His Girl

chapter 67

James

I was sat in the meeting listening to way more information than I needed to know. Usually these meetings would have my full attention but my head was killing and I was irritated from earlier event of this morning.

"Thanks for the breakfast " I say as I entered the kitchen to wash the plate. Harper was already washing up though so I gave her my plate and grabbed a towel so i could begin drying. "No problem, hows your head" she asked "i feel like I've been hit by a truck" i tell her and she laughs "I put your shoe back in your room too Cinderella " she says.
Wait what.
Why was she calling me cinderella?
Before I can ask, she must have sensed my confusion as she speaks "your tie was hanging on the railing and a shoe was on the step"
wow. I must have been really drunk. Well this headache was definitely proof that I was.
"Jake messaged me, is it alright if i go out with him today" she asks. I put on a fake smile, it's not as if I can say no. "Sure, I got a few meetings today anyway" i say trying my best not to sound annoyed.
"That's great, I guess I'll see you tommorow" she says handing me the last plate.
"Why tommorow" I ask
"I just presumed you would go straight from your meeting and get drunk, like you have the last few nights" she says like it was no big deal. However this made me happy, knowing she wasn't spending the night with jake. "No I think I'll give tonight a miss, besides I dont wanna get caught out in the storm" I tell her, there was suppose to be this massive storm tonight and all gang stuff e.g drop offs ect have been cancelled for tonight.  Getting caught out in a storm could be more dangerous then attacking a enemy, the reason I believed this was everyone had been trained to expect the unexpected so much so that they knew when to dodge ect. A storm was unpredictable and something I couldnt even predict.
"Oh that's good, well am going to go get ready, see you tonight" she says and leaves me standing alone in the kitchen, planning Jake's death.

"Boss are you even listening"  one of my men asked however I was too busy thinking about this morning and then I got onto thinking about what Harper was doing now,  was she enjoying herself, was she going to come home and tell me jake was her boyfriend, maybe she will move out. Fuck. I cant let that happen.  I cant lose her.

*Meanwhile*

Harper

"Jake stop"

Right now we were sat in a diner eating icecream,  jake kept stealing mine and I had to keep telling him to stop.
I wasnt keen on it but something about it seemed familiar so I kept hoping incase it rejogged my memory.
"Yours is so much better" jake complained and I laughed "still you cant have any its mine" I tell him, he sulks for a minute and then we both burst out laughing.

Once we were done with the icecream we decided to go to the park which was across the road. It was nice just to walk through it. We talked about ourselves, him mainly because I didnt know much about myself.
His favourite colour was green.
He was from New York but moved out to italy a year ago.
He was a lawyer
His favourite food was unsurprisingly ice cream.
Overall he seemed like a great guy, I think he would make a good friend.

After a while the sky started to grey and it looked like it was going to rain. "Today has been fun, we should hang out more often, maybe I could even take you on a date" he said.
"Sure we can hang out again" I tell him purposely skipping over the word 'date'
"Ok it's a date" he smiled brightly. I didnt have the heart to correct him so I changed the topic "I should get back, it's getting late and its gonna rain soon" I tell him and he nods "oh yeah sure I'll drive you"

As he drove we sung along to whatever was on the radio. It was fun especially when jake would go into a high pitch tone.
As we drove, I noticed us go through a town, it looked familiar, like I'd been here before. We were a good hour or so away from home so it seemed odd but the more I concentrated, the more it felt familiar.  I had definitely been here before.
All my concentration was on the town and I never noticed us leave it as I was deep in thought, I knew I had to gave been to this town before I lost my memory. Maybe I should ask james?

"And your home" jake says pulling up to the house. It knocked me out of my town thoughts and back to reality
"Thanks jake" I tell him and kiss his cheek as a thank you. He smiles "any time love" he answers and I smile "I should go in now" I quickly get out, not wanting to make this anymore awkward. 
We said our goodbyes and then he drove off leaving me standing in the drive. I quickly entered, It was quiet and I wondered if james was back. The doors stayed unlocked because there was guards around so he could possibly be still at his meeting.

"Did you have fun" I turn and see james looking at me, his smile was fake.
"Yes we had icecream then went around a park and talked about each other, although it was mainly him talking because I dont know much about myself" I tell him and he looks amused "and what did you learn about him" he asks, seeming genuinely curious. "Oh just hobbies, his job, favourite food. That sort of stuff" I tell him. "And what are those" he asked. "He likes anything car related, hes a lawyer and icecream" I tell him and a dark look passes through his face "a lawyer" he repeats and I nod but seeing his dark look turn menacing I quickly add on "yeah why" I was a little scared. He took a deep breath  "nothing, as long as you enjoyed yourself" he says calmly with a real smile. "Yes, I even know something new about myself" I tell him excitedly. I love finding out new things about me each day, it was interesting.  He seems to cheer up hearing this "and what's that"he asked. "I dont like icecream" I tell him and he laughs. "Stop laughing it's not funny" I say and he laughs further "you went out for icecream and you dont even like it" he says through laughter. It wasnt that funny though. "When we first met, you wanted some icecream and I got the impression you didnt like it as you pulled a face" he says and this makes me curious about everything.
Maybe I met james in that town.
I should have asked jake for its name.
"I only ate it because it seemed familiar and I wanted to try remember,  but I guess that was the memory" I tell him and his smile grows. "When we were driving back, we passed through a town, that seemed familiar too. Maybe we met there" I say hoping he would have the answers.  "Sadly I can assure you we didnt meet there, what was the name of the town maybe I can tell you what you cant remember" he says. "I dont know" I reply. Maybe its best if I dont know, that way I can work it out for myself without having to rely on James.
"I think I'm gonna go lay down, I wanna figure this out for myself" I tell him and he smiles "ok I'll be in my office if you need me. I'm gonna order Pizza in a few hours" he said and I nod. I love pizza.