Pink Mist (Unedited, Completed)

ALMOST BAKED

I stand there for a bit trying to process everything that has happened a few minutes ago. A smile stretches across my lips whenever I think of Nathan. Are we having a date at my place in an hour? I take a look at my phone to find several messages and calls from Dante. I feel my heart tightening... I shouldn't have done anything with him since I wasn't sure about my feelings for either of them. How am I going to apologize now? What happened to his office... Does he have feelings for me or is it that he just wanted to have... fun? Nevertheless I'd never want to hurt him nor make the situation between his brother and him even more complicated.

"S where are you?"

"Please call me."

"Your resignation is NOT accepted."

"Damn it answer the phone!"

"You know I hate ultimatums! ANSWER ME."

"I'm running out of patience..."

Is he mad because I have call it quits or is he mad because I left before he had the chance to fire me? Maybe I should recall my decision about leaving the job. I need the money after all. I don't want to give him the pleasure of admitting I did a mistake though. Sigh! I've decided to text him back that I'm taking the day off and that I'll go by his office in the morning.

If he wants to talk to me he has the chance to do so. I'm still mad at him for bossing me around outside of the corporation. I didn't appreciate the fact that he told Nathan to stay away from me either. A gentle tap on my shoulder brings me back to reality. I turn around confused. In my surprise I see Emily looking at me amused.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at work?"

"Colt called me and told me to come and check on you since you're not answering your phone." He told Emily? Did he tell her that Nathan found us in my office as well? God!

"I would have answered to you, you know!"

"Well, it's time away from work so of course I'd take this instead of a phone call!"

"Alright... You can tell him that I'm fine." Emily keeps staring at me with her eyes literally glowing from amusement. "Is there something else you want us to talk about..?" I look at her puzzled.

"Nathan drove Beast?!" My jaw dropped to the ground in an instant. She was here the whole time and I didn't even notice her?!

"What..? What are you talking about?" I try to buy some time but Emily already knows that so she narrows her eyes interrogatively while she points her finger towards me.

"I was here about five minutes before you came. So cut it out and just tell me everything!" I shake my head and laugh. Of course... The one time I've let someone else drive Beast the whole world would notice.

"I... I..."

"Yeah, you! Speak Val!"

"Fine! Jesus Christ! Nathan is the psycho guy with the Impala that I've told you about once. Do you remember?"

"Yeah, I do. And?"

"And... We had a race that we never got to finish because he decided to pull over."

"And?"

"And... I've screamed at him. Fainted in his arms... Got me in the back of his car until I regained my senses... And then drove me here. That's it."

"You realize I was here, right? You never let anyone drive your baby! You guys were flirting!"

"No..! Maybe just a little... Shut up!" I turn as red as a tomato before I start kicking with the tip of my boot an imaginary rock.