All Areas Accessed - Sequel to Access All Areas

Chapter Fourteen

When myself and Slam drop Clara off at work, I get straight on the phone to Jules so he can help me plan one of the surprises that I have in store for my girl. When she solemnly did get out of the car, neither one of us said goodbye, just all the sweet stuff in between—we would Skype, call and email—just so that we can keep what we've now so wonderfully started, going. I've already broached the subject about her coming out to LA to see me, but for now, all the time that my American feet are still on British soil, I am planning on giving my girl something to remember me by. "Yeah, I want you to find a place that's an abandoned building and not open to the general public. It's for Clara, so I want this place to blow her mind, Jules." I go over my request again, ensuring that my ever resourceful assistant has all that he needs to pull off what I have planned. "Once you have the place sorted, I want a nice little picnic for two to be organised there, too....butlers, candlelight, the whole romantic deal."

"The whole romantic deal?" Jules is trying to be funny, but I don't have time for his kind of funny.

"Yeeeees...the whole romantic deal." I sarcastically repeat, sounding completely serious; on a soppy mission serious. "Can you also ask Will to get Clara's bosses number off of Cam for me? Tell him to call me once he has it."

"Anything else?" Jules asks, still sounding annoyingly amused.

"Yeah, drop the humour from your voice." I'm frowning, knowing full well what has amused Jules so damn much. I'm not being my usual self. I'm going completely ga-ga over a girl. I'm jumping through romantic hoops, for a girl.

Laughing in my ear, Jules cheerily apologises."I'm sorry, it's weird you being like this, that's all." He earnestly explains himself.

My frown is soon replaced with a small smirk, and it doesn't go unnoticed by Slam either, so as I answer Jules, my relaxed eyes flick up to Slam's in the rear view mirror. "I really like Clara, Jules...help me show her how much I really do like her?" I'm not asking him as his boss, I'm asking him as a friend. Slam himself, is now smirking. He too, has never seen this side of me. I'm happy to freely admit how I feel about this woman. I delayed going back home for her, and there's a fundamental reason for that.

I want Clara.

I'm falling for Clara.

Probably falling much faster than she is.

Which is why I couldn't fly home yesterday. I couldn't distance myself from someone who I know is going to become a big part of my life.

Maybe Clara herself doesn't yet know that?

Maybe she doesn't dare to believe that just yet?

But I want her to know that she's going to become a big part of my life. I want her to believe that...because it's what I know and believe.

That's why today is so important to me. I don't want to just tell Clara how much she means to me, I want to show her. For the first time in a very long time, I feel like I'm doing what I should be doing. My music has always been the only thing that I've understood in my life. It has always come easy, without interference or restraint.

With all the other parts of my life, I have always felt like I'm just winging it. I know I have taken many wrong turns in my life, but with Clara, I feel like I'm now heading in the right direction.

That's why I couldn't leave yesterday and that's why I am still here.

Before I get on that plane tonight, I need her to understand the importance of her becoming one half of us. I just need her to know that.

"Leave it with me, I'll totally blow your girls mind." Jules so assuringly tells me. "Hey, Will has just walked in, do you want a quick word with him?"