Queen's Clothes - Fashion/Office RP - [See #3243!!!!! and #1] {Apps always open}

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin glared down at Nicolao, utter hate in his eyes. At Delilah's words, however, he released the pressure and slowly moved his foot from the man's neck

"Stay down there for your own good," he spat at Nicolao.

He then steadied himself on Delilah and attempted to calm himself, wrapping an arm around his girlfriend

"You're right. He's the one in the wrong here, I don't need to go busting up people's face and making it worse," Gavin said eventually, "I'm sorry Delilah."

[Spoonerism_SC]

Jeisa shook her head and leaned over Nicolao, rubbing his shoulder. The couple had left in the elevator, so she figured it would be alright to leave for a few minutes.

"Nicolao, I'm going to go get some ice for you. I'll be right back, okay?"

With that, she stood. She knew that Amber had ice in her fridge; Jeisa had used it the first day she had come to Queen's Clothes. She padded down the carpeted hallway, hardly making a noise in her shoeless feet. Once she had reached the office which belonged to Amber, she knocked on the door.

She didn't wait for an answer, and let herself in. "Amber could I borro- Oh." There was no one in the room. The secretary was kind; she wouldn't mind if Jeisa took a bit of ice, would she?

Once she had grabbed a bag full of ice, she heard a girl yell, "Stop!" She hurried out of the office and ran as fast as she could down the hallway. The horrible blond man was standing over Nicolao, one foot pressed on his neck. A torrent of blood poured from Nicolao's bruised nose.

The red-glasses girl was holding his waist, begging him to stop. Jeisa came running down the hallway, bag of ice in hand.

"Get off him!" she yelled, eyes wide with worry that he would be hurt further. But the man didn't seem to hear her. He only had ears for the girl holding on to him. Whatever she was saying worked, and he took his foot slowly off of Nicolao's neck.

Jeisa let herself drop to the floor beside Nicolao when she had reached him. She looked up at the man, who had a look of pure hatred etched into his handsome face.

"What the he** is going on?" she asked loudly. Everything here confused her, especially everyone beating up a fallen man. She just wanted everything to make sense.


((I'm confuzzled. Should I delete this one too? ))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah finally spoke. "I hope this is either a really bad dream or a really bad joke. Nicolao, I can understand the nudie pictures-- you're a guy, most guys have 'em. Or maybe you have friends with a weird sense of humor. But we found some files... plans for destroying this company? Joke? Serious? Bad dream? All of the above? None of the above? Hell, I'm really freaking confused right now, and it's enough to make me consider taking up drinking and smoking again."

She released Gavin slowly. "Behave," she told him sharply. "We are all going to sit down and talk and figure out what the hell is going on, before we all go insane and start shooting each other. Does that sound good? Because right now, I don't think any of us knows everything."

She paused for a moment to catch her breath. "We are going to all sit down in one room and talk like civilized people. No kicking anyone in the groin. Cecilia, see if you have any heavy-duty painkillers in your office. I think Nicolao could use them. And if this is a dream, then I am never going to eat whatever the hell I ate before bed."

[Burnziiy]

Name: Aaron Hymiuos
Gender: Male
Occupation: Secretary
Age: 23

Bio: Aaron was born and grew up in Adelaide, Australia. In highschool and university he was considered quite popular, and played many sports. Last year Aaron finished university and went through an internship in medicine, however he failed his exam and has now applied as a secretary for Queen's Clothes, having an interest in style.

Personality: Aaron is an easy-to-approach kind of guy. He is mischievous, witty and a bit of a flirt. Aaron will always speak his mind when necessary, or not necessary, but tends to step back and not get involved in conflict unless he is strong minded about the argument.

Headshot

[Burnziiy]

Aaron knocks on the door and enters. "Ah Cecilia, i'm Aaron Hymiuos, the new secretary. Reception said I might find you here, I just have a few questions about.." Aaron trailed off. His eyes glanced from Cecilia to Nicolao to Delilah. He eyed Delilah with curiosity. The room was silent. "Am I umm.. interupting something? Should I talk with you later?"

[DarkPhoenix]

((Welcome, burnziiy. However, please remember that you have to write a minimum of six lines per entry!))

Delilah eyed the newcomer suspiciously. "More jokes? There's sure been a lot of new people coming lately."

She smiled slightly. "You've come at a bad moment, dude. I'm Delilah Stanton, one of the secertaries. The guy rolling around in pain is Nicolao, one of the designers. The blonde guy is Gavin, one of the higher ups, as well as my boyfriend. We were about to discuss some... issues."

Delilah smiled apologetically. "This is kind of personal stuff, so... if you could maybe... go to one of the floors. Tell you what, you can hang out in my office on the second floor, and when we're done discussing, one of us will come and get you. Sounds good?"

She stared at the man. He looks familiar. Why? she thought, trying to wrack her brain. Eh, probably just deja vu, or something.

[Burnziiy]

((Oppsie, sorry. I'll try and remember that. Fanx!))

Aaron continued to stare eccentrically at the woman talking to him. Almost gazing off in some distant, far off land, he realised that he'd been standing there in pure silence for over a minute.

Aaron nodded slowly, as if he completely understood the situation. "Right.. ahh, nice to meet you all.." He paused, and re-scanned the scene.


"Well, i'm Aaron and i'll take up your offer, and will be chillin out in you're office.. Delilah" Aaron informed her, with a naive grin appearing on his face. He turned and walked off easily.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah watched Aaron walk away.

Damn it, where do I know him from? she thought. It will drive me insane until I find out. But more importantly, I wish to find out what's going on with this company. We need to all sit down and figure out the whole story, and fast, before the media gets involved. Hell, for all I know, those rumor-hungry reporters could be here now. Things are getting out of hand.

She turned her attention to the others in the room. "So, shall we talk now, or will we commence with the groin kicking and nose punching?"

She leaned against a wall and looked everyone else over. "Do you realize that if a reporter caught wind of everything that's been going on, they'd think this company was an insane asylum?"

She sighed and thought to herself, Please let this all be a psycho dream.

[butterflykiss]

Nicolao didn't even have a moment of silence. Even now as he was half coherent from the kicks to the groin, the nightmare continued. It must have been Friday the 13th, or someone held a voodoo doll that was poke Nicolao, and beat the living s*** outta him day. Again Jeisa tried to help him, she went to get him ice. Ice, well even though he severely doubted that ice would help his throbbing crotch, but at this point he was willing to try anything.

Cecilia walked over talking to him about about his recent condition of office punching bag, "Cecilia, I think you are missing the whole story, did you even think to ask me, instead accuse me of something? I will say something, if you don't get this office under control, there is going to be a lawsuit on your hands, and that isn't a threat, it is a promise." So Cecilia was getting strong, that meant nothing to him, for she was still missing the point, why was he going after the file to begin with. Yes, it was evident that he thought she wasn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but the key was why....

Before he could possible going into detail, once again he was give the old one two, or three four, could it possible be a ten, lovely enough he didn't get a chance to get his groundings before once again the wrath of the almighty Gavin trampled upon him again. This time, instead of the groin, he was knocked smack dab in the nose. The smell of the iron in his blood tickled his nostrils. As the crimson fluid pertruded down his nose and began to flow over his lips. The top of his shirt was now splattered with his own excreted blood. Before he could interject the tension of Gavin's foot pressed against his trachea.

It was all a whirlwind, and for something he was utterly unsure of. "Wha the f*** are you talking about?" Why would he want pictures of Delilah?" Honestly this old triangle was wearing thin on his feeble nerves. Delilah was the last thing on his mind. Like he would get his jollies off on naked photos. He was a strapping young man, a sexy Latin lover if you will, now this photo thing made absolutely no sense. Was this in the file he had? He wasn't sure what was in the file, he was only instructed to get the file.

The press was so sever that he felt himself struggling to catch any ounce of oxygen. When he felt the blood at the back of his throat, the rattling of blood rattled with each and every attempt to breath. When the blood filled the confines of his lungs, his eyes closed, and he felt totally incoherent. The last thing he heard before his eyes shut was Jeisa screams for Gavin to get off of his highly tormented body.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah began to speak, and then she finally took a good look at Nicolao. He looked very unwell. In fact...

She glanced at the others and slowly walked over to him. Her eyes scanned his body, and she knelt beside him. "Nicolao?" she whispered.

Oh God...

She very carefully reached out for his wrist and felt for a pulse. She frowned to herself.

Don't panic, Dee. Don't... she started to think. Shut up, she told herself.

She bit her lip, trying to keep calm. It didn't work. "Call an ambulance!" she yelled. "Whichever one of you can get to a phone first. Just call a freaking ambulance!"

"F**k," she muttered. "It's all my damn fault. All my damn fault..."

She felt the tears running down her face. Stop that! she thought angrily to herself.

She leaned over and whispered in Nicolao's ear, "I don't know if you hear me or not... but... I'm sorry for everything."

She took a shuddery breath, trying to control herself. Gotta keep it together, she told herself. She began to softly sing into his ear,
"Yesterday has been and gone
Tomorrow will I find the sun
Or will it rain?
Everybody's..."

She couldn't finish; she began to sob hysterically. CPR. Oh, God... I'm trying to remember the steps... if I could remember...



((Going to bed now!))

[Spoonerism_SC]

The blood streamed from Nicolao's nose, staining his face crimson and dripping heavily onto the expensive looking shirt which covered his chest. Jeisa looked back at his face, to see if he was alright. His dark eyes were rolled back into his head, and his neck hung loosely. She slapped him gently, to test his reflexes.

The girl with glasses, who Jeisa now knew was called Delilah, knelt down on the other side of his now limp body. She too seemed worried, and she picked up a floppy wrist to feel his pulse. When she frowned, Jeisa knew it couldn't be good. She began trembling, as if trying to hold back tears.

"Call an ambulance!" she yelled. "Whichever one of you can get to a phone first. Just call a freaking ambulance!"

At the sound of her cries, Jeisa jumped up. "I'll do it! I'll just go do it." the words rushed out of her mouth, jumbling into one great big sound. She ran into Nicolao's office which was down the hall. Once inside, she dialed 9-1-1 on his desk phone. Her voice was panicked as she requested that paramedics be sent as soon as possible to Queen's Clothes. The operator announced that a team had been dispatched, and would be there as soon as possible.

Jeisa grabbed the shirt she had been wearing when she came into the office and hurried back to Nicolao. Delilah was sobbing, saying something in his ear. She dropped to her knees next to them. At this point, Delilah pulled away from Nicolao's ear and began to cry hysterically, loud sobs racking her body.

Jeisa held the white cotton shirt gingerly to Nicolao's nose, careful not to block his mouth so he could breathe. "They're coming now," she said, trying to be as calm as possible, always a believer that people's moods were contagious. "Does anyone know CPR?"

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Crraaaap man, work and school SUCK. They really do. I dunno if I can jump in again after all this! Meeep

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia watched in horror as Gavin attacked Nicolao. People started panicing as he was knocked out.
"What the h*ll was that for!" she yelled at Gavin. "You do realise that this isn't really what we expect from a co-manager! F**K!" she grabbed Gavin's arm and dragged him to another hallway.

"Now please explain and answer the question. Why did you do that? Aren't you a little overprotective now? If you go on like this, you might kill someone or something." she sighed heavily and finally spoke after a moment of silence. "He isn't your personal punching bag, Gavin. And he can sue you, put you in jail for violence. I can't have people like you're acting now in the company." she squeezed his hand and moved closer to him. Their noses almost touched and then she spoke. "Don't f*****g ever do that again" she moved away and hurried back.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked down at Nicolao, his eyes filling with remorse and worry. Oh god...what have I done?
He knelt down beside the man and checked his pulse, it was beating, but only very slowly and his eyes were closed. He turned to say something to Delilah when Cecilia dragged him off down the hallway.

"Now please explain and answer the question. Why did you do that? Aren't you a little overprotective now? If you go on like this, you might kill someone or something." she sighed heavily and finally spoke after a moment of silence. "He isn't your personal punching bag, Gavin. And he can sue you, put you in jail for violence. I can't have people like you're acting now in the company." she squeezed his hand and moved closer to him. Their noses almost touched and then she spoke. "Don't f*****g ever do that again"

Gavin sighed heavily and shook his head, unsure what was going on in his mind. He'd acted out of impulse: like his other half he'd shoved to the side had taken over and he'd desperately tried to protect the woman he loved. He grabbed Cecilia's hand and pulled her back

"Oh god. I'm sorry," he stammered, running his hands through his hair, "f**k what have I done!"

He shut his eyes and opened them again, blinking as though it would all go away and then he hurried back down the corridor to Nicolao, Jeisa and Delilah.

"I'll be back soon, I'll check if the paramedics have arrived."

Gavin left the three women with Nicolao and took the elevator down to the ground floor, and as the doors opened he instantly remembered the message from Hannah. Oh god, paramedics arriving wasn't going to be a great photo. He ran to the entrance and walked out onto the street and was immediately bombarded with photographers

"Are you Gavin Ruppetts?"

"Is it true that Miss Queen is in love with you?"

"Have they taken Cecilia to the loony bin yet?"

He looked around startled and saw Hannah surrounded by more photographers and he pushed his way towards her.

"What the h*ll is going on?" he whispered, pulling her hand backwards towards the building, "we can't let them have any information."

[Anne_SC]

She walked after him. She didn't feel sorry for him. She had changed, alot. It was like she wasn't Cecilia anymore. Right now, she only cared about the company.
"You should f*****g think before you hit someone." she walked through the corridor, cursing.
"I can't believe you did that!" she didn't stop talking. She was angry. What the h*ll were they thinking.

"Ok, I've had it, take him to the hospital, I'm going to talk to every one of you! In private! And don't even think of trying to overhear the conversation. Because then, you can expect things that aren't really nice."




((Woops, I edited it xD))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ ooo does she not love him anymore??? :anime: ]]

[KimKamKim]

"Oh Really Gavin, Why didn't I think of that!" Hannah said sarcastically "Now tell me what's really going on because this company cannot afford any more bad press" Hannah said pulling Gavin into the lobby "No but wait, how did they find out about you and Cecilia? Could there be a undercover journalist here?" Hannah sank into one of the waiting room chairs trying to think about the situation 'This was not in the job description' she thought to herself

[Anne_SC]

((LOL Are you happy if she doesn't? :o Well, she just puts it away. She still feels the same though.))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ heehee ]]

Gavin looked around the lobby and then back at Hannah. He sighed heavily and raised his hands in the air

"You know what!" he said, starting to laugh a little

He pulled the files from his back pocket and handed them to Hannah and then took a step back, his eyes wide and he shook his head

"I'm done!" he said simply, "I'm done."

Gavin undid his tie and chucked it to the ground and then left the office, pushing his way past journalists who were snapping pictures of him

[[ sorry for the crappy post :blink: ]]

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia looked out of the window and saw Gavin leaving.
He'll come back, there's no doubt about that she thought and turned around smirking.
She entered her office and sat down in her chair. She turned around to the window and looked at the skyline. "Pretty. It will be full of banners soon. QC will become greater than ever." she laughed.
"I promise you it will become greater than ever, mom. I won't let you down."

She stood up and walked around a little.

[KimKamKim]

"Gavin?' Hannah called "Gavin?"

Hannah dropped the files nearby and ran out of the building after him

"Gavin get back here now!" Hannah called after him but soon the sight of his blonde hair was replced by dozens of reporters snapping her picture.

"Hello, I'm Ted Bakely, I'm standing here outside Queens clothes where there are reports of love triangles, fighting and a secret takeover bid. Queens clothes is in chaos, I'm here with assistant manager Hannah Tyler, Hello Hannah, now why did co-owner Gavin Ruppetts just storm out of the building?" A snobby reporter said sticking a microphone by her mouth

"Urgh . . . . . ." Hannah replied "Gavin's just a little stressed out of work at the moment, what with running a major corporation and all. Everything is fine here . . .. "

"Urgh excuse me miss" A womans voice said nearby. Hannah turned around quickly and saw a woman paramedic talking to her "We've got a ambulance here for a beating victim in this office, can you tell us where the victim is?"

"Urgh can you just go inside into the lobby for a minute and I'll deal with you soon" Hannah said awkwardly "Okay, so everything's fine here" Hannah said to the reporter putting on a fake smile

"I think thats says it all, chaos here at Queens clothes, will the company be able to survive? Back to you in the studio" the reporter said to the cameras "Okay everyone we've got the story" he said to the crowd and soon all the jounalists left the building probabl going back to their respective magazines.

Hannah ran back inside to the lobby and addressed the paramedics "I'm sorry i don't know anything about beatings but I'll help you in a minute" Hannah said. She ran over to where she was sitting before and was searching for the files Gavin had given her, but they had gone 'Oh Sh*t!' Hannah thought

"Um . . . Okay come with me" Hannah said running towards the elevator. She and the paramedics bundled inside and Hannah pressed the button for the top floor and waited impatiently when the doors open. Hannah ran down the corridor and soon saw Cecilia Queen in her office

"Miss Queen, there's a team of paramedics here" Hannah said to her

[Anne_SC]

"Good, send them to Nicolao." she said shortly and kept staring at the skyline.
"He could use their help." she stood up and walked over to her.
"Tell me, where did Mr Rupetts go?" she asked, still smirking.
"He left didn't he? I thought he'd stay. Oh well, he'll come back, no doubt about that."

She now walked back to the window.
"Beautifull view, isn't it? It'll soon be covered with QC's banners and logo's. It won't take very long untill that happens."

[KimKamKim]

Hannah was confused 'Who was Nicolao?' she thought

"Um . . . . . . . Thank you Miss Queen" Hannah said closing the door. Hannah shrugged to the paramedics. "Okay follow me" she said the paramedics, she would have to search for a beaten up man 'There can't be that many in the office, can there?' she thought to herself. Luckily she didn't have to wait long as she soon discovered asexy latino man slumped against a wall, he was being tended to by a young woman. Delilah was standing nearby

"Excuse me, did someone order a ambulance?" She said smiling at the woman

[[She's talking to Jeisa there, I would describe more of her but I don't know what she looks like]]

[Anne_SC]

Chris walked through the hallways upstairs and finally found Hannah. "Hello Miss." he smiled at her. "What's going on? I'm curious and in need of work. I might do something bad if I don't get to work soon. Ok?''

He now stood next to her and looked at the man with the bleeding nose. "Ouch, that gotaa hurt." he coughed and grabbed his own nose. "Ouch..." his voice faded.
He walked a little further. "I'm sorry man." he said to Nicolao, his face still in sorrow.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah remained beside Nicolao's body, barely noticing anything else that was going on.

My fault. My fault. My fault, she thought repeatedly, accusing herself. It's all your fault that this happened! If you hadn't posed for those pictures, Gavin wouldn't have snapped.

Delilah wrapped her arms around herself, sobbing. How would I have known? It was back before I met Nicolao, back before I was in a relationship with Gavin, back before I'd even heard of Queen's Clothes. And now I've caused some major freaking trouble here!

She stared fearfully at Nicolao, hoping the ambulance would be arrive soon. Guess it's your turn to be in the hospital, she thought wryly.

Then, she finally looked around. Gavin? Oh God, where is he? Don't tell me he's going to do something stupid!

She stood up and looked around, and to no one in particular, she cried out, "Where's Gavin at? Where did he go?"

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia watched Gavin walking away from the building. She saw every step, every look back, every breath. She smirked and took her cellphone.
"Right... Gavin..." she said as she searched for his name. "THere you are" she gently pressed the 'call' button. And waited for him to pick up. After a while she saw Gavin grabbing his phone on the streets.

"Hello," she didn't stop smirking "you better come back Gavin. I guess we need you, or something. Don't run away, face it." she looked down on him. He had absolutely no idea she was standing there, looking at him.
"Oh, and you better tie your shoes, an accident might happen if you trip."

[DarkPhoenix]

Without waiting any longer for an answer, Delilah rushed away from everyone and down the stairs and into the lobby. She stared in shock when she realized that the media had arrived, and they were hungry for gossip.

She tried to hurry through the lobby but was accosted by several reporters.

"Miss Stanton, were you involved in a love triange with Mr. Ruppetts and one of the designers?"

"Miss Stanton, is it true that you posed in Playboy magazine several years ago?"

"Miss Stanton, are you and Mr. Ruppetts expecting?"

"Miss Stanton, is it true that a dingo ate your parents?"

"Shut up. Just freaking shut up," she growled to the reporters, shoving her way through.

I don't feel like dealing with this s**t, she thought angrily. She shoved open the doors and looked around, searching for Gavin. She caught sight of his blonde hair and hurried towards him. Several reporters followed in her wake, but she did not notice.

"Gavin!" she called out, running over to him.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin walked away from the journalists and photographers without saying a word and continued down the street. He could hear Hannah calling his name but he ignored her, wiping his eyes with the back of his hands and he swore under his breath a few times. Why do I always mess everything up? This whole damn place would be better if I just disappeared. He stopped as he heard his cell phone ringing and he heard Cecilia's voice

"Hello," Cecilia said. "you better come back Gavin. I guess we need you, or something. Don't run away, face it. Oh, and you better tie your shoes, an accident might happen if you trip."

Gavin stopped abruptly and looked around, wondering how Cecilia could see him, and then bent down and tied his shoelace quickly

"C, I'm sorry. I aint running away, I'm leaving. I know f*king well what I'm doing and nothing you say is gunna change my mind."

He hung up quickly and continued walking, slowly typing out a text message

I love you -Gav xxx

Gavin found Delilah's number and sent the message, shoved his cell phone in his pocket and walked on. As if he'd conjured her up, he heard Delilah's voice calling his name and he turned around slowly, drawing to a stop

"Why did you follow me?" he asked quietly, "how's Nicolao?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smiled up at Gavin. "I followed because I love you, and I was worried about you."

She wrapped her arms tightly around him. "I told you that no matter what, I'd love you. And Nicolao's in pretty bad shape, but he should be in the hospital soon enough."

She pulled away from him as a reporter stupidly shoved a microphone in their faces and asked, "Are there plans for a wedding?"

Delilah took the microphone from the reporter, stared at it for a second, and tossed it into the street. "Here's what I think of you," she told the reporter. "You're all like leeches, sucking up people's lives. You feed off of people's misery. Get the hell out of here and leave us alone!" The reporter slunk off, looking ashamed.

She turned her attention back to Gavin. She gave him a brief smile and said softly, "We're going to get through this together."

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia sighed, she was clearly irritated and texted him.
Gavin, come back. You know you shouldn't leave, you're a co-owner! You can't leave. Oh, and if you leave, you have to come back to fill out some forms, remember?
She smirked as she sat down in her chair. She leaned back and pressed the 'send' button. "He's not going to get away from here."
She laughed and turned her chair so it spinned a couple of times.
She was happy, and didn't understand why. It made her happy to see that people couldn't get away with stuff that involved her. She now began to look like her mother. A b***h, a selfish arrogant b***h.
"Life's just awesome." she said.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled at Delilah and put his arm around her shoulders as they watched the reporter walk away. He glared after him but decided he'd caused enough trouble in the past few days

"We'll be okay, right?" he said softly, resting his head against Delilah's

He smiled and gave her a gentle kiss on the mouth, stroking her short hair with his other one

"I would never have left you," Gavin said, sighing heavily, "everyone else in that sh*tty place...but not you. I love you."

As a few more photographers flashed another picture of the two of them, he pulled Delilah's hand and walked a little further down the road, deciding not to care when the journalists followed them. Gavin felt a drop on his nose and he looked up as rain began to fall heavily from the sky, pattering softly on the sidewalk

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah wrapped her arm around Gavin's waist. As they walked, she felt a drop of water land on her cheek. She looked up.

"Rain," she muttered.

And on top of everything else, it has to rain. Good. Flood the whole damn city. Wash away all the idiots and jerkwad reporters. I hope an eighteen wheeler runs over that dolt's microphone, she thought bitterly.

She looked around to find shelter from the storm. If we stay out here, we'll get soaked. If we can get in a store or restaurant, at least we'll be away from the rain... and the drama at work. Right?

Thinking quickly, she tugged Gavin into the nearest shop doorway. "We'll be dry in here," she told him.

[KimKamKim]

"Okay he'll be fine the ambulance is here" Hannah said to Chris "Okay then lets get to work" she said leading him back to her office "Okay now first of all I want you to contact Cecilia's secretary Amber and ask her to keep her away from newspapers, tv's and the internet. Cecilia's got a frail mind at the moment and hearing all the bad things being said about her and the company, it could send her over the edge. After I want you to get Gavin back here. The press will be after him and Delilah and we will never know what he will say" Hannah said sitting back down at her desk. "I'm going to try and difuse the situation, okay?" Hannah said to Chris

[Anne_SC]

Chris smirked. "Amber knows already. She can deal with them." he sat down. "Cozy office, not too big, kind of small, I like that."
He walked over to the window and closed it. "At least we wont have to clean my office from water now." he laughed. "So... your name is Hannah? What did you do before you got this job?" he asked.
Hotness, hot hot hotness...

He got himself a cup of coffee from his coffee machine and took a sip of it. "You want some?"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin felt the rain water soaking his hair and Delilah pulled him into a doorway of shop. He laughed gently, took off his jacket and offered it to Delilah, noticing she appeared to shiver

"Can't have my girlfriend freezing to death!" he said gently, taking a step closer to her

Gavin looked out and saw a few cars rushing down the road, as though speeding to get away from the approaching storm and one bumped a little. As he looked closer he let out a small chuckle, realising it had run over the reporter's microphone

"Guess he won't be reporting on much for a while." Gavin mumbled with a smile

He smiled and looked back at Delilah, looking down at her gently. He moved and softly pressed his lips against hers, not caring if the stupid photographers had a field day

[Anne_SC]

((Ehm... Cecilia send a message to gavin ;) ))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah pulled the jacket tightly around her and leaned against Gavin. She smirked a little when the microphone got run over. Good.

"Hey?" she said to Gavin. "I bet everyone at Queen's Clothes is trying to get in touch with you. Cecilia's probably having a fit!"

She reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone. "You have a message," she said, passing the phone over to her boyfriend.

Delilah noticed that the shop sold hot tea. She hurried over to the counter and said, "Two, please. Peppermint." She handed the cashier some money and took the warm cups back over to Gavin and handed him one.

"Drink up," she said softly.

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ oops yea sorry I just noticed. will deal with it in a min :anime: ]]

Gavin smiled and took the cell phone from Delilah and then watched her enter the shop. He checked the message and sighed when he saw it was from Cecilia: even though he already knew who it would be from. He sighed again and typed a reply

I'm coming back soon but I aint jumping through your hoops
Got it! -Gav R

Delilah walked back out of the shop and gave him a cup of hot tea. He smiled and put his arm around his shoulder, taking a sip from the mug

"Wow, this stuff tastes amazing!" Gavin laughed, sipping again, "makes you think twice about drinking coffee 24/7!"

He laughed again and finished the tea, setting the two cups down on a table and then walked outside, holding Delilah's hand tightly

"Cecilia wants us to go back," he mumbled, looking out from the doorway at the pouring rain, "we could run back to the office...or go back to my place for a little?" he grinned

[Anne_SC]

(Oh god no, not again :| )

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah sipped her tea. "Now you see why I prefer tea over coffee?" she asked.

"Cecilia wants us to go back," Gavin mumbled, looking out from the doorway at the pouring rain, "we could run back to the office...or go back to my place for a little?" he grinned.

Delilah considered both options carefully. If they went back to work, it would mean dealing with drama, idiots, reporters, etc. However, she really did not need to risk losing her job. On the other hand, if she went with Gavin to his home, they could relax and not worry about the Queen's Clothes drama. But Cecilia would be ticked and would quite possibly fire them.

Carefully, she said, "I think I'll let you decide, sweetie. Either way, we have some kind of stupidity to worry about. But personally, I think we should go back to the company. Work first, then play."


((And now I have to go to work. Nikki, you can GM Delilah until I get back-- which will be in about four hours.))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ aww okay bye :weep: ]]

Gavin smiled and nodded softly, checking down the street to see how many reporters were around. Just over a dozen he guessed, all with accompanying photographers and cameras, even a couple of TV crews.

"Let's get back then," he said eventually, squeezing Delilah's hand gently

He kissed her again and bent down, letting her climb onto his back so he could carry her, and then ran all the way back to the office through the pouring rain. Once they reached the lobby they were inendated my reporters again

"Mr Ruppetts, are you and Miss Stanton an item?"

"Miss Stanton, how long have you had feelings for your boss?"

"Are you two expecting?"

"Mr Ruppetts, will we be hearing wedding bells soon?"

"Is it true that you rejected Miss Queen for your secretary?"

Gavin pushed his way past the journalists and got to the elevator, setting Delilah back on the ground.

"I've never been so popular!" he joked.

The couple embraced and kissed in the elevator until the doors opened and they sprang apart, peering round expecting to see Cecilia's angry face. Fortunately there was no one around and Nicolao must have been taken to the hospital, hopefully diverting the stupid paparazzi.

"Cecilia?" Gavin said gently as he pushed open the door to her office, squeezing Delilah's hand gently

[KimKamKim]

"So... your name is Hannah? What did you do before you got this job?" he asked.

"I was an assistant manager" Hannah said shortly. She then stood up went to a bookcase and took out a book. She went back to her desk and was looking through it. Once she ahd found what she was looking for.

Chris meanwhile had gotten himself a cup of coffee from his coffee machine and took a sip of it. "You want some?"

"Yes please, I'm really thristy . . . . . . . Er . . didn't I tell you to go do some things?" She said looking up at him

[Anne_SC]

"Come in" Cecilia said, reconigzing his voice. "Hi" she said softly. "Let's begin shall we? Why did you want to leave? As a co-owner you should want to help the company get throught this." she smiled at Delilah. "You can leave now. This is business between two owners of a rising company." She then faced Gavin again. "Do you still want to be co-owner? Or do I frighten you. Are you scared I will jump on you? Because seriously, I won't." she gave him a cookie. "Just got these from the bakery, to welcome me back, they taste quite good."

She ate the cookie slowly. "They really taste good."

________

Chris laughed and gave her a cup of coffee. "Yes you did, but since everything you told me to do already happened, I thought I'd start a little conversation, you know, between a assistent manager and her secretary." he stood up. "They've got nice coffee here, don't you think?"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin walked into the room, holding on tightly to Delilah as if preventing her from leaving. He sat down on one of the armchairs and she perched on his lap

"Of course I want to be co-owner!" Gavin said to Cecilia who was munching a cookie

From the look on her face, and the way she nibbled at the cookie it looked as if she was some evil witch: one who had poisoned the food and was tempting them to eat them. He laughed gently under his breath and clasped his arms around Delilah

"You don't frighten me," he continued with a serious look, "you don't respect me either. I came to see you when you were in hospital, I looked after you when noone else did. And how do you repay me? Clearly by being a total b*tch!"

[Anne_SC]

"I'm not being a b*tch, Gavin. I'm running a company. I finally realised that I care about this company." she looked at Delilah again. "I said that you could leave."

When Delilah left the room she started taling again.
"I want to be your friend, but you have to know that i'm your boss too. You know what irritated me the most? We go out for a sandwich or something or we just talk and then she came by to act stupid and be jeaulous. Sorry but that just ruined the friendship. Think about it, you almost killed someone just because SHE posed for someone. It was her own fault." she sighed. "Let's get back to the point. Stay, and I will be greatfull for that."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin squeezed Delilah's hand as Cecilia ordered her to leave and he watched her walk through the door, closing it behind.

"We are friends Cecilia," he continued after she stopped talking, "I'm your only friend, or have you forgotten that!"

His voice was dripping with sarcasm and he rolled his eyes. He knew every word Cecilia had spoken was true, but he wasn't willing to accept it: not yet

"Look, I'm sorry that you don't like Delilah or don't want us to be together or whatever. But until you get over it and move on, I don't see how we can co-operate."

Gavin paused and picked up one of the cookies from the box on Cecilia's desk and began to nibble at it

"I'll stay," he said slowly, swallowing his mouthful

[butterflykiss]

When Gavin's foot released his neck, his lungs where bursting for air. As if the blood was compressed whilst he held to tightly onto his throat. The blood like a geyser, as blood streamed effortlessly from the cavity of his mouth. His body racked a multitude of hacks, his body readjusting to the oxygen that he so desperately needed.

When the medic turned his body sideways, his eyes came to life, blinking several times to adjust to his environment. As the memories of the events flooded back to him, he waved to the medic, "I am fine, I need to get to work, need to get to work," he repeated whilst choking. Jeisha sat there like a stone wiping the blood from his nose. He tried no to think the factor that she didn't know him in the least, and she was there wiping the blood from his nose. Nicolao gazed as Jeisa with gratitude, she was the only one there other than the medics at the moment. Not that he minded, he was a quiet man, and if the press made there way up the corridor, it would only cause more friction.

The hustle and bustle of a loud multitude of people, questions flying, red lights of cameras. "Jeisa we have to get out of here, this is a sight to see here in the corridor. I don't want this getting out. This is one big misunderstanding." His eyes averted to the medic, "I will sign a release. I am not going to the hospital, this place is like a walking insurance claim. I am fine," he pushed himself off with the wall, and wobbled a wee bit before he balanced himself, luckily from the compress Jeisa held the blood that ran from his nose clotted, "Fine, yes, I understand this is a workmen's comp case, I will give you the details, in my office. You do your job, I will do mine. This company means too much to me."

{nice new avvie Nikki :jig: }

[Anne_SC]

"I got over it." she answered blankly. "And Delilah has nothing to do with us working together, we work together and deciede about stuff in the company, since when exactly is Delilah a assistant manager?" she sighed.
"I know you are or were my only friend, even if you say that with sarcasm. But you do realise that it has to come from both sides don't you? I wasn't the only problem." she took another cookie and started eating it. She stood up and walked over to him. "Dying three times, made me think about what really matters for me but it also made me stronger. And when I got stronger, I didn't care anymore. I didn't care about anything except one thing and it certainly isn't a person. I know I do care, and I just put it away. Far away where no one can reach it, even I can't reach it." she sighed again. "I can't care about you, it breaks me." she sat down next to him. "It breaks me every time."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed and finished the cookie he was eating as Cecilia sat beside him. What she'd said had made him feel awful, awful and guilty. Like he was hurting her just from talking to her. He didn't know what to do: he wanted to comfort her but he didn't want to make the situation worse. He also certainly didn't want to be fired

"C, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say." he mumbled

He put his arm tentatively around Cecilia's shoulder and comforted her, hoping beyound hope that she wasn't about to cry or anything. He couldn't deal with crying women. Gavin sighed heavily and coughed twice

"I know Delilah isn't an assistant manager, but she matters to me. I want to be your friend C, I really do!"

[Anne_SC]

"I want you to be my friend to, but I just can't. Our friendship always gets ruined. It breaks me over and over again. How can I deal with that?" she said. "I can't keep putting it away like i'm doing now. I want to be free of the bad things that happened. But there's no way I can."

She took his hand and squeezed it.
"You have to understand." she whispered softly.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed heavily and gentle squeezed Cecilia's hand back again. He wanted her to know he was there, and he didn't want to see her crash and burn like the rest of the company did. He truely did care about her: he just couldn't give her what she wanted

"I don't know what you want me to do," Gavin whispered, "I can't help it that I'm so darn irresistable," he joked, trying to lighten the mood

He wiped under Cecilia's eyes with his thumb and gave her a small smile

"So what are you saying? You want us to be either more than friends...or nothing at all?"

[daltonism]

[[ Whoah. How to enter Chi in to this? Maybe we could pretend she was rejected or something? It seems she's a bit of a lose part, lol. ]]

[Anne_SC]

"More than friends?" she asked, repeating what he said. "How do I know, it wont get ruined again?" she stroke his hand. "Why am I the only daughter of my parents? I s*ck."

Ruining stuff is something i'm good at, running a company isn't. Why does no one understand why i'm acting like this, why i'm hurt. They're all happy, they have people and family to love them, I've got nobody.

She looked at the clock. FashionTV would soon be on, she didn't want to see it, so she kept the tv turned off.
"I can't get hurt again."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin nodded as if he understood and removed his arm from around Cecilia's shoulder

"When did you get hurt the first time?" he asked.

He felt her stroke his hand and he froze, pulling away nervously. He couldn't deal with this now, he'd only hurt her, no matter what he did

[[ sorry for the shortness :( ]]

[Anne_SC]

"I was fifteen years old. It was like life loved me. Every boy I liked, liked me back. But it was different. They always cheated on me, every single one. I already felt like cr*p and when I thought I met my future husband. He did the very same. And now, I can't take it anymore. It's like nothing can be good in my life. Like someone else gets all the good stuff and I have to pay for it." she stood up and walked away from him. "I want to know why it all happens to me. I mean what's wrong with spreading pain over every single person. But no, I have to have all the pain in the world." she placed her hand against the wall and didn't look up, she closed her eyes and slowly breathed in and out. "I can't take it anymore."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin's lips turned downwards and he looked at Cecilia sadly, realising how much she was hurting. He didn't know what to do, he wanted to comfort her and tell her everything was going to be alright, but how did he know it would be! He had no idea.

"C, it's ok," he whispered, putting his hand gently on her back

Gavin sighed heavily and pushed his damp hair back from his face,

"I'm sure you'll find the right man in the end. A guy that loves you so much, and you won't even realise it!"

[Anne_SC]

"They always say that. But it wont happen, you can say that because you're happy with Delilah, and you don't have to worry about your relationship or about having one. I do, I want someone who can love me, and who likes me just the way I am, there is no one on earth who can do that." she took another cookie.

"It wont happen, Gavin. It just wont." she walked away from the wall and sat down in her chair. "Why does life have to be like this? And why aren't there answers to my questions. I need to know."

((BRB homework))

[Anne_SC]

((Back ^_^ yaaaaay. I did my homework.))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin shook his head, his damp hair flicking to the side as he watched Cecilia pace the room and eventually sit down in a chair. He sighed heavily and stood up, walking over to her where he cupped her chin in his hands and gently kissed her forehead

"Don't worry about love," he whispered, "it'll happen."

Gavin stroked her hair fondly and then perched on her desk, picking up a sheet of paper and gave it a quick scan

"I'm sure someone out there already loves you."

[Anne_SC]

(( xD Is that... a hint? :P ))


She looked up at him. "I don't think so. Maybe some crazy fan or something, and I don't even think I've got fans but it would be the thing closest to love." she took another cookie. "I hope there will be no cookies soon, I might get fat." she said, half seriously half joking. She gave him another cookie. "Take one, please, be fat with me." she ate the cookie and laughed as she almost choked on it. "The bakery wants to kill me!" she said, pretending to be paniced. "Let's sue them." She laughed again.
She walked over to the stereo and turned it on, it was the same song as before.
"Remember?" she asked, smiling softly as she began to dance to the music.

[Spoonerism_SC]

When the paramedics arrived, everyone but Jeisa left to make room for them. She sat still as a stone, holding the shirt to Nicolao's nose. He had woken up, and now seemed alert. The hallway was filled with the sturdy questions and demands of the paramedics.

They began asking Jeisa questions about Nicolao that she didn't know; she became flustered and was glad when he started to speak again.

"Jeisa we have to get out of here, this is a sight to see here in the corridor. I don't want this getting out. This is one big misunderstanding." His voice was weak, but authoritave. He turned to face the medic, "I will sign a release. I am not going to the hospital, this place is like a walking insurance claim. I am fine," When he said this, he pushed himself up, tottering a bit. Jeisa held on to his arm so he wouldn't fall.

He stood up proudly and dignified, despite the crusty dried blood caking his face and shirt. The medic tried to persuade him to come to the hospital, but Nicolao would have nothing of it. "Fine, yes, I understand this is a workmen's comp case, I will give you the details, in my office. You do your job, I will do mine. This company means too much to me."

The medic nodded, understanding that this man would not be coming with them. He dismissed the rest of his team, who took the empty stretcher with them into the elvator. Jeisa helped Nicolao walk to his office, ably supporting his weight despite her tiny frame. Once he had lowered himself into his padded office chair, Jeisa looked att he paramedic and back to Nicolao.

"I'll go wait in the hall," she said softly. She wasn't sure why she was sticking around. She told herself it was becase she had nothing to wear; after all her shirt was all bloody now. But that wasn't it, and she knew it.

The hallway was empty, once again, and there was a sinister dark stain in the carpet, and Jeisa tried not to look at it. She fiddled with her hands. She sighed when she looked at them; sticky and crusty with blood. She went to the bathroom, and rinsed them with cold water. Crimson swirls mixed with the clear water, leaving pinkmarks on the white basin. She left the bathrooom after rinsing the sink, not bothering to dry her hands.

The door was still closed, so she sat against the wall just outside of it, as she did earlier that day before everything happened.

((Hey! I'll get some pictures since people aren't sure what she looks like. :D))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ lmao ]]

Gavin laughed and took the cookie, taking a huge bite out of it and then patted his perfectly formed abs

"I'm already fat!" he teased.

Cecilia stood up and slowly started to the music: the same music they'd danced to before. It was only last week but it felt like years ago. Lifetimes ago

"Remember!" he laughed, swallowing the last of the cookie as he walked over to her, "I'm surprised you remember! I thought you'd lost your memory."

Gavin squeezed her hand gently and then danced slowly to the music

[Anne_SC]

"I said I would get my memory back." she laughed and she continued dancing. She softly sang with the music.

"This is the way you left me,
I’m not pretending,
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love,
Like its forever,
Then live the rest of our life,
Both not together"
She smiled at him as they danced.
"I love this song. Mika is a good artist"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin danced, smiling down at Cecilia and then stopped as he listened to the words, moving over and switched the stereo off and then sat down on the sofa

"Erm..." he began, needing a different excuse as to why he'd switched the music off, "we er, we need to discuss how we're going to save this company."

He refused the offer of another cookie and crossed his legs, pushing his hair from his face as he tried to look serious

"Do you have anything I can do?" he asked

[Anne_SC]

She looked at the floor. "Wrong song?" she asked. "I'm sorry. I should have..." she sighed. "Nevermind."
She sat down next to him. "I'm already working on it, we now just have to wait." she finally said. "This is just what I meant." she forced herself to laugh. "How ironic." she took another cookie and put it in her mouth all at once. She stared outside of the window. "Hrmmrrmmm mrgmmm rrmgg" she said or, tried to say. She swallowed the cookie and then didn't say anything.
"Right..." she coughed.
"Why did we stop dancing again?"



((Lol xD Awwww I ruined it, again :( ))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked at the floor and then watched Cecilia walk around the office and stare out of the window. He knew he'd done exactly what she'd wanted him not to do, but he had to stop it. He had to stop any feelings. Feelings were dangerous: especially when he had a subpersonality he attempted to get rid of

"Why did we stop dancing again?" Cecilia asked

Gavin sighed and walked over to her, gently touching her shoulder

"Because I came here to discuss what we're going to do about this company. Not to dance." he replied, giving her a small smile that didn't match his tone of voice

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Meeep I really have to think of a way to get Amber back in, but I can't seem to think of any logical reason she would have disappeared this long. Any ideas guys?

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ you don't really need a reason Robyn. Just have her go into Cecilia's office or something :) ]]

[Anne_SC]

She wrapped her arms around his neck and took the remote of the stereo, she turned it on. "Well, I'll just put on another song, I know what's this about. And well, there's not much to discuss right now" she said "Let's just dance. There's nothing wrong about dancing." she took another cookie. "Please exscuse me why I eat." she laughed.

She swayed a little and placed her hands on his shoulder, so it wouldn't be so close.

((RAAAWR! MAke her talk to Chris))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin pulled Cecilia's arms from around his neck and looked down on her. What had she said when he'd walked in? 'I won't jump on you.' He sighed and took a step back but danced

"There's nothing wrong with dancing" he repeated, smiling at her

"You can eat what you like," he laughed, changing the subject quickly

[Anne_SC]

"Good, do you want another cookie?" she asked walking to the box with cookies. "We've still got a couple. I would say 10." she laughed.
She changed her voice into one of the stereotype models, "Oh my god, i'm going to be sooo fat." she said, trying to be louder than the stereo.
"Move your body to the body, oh move, oh yeah ah-ha" she joked.
"WOO" she shouted. "I'm feeling joy and nothing more. It feels great to be happy again." she collapsed on the sofa, laughing. "God, what's happening." she couldn't stop laughing. "I'm happy!"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed at Cecilia's impression of one of the models and shook his head

"No thanks, no cookie for me. I'm already getting fat!" he laughed, patting his six pack.

He laughed again as she danced widly and joined her, throwing his body around playfully. After another moment she finally collapsed on the sofa and pulled him down next to her. He smacked her shoulder cheekily and shuffled on the sofa, reclining backwards and closed his eyes

"See. This is how we used to be. Mates. I like being friends with you, you're awesome!" Gavin laughed

[Anne_SC]

She laughed. "I know, I know" she joked. "And please, you've got a SIX-PACK, a cookie won't change that.
Maybe it makes you work out, and then you'll have a... 12 pack. Hehe." She stood up to go grab the box of cookies but tripped and fell on the floor.
She was laughing so hard, she couldn't even feel pain. "This is just, awesome." she laughed. She tried to get up but couldn't. "I'm STUCK!" she cried out, still laughing. "It's my dress I think." she looked at her dress. "I'm stuck, but ON WHAT!? Help meeee! Heeeelp meee!" she pretended to call for help. "I'm stuuuuuuuuuck"

[Spoonerism_SC]

((OOC: Just one uneeded picture for everyone:

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/CarbonBasedMe/Sims%20stuff/JeisaBody.jpg

:D Yeah, I lost the original Jeisa, so I just made this version real quick.

Amber can talk to Jeisa, if you want!))

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Ooooooh pretty Emily^^

Amber walked back into the office, oblivious to everything that had gone on. She had left to go have lunch with Alexander, not wanting to have to deal with the drama that was going on.

She took the elevator up to the floor her office was on, and stepped out, walking towards her office. She sighed and went in, dreading the potential bomb she sure was going to go off today. Or as was more likely, already had.

[DarkPhoenix]

((I'm back now!))

Delilah sighed and leaned against the wall. This talk was taking a terribly long time, and she had better things to do than simply wait for Cecilia to talk to Gavin.

Her cell phone rang. "Hello?" she said. "Mom, hi! ...What? No. No, we're not. No, I'm definitely not. Mooooooom, you know I'd tell you if I was. Okay, that is true. But I was young and stupid and needed the money. You want what? ...I don't know. Yeah, I'm moving in with him. Damn it, Mom, I'm not pregnant. Quit asking! In the highly unlikely event that I do conceive, you'll be the first to know. Yes, I know the reporters said that but... okay. Fine. Bye."

She groaned. It was just like her mother to blow everything out of proportion. "Mothers!" she grumbled, putting the phone into her pocket.

She glanced at the door, tempted to peek in. "I wonder when Gavin's going to be out. He'll get a kick out of this!"

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ aww she's lovely :) ]]

Gavin collasped back onto the sofa and laughed, lifting his shirt up to examine his washboard stomach. He patted it playfully and smiled, starting to laugh again as Cecilia fell to the floor, complaining her dress was stuck

"What have you done!" he chuckled

He hauled himself off the sofa and attempted to pull her free

[Anne_SC]

"There must be a hole somewhere" she laughed. "But where?" she looked around.
"I can't move or see anything since i'm not really lying here confortable. Do you see any holes?" she asked, tears running down her face. "This is the first time I cried of laughing."
She tried to move but her dress was wrapped around her tightly. "Where is ZE HOLEEE"

She tried to roll over, which didn't really work and then gave up,
"Ok, I give up. Hehe."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and pulled at Cecilia's dress but feared it would rip if he tugged any harder

"You seem to be stuck!" he said, raising his eyebrows.

He laughed again and moved over to the door to go and find someone to help get his boss unstuck. He opened the door and peered round, looking for Delilah and he smiled and kissed her

"Talk's over" Gavin whispered, pulling her back into the room

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah kissed Gavin's cheek. She entered the room and eyed Cecilia. "...Problems?" she deadpanned.

She knelt beside her boss and gently removed the dress from where it was stuck. "Must have been something sticky somewhere, or a splinter, or something like that," she remarked, examining the fabric closely. "I don't see any damage."

She smiled awkwardly at Cecilia. "Sorry for coming in uninvited, but... well... it was Gavin's idea, not mine. If you want, I'll leave again. You might want to have a janitor come by and clean this room well so there's no repeat occurrances."

She stood and began to back away towards the door.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin watched Deliah free Cecilia from the place on the ground and she began to back out of the office. He panicked and snatched her hand, pulling her to face him and then, his back to Cecilia raised and lowered his eyebrows quickly, hoping she'd get the message. He needed her to stay

"Oh she can stay, right?" he said, turning back to face Cecilia with a false smile

He pushed his hair back from his face again and squeezed Delilah's hand, pulling her gently towards him

"We've finished any important talks, haven't we?" he asked

[Anne_SC]

((Is he acting like: "Omg save me" again? *Grabs Axe*))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah glanced from Cecilia to Gavin and back. She wanted to stay in the room, but she knew that Cecilia wouldn't be too keen on that. Actually, she suspected that Cecilia would rather see Delilah chopped up and fed to wild boars.

"...Maybe I should go..." she mumbled, though she did not let go of Gavin's hand.

God, I hate situations like this! she thought.

"Uh... I don't think there was any damage to your dress, or if there was, it was minimal. It should be fine. Uh..."

She was babbering, trying not to let silence linger for too long. Silence was awkward!

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia raised an eyebrow. "Right, I need to go anyway." she said and turned around. "Bye Gavin"
He did it again... I just said I that that was the thing that ruins our friendship

She walked away, out of her own office.
"Jezus Christ..." she said irritated as she walked down the corridors.

((G2G Bye <3))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah watched Cecilia leave.

Something tells me that Gavin or I did something we shouldn't have, she thought, biting her lip.

"Was it something I said?" Delilah asked, in a small voice. She sighed softly. "I didn't want to make her mad or anything like that. Gavin, what was going on in here before I came in?"

She glanced over at her boyfriend, almost fearful of the response. Oh, God, what if they were fooling around or something? I mean, yeah, they probably weren't, but what if they were?!

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin kept a firm hold of Delilah's hand and looked expectantly at Cecilia, hoping she wasn't about to kick his girlfriend in the head.

"Right, I need to go anyway." she said and turned around. "Bye Gavin"

Gavin nodded and watched her walk away from the office

"Bye C," he called after her

He then turned back to Delilah and let out a heavy sigh, putting his arms around her neck

"What was going on in here?" Delilah asked, looking at him fearfully

Gavin opened his mouth, looking shocked and his brow furrowed

"I didn't make out with her," he said honestly, squeezing her hands, "we were just talking. And eating cookies!"

"Any news on Nicolao?" Gavin asked, "any new news at all?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah shook her head. "No word on Nicolao. However..."

Here, she frowned. "My mother called me a few minutes ago. Apparently, there was something on the news about the company and the stuff that's been going on. And she seemed pretty ticked that I'm not about to pop out a litter of children, like the media is apparently claiming. Then again, my mom's like that-- she expects me to have a normal job, get married, have tons of kids, blah blah blah. Oh, and she said you're really good-looking and says I should have lots of kids with you. My mother's a freak, obviously. I thought it was pathetic and amusing at the same time, personally. I mean, my mother was lecturing me for not getting knocked up."

She snickered a little. "Apparently, the media's making this company out to be a giant orgy, with us in the center of it. Crazy, huh?"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and kissed Delilah gently on the forehead

"At least your mother wasn't lecturing you about getting together with me!" he said sighing, wrapping his arms around her

He quirked his lips into a smirk and smacked her gently on the behind

"Hmm, maybe I'll have to go meet this mother of yours personally and bowl her over with my good looks and charm!" he teased, "and I can't believe this has all got out!"

He grinned and pretended to look worried, "what will my other wife and kids say?" he teased

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah giggled and replied, giving Gavin a poke in the arm, "They'll say the same thing my other five husbands will say. Seriously, though, my mom's only goal in life seems to be becoming a grandmother. Creepy. Never mind that it's my freaking body."

She rolled her eyes a little. "Mothers."

Then, she became more serious. "I'm worried about Nicolao, though. I haven't gotten any word on him. You know, if you did serious damage, you could be in big trouble."

She bit her lip, worried. "...I really hope he's okay."

Delilah sighed. "This company is good for entertainment, but it's horrible for my blood pressure and stress rate!"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin ran his hands through his damp hair and attempted to smile at Delilah

"Have any of us actually not been in hospital in the past few months?" he laughed

He fidgeted meakly and walked back over to Delilah, wrapping his arms around her for support

"Will you visit me in prison?" he asked, attempting to smile again, "I'll send you flowers!"

Gavin paused again and kissed the top fo Delilah's head

"Wow. Your mum wants you to have kids already!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah made a face at Gavin. "This appears to be Hospital Month for the Queen's Clothing employees. Maybe we'll get a discount. Frequent visitor discount or something," she wryly joked.

She sighed. "If you end up in prison, you realize you'll be in there a long time, right? I mean, look at what you did to Nicolao."

"And as for my mother," she continued, "she's not happy with any woman unless the woman turns her uterus into a clown car for babies. She's ticked that she didn't manage to have many kids, so now, she wants me to have all the kids she couldn't. I mean, sure, one or two might be nice-- when I'm ready. But, I kid you not, ever since I was a teen, my mom was all like, 'Meet a nice, good-looking guy and have some kids with him! I'll help you take care of them.' Ugh. So, yeah... now you know why I rebelled against all that."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin could sense Delilah wasn't in a great mood so he stroked her hair fondly, giving her a kiss on the forehead

"I'm sorry Dee, sorry about what I did to Nicolao. It was like it wasn't me doing it. I'd never normally even hit a guy!" he sighed

He cupped Delilah's face in one hand and smiled at her

"I guess you've got to meet a good looking guy first!" he teased, "then you can have all the kids you want," he said. He smiled and kissed her nose playfully, "I don't want you to have kids yet. We're both too young for that, and it's not like you'd want to spend the rest of your life with someone like me!"

Gavin giggled and took a step away from her, squeezing her hand as he pulled the CD Nicolao had from his back pocket

"How about we go watch this?" he teased, playing with the CD between his fingers

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah giggled and playfully poked at him. She stared in fascination at the CD, a small smirk crossing her face. "Sure, let's go watch it. It'll be a good chance for me to laugh at my pimply butt. Maybe we can get some ideas for improvement, eh?"

She followed him to his office, thinking to herself, Gavin, if you only knew... there's no one I'd rather spend the rest of my life with than you. I'm sure my parents would love you, although I'm sure my mom would probably just be happy I've got someone good-looking that I might potentially get knocked up by. But maybe... someday... who knows?

She giggled softly to herself, thinking her cheerful thoughts.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and they both walked to his office. He opened the door and spun around to grin at Delilah, but she appeared in her own world. Putting his arms around her quickly, he kissed her nose again

"Thinking about how fabulous I am?!" he teased

He released her and dragged her into the office after him. He placed the CD into the player and pressed play and then returned to sit in his chair, pulling Delilah onto his lap

"I won't laugh at your pimply butt!" he teased

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah blushed deeply. "Something like that, yes," she responded.

She curled up on Gavin's lap, making herself comfortable. "Fine. Neither of us will laugh at my pimply butt. But does that mean I get to laugh at your hairy, pimply back?" she joked, tousling his hair. "Seriously, it's not pimply or hairy. It's a nice back. I'm just messing with you," she added quickly.

Delilah paused for a few seconds and said, "...I wish I had some popcorn while watching this." She snickered to herself.

At least this will take my mind off the whole Nicolao thing, not to mention Cecilia being ticked. I wish I knew what I did to set her off. I mean, sure, I'm not her biggest fan, but I'd like us to at least be civil to each other and... and I'm thinking too much again. Damn.

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ sorry I got to go. Just RP them watching it and I'll be back later. sorry :( bye ]]

[DarkPhoenix]

(( Eh, actually, something just came up, and I have to go too. I'll be back in a few hours. Bye. :( ))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ okay bye :weep: ]]

[DarkPhoenix]

((Okay, back.))

Delilah and Gavin watched the video, giggling or making comments quite frequently.

"Hey, that actually looks really cool, from that angle," Delilah joked.

After they finished watching, they smirked at each other. "You know--" Delilah began. Then, her cell phone rang. She answered it.

"Hello?" she said. She rolled her eyes at Gavin and mouthed, "My mother." She sighed. "No, Mom. Look, when I'm ready to have kids, I'll have kids! No, I am not 'out making grandchildren' right now. Mom, look, I don't go asking what you and Dad do when... okay, Mom, that didn't mean start telling me about you and Dad... Mom, look, I don't want to hear about that! I'll talk to you later. Bye."

She closed her cell phone and shuddered a little. "Way to cool things off," she dryly remarked. "I swear, that woman has major freaking issues." She snuggled close to Gavin. "I'm scared to have you meet my mom now. She'd make a comment like, 'Ooh, Gavin, you look nice and fertile. I bet you could give my daughter lots of children.'"

[Burnziiy]

Aaron had been sitting in Delilah's office for over an hour, amusing himself with shameful hand-puppet games.

Hmm.. well it looks as if she won't be coming back. Maybe something really drastic happened to that guy, after all there were a few ambulances outside the building a while ago. I'll go back to Cecilia's office again.. he thought to himself.

He got off from Delilah's desk and quickly exited the room, restless. Aaron soon found Cecilia's office, only to be empty.

"Why does it seem that I always catch people or not catch people at the wrong times" he said quietly to himself, disappointed. Aaron turned around and left the room, entering the hallway.

Wonder if she'll be behind any of these doors. Aaron thought while scanning the doors along the hallway. He chose one and opened it.

"...I bet you could give my daughter lots of children."

Aaron cleared his throat. "Oh sorry, did I walk in at the wrong time again?" he asked Delilah and Gavin with a crooked smile even though he already knew the answer. "You forget about me sitting in your office?" he asked lightly, "people must really like me.." he said in a sarcastic tone.

He felt awkward in his situation, silence filling the air. Aaron didn't have anywhere to look, so he stared at the ground. No eye contact. Good.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed a little. "Hey," she said. "I was just talking about my mom. You know how on Futurama, Amy's parents want her to give them lots of grandchildren? Well, that's basically how my mom is. I was just telling Gavin here about that."

She quickly turned off the video they were watching and gave Aaron a friendly smile. "Actually, I did kind of forget you were in my office, but... oh well."

She winked at Gavin. "We'll finish watching later, eh?" she joked.

"So," she said to Aaron, "what about you? Got any psycho family members? Parents who want you to pop out kids at the drop of a hat?"

She laughed a little. "Seriously, my family is that bad."



((And now I have to go off to work and then class. When Nikki gets online, she can GM Delilah.))

[Burnziiy]

Aaron stepped closer and looked up, some what surprised at her reply. He raised an eye brow and laughed a bit.

"My uncle Larry is a bit crook in the head, and my parents are attached to me.. always calling, showing up at my apartment without warning and begging for me to live at their house again.." he spilled without thinking. "Well back on subject, I was hoping to find Cecilia.. know where she is?" he said with his eyes on hers, completely ignoring Gavin. Pretty eyes.. ocean blue. He complimented in his head.

"Or maybe you could answer my question.. will I be getting an office?" he enquired. "I do plan on staying a while" Aaron added with humour.

[[Off to bed, i'll be back soon]]

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin put his arms around Delilah and they settled down to watch the video, his cheeks turning red. They laughed a couple of times and he simply enjoyed being with her, smiling to himself as Delilah made 'innapropriate' comments. This is the way it should always be, he thought as her cell phone began to ring.

He laughed and pressed his ear gently against hers, listening to her mother practically beg her daughter to go make some grandchildren. Gavin smiled, winking at Delilah as she hung up. He was about to reply when another man walked into the room, seeming oblivious to their current conversation and Delilah hurriedly switched off the video

"We'll finish watching later, eh?" she joked

Gavin grinned and patted her gently on the behind and then stood up from the chair, frowning at Aaron as he chatted to his girlfriend

"Sorry mate, you'll have to ask Cecilia about stuff like that," he interupted, pushing him out of his office and closed the door. He turned around and grinned cheekily at Delilah

He snatched her cell phone and hit redial, waiting for her mother to answer

"Mrs Stanton? Hello, this is Gavin...yes...yes that's me. I'm thrilled at your suggestion for Delilah and me to spend more time making babies," he teased, winking at Delilah and laughed, "yes...I'm fully aware of the best ways of making them...no it's okay I really don't need any advice. No I'm sure. I'd just rang to see what you'd say if I asked Delilah to marry me?" he giggled and then quickly hung up the phone

[KimKamKim]

"Yes you did, but since everything you told me to do already happened, I thought I'd start a little conversation, you know, between a assistant manager and her secretary." he stood up. "They've got nice coffee here, don't you think?"

"Okay lets talk" Hannah said standing up and moved over to her bookcase and took out a magazine "You know Chris, I was reading a really interesting magazine article the other day, about Cecilia." Hannah set the magazine down on the table and opened to a certain article "Oh look Chris, It seems you said some not very nice things about Cecilia. Now I don't want to seem a bitch Chris, but . . ." Hannah said moving only a few cm away from his face "I think we need to re-establish who is the boss here. Now when I ask you to do something Chris, I expect you to do it Okay? As i don't think you have much bargaining power at this company after what you did to Cecilia" Hannah then smiled at him and took his coffe from his hands. She then returned to her desk and leant back in her chair. She looked Chris straight in the face and rank the rest of his coffee "Yes your right Chris, it is nice coffee!"

Hannah's phone then started to ring on her desk. Hannah waited until Chris left the room and picked up the phone

"Hello, Hannah Tyler how can I help you?" Hannah listened intently to the person on the other end of the phone. "What?" she said "Oh Sh*t! okay I'll try to come up with something" Hannah slammed the phone down and left her office. She marched to Gavins office and started banging on the doors "GAVIN! GAVIN! Get out here there's a big problem!

[[Can I just be sure, it was Chris who talked to a magazine about Cecilia?]]

[Anne_SC]

((Yep it was him xD))

"Ah well, too bad. She was just a sad little person." he smiled at her and left the room.

___

Cecilia walked through the corridors. Always when she and Gavin got a chance to be friends, SHE would come and walk in. She walked into her office and opened her email.

Don't think you're commercials and stuff will still be in out program, forget it. Want to know why? One of your nice employees was a little too rude at one of our photographers. So don't think you'll ever see another commercial of your company again.

Fashion TV

Cecilia's eyes widened. And she quickly send everyone an e-mail.
"Meeting, every single employee in an hour. I'm expecting to see you ALL"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah giggled and poked at Gavin. "You dork!" she squealed. "Don't tease my mom like that! Now, she's going to be on my back, nagging me, asking when we're going to get married and have kids!"

Just then, there was banging at the door. "Get that, someone," she said. "I'm going to check my e-mail."

She tapped away at the keyboard for a few seconds and pulled up an e-mail from Cecilia:
Meeting, every single employee in an hour. I'm expecting to see you ALL.

"...Uh..." Delilah said, unsure of what to do for a few seconds. "...I think we're in trouble."

She read the e-mail aloud. "This doesn't sound good," she remarked worriedly. "Gav... I think it's my fault this time..."

Delilah groaned and bit her lip. "This kind of stuff always seems to happen in clusters."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and poked Delilah back playfully as she checked her email. He walked over to the door and opened it, shocked at seeing a red faced Hannah standing there. Before either had time to say anything, Delilah spoke

"...Uh..." Delilah said, unsure of what to do for a few seconds. "...I think we're in trouble."

She read the e-mail aloud. "This doesn't sound good," she remarked worriedly. "Gav... I think it's my fault this time..."


Gavin looked from Delilah to Hannah and back again, his lips turned downwards

"What's going on?" he asked Hannah, "what's the meeting for?"

He glanced at his watch and swore under his breath, grabbing Delilah by the hand as the three of them set off towards Cecilia's office, "tell me on the way," he added

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah clutched Gavin's hand tightly. Oh God, oh man, I'm gonna be fired, I know it! she thought worriedly. Shouldn't have chewed that reporter out. Even though the jerko did tick me off.

"Gav..." she said in a tiny voice, "Cecilia's probably going to fire me. I know it. She's probably been waiting for a good excuse and... and I bet one of the reporters told her. The microphone one. And I need this job! I don't want to go back to being a bartender and all that other crap!"

She bit her lip hard. There's been so much drama here. I'm just making things worse, aren't I?

"I'm worried..." she mumbled.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin stopped and turned around to face Delilah, his pale bluey purple eyes widening. He smiled gently and kissed her forehead

"Don't worry. I'm sure Cecilia isn't going to fire you. And even if she does, you won't have to go back to being a bartender. I'll look after you and support you, no worries," he said softly

He turned back to Hannah and the three kept walking, squeezing Delilah's hand gently. Love you Lilah. Love you more than you could possibly imagine...

[KimKamKim]

"Okay well apparantly you and Delilah were rude to a journalist from 'Fashion TV'. Now 'Fashion TV is our biggest source of avertising and the least they expected was a 'little' interview, I mean you two are national news at the moment!" Hannah said getting into the elevator and pressing the button to the top floor "So after you refused an interview they are furious. They have pulled all advertsing from their TV station and are considering terminating our contract with them" The elevator doors opened and Hannah led the way to Cecilia's office. "Fashion TV's advertisments are what helped this company to succeed in it's early days and they 'were' a valuable friend. Let's just hope it's not to late to change their minds" Hannah explained walking to Cecilia's office

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah scowled. "We didn't agree to losing our privacy when we agreed to work here," she remarked. "It would be one thing if we were singers or actors, but as office workers, we do not expect to live our lives in the public eye. It is no one's business whether Gavin and I are getting married or if I'm pregnant."

She scowled and thought, I'm not freaking Britney Spears or Jessica Simpson or whoever the heck the celebrity news is interested in. I'm a mere office secretary, not a freaking pop star. And Gavin's not one either. I have the right to refuse an interview, and if the reporter doesn't get the point, I see nothing wrong with making my point a little clearer with some... force.

She tightened her grip on Gavin's hand and glanced worriedly at him.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked at Delilah, his eyes wide with shock

"She's right," he began, looking over at Hannah, "if we don't want to be in the public eye then we shouldn't have to be. I can't believe we're National News! Does this country have nothing to talk about except two office workers that have fallen in love?" he paused outside of Cecilia's office and squeazed Delilah's hand back, "What do the stupid reporters want from us then? An interview with us? We aren't famous! No fantastic story to tell! If we decide to get married, or Delilah becomes pregnant, we'll may announce it eventually. It's not their right to know what's going on!"

Gavin sighed and put his arm around Delilah's shouler protectively, turning to address Hannah

"What's Cecilia going to do? Fire us? That's certainly going to lose a lot of media attention for the company!"

[KimKamKim]

"Of course there not interested in you two, there interested in the couple that caused 'Cecilia Queen' daughter of 'Felicia Queen, one of the greatest fashion designers the world has ever seen' attempt to kill herself by driving her car off a cliff side! That's big news. 'Queens clothes' is a fashion label known across the world wide and the thought of your relationship 'destroying' a big company causing unemployment to thousands of people world wide who work and make the clothes. That is why it is big news" Hannah said coldly

[[I didn't know what word I could of used instead of 'destroying' but I basically mean there relationship is harming Cecilia which will end the company (Sorry i just had to make sure everyone understood)]]

[Slytherin-Girl]

Reading the e-mail and sighing, Amber shut her computer off and walked towards Cecilia's office. "I should have known it was too quiet to last" she muttered as she made her way down the hall.

Then she caught sight of Hannah, Gavin and Delilah and waved. "Hi guys, what the devil is going on with her now?"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah clutched fearfully at Gavin.

This wasn't in the job description, she thought. I just wanted to make some money, get a clean start on life. Maybe meet a nice guy. Not live in a bloody soap opera. I just want to be with Gavin and have a nice life.

Delilah narrowed her eyes a little. What do those bloody beggars want, tests proving I'm neither pregnant nor about to be anytime soon? Do they want a freaking press conference where Gavin and I reveal every tiny detail about our lives? Well, they better freaking forget it.

She bit at her lip some more. It's my personal life, and the only person who gets to share it is Gavin. If Cecilia got tanked and drive over a cliff, it's not my fault. It's mean, but true. I didn't tell her to get drunk and try to die, did I? Did Gavin? Well, then...

[Burnziiy]

"Sorry mate, you'll have to ask Cecilia about stuff like that," he interupted, pushing him out of his office and closed the door.

Aaron watched as the door flung closed infront of him, then looked down at his shoulders and touched them where Gavin had pushed him. "Ow!" he said, dripping with sarcasim, "Thats gonna leave a bruise"

He smiled and breathed out heavily, then started down the corrider to reach the lift. There was already another worker in the lift, who gave him a weak smile. "Heading to the meeting?" she asked him. "Meeting? Ah.. I guess I am, where is it?" Aaron reliped. "Cecilia's Office of course.." the woman answered, slightly annoyed. He just nodded and watched as the doors of the lift closed.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia walked to the group and started talking.
"First, you have to know what media means to a company like us." she took a deep breath.
"Almost everything. Fashion TV mostly made commercials and stuff for us and now they told me I could forget it. Now, I need to know..."
She opened the door to her office, walked in and sat down.
"WHO was rude to the photographers and journalists?" she looked at the group. "They told me what he, or she said. And I must say, I'm not pleased and they are right to stop accepting our commercials after that. So WHO did it."

She gave everyone a cookie.
"Take a cookie, eat it and think. This is serious ok? No, i'm not the devil or anything. I'm just ANGRY."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin was taken aback by the tone of Cecilia's voice and placed his cookie down on the table beside him, suddenly not hungry anymore. She was pretty livid it was clear, and the person that had been rude was about to be in serious trouble.

"WHO was rude to the photographers and journalists?" she looked at the group. "They told me what he, or she said. And I must say, I'm not pleased and they are right to stop accepting our commercials after that. So WHO did it."

Gavin looked at Delilah who was trembling, and squeezed her hand. His eyes flicked back to Cecilia and he stood up

"I did it C. I'm sorry but I was p*ssed off after everything and they kept asking me questions. What would they like me to do? Do they want an interview, as I'll comply if they do. Sorry C." Gavin said, hanging his head as he looked at the floor

[Anne_SC]

"I did it C. I'm sorry but I was p*ssed off after everything and they kept asking me questions. What would they like me to do? Do they want an interview, as I'll comply if they do. Sorry C." Gavin said, hanging his head as he looked at the floor.
"You could have said 'No comment' instead of calling names and stuff. A program like FashionTV can make or break us." she sighed. "I can't believe this. As a Co-owner you have to know you shouldn't dot that!" she looked at him.

She took a cookie herself and threw it in the trash can.
"Dammit"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked up and shrugged, pushing his hair back from his face and shivered a little

"Sorry Cecilia," he repeated, "I guess I should have known better. Sorry."

He looked back at Delilah and smiled gently, nodding his head and then looked at Hannah who was glaring at him. Clearly now he was the most hated guy in the office

"Look C, you can send the rest of them away. It was my fault and you should punish me alone, not all of them." Gavin continued

[KimKamKim]

"Look, I don't think now's the time to punish people. Our main focus right now should be to try and rectify the reputation of this company" Hannah said to Cecilia standing up "Even if we manage to get 'Fashion TV' back all this current media storm shouldn't be good for sales. So we have got to do something to show the world 'Queens Clothes is on it's way to the top!" Hannah said adressing the room "I have an idea" she wispered to Gavin "I'm going to see if we have the financial funds to pull this off and then, I'll tell you my idea" Hannah then strode across the room and opened the door and briskly started to walk down to her own office

[Anne_SC]

As people left the room Cecilia looked up.
"You didn't do it, did you?" she said. "You would know how to handle those guys. If you didn't you wouldn't even be working here for two years already."
She sighed. "I can't believe it." she sat down on her sofa.
"Ok... I'll think of this." she was quiet for a while. "Do you want to go somewhere? The park or something? I mean, I need some fresh air and I don't feel going out alone." she looked at him. Please...

She sighed again. She was ruining her mother's company and she felt bad for it. Her mother gave her everything to run it, and she ruined it. It made her feel like saying; Thanks mom, for giving me the company, Now I can go and ruin it.

[stylequeen_SC]

People began to leave he room and Gavin nodded at what Hannah had said, wondering what her big idea was. Cecilia looked up and him and pursed her lips, her eyebrows raised quizzingly

"You didn't do it, did you?" she said. "You would know how to handle those guys. If you didn't you wouldn't even be working here for two years already."

Gavin shrugged and refused to answer her question. Whether he'd actually done it or not didn't matter, he had admitted to it and would take the blame: the rest was trivial

"Do you want to go somewhere? The park or something?" Cecilia asked after a moment of silence, "I mean, I need some fresh air and I don't feel going out alone."

Gavin's lips turned down slightly and he looked around,

"Erm...maybe that's not the best idea C. There are lots of photographers and journalists outside and I wouldn't want you caught up and answering questions," he replied slowly, thinking carefully about his words before he spoke them, "and besides. What will they say if you and I go somewhere together? This media attention isn't good for the company."

[Anne_SC]

"I will work the media attention. I know how to handle this, and I've got a plan. I have my own ways to say that they can f*ck off." she smiled at him.

"I'm just a person in this world, like everyone. They have other stuff to take pictures off too. I'll tell them to go somewhere else, or maybe I'll tell them where some celebrity is. Or I'll make them go after Chris." she had a plan, and she wanted to get out there.
"Come on..." she said. "It wouldn't hurt." she took her phone when she thought that she had a message, but she didn't.
"Right. Please come with me, I need to get out. And It's not healthy to be in here all the time. Seriously, it'll make you go crazy."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah sighed and leaned against the wall, thinking about what had happened.

Gavin took the fall for me, knowing he'd get in trouble. He actually accepted the blame...

She groaned. Why do I always cause so much freaking drama? Why can't I just be nice and mainstream? As my jerko ex, Nick, put it, I'm a clumsy, stupid, rock music-loving idiot. Along with a few choice swear words... Damn it, why am I like this?

She closed her eyes, focusing. Think back to before I worked here, to before I was a bartender. Before all the drama. What caused me to decide to rebel against my mom and not be Suzy Homemaker?

She took a few deep breaths, clearing her mind. That vacation. We went out of the country one summer, back when I was a teenager. Back then, I was still fairly well-behaved. And I met that guy. And he said, "Why do you listen to your folks? Why don't you make your own choices? If you don't want to grow your hair long, cut it short. If you don't want to dress in frilly dresses, don't. If you want to listen to rock music instead of classical, go ahead. It's your life. Do what makes you happy." And I listened. If I hadn't, I'd probably have avoided a lot of trouble and drama. But... if I hadn't, I wouldn't be Gavin's girlfriend. I wouldn't be working here. I wouldn't be who I am today.

Delilah sighed. "Life sucks sometimes," she mumbled.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed and ran his hands threw his hair, exhaling heavily. He wasn't sure he should be leaving the office to go to the park, especially when things didn't seem to be going well, and wondered why Cecilia wasn't making him go apologize to Fashion TV, or give them a proper interview

"Right. Please come with me, I need to get out. And It's not healthy to be in here all the time" Cecilia begged "Seriously, it'll make you go crazy."

Gavin made a low mumbling noise and finally nodded, pulling his shirt a little tighter around him as Delilah still had his jacket. He glanced outside the window and pulled a face

"Okay I'll go with you then, I guess you've been through a lot. You know it's still raining though, right?"

[Anne_SC]

"Hmm, it is?" she smiled and opened a drawer. "I took this from the fashion department up here, it's a pretty cool coat." she gave him the coat. "I take a lot of things from there." she walked out of the office, waited for Gavin to come out and locked the door. She walked down the stairs slowly, and then walked out of the building, where photographers and journalists immediately started to talk and take pictures. Cecilia posed a few times and then started talking. "Good day people. I am healthy, I do not have a relationship with Gavin Rupetts, and no i'm not pregnant, my mother isn't dead, I didn't get a new dog last week, Yes, I died three times, No, I don't want to discuss that, Oh, and now you're done with me, go see the corner cafe. Celeb party there." she smiled politely and walked further. "That's how I handle it. Just go with the flow." she looked back, posed again and now walked around the corner. "The posing is the best part." she laughed.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed as Cecilia smooth talked the paparazzi and then walked on, leaving him as hundreds of microphones were shoved in his face

"Mr Ruppetts, our sources say your girlfriend Delilah is pregnant, is this true?"

"Gavin, did you recently reject Cecilia Queen for your secretary?"

"Gavin, Gavin! Is it true you were recently in hospital for stitches in your back?"

"Is there a wedding planned for you and Miss Stanton?"

"Mr Ruppetts. Are you sleeping with Miss Queen?"

Gavin shrugged, mumbled 'no comment' and ran for it, catching up with Cecilia as she turned the corner. He laughed and attempted to shield his hair from the rain

"Those guys are crazy! Such ridiculous stories they have!" he laughed

They walked a little further till they got to the park and then sheltered in a wooden built gazebo

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah pulled the jacket tighter around her. She peeked out a window, watching Cecilia interact with the reporters.

"She's f***ing eating this up," she muttered bitterly. "She's not the one getting bad crap written about her. She's totally freaking enjoying this bull."

She resisted the urge to open the window and spit on Cecilia's head. Now that's front page material, she thought, smirking a little.

"Some people freaking thrive on this bull. I joined this damn company to avoid all this drama nonsense," she muttered.

Then, she realized that Gavin was following Cecilia. "Gav..." she gasped, pressing her hand against the glass.

She saw one of the reporters point up at the window. Quickly, she ducked down and sat on the floor. "...Way to go, babe," she muttered. "Way to give the gossip mongers more to talk about."

[Anne_SC]

"They are crazy, but they need to have something to tell. If there really isn't anything they can tell, they just run up to a random person, do an interview and say that person is a celebrity." she laughed and watched the rain.
"The rain makes me relax. I won't say I love rain. But I do like it." she smiled and slowly walked out of the gazebo. The rain softly fell on her skin and clothes. She leaned against the wooden pole and the rain kept falling.
"I know, i'm an idiot." she laughed quietly. She ran a hand through her hair.
"And there's no reason for me to hate rain, since I have the best make-up which actually wont make my mascara get all over my face."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed as Cecilia walked out into the rain, and he sat back and closed his eyes peacefully. The sound of the heavy rain dripping on the roof of the gazebo actually soothed him and he thought how perfect the situation was. He only wished it was Delilah with him, not Cecilia. It would be a hell of a lot less uncomfortable he was sure

"Yea my make up doesn't run either!" Gavin joked, taking his cell phone from his pocket

He quickly typed two messages and sent them. The first he sent to Hannah

What's this big idea then? Need any help? -Gav R

The second he sent to Delilah, sighing heavily

I'm not gunna be in too much trouble with C. Pleased you're not going to be fired :) Love you so much -Gav R xxx ps: paparazzi think you're pregnant :P

[Anne_SC]

She laughed and quickly walked back to Gavin. "Ok, that was enough." she said. "Now it's getting cold." she laughed again and sat down. Her hair hang in her face, but her make-up was like never anything happened.
"See, no photographers. Ah well... maybe one, or two. In the bushes." she joked. "Nah, they're too afraid there camera will break or something." she looked at the ground.
"It's happening again." she said after a moment of silence, trying to laugh.
"It's just so weird."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah lifted her head up long enough to read her cell phone message:

I'm not gunna be in too much trouble with C. Pleased you're not going to be fired Love you so much -Gav R xxx ps: paparazzi think you're pregnant:p

She sighed a little. "...Why the hell did you have to go off with her?" she muttered. "Now they're really gonna talk."

She quickly pressed in a response:
You know the reporters are going to think you're fooling around with C, right? Love you too. DS.

She sent the response and then tucked the cell phone away. She pulled the jacket tighter around herself, for some small semblence of comfort. She hated rainy weather. It made her sleepy, sad, and lonely, all at once. She lowered her head, dozing briefly for a few minutes, then stirred, awake again.

Reporters are freaking leeches, she thought. Just like that other time, a few years before...

"Miss Stanton, Miss Stanton, a word?" a reporter called. Several others chimed in with prying questions. Delilah pulled the blanket tightly around her arms, trying to hide the bruises as she hurried away from the crowd of reporters.

"Leave me alone!" she screamed, as one reporter dared to yank at the blanket. "It's bad enough that my boyfriend f***ing beat me up. I don't need an idiot like you bothering me also!"

"Yeah... that was a bad time," she muttered.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin looked at Cecilia and laughed as her hair clung to her like a dog

"Good job no photographers or that pic will be front page news!" he teased

He looked at the bushes rustling where reporter was hiding and Gavin stuck his finger up at it, laughing to himself

"It's happening again." Cecilia said after a moment of silence, trying to laugh.
"It's just so weird."

"What's happening?" Gavin asked, looking back at her

His cell phone beeped and he looked down

You know the reporters are going to think you're fooling around with C, right? Love you too. DS.

He sighed and groaned to himself

I'll come back. Don't wanna cause anymore trouble. I'd never fool around with C. Love u -Gav R xxx

[Anne_SC]

"The feeling like I've done something wrong." she said, unsure what to really say. "Every time when something happened... I can sense this feeling. A feeling of... I don't know. Like you don't want to be around me, anywhere."
She sighed. "I don't want to start being an idiot again, but it's not really... 'cool'." she watched the photographer and opened her mouth.
"Go away, go to the corner cafe like everyone else! Nothing's going to happen, and if I see ONE flash, you will get problems."
What the h*ll am I doing... I'm going to ruin it again, as always. Is there a love-shield around me or something. Like... if I want to be loved, other people start loving or get love.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed and got to his feet, looking down at Cecilia as he pulled her to her feet too

"I'm sorry," he said, shaking his head, "you haven't done anything wrong and I'm just an a*s! I probably should never have agreed to come here"

He looked at the photographer in the bush, and pulled him out, taking the camera from his hands and dropped it on the floor

"Leave us alone!" Gavin said forcefully, "here's a great story for you. Gavin Ruppetts beats up mindless photographer! How would you like that?"

He let the man go and walked away, glancing back at Cecilia to make sure he wasn't hassling her and then sighed heavily, heading back to the office and Delilah

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah jumped a little when the cell phone vibrated. She flipped it open and read the message that she had just received:

I'll come back. Don't wanna cause anymore trouble. I'd never fool around with C. Love u -Gav R xxx

She smiled softly to herself. Good, she thought. She thought for a moment and then pressed in a response:

Good idea, sweetie. Hope to see you soon. DS. XOXOX

She sent the message and then put the phone away. "Good," she said, this time aloud. "It would suck if Gavin got hounded by those damn reporters. Cecilia seems to be fine enough with them, but... well..."

She trailed off, biting her lips.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia walked after Gavin. "Gavin! Don't please. What's wrong? You say you want to be my friend. But how can we be friends like this?" she asked. "I don't understand" she sighed and took his hand. "Don't... go." she looked up at him. "I... There is something wrong. And when Delilah's not around, there's nothing wrong. But as soon as she's there you become all awkard(?)." she looked down. Don't say it Cecilia... don't say it... "There is a feeling, isn't there? That's why you feel awkard around me." she looked at him. "Don't get angry, I know it's not easy to talk about, but as long as this kind of stuff keeps happening, I need to know." she loosened her grip and squeezed his hand once more. Ok... nevermind I said it.


((Don't make him get angry.))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin reached into his pocket to get his vibrating cell phone and he flipped it open as he walked, smiling at the message

Good idea, sweetie. Hope to see you soon. DS. XOXOX

He quickly typed a reply and sent it as Cecilia grabbed his hand

Not soon enough :( how does DR sound? Heehee -Gav R xxx

He spun around at looked down at Cecilia who was almost tearing. He widened his eyes in shock at what she said and dropped her hand, taking a step backwards

"I have to go. People will start talking if I don't get back. Don't want anymore negative press for the company," he replied, keeping his face neutral

Gavin walked away from Cecilia and sighed uncomfortabley. He didn't want to hurt Cecilia's feelings, she was his boss as well as his friends and saying no would just hurt both of them. He pushed his way past the nosy reporters and entered Queen's Clothes, walking over to the elevator and hit the level for his own office. Once the doors opened he almost sprinted to his office and collasped in his chair, taking off the wet coat and shook his hair

[Anne_SC]

Talk to me now, then. Message me, or really talk to me. I know... it's true
Q

She messaged to him. She made her way through the reporters and sighed, she stopped at the door.
"I want to say this politely, but since that didn't really make sense. Please... GO AWAY! Please go and take photographs of someone else ok?" she sighed.
"Ok then, take pictures of me in my wet-of-rain look, but, when you're done, go away!" she posed some more and then the reporters left.
"Good." she opened the door to Queen's Clothes and entered the elevator. Where she sat down and closed her eyes. The Ding! made her get out of her trance and she walked out. She walked to her office, opened the door and collapsed on her sofa.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah read the message that Gavin had sent:

Not soon enough:( how does DR sound? Heehee -Gav R xxx

She giggled to herself. "What a goof," she giggled. And then she re-read the text message. "...DR?" she muttered. She snickered a little. "He really shouldn't joke with me like that. If my mom hears stuff like that, she'll get worse!"

She walked to Gavin's office, planning to wait for him. She was surprised to see that he was already there. "Hey," she greeted him, hugging him. "You're all wet."

She looked around, trying to find a towel or discarded piece of fabric that he could use to dry off. "Must have been some killer weather out there," she remarked, stroking his hair.

[stylequeen_SC]

Talk to me now, then. Message me, or really talk to me. I know... it's true. C

Gavin sighed and quickly typed a reply as he lay in his chair

There's nothing to talk about. See you later -Gav R

He sighed again and then opened his eyes as he heard Delilah's voice. He smiled and wrapped his arms around her as she sat on his lap

"Rain," Gavin replied, kissing her neck gently, "I don't mind being wet," he giggled

He pressed his soaked white shirt against him and stuck his pecs out, "plus it makes my shirt go see-through, so you should like it!" he teased

[Anne_SC]

I knew it... I know you're going to be angry... but... Don't lie to me, please.

She sighed, she shouldn't have said that and expected him to come in and throw her out of the window. She quickly ate a cookie and closed her eyes. This couldn't be happening again. It just couldn't. What had she gotten herelf into? She never should have accepted the company. She shouldn't. Her life already s*cked but now it had reached it's highest point.

She gazed at the magazine on the table. And now... Chris was hired. Which would bring even more problems to her and the company. Yay for old boyfriends who cheat on their girlfriends.

"F*ck it..."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah giggled and snuggled close to Gavin. "True, I do like being able to see your awesome body," she grinned.

Oh, and I better not forget about the text message. Better bring that up too. Hehehe, she thought to herself, smirking a little. It sure brightened up my day!

"I got your text, by the way," she continued, peeking up at her boyfriend. "And I think it sounds great, not to mention there's all the great 'doctor' jokes I would be able to make."

She grinned broadly, and then laughed and tousled Gavin's hair. "Love you, Gav," she said. "Even though you're soaking wet and getting my nice outfit all wet too."

She playfully poked his arm. "But that just means you can get me something new to wear!"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and ruffled Delilah's hair affectionately, shivering a little in his soaked through shirt.

"True, I do like being able to see your awesome body," she giggled

He laughed and undid the first three buttons of his shirt, revealing his tanned chest and the top of his six pack, and then kissed and nibbled Delilah's ear playfully

"I got your text, by the way," Delilah continued, peeking up at her boyfriend. "And I think it sounds great, not to mention there's all the great 'doctor' jokes I would be able to make."

Gavin laughed again and pretended to think about it

"I think it sounds great too!" he teased, "plus think off all the magazine interviews and photoshoots we could do if we announced we were engaged!" he laughed, "maybe we could even do a repeat of your previous photoshoot together!"

"Love you, Gav," she said. "Even though you're soaking wet and getting my nice outfit all wet too. But that just means you can get me something new to wear!"

Gavin chuckled and quickly pulled Delilah's shirt over her head and folded it neatly on his desk, sticking his tongue out at her again

"You could always wear nothing at all!" he said grinned, starting to kiss her neck again, "and a repeat of the videotape wouldn't be all bad!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed and admired the great view when Gavin undid his shirt.

Lookin' good, she thought approvingly, grinning. Very nice.

"I think it sounds great too!" he teased, "plus think off all the magazine interviews and photoshoots we could do if we announced we were engaged!" he laughed, "maybe we could even do a repeat of your previous photoshoot together!"

Delilah laughed. "Oh yeah, I can just see it-- 'Company-Wrecking Couple Engaged.' Though, I must say, the photoshoot does sound pretty cool. We could get copies of the shots made for our room," she teased.

When Gavin pulled off her shirt, she squealed and covered herself up. "Are you trying to make me freeze to death?" she joked. "Besides," she continued, pulling the shirt back on, "we have to act like mature adults, just in case the reporters see us."

Then, Delilah laughed and pulled Gavin close for a long, passionate kiss. "...Or not..." she snickered. "Being an immature, pervy one does seem to have its benefits."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and kissed Delilah again, slowly shrugging his shirt off. He giggled and squeezed her fondly

"I personally think we're being mature adults!" he laughed, "the more making out the better!"

He smiled warmly and genuinely at Delilah and stroked her cheek

"I'll organise the photoshoot," he said playfully, "and I'm going to get a gorgeous one done of you and have it blown up really big so we can frame it!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned. "Sounds fine. Shall we get our own paparazzi, or should we borrow the ones covering the company?" she joked. "And do we go with the televised press release, or do we just have someone print stuff in the newspaper?"

She snickered. "I can just see it," she continued, laughing. "You'd say something like, I'd like to thank all the men and women who have been covering this company's problems. Since you've made it clear that you want to see us together, this is what you're getting. That's the good news. The bad news is, you have to actually pay for the rings and ceremony!"

She giggled and poked playfully at Gavin. "I think you just don't like wearing clothes, and you're using me as an excuse," she teased. "But fine. Lots of nice, hot pictures of us, if that's what you want. Hell, let's wallpaper one of the rooms with shots of us," she joked. "Make it the guest bedroom."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and tickled Delilah playfully, nibbling her ear

"The paparazzi definately don't get in invite to the wedding!" he teased, "only people who are willing to kiss my a*s to get in will be allowed in. Including your mother!"

He smiled and poked Delilah back, picking up his shirt and pretended to put it back on

"Fine. I'll put it back on if it bothers you that much!" Gavin giggled, kissing her gently on the mouth again, "and hell yea, let's wallpaper the guest bedroom! Then no one will come to visit!"

He undid a couple of buttons on Delilah shirt again and grinned at her, widening his eyes

"Come on. I've missed you. I'm sure my stitches have healed by now!" he teased

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned. "Guests suck. They eat too much and use up all the hot water!" she said. "Besides, we need our privacy. Lots of privacy."

She snuggled closer to Gavin. "I want the wedding to be nice and private. Only a few people. With all the drama at this company, the least we can is limit the number of people present, right?"

She laughed and toyed with Gavin's hair. "I can't believe you're serious about this!" she grinned. "You're not just joking around about this, right?" she asked.

If it turns out he was joking about all this, I'll freaking kill him. Or backhand him. Not sure which, she thought. And if he's serious... oh my God, this is so freaking AWESOME! Oh my God!

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and kissed Delilah's forehead gently, entwining his hands with hers

"I want the wedding to be nice and private. Only a few people. With all the drama at this company, the least we can is limit the number of people present, right?" Delilah said

He chuckled and nodded, thinking about everything. He wondered if Delilah was just playing along, or if she was actually serious about marrying him; it would suck if she was only joking and also freak her out if he said he might be serious. He sighed and kissed her again lovingly, pouring his heart and soul into it. Delilah toyed with his hair and, as if she'd read his mind said,

"I can't believe you're serious about this!" she grinned. "You're not just joking around about this, right?"

Gavin kept his expression blank and kissed her forehead once more, gently sliding her off his lap as he pulled her to her feet. He squeezed her hand and then delved into the pockets of his jacket that Delilah was wearing, fishing out a small black box.

"I've never been joking," he whispered as he got down on one knee

"Will you marry me Delilah?" he asked, opening the box and displayed the biggest diamond ring he could find, costing more than her own little studio


[[ awwww :luff: ]]

[DarkPhoenix]

((Everyone say it with me now-- AWWWWWWWWW! YAY!))

Gavin kissed Delilah's forehead and gently slid her off his lap and onto her feet. He squeezed her tightly.

What is...? she thought, watching him reach into the pocket of the jacket she was still wearing, the one he'd put on her earlier.

"I've never been joking," he whispered as he got down on one knee.

Delilah's eyes widened. Is he...?

"Will you marry me Delilah?" he asked, opening the box and displayed the biggest diamond ring he could find, costing more than her own little studio.

Delilah gasped. Oh my God, he is! Oh my God! Oh my God! she thought delightedly. She stood, silently staring at Gavin, unable to speak.

Finally able to find a voice, she flung herself into his arms and kissed him. "Yes!" she cried out, clinging to him.

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :D:D:D :valentine ]]

Gavin winced as Delilah just stared at him, hoping he hadn't done something stupid. Oh god I just ruined the best relationship I've ever had! Oh god Gavin you fool, you did it too soon, you.... His thoughts were interupted as Delilah threw herself into his arms. He smiled and stood up, holding Delilah in his arms and hugged her to him

"Yes!" she cried out, clinging to him.

Gavin laughed and kissed Delilah slowly and lovingly, still holding her in his arms and lay her head back like in a movie. Everything was so perfect. Everything was amazing

"I love you Delilah," he whispered as he put her back on the floor

He smiled and took the stunning gold and diamond ring from the box and slit it onto her ring finger, holding her gaze and then squeezed her hand

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah admired the ring. "It's so pretty," she said softly. "And it's a perfect fit."

She sighed and hugged Gavin tightly. "I love you, sweetie," she said softly.

I can't believe it... she thought. I can't believe Gavin finally proposed to me. Wow. I wonder how long before the damn reporters catch wind of this and try to bother us for all the details. And then my mom will call and lecture me and Gavin on how she's not getting any younger and how she wants us to make lots and lots of grandkids for her, blah blah blah. Still, she smiled a little. Delilah Ruppetts... sounds nice...

"I guess today wasn't all that bad," she said, grinning.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and kissed Delilah gently, stroking her hand with the ring on it

"It's pretty, like you," he replied, rubbing his nose against hers and grinned

He pulled her back onto his lap and lay his head on her shoulder, nibbling at her neck gently and clasped his arms around her waist. He was so delighted she'd said yes: thank god it wasn't a 'maybe one day' or a 'you're too young for me.' He smiled to himself, closing his eyes as he pictured the wedding, their life together, their happiness

"I guess today wasn't all that bad," she said, grinning.

Gavin laughed and tickled Delilah furiously, eventually letting her go with a happy sigh

"Yea...cause everyday you get proposed to by the man who loves you most in the world!" he teased. Gavin relaxed and poked his girlfriend, no fiance, in the side, "do you want to make a formal announcement to the press?" he asked, "we don't want rumours to get out of hand. They already have us married with 3 kids!"

Gavin undid his shirt and took it off again, giggling to himself as he picked up her hand with the ring on it and kissed it

"You know this means I have to meet your mother!" he said with a grin

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah laughed and stroked Gavin's hair. "Yeah, I think we better make an announcement to the press so they can clear everything up. They have me having about three dozen kids already! As for meeting my mother... all I have to say is... well... you know what she's like. My dad's a decent guy, and he just wants me to be happy. I think you'll like Dad way better than you'll Mom."

She laughed a little. "I'm sure your parents are more tolerable than mine are. My mom just wants tons of grandkids. It's like her lifetime goal or something."

"So..." she continued, "when do you want to tell the evil reporters? And everyone else?"

Cecilia's sure to be ticked, she thought. So be it.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and took out his cell phone, handing it to Delilah

"My parents will just be happy I've found a wife and I'm not dating a different stripper every night of the week," he laughed, stroking her cheek affectionately, "that was back when I thought work was my life. Now I've found a new purpose in life: you."

He blushed a little and ruffled Delilah's hair again, making it stand up on end before he flattened it again, laughing gently

"I'm sure Cecilia is going to kill us both," Gavin said, frowning a little bit. He looked back into Delilah's eyes and melted, his frown disappearing in place of a happy little grin, "she hates me just for talking to you!"

He squeezed her hand again and played with her fingers, "we should make the announcement in a few days I think," he replied, "we should let all this 'destroying the company' stuff blow over and then announce it. Hey, we're supposed to be giving an official interview for Fashion TV anyway soon. We could announce it then!"

Gavin let his fingers undo the rest of Delilah's buttons on her shirt but didn't pull it off, instead just sliding his arms around her, lightly brushing her tanned skin

"Go on," he whispered, nudging towards his cell phone, "call your parents!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah shrugged off her shirt. She winked at Gavin and pulled out her cell phone. "Got your full attention, eh?" she teased.

She dialed the number slowly, smirking. "Hello?" she said. "Hey, Mom. No, Mom, I'm not pregnant yet. I have news that's almost as good. No, I'm not trying to get pregnant right now. Okay, fine, better news than that. Gavin proposed to me!"

She held the phone away from her ear, so as to not be deafened by her mother's loud squeals. After the squeals quieted down, she put the phone back to her ear. "Yes, Mom. No, we haven't chosen a date yet. No, no one else knows."

She grinned and gave Gavin a thumbs up. "Yeah, you can talk to him now." She handed Gavin the cell phone. "Mom wants to talk to you and give you some words of advice."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin raised his eyebrows as Delilah took her shirt off and he smiled, tightening his hold around her. She dialed the number and started talking to her mother and, after telling her the news, all he could hear were loud squeals

"Mom wants to talk to you and give you some words of advice." Delilah said, smiling at him as she gave him the thumbs up

He took the phone worriedly and put it to his ear

"Hello? Hi Mrs Stanton. Yes, I proposed to her. Just now actually and no no one else knows. She said yes of course," Gavin laughed and kissed Delilah's neck as he listened to her mother, "I can't tell you how much the engagement ring cost!" he exclaimed, starting to giggle, "okay, erm...near 100k." He held the phone from his ear as he mother squealed again, "hah yes I love her. Erm...we're not making babies right now. Er, yes I do want kids with her...yes I am fertile! Okay okay, bye Mrs Stanton, or can I call you mom?"

Gavin rolled his eyes and handed her the phone back with a giggle

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah muffled a giggle and took the phone back. "Hey, Mom, it's me," she said. "You want me to what? What, now?! No, I know how to, it's just... dang it, Mom, you take all the fun out of it when you tell me to do it!"

She rolled her eyes and smirked at Gavin. "Well, we're at work, so... what do you mean, 'they made closets for a reason'? ...My God, Mom, you're worse than me! Next time people complain about me, I should have them talk to you. No. No. Well, yeah, eventually. But... damn it, why do you want to know that? That's extremely personal. Argh, no, Mom! Stop asking so many personal questions. You're really creepy sometimes. ...Yeah? Okay, fine. Yeah, sure. Okay, I'll talk to you later. Bye."

She ended the conversation and shut the cell phone. She snickered at Gavin and said, "My mother said to tell you that if I don't get off this phone and start trying to reproduce with you, she'll come over and whip my butt. Sweet lady, eh?"

[Anne_SC]

((What... the hell. xD))

Cecilia sat in her office. She took some papers and started filling them in. They were papers about the commercials, her employees, the new clothing line and much more. She then got to one question, she sighed and stopped.
How the h*ll do I have to know this one? What a stupid question.
She just took an option and did the other papers.
"Let's see what's on tv." she flicked the tv on. It immediately turned on FashionTV.
"What the..." she started smiling. First, there was a commercial of QC. Then there was news. And she was featured in the 'Top 3 Rainy Day Clothing'. Which they didn't really think of before she turned up at QC with wet hair. She was 'in' again. But still she was worried. She knew caring about him would break her, and it happened again. So, she made a decision.
A decision that would change the next weeks, months and maybe years.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and cuddled Delilah as she spoke to her mum, gently pressing his head against hers so he could hear what they were saying. He couldn't hear clearly, but he certainly got the jist of the conversation

"My mother said to tell you that if I don't get off this phone and start trying to reproduce with you, she'll come over and whip my butt. Sweet lady, eh?" Delilah giggled as she hung up

Gavin laughed and tickled her bare stomach with his fingers, nipping at her neck

"What can I say. Don't want you to get your butt whipped now do I?" he teased

He stood up and walked over to the door, locking it and pulled the blind firmly into place, before her turned back and grinned at Delilah. He walked over and pulled her to her feet, kissing her gently

"We could always go to the rooftop." Gavin joked

[[ XD what's the decision??? ]]

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia opened her eyes. It looked liked she had slept. It was already eleven o'clock and ofcourse, dark outside. She yawned and wondered if someone was still in their office. She walked outside of her own office and knocked on Gavin's door.
"Gavin? You still in here?" she asked softly. Don't do it Cecilia...
"Gavin?" she waited for an answer and played with the leafs of the nearby plant.
Don't go acting all weird now, ruining it all won't be so good now. Actually, it won't really matter, everything's already ruined.

"Gavin?"

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ I'm clearly bored lol. Delilah's engagement ring from Gavin:

http://i11.tinypic.com/2ymgndh.jpg

cost = $1,500,000 (really!!!) ]]

[Slytherin-Girl]

o.0 I WANT ONE :) and so does Amber....shiiiiny

[stylequeen_SC]

ooc: the wedding rings Gav picked out are even cuter!!! lol I clearly have faaar too much time on my hands :P

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: I've really gotta think of something to do with Amber, but I'm not coming up with anything. It just seems so weird for her not to have been anywhere with all the stuff that's gone on :( I dunno....

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah giggled delightedly and hugged Gavin tightly. "Anywhere you want," she smirked. "Just make sure there's no cameras or reporters. Actually, it might make for some great press," she joked.

She kept thinking, Oh, wow, it's so awesome that we're engaged now. Oh, man... I guess we'll have to start making out guest lists, and pick out a wedding location, and decide whether to have a reception or not, and what to serve if we do have a reception, and pick out clothes and... wow, this is going to be a ton of work! But it will be totally awesome!

She admired Gavin some more. Mine, she thought. All mine.

She reached out and messed up his hair. "We better get cracking, before my mom gets to yelling at us. She'll tell you that you're not doing your duty to me," she teased.


((You can work Amber in somehow. Have her come by with coffee, or watching TV, or bringing in a magazine with news about the company!))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and waggled his tongue at Delilah, playfully toying with her hair

"Guess you're only doing this for your mother!" he teased, beginning to kiss her again

**cue mushy music**


After a blissful half an hour in his office, Gavin zipped up his flies and shurgged his shirt over his shoulders, not bothering to do up the buttons. He grinned and watched Delilah get dressed again, reaching out and taking her hand.

"Your mother will be proud of you!" he teased

Wow, that was...awesome! I can't believe I'm marrying this women, she's everything I've ever hoped for and more. The wedding. It'll be so perfect I just know it and then we can start our lives together. Even more perfect

Gavin prevented Delilah from putting her shirt on and pulled her onto his lap, gently kissing her neck and shoulder

"One day we'll actually manage this in a bed!" he said giggling.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah curled up on Gavin's lap, smiling serenely. She wrapped her arms tightly around him and closed her eyes. This is nice, she thought. It's nice to feel so happy and relaxed and calm, especially given all the drama that's going on. All that drama... oh man... time to start worrying again.

"Gav," she finally said, "how are we going to tell Cecilia and everyone else about us being engaged? And what if Cecilia decides to fire one of us, or both of us? Then what?" She looked a little worried. "We need to be able to pay bills and eat."

My God, I'm already getting worried. It's bad to worry so much, even though my worries aren't entirely unfounded. Cecilia will probably be extremely ticked, but she can't legally fire us, right? And if she does, we can take action against her, which would mean negative attention from the media, which would be bad for the company. Right? she thought to herself.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin sighed happily and stroked Delilah's hair calmly, closing his eyes for a moment. He snapped them open at what she said and laughed

"Don't worry," he whispered, kissing her forehead gently, "we could send round an email, although maybe we should tell them face to face. Cecilia will probably be p*ssed, yea, but don't worry about it. She isn't allowed to fire someone because she's being stroppy, and even if she does you don't have to worry about money."

He paused and looked deeply into Delilah's eyes, his heart melting again, "You'll never have to worry about money again, I'll support you and looked after you till the day you die. You don't need those glasses anymore," he said softly. He picked up her hand with the engagement ring on it, "this is worth far more than those things, even with the jewels inside. And it also comes with my love...which is priceless!"

Gavin laughed to himself at the last bit and tickled Delilah gently, rubbing his nose against hers

Oh god. C is going to be so ticked at me. Especially after all the drama going on...oh well. Delilah is so worth it. I wouldn't change anything...not for the world

"So...what can your gorgeous fiance buy you that will make you love me even more?" he teased

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah stared down at the ring. ...It's worth more than what's inside my glasses... she thought. I don't need them anymore. These glasses have been a part of my identity since that day when I decided to hollow out parts of the frames to use as hiding places. And now... I don't need them.

She slowly reached up and removed the glasses, and then examined them. Red frames, slightly scuffed, a few barely noticeable places where a few holes had been carefully placed, the false lenses a little scratched up on the edges.

I don't need them anymore, she thought. She slowly folded them and placed them in her purse, and then smiled shyly at Gavin. I feel naked without my glasses, she thought, but I'll learn to live without them.

Delilah kissed Gavin's cheek and smiled up at him.

"So...what can your gorgeous fiance buy you that will make you love me even more?" he teased.

Delilah thought a moment and said, "Right now, I have everything I need."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin smiled and cupped Delilah's chin in his hands as she took off the glasses, rubbing his nose gently against hers and then let his head settle on hers, his floppy blonde hair falling in his eyes

"You're so beautiful," he whispered, kissing every inch of her face, "with and without the glasses!"

"Right now, I have everything I need." she replied

Gavin laughed gently and wrapped his arms around her

"Just wait till the honeymoon," he whispered, nibbling on Delilah's ear

[[ sorry for crap post :blink: ]]

[Burnziiy]

[[ooc:I'll try and say this in the most polite manner possible, could we try to move on to something interesting? Another scene? Enough kissing and snuggling and introduce some drama, something worth posting. The story just involves two characters at the moment, even if someone wanted their character in, they would have to make up a random excuse which would be pushed away quite quickly anyway. I tried once, with an idea and within 3 posts I was out of the scene again. *sighs* Sorry, I need to blow off some steam this scene is just getting a bit old. Maybe either Gavin or Delilah could chat to another person in the office building?]]

Thanks and sorry if I come across as rude, I don't mean to be.

[Anne_SC]

((I made you an avvie Burnz :) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/Thesimsfreaky/aaronavvie.jpg

Ps. Maybe we can like, close up a rp when someone leaves? This makes it easier for other people to go interact. So it wont be like: Noo I can't rp because he/she isn't here right now. Maybe you could make a character leave the room? ))

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah rose and buttoned her shirt. "I'll be back," she said to Gavin. "Going to make some coffee."

She walked out the door, adjusting her hair. She headed over to the coffee machine. "Which one? Which one?" she muttered, scanning the different selections. "French vanilla roast," she decided.

She set up the coffee machine and then leaned against the wall, thinking to herself. These past few days have been just bloody insane, but at least something good happened. But I just know something bad's going to happen again. But what? Probably something with Cecilia. Or, with my luck, one of my exes will show up out of nowhere. Ew.

She stared at the coffee machine for a few seconds. "Dang old thing," she grumbled. "It takes too long!"

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia walked through the corridor and saw Delilah, trying to get some coffee.
"Wasn't that one broken?" she asked. Almost immediately she eyed the ring but then looked away fast. "As far as I remember it's broken, yes." she sipped her own coffee and leaned against the wall.
"You should try the one 1 level down. Or you could hit it and see if any coffee comes out. Depends on the mood you're in." she took a rotten leaf from the plant and threw it in the trash can.
Something has happened, I can feel it.

[DarkPhoenix]

"If it's broken, then why keep it? Why not junk it?" Delilah asked. She muttered to herself and unplugged the machine. "It's a bad idea to keep a piece of non-working equipment in the building, especially given that a lot of people here like coffee."

She tucked her hands behind her back, trying to be nonchalant. Don't let her see the ring. If she sees it, she'll freak out, she thought. She smiled pleasantly at Cecilia. "Sorry for sounding cranky. I was just really craving some coffee. The machine was working fine the other day."

She glanced at Cecilia. "What do you say we see how cool of an explosion it makes if we chuck it out a window?" she joked. "Stuff like this usually makes a nice little explosion when dropped."

She laughed awkwardly.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia laughed. "We better not. It has it's positive sides, such as maybe we'll hit a photographer. But I really don't think it's a good idea."

She then stopped laughing. "Engaged?" she said and was silent for a moment. "Congratulations..." her voice faded.
"I never had a chance though, not even to talk properly to him. Good luck or something..." she took her cell phone.

Congrats... I guess she messaged to Gavin.
"Right, any plans already?" she asked, trying to sound positive. Oh god...

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah joined Cecilia in laughter.

Cecilia then stopped laughing. "Engaged?" she said and was silent for a moment. "Congratulations..." her voice faded.
"I never had a chance though, not even to talk properly to him. Good luck or something...Right, any plans already?"

"...Yes. We just got engaged," Delilah said hesitantly. "Thank you. I know you're probably not too pleased about it, but thank you for showing some interest, or at least pretending to do so for the sake of getting along. We haven't really started making any plans, but we're considering having a small, private ceremony."

She bit her lip. She's not angry... I don't think. But probably very hurt.


((And now I have my lab class. I'll be back in a few hours.))

[Anne_SC]

((Okies))

"Cool" she said. "I... need to do some paperwork." she said and walked away. Her heart was aching, alot. F*ck it... F*ck it... F*ck it... F*ck it...
She walked over to her own office, opened it and sat down on her sofa. Why was this happening again? She lay down and closed her eyes. "Oh... my... god" she whispered. "This can't be happening, not now, not ever. I want to open my eyes and everything has to be ok then." she opened her eyes. "Still the same... damn..."
She walked over to the desk with lots of paper on it. She again started filling them in. A single tear falling on every form.
Commercials, New clothing line, employees, machines in the office, food etc. It'll never stop

[Burnziiy]

Aaron had been sitting around the office most of the day, detached to the almost everyone in the building. He glanced at the clock on the wall. Nearly 12:00 midnight. He sighed heavily, and gazed around the room.

Empty.

Digging his hands deep into his jacket, he found some white tablets. With these, he threw down his throat then relaxed back into his chair. Well, this was fun. My first day as a secretary, and know one even asked me to get them coffee, sort papers or anything. This job is looking easier than I thought it would be. Hmm.. wonder if anyone's still here.

Aaron swirled around on his chair then jumped up, heading for the lifts. Which floor... top? bottom? middle? "I think maybe the top floor" he whispered to himself.

As the doors opened, he saw a distant figure, a woman's figure. Aaron quickened his pace to reach the woman, eager to chat with someone.

Dam it! Im too late

The woman vanished into a near by door. A frown plastered to Aaron's face.

[Anne_SC]

((Which woman? xD))

[Burnziiy]

(oppsie! you were too quick, seeing as darkpheonix has left, i meant cecilia)

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia wiped away her tears an continued, her face blank and her heart shielded from every single feeling.
"Employees... hmmm. Yes... no, no, yes, no, yes, yes. Done." she filled in a comment thing and placed the paper on the other pile of paperwork.
"Food... yes yes..." and so she continued and finished the whole pile. She leaned back in her chair and stared at the walls. "Right..."
She stood up, walked over to the window and sighed. Everything would change now. Gavin and Delilah would come to work and do nothing but kissing and hugging all day long. And since things were going good now, except for the FashionTV thing, it was clear that they made no changes to the office except the video's of the security camera's. Which were much more interesting now. She knew, deep inside, that she did need him for alot. But, the company would get ruined if she didn't do something. It was breaking her, and that was breaking the company.

[Burnziiy]

He slowed down and shuffled his feet along, until he met the door of which the woman entered. His eyes stared down at the door knob. To knock or not to knock.. well if I knock, she would be like "Yes?" and all I could come up with is the truth, "Ah sorry to bother you, but i'm really bored and wanted to talk to someone, and you're that lucky someone."

He exhaled, and took a step back. Seriously, I should just go home.. But when did I ever listen to my head. I'll wait..

Aaron leaned against the wall beside the door and slippd down, shut his eyes and thought. I'll be polite, and wait for her to come out.

[Anne_SC]

((Haha, she wont come out xD She might even never come out))

"I can't help falling in love with you." she said, as angry as she could actually be.
"Why was he actually always angry or awkard around me?
He had no reason for being angry because HE and SHE were the ones who always acted like I did something wrong. And then they ask me why I'M acting so stupid. HEELLO!? I'M IN LOVE! Oh god,
i'm talking to myself" she put her head in her hands and sighed again.
"F*CK IT!"

[Burnziiy]

((Then I guess he's going to "interupt" again.. XP))

He lifted his head up in a flash as he heard distressed yells coming from inside the office behind him. Although his ears were alert, his eyes weren't. They remained shut, due to lack of sleep over the past weeks. Within seconds his head dropped, weak and heavy.

"F*CK IT!"

Woah.. something is deffinately going on in there! Aaron heaved his body up slowly and opened the door without thinking. Sh*t! He immediately froze in his position, heart almost stopped with everything eles. Do something you idiot! "Ahh.." Aaron turned quickly and closed the door, knocked 3 times then entered again. "Sorry.."

[Anne_SC]

She looked up. "Oh hey" she said. "No it's ok." she moved the piles of paper away. "So... why did you come here?" she asked. "Oh right, you're the new one? Aaron, right?" she smiled. "Welcome to Queen's Clothes!" she said, moving her hands away from eachother in a 'welcome' gesture.
"My name is Cecilia Queen. I'm the owner of the place, or as SOME people like to call me. The Devil, The Bitch, or The Evil Witch. They don't know me well, don't worry."
"So, you're a secretary, right? Nice, we needed some, since all the others are bitches who will only laugh if I were gone."

[Burnziiy]

"Umm.. yea, Aaron" Sweat surged out of his pores, dragging him down. He lifted his arm and fiddled with his hair, shly. "So, you're a secretary, right? Nice, we needed some, since all the others are bitches who will only laugh if I were gone." Aaron managed to crack a smile without it being fake, and laughed in disbelief. "Obviously I know nothing around here, I only assumed you would be.. well nice.." He started to trail off relising how much off a kiss-a*s he sounded like, although he was being genuine. Nice? is that all you could say?

Taking her opening statements as an invite, he took a seat near her desk and casually started a conversation. "So what are you doing up so late?" "Work to catch up on eh?"

[Anne_SC]

"Actually, I fell asleep. Yeah... I know, don't say anything." she laughed. "And yes, I still had work to do." she pointed at the paperwork.
"So... what are you still doing here so late?" she leaned back and took a sip of her coffee.
"Oh, and take a cookie." she smiled and gave one to him.
"They're really nice. Did you see FashionTv last night? I'm really happy everything turned out nice." she sighed. "Excuse my talking, I just need some distraction."

What am I doing? Talking my problems away? I need to face it damnit.

[Burnziiy]

"Yea? I envy you, I haven't slept in a month or so!" he sighed, the conversation making him more tired. "But of course it's my own fault I haven't gotten much sleep"
"I.. try to avoid going home, makes me feel heaps darker than what I really am, so i'm here instead, and since I haven't been sleeping this isn't "late" for me really." he grinned, suddenly feeling hunrgy. "Thanks"
"Nah.. TV's broken" he laughed and shrugged. "I'd like a distraction too right now, what's your main problem?"

Not again.. you fool! Why can't you think before talking? It's goign to be a personal question.. and if she answers, well then you'll need to spill. But I don't think she will anyway.

[Burnziiy]

((I'll head off to sleep in a little while, maybe 2 or 3 more posts before bed, so we'll need to finish the scene within 20 minutes or something..))

[Anne_SC]

"Hmm" she said, not answering the question. "It's kind of personal." she closed her eyes and opened them again. "Right... anything else?" she asked. "I'm sorry, I don't want to get you out of here or something, I just have a few things to handle." she smiled politely at him and then looked down.
"I'll talk to you later." she waved at him. "You can go home if you want to."

She took a cookie and ate it slowly. She let the chocolate melt and then swallowed it. She leaned back again and closed her eyes. "Damn"

[Burnziiy]

What did I tell you! Personal.. And now she wants you to leave.. way to go!

He dropped his head down again, not wanting any eye contact and started to pull out some tablets again, 3 this time. "Oh, of course.. well if you want to talk to someone and.." Don't say it! "..all you can find are those "bitches" then you probably know where I am.." he smiled briefly before turning his back to her and walking off.

Every step felt like 1000 and once he reached the door, he raised a hand. "Nothing eles.. cya" Then shoved the 3 tablets down his throat, as if hooked on them, thirsty for more. When Aaron entered the hallway again he remember the cookie he left behind on her desk. Oh well.. probably bothered her enough already..

((Hope that is what you call a "finished" scene. Night!))

[Anne_SC]

((Yup! Byebye!))

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: Amber's offended at being called a bitch :P (and I'll try to post something today, I has 8am class this morning and I'm drinking a TAB to wake my brain up now)

[Anne_SC]

((Haha, Cecilia's just angry since they call her a bitch.))

[Slytherin-Girl]

((OOC: We could always move on to the next day or something, that way we could start something new :P)

[Anne_SC]

((You can rp them at home too :) Chris can come over to scare her with flowers xD))

[Slytherin-Girl]

((OOC: Oh yay :P Creepy interview giving guy at my house! :P Good thing I have a big scary older brother on speed dial))

Amber turned the keys in the door, thankfull to be home in a drama free zone. She reached down to pet her sheltie Sybil, and walked over to the cupboard to get the dog a treat.

After tossing the cookie to the dog, she walked over to the kettle and filled it up with water, plugging it in and plopping down in a kitchen chair to wait for it to boil.

[Anne_SC]

Chris walked through the dark streets with a bouqet of flowers in his hands. The carefully looked at the numbers and finally reached the home of Amber. He took his mouth-spray, used it, and walked over to the door.
He took a deep breath and ringed the doorbell. He put on a smile. Why was he here again? Not to ask her out, that would be so weird. Maybe to just... talk to her? Answer the door, come on, it's cold out here.
He looked through the window to see if anyone was there. He only saw a dog and walked back to the door, waiting for her to answer.

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ you've been RPing all of ten minutes but w/e ]]

Gavin watched Delilah leave and sighed happily to himself, reclining back on his chair. He thought about going to see Cecilia and explain to her...what was there to explain? He'd made his decision and he was ecstatic. Finishing dressing and tidying his office, Gavin scribbled a note down on a sheet of paper and pinned it to the outside of his door

D
Gone home, need some sleep =P
Call me if you want me to come get you, if not then
you know where I live, right?
Love you
Gavin

He pulled his jacket over his shoulders and headed out into the rain, sliding his car keys into his top down mercedes, and drove full speed to his home, only stopping when he'd collapsed onto his bed from exhaustion.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah read the note. "He went home? Well, then, I know where I'm going."

She called up a taxi company. "Yes, can you send a taxi to the Queen's Clothes building? I need a ride to..." She gave all the information. "Yes. Ten minutes? That's fine."

She gathered up her belongings and walked down the stairs. She waited outside, and when the taxi arrived, she climbed into the car. It drove her to Gavin's-- no, her and Gavin's-- home. She handed the driver the fee, as well as a tip. "Have a good night," she told him cheerfully.

She pulled her keys out her pocket and unlocked the door. She walked in and shut the door behind her.

Delilah stepped out of her shoes and walked to the bedroom, where Gavin lay in bed, asleep. She smiled softly and curled up beside him, wrapping her arms around him. "Love you," she whispered softly, not wanting to disturb his slumber. She kissed his forehead lightly and stroked his hair.

I'm home, she thought, with pleasure.

[Slytherin-Girl]

Amber glared in the direction of the door as she heard the bell go off just as her kettle popped. "Just a minute, hold on" she called, grabbing the kettle and pouring the water into the mug with a teabag in it.

She walked across the living room to the door, pushing her dog out of the way to answer it. "What are you doing here" she said after she opened the door and saw who was there.

[Anne_SC]

Chris' smile faded and he showed her the flowers. "I... ehh..." he rubbed his head. "Want to say sorry for when I was a jerk." he tried to smile. "Yeah, that's it. Err... I can be a nice guy, you know. I actually prefer being a nice guy." he said. Oh god, what am I doing...

"I also brought you..." he took something out of his pocket. "A cookie, with chocolate..." he looked at her face. "Please take it!" he said, slightly smiling.
"I know it's weird that I just came to your house and gave you flowers and stuff, but I think you can be a nice person too."
Oh my god... why am I here again?

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: I just woke up so forgive the blonde question, but this is the same Cecilia used to go out with Chris right? Or am I just being weird cause they have the same name?

[DarkPhoenix]

((Yes, I think they are the same person.))

[Spoonerism_SC]

((Nicolao, where are you?! Jeisa needs something to do. :D Because I have no school today and I'm not too sick anymore.))

[Anne_SC]

((@ Spoonersim, I'm sick too :(
And yeah, Chris is the same person))

[stylequeen_SC]

ooc: when will we be proceeding to the next day???

[DarkPhoenix]

((I have no idea either...))

[stylequeen_SC]

ooc: I don't want to RP into the next day unless everyone wants too.

[DarkPhoenix]

((Well, I'm fine with whatever.))

[stylequeen_SC]

[[ I'm moving to the morning, but no one else has to. I just want to roleplay ]]

At around half seven the next morning, Gavin stood in the kitchen in his boxers, preparing breakfast for himself and Delilah. The previous evening he'd fallen asleep without realising she'd joined him, but was utterly delighted all the same to wake up to her sleeping face. He grinned to himself and continued to fry the two eggs, glancing down at his tanned chest and six-pack, wondering whether he'd have time to work out before work.

After another ten minutes, Gavin carefully carried an ornate tray laden with two plates of bacon and eggs and two cups of coffee, up the stairs and into their bedroom. He placed them down on the side table and sat down on Delilah's side of the bed, gently stroking her hair

"Wake up darling --breakfast," he crooned, gently pressing his lips against her forehead

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grumbled. "Mrgh... arghrrr..." she mumbled, before finally opening her eyes. "Hey, Gav," she greeted Gavin drowsily. "Funny seeing you here," she added, smirking slightly.

She slowly sat up and stretched. "Ah, damn, slept in my work clothes," she grumbled, looking down at herself. She squinted a little at the clock. "Eh, it's too early," she said. "I hate mornings."

Then she grinned and hugged Gavin. "But at least you're here to make things more tolerable. You were out cold last night. I didn't want to wake you up. You must have had some good sleep!"

She peered over at the tray. "Is that the breakfast?" she asked, grinning some more. "I should stay here more often," she teased.

She frowned a little, thinking. There hasn't been any word on Nicolao for quite some time. I'm concerned.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and stood up from the bed, walking over to his closet and took out one of his shirts. He giggled and helped Delilah out of her work clothes and then slid his shirt over her underwear, leaving it unbuttoned for his own amusement.

"Is that the breakfast?" Delilah asked, grinning some more. "I should stay here more often,"

Gavin chuckled and picked up a plate and a mug of coffee and handed it to his girlfriend, before propping himself up next to her on the bed, his own plate on his lap

"You like it here then?" he asked, giving her neck a passionate kiss and then gently tickled her stomach, "anything I can do to make your stay more comfortable?" he teased

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned. "Nope, I'm good. Although I don't usually get this kind of treatment. Back when I was living in my apartment, it was usually just a muffin and some tea before running off to work. And now... wow. Breakfast in bed next to a total hottie. Life is good!"

She poked at Gavin. "There's something that's been nagging at me for a while. That new guy, the one with black hair and piercings... I'm almost positive I know him from somewhere, but I'll be damned if I can remember where!" She gave Gavin a kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry, he's not competition. Just wondering if I actually know the dude, and if so, from where."

She paused for a moment. "Cecilia saw the ring the other day. She took it well, but I think inside, she was... really... upset."

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin raised his eyebrows and put his arm around Delilah's shoulder

"Maybe you went to high school with him or something.." he suggested, placing a mouthfull of breakfast into his mouth, "or maybe he's an ex!"

He chuckled and kissed her forehead, picking up her hand with the ring on it and smiled

"It makes me smile to see the engagement ring I bought on your finger, it's like a total reality check that you're mine and I'm yours," Gavin said with a warm smile down at Delilah. He ran a hand through his hair and kissed her palm, "Cecilia was bound to be upset...but I can't help the way she feels. I've never led her on."

Gavin sighed and continued to eat his breakfast, giggling at her 'hottie' comment

"Total hottie am I?" he teased, tightening the muscles in his arms and stomach and rubbed his six pack playfully, "you know it!"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah shrugged and began to eat her breakfast. "Mmm, this is really good," she remarked.

I swear, I do know the dude from somewhere. Maybe I went to school with him, or maybe he's related to one of my exes. Hell, maybe I met him on vacation or something, or was a photographer for one of those photoshoots. But I swear, I know him! Delilah thought.

Delilah smiled a little. I belong to Gavin, and he belongs to me. And I know he'll take care of me, and he seems like he can handle my mom well enough. I'm so lucky to have him. If I hadn't gotten this job, I'd have never met Gavin, ever. And wow... that would be a terrible thing...

Breaking her silence, she spoke up. "I hope Cecilia doesn't do anything rash or stupid because of this. There's enough drama with the company already!"

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin laughed and spooned another helping of his breakfast into his mouth

"Oh god. I hope Cecilia doesn't go hurt herself. My blood pressure couldn't stand someone else in hospital," he paused and chuckled at what he'd just said, "and now I sound like my father!"

He finished his breakfast and gave Delilah a kiss on the cheek before climbing out of the bed. He walked over to his closet and took out a pair of darkwash jeans, open collared shirt and navy blue jacket, glancing over at his girlfriend

"I hope you don't mind." Gavin began, turning red as he slipped out of his boxers and searched around for a new pair, "don't look."

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah snickered. "Nothing I haven't seen already," she said with a shrug. She finished up her breakfast and set the plate aside. "Lookin' good," she added.

She climbed out of bed and dug through a box of her still-packed up stuff (Damn, I'm lazy... still haven't unpacked yet, she thought), looking for something to wear. She rummaged through the box and pulled out a nice blue sweater and a pair of gray slacks. She tossed them over her shoulder, onto the bed, and then rummaged through another box, trying to find some suitable shoes.

"Found 'em," she said, holding up a pair of nice low-heeled shoes. She undressed and put on her clean clothes.

After slipping into her shoes, she headed into the bathroom and brushed her teeth. Better get some more. We're running low, she reminded herself, noting the amount of toothpaste left. She combed her hair and applied her makeup, carefully shading where necessary.

Delilah stepped out of the bathroom and grinned at Gavin. "So, do I look as good as you?" she joked.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin pulled his boxers and jeans on over his hips and quietly watched as Delilah rummaged through her stuff and chose something to wear. It felt weird, but really great, that all her stuff was in his 'bachelor pad,' and soon her pretty scented shampoos and soaps would mix with his aftershave. And her clothes would hang in his closet next to his, her make up next to his razor, her toothbrush beside his. He was happily drowning in his own thoughts when Delilah walked back out of the bathroom

"So, do I look as good as you?" she joked

Gavin smiled and pulled his shirt on over his shoulders and buttoned it up half way, leaving a small amount of his chest on show and then sat down on the bed

"You look far far more gorgeous than I ever could!" he replied, wrapping his arms around her and pulled her onto his lap, "I'm so lucky to have found you."

[Anne_SC]

((Didn't she already say that? xD))

[DarkPhoenix]

((Yeah, I think she did. Hehehe. But maybe she repeated it?))

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin finished brushing his hair and cleaning his teeth in the bathroom, walked out of the bedroom, holding his jacket in his hands and ran down the stairs. He checked his appearance a couple of times in the mirror and attempted to fix the state his blonde hair was in, and then threw his jacket onto his muscular body

"Delilah, you ready to head to the office babe?" he called out, stuffing his feet into his shoes

He finished his mug of coffee and waited patiently for Delilah, hoping maybe she'd want a quick make-out sesh before they had to go to work.

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia woke up on the sofa in her brand new appartment. She walked over to the large window and looked at the skyline. Money doesn't make you happy, that's something that's comfirmed. she thought. She walked a little through her huge appartment and sighed. She put on the radio and made herself a sandwich, but she didn't really feel like eating and took a bite every 10 minutes or so.

"Some people are just meant to be unhappy." she said, looking at a couple kissing on the sidewalk. She then looked away, feeling like a weirdo.
She turned off the radio and turned on the tv, she watched FashionTV. Which, like most of the time, wasn't really interesting.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC:*facepalm* Sorry, I just got home from a very long boring government class and I haven't had much sleep this week. I'll fix it. At least I remembered Chris is the creepy interview giving ex boyfriend :P



"I don't want to talk to you" she said, not moving from her former position after what he said "Give me one good reason why should. Now I'll admit Cecilia's not my favourite person, but after what you did to her I don't want to be anywhere near you".

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grinned and wrapped her arms around Gavin. "Whenever you're ready," she said. "We're dressed and ready, but as long as we get to work on time, whatever."

She rested her head on his shoulder, smiling to herself.

Oh my God... he is so hot! she thought, admiring him. And he's mine! And no one's taking him away from me. NO ONE. How did I get so lucky?

She pulled on her favorite jacket. "Hey, it matches your jacket," she remarked, laughing a little.

And I've had this jacket how many years? Wow. So we do have the same tastes in a lot of different things! Food, clothes, and so on. Oh, man, I'm getting so sappy! she thought.

[Anne_SC]

Chris looked at her.
"I know I've been a jerk, but hey, I was a teenager! My parents weren't really the ones who could teach me what not to do since I can't remember them." he sighed. "Nevermind, this is going nowhere is it?" he rubbed his head again and looked at his watch. "Nope... I've only been here for five minutes and KABLAM! the first rejection slash mean thing is slammed into my face. Thanks for talking to me Amber I appreciate that." he left the flowers in front of the door and started walking away.

[stylequeen_SC]

Gavin chuckled and ruffled Delilah's hair playfully, giving her a soft but passionate kiss on the lips

"Lipstick therapy! Love it!" he teased

He rested his head against hers and sighed happily, taking in teh smell of her hair and everything about her, like he couldn't let her go. I'm hers, he thought, smiling to himself, I'm hers

[Anne_SC]

Cecilia walked into her office and directly spotted a note.

Good day Miss Queen,
We have accepted you in our commercial-system again, please, be happy with that. Now, we need to ask you something which will bring much customers. If you deny it, there will be no commercials anymore.
The plan is that you pose with Mr Rupetts. It's simple and short. There's only one thing. Male = No shirt. Female = Not much either.

Cecilia felt like throwing her computer out of the window. "Right... We just need to do it" she sighed and was afraid of what Gavin would say.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah sat up and wiped the makeup off of Gavin's face. "We better get to work," she said. "Otherwise, we'll be in trouble. We need money, right? No money means no makeup, which means no lipstick therapy. Is that a convincing argument?"

She smiled at Gavin. "We'll continue later, hm?"

She adjusted her clothes, fixing her appearance. "Come on, sweetie," she said, reaching out and picking up his keys. She handed them to Gavin. "You drive. I'm not feeling up to it," she added.

She grinned. "And you have to actually work. I don't think you can get away with much more of your 'making out with your secretary' nonsense," she teased.

She thought for a moment. "Actually," she said, "I think I'll drive after all."

They headed out of their home and walked out to the car. They climbed in, and Delilah drove them to the Queen's Clothes building.

[Burnziiy]

Aaron staggered along the street, eyes down and unfocused. Yet again, he didn't sleep last night and instead listened to music softly all night. As he reached the front of the building, he sat by the steps and leaned his back against the wall. Searching down his jacket pockets, he found the the tablets and swallowed four whole, in a mouth full. He closed his eyes for a moment before returning to reality and struggled to his feet again.

When Aaron open the doors of the building, all eyes were on him. He shrugged this off, it was normal for people to look at a man with dark scuffly hair, unshaved stubble, purple blankets under his eyes and black dirty clothes. Hmm.. the daily freakshow staring Aaron Hymiuos! All welcome to view! he thought as he headed off to his desk.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah kissed Gavin's cheek and headed into the building, her heels softly tapping on the ground. She opened the doors and walked in, nodding politely to everyone she saw.

She walked over to the elevator and pressed the up button, and then waited patiently for the elevator to arrive. When it arrived, she selected her floor and stepped into the elevator. When it arrived at her floor, she got out and walked to her office.

She sat down at her desk and checked her e-mail. Nothing. How boring! she thought.

She sat back and thought to herself. That dude, Aaron... I know him from somewhere. Where? Ex? Former co-worker? Related to an ex? Photographed me for a magazine? No idea!

[Burnziiy]

((ooc: Aaron and Delilah don't work on the same floor do they?))

Silently he sat down on his chair, and spun around on it like a child. A grin grew apon his face as the small thrill, occupied him. He sadly, couldn't continue this for long as thoughts swept through his mind. Aaron needed to plaster some alliances, in case he screwed up, big time which was certain to happen. Wonder if I already have screwed up? First victim to suffer my wit and charm? He laughed to himslef then glanced quickly around the room, everyone's heads were down. Probably working, well thats what any civilised person would be doing at work.

He left his chair and made his way to the lift, and went up to another floor. As the doors opened, a familiar face stood out, and of course Aaron walked over to her. "Delilah right?" He mused out aloud. "Funny seeing you here.." Aaron stopped midsentence. What a stupid question, of course I would see her at work

[DarkPhoenix]

((No, they don't work on the same floor.))

Delilah raised her eyebrow. Speak of the devil, she thought wryly. "Yes, I'm Delilah. Or, as some people... until recently... called me, Rockergirl." Nicolao was the only one who called me that.

She smiled politely. "What can I do for you? Are you lost? Need help with something? Or, are you just plain lonely like everyone else here?"

She reached up to adjust her glasses and then realized that she no longer wore them. Oh yeah. Don't need them. Took them off, she thought. "Obviously, I look different than I did the other day," she said, trying to laugh it off. "I'm not wearing my Superman glasses. You know, fakes? It was a stupid joke."

She smiled awkwardly at Aaron.

[Burnziiy]

She smiled politely. "What can I do for you? Are you lost? Need help with something? Or, are you just plain lonely like everyone else here?"

Aaron stretched out his arms, and flexed his fingers. Here we go again, same old excuse. He watched her fingers reach for something around her eyes and opened his mouth.

"Obviously, I look different than I did the other day," she said, trying to laugh it off. "I'm not wearing my Superman glasses. You know, fakes? It was a stupid joke."

"Yea, I hide behind me obscure, crude jokes.." He coughed to make a distraction from what he just said. "Uh.. spot on, alone and bored.. yourself?" quickly changing tthe subject to her first question.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah smirked a little. "I am completely bored, as usual, but unable to do anything fun because I could get fired," she replied. "That's another joke, kind of."

She eyed Aaron for a few seconds, pensively.

"Okay, I just have to ask because this has been bothering me for the longest time," she blurted out. "I'm almost positive I know you from somewhere. Where?" she asked. "I mean, I've been on vacation to almost every continent at least twice, and I've held a wide variety of jobs, so the answer could be pretty much anything."

And now he's going to think I'm a total freaking psycho for saying that! she thought, berating herself. Why do I say stupid stuff?

"Sorry," she said. "That was a stupid thing to say."

[Burnziiy]

His eyes shot down. F*ck! Hoped this would come up! He waited until she was quiet again and stepped in closer. "Once, a beautiful, messed up young woman threw a rock at my door (door to my life) and left a hole in it. She was exposed to what was behind the door, my life. The girl walked into my life then left and forgot to close the door..." Aaron paused. Unbreak this, if you can "Old friend, Delilah Santon" thats how you remember me.

He looked away, trying to hide the gloom on his face. "The door, was a metaphor" Aaron whispered. "Okay, I'll say what I should have said years ago. It's my fault, I'm sorry" Wonder if she remembers?

"No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything." Aaron turned away and slowly walked to the lift. The air thinning every step he took. The memory growing, becoming visible. He empty his pocket into his hand as he walked. The tablets, about twenty, fell out. From half of this, he threw down his throat and with the rest he held in his hand. I really am sorry Aaron turned a looked at Delilah again. I liked the Delilah with glasses.

edit: Sorry that took forever, you really put me on the spotlight and I had a short phone call to attend to. And I have no idea where this is going.. *laughs*

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grabbed Aaron by the shoulders and roughly shook him, more out of a panic reaction than anything. "I swear to God, I will shove my freaking fist down your throat and make you puke up every last one of those. There's enough damn drama here without your pill popping. Now, you are going to induce vomiting, one way or another and then you are going to tell me exactly what the hell you mean by 'it's my fault.'"

She stared at Aaron. "I mean it, dude. I've worked as a bartender for years, and it wouldn't be the first time I've had to get someone to puke. Now, get those damn pills out of your system, give me the rest, and then tell me, calmly and without popping mystery pills, what you are talking about. Deal?"

She shook him again, a little less roughly this time.

[Slytherin-Girl]

OOC: I was more referring to the giving creepy interviews but whatevers :P And I guess the whole "suing Cecilia" thing is over with now is it? Or is that still on?

Amber walked up to the building, listening to the sound of her heels clicking on the pavement. She hoped that she wouldn't run into Chris again, because she really had no desire to even talk to someone who gave rotten interviews about people. Even if that person was Cecilia.

She made her way to the elevator and took it up to her floor. She stepped out and walked over to her office, sighing as she opened the door and walked over to her desk and sat down.

[Burnziiy]

She shook him again, a little less roughly this time. A smug smile appeared on his face. "I surrender," Aaron bowed his head and held out the pills, "Have fun with them"

Then thinking over her previous question, the smile vanished. "My fault I acted the way I did, I was a real jerk" His voice was soft, then returned to his normal tone and pitch. "How about, you leave me alone, now that you have my.. well tablets, and i'll piss off? Deal?" He turned again, bored and headed towards the lift again, speeding up.

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah grabbed Aaron and yanked him back towards her. "Not so fast, dude," she said sharply, pocketing the pills. "You have some more talking to do."

She dragged him back to her office and forced him into a chair. "Now spill. Where do I know you from? How were you a jerk? Tell me what the hell is going is!" she snapped, applying pressure to his shoulders, forcing him to stay in the seat.

Whatever it is, it must be really major, if he's trying to get away from me, Delilah thought. And why the hell is he doing so many pills? Only a few people I've known have ever been pillheads...

Her eyes widened a little. "...The pills. Oh my God. Damn it, tell me now, where do I know you from?"

She shook him a little, as if trying to shake the words out of his mouth.

[Spoonerism_SC]

((Wow, I'm very confused. Are you guys making this up just now or did I miss something important...))

[DarkPhoenix]

((Delilah and Aaron knew each other at some point in time-- or did they?-- but Delilah doesn't remember where she knows him from or how she knows him. So, now, she's trying to find out from the man himself what the truth is. We're making this up as we go along, believe it or not.))

[Burnziiy]

She applied pressure to his shoulders, forcing him to stay in the seat. Her eyes widened a little. "...The pills. Oh my God. Damn it, tell me now, where do I know you from?"

"Ouch! that really hurts" he said grimly, hinting with sarcasm. He hands were still on his shoulders, pushing down hard. "Are you trying to seduce me? I think its working" he laughed quietly. His eyes shot up at her face. "Well.. as I said, the young woman or you if you'd prefer, left the door open and I guess I'm trying to say that I had secrets and now I'm all dark and twisted," Aaron smiled. "Because my secrets were exposed, and you walked out, I started to take those pills"

He took a in a deep breathe before proceeding. "I'd advise you give them back soon, I might go a bit insane without them. Oh and Isn't that a gorgeous ring on your finger, engaged?" He attempted to change the conversation.

[DarkPhoenix]

"Yes, it is," Delilah replied sharply. "I'm engaged to Gavin Ruppetts. Now, back to the important matter-- how do we know each other? How did we meet before we were employed here?" she asked him. "I won't release you until you tell me."

If he doesn't tell me, if I don't find out the truth, I'll go insane, she thought. I have to know how I know Aaron. Did I date him at some point in time and forget it? Was he one of my suppliers? Damned if I can remember.

"Answer the question, and I'll give you your pills back," Delilah added. "Promise. But you have to tell me, for the sake of my sanity as well as yours. See, this question has been bothering me since you first were employed here."

[Burnziiy]

((ooc: sorry i didn't notice there was a new page so i kept refreshing the same page, wondering when you would post.))

Gavin Ruppetts? Does she expect me to know who that is? Because, woman, I have no bl**dy idea

He sighed loudly. "I don't think I recall that name, Gavin Ruppetts. And I don't know why you are so hyped up, I've told you, we're old friends," He raised a corner of his mouth, barely making out a smile. "I'm still shocked you don't remember any details about our.. friendship"

"Old friendship" He quickly corrected himself. Aaron struggled in his chair, trying to escape. He stopped, finding it useless. "Then I guess we'll both have to suffer, becuase I've told you enough already, you can remember the rest yourself"

[DarkPhoenix]

Delilah backed away slowly, releasing Aaron. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the pills. She tossed them to him. "You can have these. I don't do this kind of junk anymore," she said.

She turned and walked away from him. "You can go back to your office," she called over her shoulder.

She walked to Gavin's office, walked in, and shut the door tightly. She leaned against the door, biting her lip.

Oh my God... it's him... she thought. I know who he is now... oh God... him. Why? I'd have preferred Nick, AKA Mr. Abusive Ex, over this one... he was weird back then, and he... well... he seems to be the same now! At least I know that if Aaron tries anything stupid, I have Gavin to protect me. I am not that druggie weirdo chick I was back in college. I'm not like that anymore. I'm not.


((And now, I will be going to bed, as it is past 1 AM here))