Chapter 21
"So I'm heading over there in a little while to meet with her I guess to go over some stuff." Nick explained.
"Oh yeah. You don't sound too thrilled."
"I dunno man, I just wanna be alone with her or somethin'."
"Nick!" AJ yelled.
"What? It's the truth. I don't want to meet in her office, but I need to get some way to get her out."
"Why don't ya tell her you can't make it today. Hell, just invite her over and make dinner if you're that desperate." AJ exclaimed sarcastically.
"Hey yeah! Great idea man! Why didn't I think of that?"
"Nick! I was just shittin' around man! I wasn't serious!"
"Nah, I gots ta jet. Got some things to do and then call Keyana. Later." Nick hung up, AJ still yelling on the other end. "Perfect." He exclaimed.
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"Damnit! Why won't this let me enter?" Sighing in frustration, Keyana picked up the phone.
"Hello...Keyana?"
"Yeah Lumien, I need your help a minute."
"If I can. What can I do for you?"
"Ok, I'm on the spreadsheet page for the income status's, and I'm trying to save the main page to the hard drive but it's not letting me. I've retitled it over and over and it's still not working!"
"Oh, ummm. Hold on, I'm gonna come in."
Keyana hung up and looked up at Lumien who strode into her office and around her desk.
"Alright, let's see what we have here."
The two women fiddled with the computer for the next twenty minutes.
"Ok, now let's see if it works." Lumien announced, clicking on the button. There was silence and then the soft sounds of the computer filled the room and the box came up telling them that the file had been successfully saved.
"Yes! Thank you Lumien!" Keyana smiled.
"No problem Keyana."
"Whew, that's a relief."
"Oh I wanted to confirm, Nick Carter is coming in at eleven thirty for his appointment right?" Lumien asked.
"Yes that's correct." Just then the phone rang. "Excuse me a minute Lumien. Keyana Johnson."
"Keyana, it's Nick."
"Oh Nick, hello. Is there something I can do for you?"
"Yeah, look I can't make it this morning. A few things came up and I have to wait for an important call."
"Oh ok. Would you like to reschedule? I can transfer you over to Lumi..."
"Actually I was just thinking we could do it later today."
"Oh. Well I don't have any openings this afternoon."
"How bout you just come over here. I'll make dinner and you can come straight from work. Is that ok?"
Make dinner? He was gonna make dinner? Shane had never made her dinner, he'd told her he couldn't cook and so they either went out, or she cooked. "N-Nick, you don't have to do that."
"Eh, s'ok. I'm not a chef or anything, but I dab a little. So what do you say?"
She looked over at Lumien who was now sitting at her desk, making eye contact. Lumien raised her eyebrows questioningly. "Uh, sure. Ok that sounds good." She heard herself say.
"Cool. So I'll see you tonight, say seven-thirty?"
"Yeah, seven...seven-thirty."
"Alright. See you then." Keyana stared at the phone in her hand, the dial tone humming loudly. Slowly she replaced it back on the base, resting her head in her hands. What in the hell had she just done?
