Change My Ways
No Dawn, No Day, I'm Always In This Twilight
Elody's POV
As I stand in front of this man, I'm suddenly nervous, and breathless. I want to say something, to explain myself, but I can't think of the words to do so. For the first time, I truly get a good look at him. He's even more handsome up close. I feel as if he is looking straight through me, though.
"You said you could explain, but judging by your nonexistent words, it seems as though you can't." He speaks, and I force myself to look at him.
"I-I'm sorry." I finally stutter out. "I realize now that there really is no way to explain my actions. I am terribly sorry about what you saw, but I sincerely hope you won't let it effect your decision to do business with us, or Mr. Walden."
"Wow." He laughs a little. "I knew something had to be going on when he told me to return your lost phone to him, instead of me just returning it to you myself. I should've known when I saw you guys kiss on your doorstep." He's glaring at me.
"Excuse me?" Suddenly, I'm hit with a burst of anger. "Are you stalking me? First you steal my phone, now you know where I live? Maybe I'm not the one who needs to be explaining myself."
"Whoa, whoa. I ran in to you by accident, not purposely to steal your phone from you. You're the one who dropped your phone, I was simply trying to be nice and return it to you. As for following your boss to your house, I was just curious as to why he wanted to be the one to give the phone back to you. You're obviously important to him, and he probably wanted you to think he was the hero for saving your phone from some stranger. It wasn't like I was planning to see him kiss you, or walk in on you guys today. Obviously you're busy mixing business with pleasure here, so maybe we should take our business somewhere else."
That was it. Who was this guy to judge me? He doesn't even fucking know me! He doesn't know the slightest bit about me! I reached my hand out and slapped him across the face.
"I can't believe you are going to stand here and judge me, when you don't know anything about me or who I am. You can take your "business" and shove it right up your ass as far as I'm concerned, and you can tell Mr. Walden I said so. He's not going to fire me, he's too busy firing me up." I smile, and walk away. Man, do I feel good. I can't believe I just did that, though!
Brian's POV
I watch in awe as she walks away. I cannot believe she just said that. She's obviously in over her head with this man. Something about the whole situation, though, makes me want to do business here, just to get under her skin.
"Well, I'm going to go back in and let Mr. Walden know that we won't be needing any time to think, after all. We'd love to do business with him." I say, as I turn to the guys.
"Are you sure about that?" Matt asks. "You convince us not to do business here, and now you are changing your mind? Wouldn't have anything to do with that girl would it?"
"You know me so well, Matthew." I smirk at him. "I can't resist being an ass sometimes."
"You mean all of the time." Johnny remarks.
"Oh shut it, short shit." I flip him off, and make my way back up to Mr. Walden's office.
I knock on the door to his office, and he immediately comes over to open it.
"I'm so sorry for wha..." He starts to say, but I cut him off, before he can finish what he's saying.
"No, I'm sorry. It's going to be a pleasure doing business with you." I reach my hand out, and he shakes it.
"Well then, I will start working on the papers, and you guys can meet me back here tomorrow, say eleven-ish again?"
"Sounds good. We will see you then." I smile, and head back down to the parking lot.
"Alright, let's get out of here. I think I need a drink already." I say to the guys, as I arrive downstairs.
"Wow. Only 1:00 in the afternoon, and you already need a drink, that's a new record." Jimmy says, as he slaps a hand on my shoulder. "I guess I'm in, if you are." He smiles, as we all head back to the car.
As I stand in front of this man, I'm suddenly nervous, and breathless. I want to say something, to explain myself, but I can't think of the words to do so. For the first time, I truly get a good look at him. He's even more handsome up close. I feel as if he is looking straight through me, though.
"You said you could explain, but judging by your nonexistent words, it seems as though you can't." He speaks, and I force myself to look at him.
"I-I'm sorry." I finally stutter out. "I realize now that there really is no way to explain my actions. I am terribly sorry about what you saw, but I sincerely hope you won't let it effect your decision to do business with us, or Mr. Walden."
"Wow." He laughs a little. "I knew something had to be going on when he told me to return your lost phone to him, instead of me just returning it to you myself. I should've known when I saw you guys kiss on your doorstep." He's glaring at me.
"Excuse me?" Suddenly, I'm hit with a burst of anger. "Are you stalking me? First you steal my phone, now you know where I live? Maybe I'm not the one who needs to be explaining myself."
"Whoa, whoa. I ran in to you by accident, not purposely to steal your phone from you. You're the one who dropped your phone, I was simply trying to be nice and return it to you. As for following your boss to your house, I was just curious as to why he wanted to be the one to give the phone back to you. You're obviously important to him, and he probably wanted you to think he was the hero for saving your phone from some stranger. It wasn't like I was planning to see him kiss you, or walk in on you guys today. Obviously you're busy mixing business with pleasure here, so maybe we should take our business somewhere else."
That was it. Who was this guy to judge me? He doesn't even fucking know me! He doesn't know the slightest bit about me! I reached my hand out and slapped him across the face.
"I can't believe you are going to stand here and judge me, when you don't know anything about me or who I am. You can take your "business" and shove it right up your ass as far as I'm concerned, and you can tell Mr. Walden I said so. He's not going to fire me, he's too busy firing me up." I smile, and walk away. Man, do I feel good. I can't believe I just did that, though!
Brian's POV
I watch in awe as she walks away. I cannot believe she just said that. She's obviously in over her head with this man. Something about the whole situation, though, makes me want to do business here, just to get under her skin.
"Well, I'm going to go back in and let Mr. Walden know that we won't be needing any time to think, after all. We'd love to do business with him." I say, as I turn to the guys.
"Are you sure about that?" Matt asks. "You convince us not to do business here, and now you are changing your mind? Wouldn't have anything to do with that girl would it?"
"You know me so well, Matthew." I smirk at him. "I can't resist being an ass sometimes."
"You mean all of the time." Johnny remarks.
"Oh shut it, short shit." I flip him off, and make my way back up to Mr. Walden's office.
I knock on the door to his office, and he immediately comes over to open it.
"I'm so sorry for wha..." He starts to say, but I cut him off, before he can finish what he's saying.
"No, I'm sorry. It's going to be a pleasure doing business with you." I reach my hand out, and he shakes it.
"Well then, I will start working on the papers, and you guys can meet me back here tomorrow, say eleven-ish again?"
"Sounds good. We will see you then." I smile, and head back down to the parking lot.
"Alright, let's get out of here. I think I need a drink already." I say to the guys, as I arrive downstairs.
"Wow. Only 1:00 in the afternoon, and you already need a drink, that's a new record." Jimmy says, as he slaps a hand on my shoulder. "I guess I'm in, if you are." He smiles, as we all head back to the car.
@DaphneG
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10/31/15