Thankfully, Adian left in separate vehicles, with Gerard taking Mel and I, which works for me and Adian travelling with Basil to drop Adana off at school, which also works for me, because explaining the gym bag in the office would be a bit awkward.
"Have a good day" I wave to Adana, as we go our separate ways in the underground carpark.
Adian leans and kisses me, "I can't wait for tonight" he whispers against my lips, but I can see he's still troubled and I have a feeling that it involves Adana. I chose to be civil towards her because adding to Adian's problems is not me.
"Me too" I mummer, chuckling softly, before he opens the door for me to climb in joining an already excited Mel.
Looking over my shoulder I notice Adian frowning, but I didn't turn around because I'm aware that the gym bag's in the back.
I instantly leaned up and pecked his lips once again hoping to distract him from it.
"Later" Adian closes the door, hitting the door of the front passenger seat and saluting to Gerard.
Meeting Gerard's gaze in the mirror, "that nearly got awkward" I chuckle nervously, adjusting my handbag on my lap.
Darn!
I still have Adian's phone and wallet in my handbag.
Taking out my phone I called Basil, "yeah, he knows you have his phone and his money" Basil mocks me.
"Uh, okay, well..." I trailed off waiting for Basil to advise me on dropping Adian's items off to him.
"We'll be by your office in a bit" Adian, who took the phone from Basil, responds to me.
Excited to hear his voice so soon, "yeah, okay. See you soon." I agreed, blushing.
"What's with you?" Mel's asks as if she smells a cat in bag.
Nervous and excited all in one, I shook my head unable to explain how I felt right now in anticipation of my date tonight.
My first, real, actual date!
As is our ritual, Gerard slows down in front of Starbucks and Mel and I went in as usual to get coffee for the guys and us.
I bought seven again and Gerard was the first to start drinking his, while Mel and I wait for when we get to the office.
"Uh, um" I started nervously, lifting my eyes off the tray of coffee, meeting Gerard's gaze in the rearview mirror as he was driving into the company's carpark.
"Please do not make any plans for lunch, because I need you guys to go help me buy a dress" I said shyly lowering my eyes to the three coffees on my lap.
Mel just sat smiling coyly, "big date huh?" she says, looking away as she gathers her handbag and balances the coffee in her hand.
Embarrassed about the whole date thing and not wanting to make a big deal about it, I decided to down play the entire thing. Climbing out of the vehicle, walking with Mel and Gerard, who held the gym bag over his shoulders, "yeah, Adian has this.. uh.. thing.. that he has to go too, so of course I am going but he didn't say how to dress." Realizing that I have to idea where he is taking me and I definitely don't want to over dress.
Nodding as she listen to me, Mel lifts one of the coffee on her tray and starts sipping. "Well I am sure that it won't be awkward to ask him," Mel casually informs me and today is a day when I really miss my roommate.
Smiling, because I know what she would say, "casually elegant, it is" I turned and chuckle at Mel, who twitching her lips, shrugs as the elevator opens to the floor that houses my office.
Frowning at my open door, I turn to Gerard, who pushes the door in, slowly, breathing a sigh of relief when I see Caleb sitting on a couch spreading out documents on the long table in front of him.
I wonder who let him in, because other Adian Jerry and Ryan, who else who else carries a copy of my keys?
"Morning" I walked up to Caleb, already lifting a coffee from my tray out towards him.
Smiling broadly, Caleb walks around the table to receive the coffee, "morning Hailey and thank you" Caleb, nods at the coffee he now holds. "I hope you don't mind, but Jerry opened your office for me to organize these," he turns and walks back to the table with the files.
The only reason I feel awkward is because I need to find a safe place for the files nanny Pierce gave to me.
"Nanny Pierce" I muttered quickly, turning to Caleb, "I am expecting a visitor, nan.. uh.. Mrs. Pierce sometime this morning, can you let someone know so that she is directed to this office, please." I smiled, sighing with relief, because I almost forgot she was coming by.
Already heading to my desk, Caleb picks up the desk line and speaks to someone while I turned to Gerard.
Pointing towards the kitchen, "you can put it in there, in one of the cupboards while I decided how best to secure them" I smiled gratefully, when Gerard did as I requested without asking any questions.
Mel on the other hand stood observing curiously but I have no idea what's in there other than my medical files from the therapist.
As Caleb hangs up the phone, I walked to my desk, "you can call Jerry for his coffee or would you like to take it to him?" I enquire from Caleb, who was more than willing to run an errand.
Gerard walks slowly out of the kitchen with his phone attached to his ear, but his eyes on me.
"Yes, I can do that" he says to the person on the other end, then goes to lock the office door, before taking a seat, while Mel and I exchanged confuse looks!