Office 48

Chpt 51: Christmas party

Anna's POV

I put on my candy cane dress and red lipstick. it was the annual Christmas Party for the office. I was Cal's secret Santa as it turned out. I knew what was planned. "Hey, tonight's the night" he said kissing my cheek. he zipped up my dress and kissed my shoulder. "I can't wait, you and Michael should really talk" he said. I sprayed some perfume on and the limo came. I slid on combat boots and grabbed my phone. I tucked it away into my boot. I came out and my hair blew in the wind. my breath was crystallized when I breathed in the cold air. I climbed in and sat next to Michael. B wasn't in the car. no way she'd miss this. "We have to stop at Blaire's house" the driver said. I nodded and he pulled up to her house. She came out and climbed in with a boy. "Anna, you remember Zap right?" Blaire said. my breath hitched. this couldn't be happening. Zap was out of the picture. he was suppost to be 4 hours away from me. not in the same damn car as me. Cal gave me a look. "Michael can we switch" Zap asked. Michael looked at me and I shook my head no. "Sure mate" he said smirking. Michael and Zap switched places. "So Calum have you been-" I couldn't hear what michael was saying to cal because of zap. "I've missed you" he breathed against my ear. "You look sexy tonight and the perfume, and dress, the way the dress shows off your boobs, sexy" he said. His hand rested on my thigh and slowly slid up. Calum wasn't paying attention, he was to involved in conversation. zap touched my area and cupped it. his hands went over my thong. "Thongs? who are you? I feel like I need to feel you again, to truly feel your new personality" he said as he pulled the elastic band of my thong. He released it and I jumped. Calum looked at me and realized what zap was trying to do. "Mate can you pass me a glass, let's make a toast" Calum said. zap nodded and turned around. he reached for the glass and Cal grabbed my hips and pulled me to the other side of him. "Hey, is this sexy bod- bottle good or what" zap said when he saw cal. "Perfect" cal said as we toasted. the limo pulled up and I climbed out smoothing my dress. Calum interlaced his fingers with mine and gave me a gentle squeeze. This was it. cal would make it or break it. We opened our gifts and kelly gave me my secret Santa gift. I opened it and there was a charm bracelet. the box read pandora and I looked around. "This is beautiful" I said. there was a microphone, a book, a Eiffel Tower, and many other ones. the tower was because I always wanted to go to Paris. I had no idea who this was. Calum was Blaire's secret Santa and nobody knew about my obsession with Paris. Calum was the only one who knew about my obsession with going to Paris, besides Mikey. I looked around for him but he was nowhere to be found. Blaire opened her gift and tilted her head. "Its a note" she said sarcastically. Calum stood up. "We aren't suppose to share secret Santa's but I needed to with this one. May I?" Calum asked taking the paper. I knew what he had planned. I got up and looked around. "I wrote a poem for Blaire. I suck at writing but let's give it a go. A Poem For Blaire

The B in your name stands for bitch. because we all know you can be one at times.

The L stands for loss. You've lost a lot of friends and family this year but you still managed to pull this off whilst being in the hospital.

The A stands for attitude. your attitude towards certain things can be very positive and it brings up people's spirits.

The I stands for ignorance, which you do not possess most of the time.

The R stands for revenge. boy do you love your revenge.

And the E. E stands for errors. and I've made a lot of them over the time we've spent together. Blaire Eliza Paisley, I screwed up big time. I know you don't want me back but I made a big ass fuck up. we all do, and I guess what I'm trying to say is that, being with someone that's not you, 2 days before Christmas, isn't what I planned. if you give me one last chance, and I know I use a lot. I can't promise that I won't fuck up, but I can promise that I'll love you unconditionally" Calum said. Blaire's eyes watered. "Calum I-" she paused wiping her eyes. I knew this was coming. I was just a blockade in the middle of the road between them. I walked around and looked for Michael. I saw Michael by the food. "Michael, can-" "Don't mention it" Michael said. "Can we talk? alone" I asked. Michael turned around and raised a brow. "With me?" he asked. I nodded and took his hand in mine. I led him down the decorated hallway and to the conference room. I shut the door and turned the lights on. Michael's eyes were blood shot, the bags under his eyes were unbelievable. "Don't turn the lig-" "Michael wh-" "You wanted to talk, talk" Michael said. "What happened?" I asked. he sighed. after you stormed out mad at me I couldn't find the nerve to call you. I knew you would deny my calls and I hated myself for the stupid fight. you were right Anna. I push people away and I don't want you to be one of them. I can't sleep at night unless I take a pill. I have all his guilt and anger and rage and passion and love built up inside and I didn't know what to do. then when I found out Blaire was in a coma I knew how stressed you'd be. I thought we could talk but that didn't work. then I found out you and Calum were a thing and that broke my heart. I know you love him and all but nobody knows what it feels like to love somebody that you keep loosing over stupid shit" Michael paused closing his eye lids and wiping them. "Anna i-" I shut the lights off and Michael sighed. "dont leave" he said. I walked over to him and kissed him. "that was the sweetest thing I've ever heard, Michael I thought when I rambled that you tuned me out. I didn't realize you listened to all that" I said as I rested my forehead on his. "Annabella Jane Harris, I love you. I've loved you since the first time I saw you in Australia. I loved you when I actually met you for the first time. I wanted to be yours and you to be mine. I fucking love you so much" Michael said. "I love you so much Michael" I said kissing him. I was tired of the constant fighting between us. "I'm sorry about switching with zap, I was pissed" Michael said. "i know, let's ditch this and go home" I said kissing him.