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Blind Date with Daniel Wilson… only to be bed in by Gemma Dove.
What the hell is happening here? This can’t be real, can it? Am I losing my mind?Chapter 17 – Daniel“Are you okay?” Rebecca rests her hand on my shoulder and smiles reassuringly at me. “She is here. I’ve just spoken to Paige and she left her over by the bidding station, so all is going well.”
“Yes, good.” I suck in a couple of deep breaths and do what I can to calm myself down. Being busy and throwing this together was one thing, but now that the moment is here and everything that we have been building towards has culminated in this moment, I’m scared. The nerves are finally kicking in and I don’t know how to handle any of them. I don’t know if this was a good idea, if Gemma is going to receive it well, or if I am about to make a giant idiot out of myself. What if this fucks it all up for good? I have made so many mistakes when it comes to my love life and I am absolutely terrified of making more. “Is anyone watching her? I want to know how Gemma looks when she sees what I have written down as a bidding option. I need to know how this is going to go before I get up on the stage and make myself look like a love-struck idiot.”
The roses didn’t go down well, the smaller romantic gesture was messy, I don’t need the same for this.
“I will go and check now.” Rebecca looks reluctant to leave me. “I will only be a moment.”
Once she leaves, I lean forward and grab on to my knees as I do my best to try and calm myself down. My heart is thundering, my breaths all sharp and ragged, there is a deep tremor running up and down my spine…
“This is what you have been working towards,” I remind myself in a whisper. “This is what the last ten or so days have been about. This is the last chance to speak to Gemma, to try and make it right.”
But that only piles the pressure on me more, that only makes me incredibly anxious, I may even run if I’m not careful. But I can’t do that because I have to remember the amount of effort that everyone else has put in on my behalf. Rebecca has been a rock, Paige has kicked ass as normal, and Eve has done her part as well. They have all done this because they believe that me and Gemma are meant to be together, or that we should at least be given a shot at real life, and I can’t run out now. I owe it to them to at least try. They deserve me to at least get my head in order and to give it my best shot. I will have an angry mob of women against me if I don’t.
And Tim as well. He has dealt with endless phone calls from me, he has fielded all of my biggest concerns, and I know that he wants me to make this work as well. I don’t want to let him down either.
“Okay…” By the time Rebecca comes back to me, my breathing is a little steadier. I don’t know if I look any less freaked out but it’s a step in the right direction at least. “Gemma isn’t by the bidding station anymore; she is drinking with Eve instead. No one got to see her expression as she saw the date either…” Everything inside of me sinks, I feel deflated and sad. “But it isn’t all bad news because she did bid on the date.”
“She did?” Oh, thank God. I soar with joy. I am flying with happiness all over again. “Oh good.”
“Exactly. That’s what I thought.” Rebecca grins from ear to ear. “That has to be a good sign.”
She pats me on the back and helps me to feel a little bit better. I am stronger now, I feel like I can do it, I might even be looking forward to getting out there on that stage to see where this pans out. Who knows it could even be the day that me and Gemma finally make it work again? We could even get back together.
I allow my brain to wander off in to that beautiful fantasy inside of my head once more, the one that I have been dreaming about ever since we started putting this charity event together, which will make money for the homeless even if there is another agenda. I can’t stop thinking about the idea of me and Gemma ending up back in bed together, that wonderful chemistry erupting between us once more, but further than that… me and Gemma on actual dates together, being a couple, maybe even being together forever, it’s just mad.
