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Really, there is only one person that I want to talk to, and she isn’t calling me back, so I’m stuffed. Even after all of this time she hasn’t thawed out to me even a bit and I don’t know if she will now.
“Time to go.” I gather up my things and force myself to walk out my office. I’m surprised when I spot a light on and I see that there is still someone else here. Someone else remains. “Hello? Who is it?”
“It’s me.” Rebecca smiles a little sadly. “I was just hoping for a moment alone with you if that’s okay?”
“Oh no.” There is a strange look on her face which makes me panic. “You aren’t leaving, are you?”
“No, no, nothing like that.” Thank goodness. I don’t know how I would cope without her now. She has become such a staple part of the company and she knows the insides and outs. I need her here. “I wanted to talk about you. It’s very clear to me that you aren’t happy at the moment and I just wanted to check in. I know that we work together, and it might be a little awkward, but I don’t want you to feel like you are alone.”
That gives me a sense of warmth that I haven’t felt in a while. It’s nice to know that I have at least someone who cares enough about me to check in on me when I need it. “Thank you, Rebecca. It has been tough…”
“It’s Gemma, isn’t it?” she asks me knowingly. “You haven’t been the same since you fell out with her. And I don’t think that it’s because of the video leaking. I think it’s because of her. You liked her, didn’t you?” I don’t see any point in lying, not when it’s like this. “Right and yet you have let her slip through your fingers.”
“I tried fighting,” I tell her rapidly. “I tried to show her how much I want her, but she told me to leave her alone. I don’t know what else I can do. I don’t want to become a problem for her.”
Rebecca rolls her eyes very obviously at me. “I don’t think that you went big enough.”
“Funnily enough, my brother, Tim, said the same thing,” I admit. “But I have ignored him.”
“Well, you are getting a female perspective here and I’m telling you that you didn’t do enough.” She gives me a knowing look. “And I think that you should give it one last shot. You should try that little bit harder.”
“Are you going to tell me that you have an idea?” I cock my head to one side curiously. “Because I would love to hear what you have you say. I am really running low when it comes to ideas.”
“I do, but it’s one that you are going to need help with. We’re going to need Paige, but it will be worth it if you are willing to go all out because this will be huge. You need to be ready. It will be good for nostalgia.”
I have no idea what Rebecca is getting at here but with the sparkle in her eyes and the first sign of hope blooming in my heart I already know that I am ready to give it one final shot. Someone as incredible as Gemma deserves me to keep on fighting and to go much bigger than I have done before. The feelings that I have for her run so deep that I am willing to try once more. I mean, what if a love like this only comes once in a life time and I am currently just letting it slide by? I don’t want to be that idiot. No way.
“I’m ready.” I smile at Rebecca. “Let me know whatever it is. Let’s do this.”
As she reels off the plan to me, I grow increasingly excited by the moment. I should have been the one to think of this, it’s absolutely genius, but instead of getting caught up in that disappointment, I am just grateful for the fact that I have such a good friend here who is willing to think of these things for me.
Actually, Rebecca has been very instrumental with my relationship with Gemma even if she didn’t intend it. She bid on the blind date on my behalf, she set the ball rolling, she got me a place at the networking event, not that I want to remember that necessarily since it destroyed everything, and she also sorted out all of this for me. I am going to have to appreciate her a whole lot more, to let her know how grateful I am for her being in my life and doing all of this for me. Who knows, she might have even created the best love story that the world has ever known… well, that I have ever known anyway and that is good enough for me.
