Since you walked into my life

Chapter 9

The show had been fantastic despite the fact she was working, she managed to see a good bit of it. Happy with the amount of footage they had, she knew she had a good choice to choose from.
Imogen made it backstage just as the guys came off stage. Jordan headed straight over to her.
"Hey" he beamed running the towel draped his neck, over his face.
"Hey yourself. That was some show. I thought the roof was gonna fly off" she cuddled into him.
"Did you get to see?" He asked
"Some. Maybe a little less than usual though but in some ways a whole lot more" she said taking her headset off.
He frowned "huh?"
She rubbed her tongue in her cheek,
"I maybe saw a fifth of what I normally do." She teased "I found myself hone in on one person and couldn't take my eyes off him"
The smile spread over his face. They walked back over to his dressing room,
"Yeah, I was thinking, ...Jon's confidence has really gotten better" she laughed.
Jordan stopped walking to look at her. He tried to look offended. He reached over to her and tickled her,
"Im wounded" he grinned holding his chest
She squealed "I'm joking I'm joking"
"Are you coming back yet?"
"No I'm just finishing up. I'll see you in an hour maybe"
"Ok JM" he smiled and went to change.
Going back to the laptop she had been working on, she had a couple of run backs of the footage, she identified a dozen frames to use just of one camera.
She carried on reviewing the footage as it came in. She had sent some samples over to Geoff. He called her back a little while after
"Hi Geoff did you get my email?"
"Hi Imogen I did. You've done a remarkable job. If I wasn't already confident with your work, I am now."
Imogen air punched
"excellent, we've got a couple of days of editing before we have a rough copy to send Jared. Then we can regroup on September 5th to start the second run. Editing will be on going so as I get clean frames I can send you over my top 10. I like to do more than we need just in case."
He laughed "you're making my job easier already. So congratulations. Enjoy the rest of your night with mr Knight I believe?"
Imogen was quiet
"Relax Imogen, what you do in your private life is up to you"
"I'm sorry I didn't talk to you about it. This has happened since...."
He cut her off "hey you don't owe me any explanation ok?"
"Thanks Geoff"
"Oh, I've just signed off your first commission. It's early but the exec's authorised it"
"You are a star. I'll be in touch either tomorrow or Saturday. Bye Geoff"
She sat down in shock. She usually had to chase commission payments in the UK. Opening up her banking app she saw the payment had cleared already. She had to double check the amount. As she did she got a message from Geoff,
BTW we looked at your pay grade. Your experience over in the US automatically put you in a lower bracket, so we agreed on an upscale, we signed that off too. G
She laughed to herself as double walked to Jordan's dressing room eager to tell him her news. He was sat scrolling through his social media. He looked up to Imogen smiling from ear to ear.
"Hey I was just about to call you" he said
"Sorry I just took the best call" she fidgeting with excitement
"Oh?" He asked
"I sent some rough copies over to Geoff. He called to congratulate me on a remarkable job and, they paid me on a higher pay grade"
She jumped up and down
He picked her up and spun her around "I'm so proud of you JM."
She kissed him "oh and Geoff knew we were together, he didn't say how but he said it was my business. I can't believe it JK. I've waited so long for this kind of opportunity. To hear him say he's happy with what he's seeing is, the best compliment ever. I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere at last."
He laughed at her excitement
"I love seeing you like this"

They got back to the hotel just after 2. Jordan's flight was at 6.30pm so they had some time together. Leila had to catch her flight to LA at 7am. The adrenaline from their night kept them talking for some time. The conversation was so easy with Jordan.
Waking up after 10, Imogen left Jordan to rest and went to the gym. She ran for an hour, the adrenaline from the night before was still present. As she slowed the pace down her phone rang. The display flashed up Jordan's name. Coming to a stop she answered,
"Hey JK" she said breathlessly,
"Hey where are you?"
"I came down to the gym. I didn't want to wake you. I'm done now, I'll be back soon"
"Ok hurry up" he said
Jordan was in bed on his phone.
"Good morning" he smiled
"Hey" she said kissing him "you looked so beautiful sleeping"
He laughed
"I need to shower" she said.
He watched her undress and get in. It was only a matter of time before he came in behind her.
They lazed on the bed both aware it would be a few days before they saw each again. The past week had been full on for both of them but, neither wanted it to stop. At 4pm all of Jordan's luggage was taken down. If the resounding alarm going off in her head that Jordan was leaving, wasn't enough, seeing all his cases leave, hit her in the pit of her stomach. Imogen had held back a shirt that had his scent on. It was the nearest to the real thing she was going to get. The time for Jordan to leave came all to quickly. They hugged each other tight.
"I'll see you Wednesday" he smiled kissing her head.
She nodded. "Call me when you get home" she said distracted. "I will". She kissed him one last time. She watched him until the elevator doors shut. Going back inside, she shut the door and slide down it into a slump. All she wanted to do was run after him and tell him stay. Jordan's schedule was always going to bring days, maybe even weeks of them being apart. Despite seeing him in 5 days, the intensity of the last week left a void. They were both in unknown territory to catch feelings so quickly. The whole situation had her living a state of shock. Every emotion, thought and feeling she had for Jordan had no credible balance to her previous relationships. They were completely opposite. Her head hurt. She went to lie on the bed. She automatically went to her side of bed to lie down. As she settled closing her eyes, she reached out to where Jordan had been. Something was on the pillow. Opening her eyes she looked over to see what it was. It was a Tiffany's gift bag. She sat up and opened it. There was a white box and a card. Pulling out the card, she saw it was hand written. She traced her fingers over the letters before she read them. Taking a breathe she read:
JM
I wanted to leave you something to remind you of me whilst we are apart. The surprises the week has given us have been insane but, the clarity of where we are going is crystal clear. I've never been more certain about anything then I am with you. The key is our future. I can't wait to hold you again.
JK xx
Opening the box, she saw it was a beautiful gold necklace with an intricate patterned key. It was beautiful. She carefully took it out of the box and put it on.
She held the note against her and closed her eyes as the tears ran down her face.