not So Typical

Chapter 9

Today I made THE biggest mistake of my life, I let Elsa and Kate go to the cafe without me. I was so slammed, there were a thousand folders on my desk and I thought there was no way I was going to finish, they were my best friends and they offered, no big deal. 

"Your friends are quite funny, I hope I got your coffee right. Have a good day, love xx" 

I felt all of the blood leave my face, what had they said? Those two alone with a boy, let alone a boy I was interested in, never turned out quite well...at least not for the boy. Five minutes later the two of them appeared with my lunch in hand, I knew they had absolutely no intention of telling me what had happened with the curly haired boy across the street. 

"Thanks dearies" I said smiling as I took the salad and coffee from their hands, "now which one of you wants to tell me what happened with Harry?" 

Elsa tried to play it off and Kate tried to leave, but they knew they were caught. "Well we j-"

"We got his number so that we can tell him where we're going out tomorrow..he is going to bring two of his friends for us! It'll be like a group date" Elsa said excitedly cutting off Kate. This was a disaster waiting to happen. 

"Who said I wanted to go out tomorrow? I was planning on inviting him over for dinner if I could finish all of this work and have five minutes to talk to him! And which friends? I have only met one of them and he has the most lovely girlfriend, so who are you two babbling about?" 

"I think he said their names were Ed and Niall? All I know is that one of them is Irish and he is totally coming home with me" Kate said flipping her hair behind her shoulder. She was definitely craving some male attention lately. 

"Fine, but nowhere boring. If we're going out I at least want to go somewhere fun. And after you tell him where we're going, delete his number. You two are hell on guys and I actually want to keep this one, now shoo! You see that my work is growing by the second" I waved my hands and they both left my office in a laughing fit.

As soon as the door shut I reached for my phone. "Well, it looks like we are going out tomorrow night and who are these friends of yours? And by the way, I had way better plans but it looks like you'll never know what they were ;) My coffee was perfect by the way" 

I put my phone in my purse and started typing away, my pile was slowly decreasing but it was taking way more time than I wanted. I looked over at the tiny clock in the corner of my computer and saw that it was almost five o'clock. It was technically time for me to get off work but I had to finish these if I even wanted to consider going out tomorow  night. 

Another agonizing slow hour had passed when I heard a knock on my door. "I'm staying late Gwen, thanks for checking though! Have a safe drive home." Gwen was our janitor and she always checked on me when I stayed in past everyone else. 

"I don't know who Gwen is but you two sound quite comfortable with each other." 

I spun around to see him standing there looking absolutely beautiful. He wasn't wearing his work clothes anymore so this was definitely premeditated. 

"What are you doing here" I shrieked jumping up and running around the desk to wrap him into a hug. 

"Elsa and Kate told me that you were really busy and so they kind of helped me plan this little surprise, you can thank them later" he chuckled cockily. 

I squeezed him tighter and I felt him return the favor. "Wait does that mean we aren't being forced into some awful group date tomorrow" I asked excitedly pulling away to look at him. 

"Hey! I happen to enjoy group outings! We are definitely still going, but I really want to know what those other plans were" he raised any eye and made sure to smile just big enough to make his dimple stand out. I had never said anything but he had to know that thing was my weakness. 

"Wouldn't you like to know" I winked at him and sat back on my desk. 

"I'll get it out of you, I have my ways." He walked forward and pushed his body between my legs. His fingers went for my chin and tilted my face up to look at him, I held my breath and then his lips were on mine and gone again before I even knew what to say.

"Was that...was that too forward? Too much?" He backed away but I grabbed his hands with mine. 

"Absolutely not, it was kind of perfect" I smiled as I pushed my lips back to his.