F٠R٠I٠E٠N٠D٠S (AU)- #Erkenci Kus

Chapter 12 - konuşacağız I guess ?

It had been 5 days since their epic failure of a date and Sanem hadn't heard a peep from the man that was slowly nesting his way into her heart .

She'd never admit it but her ego had massively been hurt , Sanem was never one to chase a man . Anne drilled into her and leylas heads at a very young age the old school ideology that if a man truly wants you he will do the chasing and persuing . Anything less and he is not worth your time of day as he doesn't see your worth .
"sen altınsın kuzum , asla unutma "
Her mother's wise words rang in her ears as she gulped down her third coffee of the day it was only 2pm but she had already mentally clocked out , her classic so kate louboutins rubbed on her toes mercilessly .

Although she appreciated her job the competition and constant stress of deadlines was getting to her .
Everyone in the office had noticed her absentminded state as it had started to slowly affect the quality of her work . Ayhan leaving so soon had also put a damper on her mood .

This Sanem was a shameful shadow of the women that once occupied herself with nothing but work .
She'd never been the insecure type , you know the girls that jump from relationship to relationship to feel whole . So why did she feel so confused ?
Pull yourself together kiz ! you are not even his girlfriend to be acting so sad !
Her inner voice chastised.
It was time for a well deserved gossip session she thought .

As her and Deren nestled into there warm soups in the cafe over looking there workplace the light conversation turned into relationships much sooner than Sanem had expected , usually like clockwork it takes the two girls 15 minutes to moan about there demanding boss . But today all it took was the glum look on Sanems face to get Deren to stop incessantly chattering . 

"Kiz , I'm going to be brutally honest with you , watching the rain droplets on the window won't make him text you back , we aren't in some Turkish dizi"
Sanem met her eyes with a annoyed glare .
"Who said I was thinking about him "
Deren laughed at her overly confident friend .
"Speaking of men hows your dear bulutcim, don't think I haven't noticed you sneakily texting him under your desk" Sanem teased her friend who's cheeks were turning a shade of pink she recognised very well .
"Yok bir sey , hes sweet but I'm not really looking for anything serious right now "  Deren said looking up from her drink  .
A minute of silence had passed between the two girls enjoying this drop of peace in the sea of chaos that was waiting for them across the road .

"Don't look now but your lover boy just walked into the cafe ". Deren mumbled discreetly gesturing with her eyes to the door as if the doorbell jingle wasn't enough to direct Sanem to the entrance , where a sweaty Can and cey cey made there way into the cafe .
"Deren I will kill you please don't call them over " Sanem whispered franticly, thankfully the beanie on her head and the fact that she had her back to the door was concealing her identity very well .
"Deren !" Sanem heard followed by squeaky trainers .
"Cey cey canim!" Deren replied just as enthusiastically, "what brings you here !"
Sanem watched her two friends greet each other with warm hugs as she wondered when these two became such close friends .
A loud "Sanemcim " caught her attention as the very man she was planning on ignoring made himself comfortable on her right hand side throwing an arm around her while putting 4 Frappuccinos on the table in front of them .
Sanem really didn't know what to say despite three main questions being on the tip of her tongue .
Firstly , who's hand is big enough to carry four cold drinks! .
Secondly , who gave this man permission to touch her and thirdly why did he smell so good ? .

Of course a simple hello followed by a half smile to show that she was not pleased to see him sufficed .
And if she leaned over the table to hug cey cey out of pettiness it was nobodies business ! .
"So what brings you guys over here" Deren the social butterfly as ever saved the day .

"Me and cey cey went for a run and ended up here " . Can said between sips of his Frappuccino.
" Those are for you two by the way I know you girls drink black coffee watching your figures and all but sometimes enjoy yourselves! on me !" He said with a smile .
Both Deren and cey cey looked at Sanem anticipating what she'd say .
One thing to know about Sanem Aydin was that she most definitely had her two sense to say about men telling women what to do .

"Abi you just opened a can of worms good luck " cey cey sighed .
Sanem turned to face him as he was dumbfounded by her change in demeanour .

"Cancim please refer to us women as individuals and don't assume we are all the same , also I don't know what women you have been around but I for one am not watching my figure and do not appreciate you talking to us like this , Let me be the one to tell you to never talk about or give your opinion on women's bodies when it's unsolicitated and thanks for the free drink " .
She smiled and got up with the drink walking up to the cashier to pay for everybodies order leaving the table speechless .
Fuck your gender sterotypes she thought strutting out of the coffee shop .
"Can I think you should go check on Sanem" . Deren advised as the man almost jumped out of his seat to catch up to the girl , which wasn't hard considering how badly her heels we're rubbing her feet .

He pushed the door open with one swift motion and rushed to catch up to her .
"Sanem bekle " he said touching her shoulder which she shrugged off .

"Sanem for the love of god stop !"
urgency in his tone as he softly tugged at her forearm the force spinning her around pressing her up against his chest .

"Ne istiyorsun " she muttered aware of the audience watching through the coffee shop windows which included her two friends who were indeed front and centre watching the action .
"Talk to me " he said trying to level his breathing as she rolled her eyes pulling her arm away from him .
"Well you have had a lot to say over the last week !" . She chuckled stepping away from him to turn around and call for a taxi .

"Absolutely not I'm not going to let you talk to me in riddles and walk off " he said wrapping an arm around her waist her thin cardigan being the only barrier between their skin . Can gestured for the valet of her work place , which she didn't even realise existed until this very second and the realisation that she wouldn't get away this time dawned on her .
She huffed looking over her shoulder to the cafe only to catch a glimpse of her friends giving her thumbs up and blowing her kisses from the window .
konuşacağız I guess , she thought out loud .
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Double update !! I realised how much I genuinely missed bringing these characters to life I am working on re writing this fic aswell as finishing it off .
It would mean a lot to me if you voted and commented to give me feedback .
I appreciate every single one of you very much , happy reading ! .
( I will add the Turkish words translations very soon )