| Chapter Nine |
| Whitney: "I should go Whit, I need to start packing" Teresa sighed from the other side of the phone line, "I had just gotten used to it too.." "Hey, how about me and Rich come over to help?" "No, that's alright. I don't have too much stuff anyway" "So? At least you won't be alone" I persisted, "C'mon, I want to hang out with you before you go" "Alright." she caved. "Seeya in about a half hour" I hung up and went to find Ritchie. I found him in the kitchen, "Hey, I'm going to Teresa's to help her pack. You coming?" "She has to start packing already?" he asked, surprised. "Yeah, those sons of bitches back at her office want her back in a week. Can you believe that?" He shook his head, "You know, we should do something" I rasied my eyebrows, "What? sabatoge every flight to America?" he laughed, "No, I meant to say goodbye. When's her last day?" I tried to recall what Teresa had told me, "Let's see..today's Sunday right? That would make her last day Saturday" "How about on Saturday, we take her down to the studio so she can see the staff before she goes? Nothing special, just some goodbyes" I smiled, "That's so sweet of you Rich." I leaned in to kiss him, "Okay but no talk of goodbyes until then!" Teresa: About ten minutes after I had hung up with Whitney there was a knock at my door. "They can't be here already" I said aloud as I went to answer it. When I opened it instead of Whitney and Rich, I found Abs. "Hey, what're you doing here?" He smiled, "Can't I come to see you?" I shrugged, "Well, as long as I'm here, yeah" He surprised me by wrapping me in a big bear hug. "Can I come in?" He asked as he pulled away. I look at him strangly, what was with the bear hug? I remembered he had asked a question, "Of course" I shut the door and motioned for Abs to take a seat but he shook his head no, "I can't stay actually. I wanted to ask you something" "Okay, go for it" "Well, first off, when do you leave?" "Saturday's my last day here" "Great!" he smiled. I raised my eyebrows, "great?" "Oh no, that's not what I meant. It's just I'm happy you'll still be here Friday" "What's so special about Friday?" "Well that's what I wanted to ask you about. I'm going to visit my mum and a few others on Friday and I wanted you to come" "It sounds like a family thing to me, I couldn't" "No, but I want you too. You know, so I have some time with you before you leave" I just laughed, "Whatever Abs. If you want me to then I'll go" "Wicked!" he gave me another big hug and then he left. I shook my head, sometimes I wonder about him. I laughed out loud just as the door opened. "Hey, we ran into Abs in the hall and he said you were here so we just came in" Ritchie said as he walked in. "What're you laughing about?" Whitney asked. "Just Abs, that's all" Chapter Ten... |