One Day You'll Show Up at My Door

Baskets and Romance

Monday afternoon, Delta was sitting behind her desk reading her book when she heard someone clear their throat.

"Hey. I'm Tyler," the gorgeous dark haired man said. He was holding a large basket. "I'm here to see Caroline."

"One minute," Delta said with a brief smile. She rose from her desk and knocked on her boss's door.

"Come in," Caroline called. Delta entered and shut the door behind her. She grabbed the whiteboard Caroline kept on the credenza by the door and scribbled quickly.

"Tyler is here to see you," she wrote before she showed the board to Caroline.

"What? Why?" Caroline mouthed. Delta quickly erased the board and scribbled something else down.

"I don't know but he comes bearing gifts," Caroline read.

"Ok. Send him in," she said aloud.

"You sure?" Delta whispered.

"Positive." the blonde woman said as she pretended to busy herself on her computer. The assistant put the whiteboard away before opening the office door.

"Miss Forbes will see you now," she said politely holding the door open for him.

"Thanks," he said with a wide smile. He entered the office and Delta closed the door behind him. "Hey, Care." Caroline held up one finger while she pretended to type something important but she was really typing the word, HYBRID in the game of Words with Friends she was playing with Elena.

"Hi Tyler," she said finally pulling her attention from the screen. "What are you doing here? What's with the basket?"

"This is a big ass I'm sorry for being a douche gift," he said placing the basket on the desk.

"What's in there?"

"Only every flavor of chip you can think of and a couple of bottles of Wild Turkey," Tyler said with an ample smile.

"Ooo!" Caroline squealed as she tore off the cellophane that was wrapped around the basket. She grabbed a bag and opened it.

"Listen, I know that I was a dick on Saturday and I really do owe you a real and sincere apology," Tyler said as she handed him a couple of chips.

"What the hell was wrong with you?" Caroline asked, popping a chip in her mouth.

"Klaus brings out the worst in me. You know that," he said. "But I'm over it. For real this time and I was wondering since I'm leaving town tomorrow would you like to have lunch with me?" Caroline was silent, her eyes wide. "Just as friends," he said holding his hands up defensively.

"I don't know," Caroline said, crunching chips.

"Please. I promise I won't feel you up," he joked. She smiled and nodded her head.

"Alright. Lunch." she placed her bag of chips back into the basket and led him out of the office. "I'm going to lunch. I'll be back in about an hour." Caroline said as she and Tyler exited the outer office. Delta waved and returned to her book.

Delta was wiping a few tears from her eyes when Grant the FedEx guy arrived.

"Are you alright?" he asked concerned.

"I'm fine. My book had a happy/sad ending," she answered with a smile.

"Oh. You liked it then?"

"Loved it. Anything good?" Delta asked her eyes roving the packages he was unloading.

"Same stuff as usual but this came for you," Grant said handing her a plain white envelope. She took it and saw that it had her name scrolled across the front but no return address. She smiled up at him before she opened it. She pulled the letter out and read it.