So I managed to get everyone to come, even though it was late notice. I decided to make this yummy Greek salad for starter, spaghetti with some crusty garlic bread for main and mud cake served with ice cream for dessert. YUM.... Nathan agreed to come over early and help me cook.
“So babe, who’s coming tonight?” Nate asked when I came out from the bathroom fixing my makeup.
“Uh ok, you, me, Audrey, Zoe and Mark her boyfriend, Brett, Georgie...That’s it.” I said excitedly.
“Oh ok cool...I have training tomorrow so I might need to duck out a little early.” He said.
“Training on a Saturday? Well that sucks, you could just stay with me tonight if you want?” I said kissing him slowly; while he was running his hands over my back.
“Hmmm maybe I will, if you promise to kiss me like that again.”He said, I pulled him closer to me in response.
“Well we better stop kissing like that, or I won’t be a very good host, now will I.” I said attempting to pull away.
“You’ll be a good host to me.” He said smiling.
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We were all sitting around the dining room table; everybody was getting along really well. Even Mark and Zoe were getting along great, which was a surprise after our little chat the other day. Although I realised about half way through the dinner Georgie and Brett would be better off just as friends, I also noticed that Nathan and Brett were pretty similar, so she probably saw him as more of a brother figure.
About 10.30 Nathan whispered in my ear, “Babe, I’m going to bed. Sorry to be lame, I have to get up early tomorrow.”
“No worries, wake me up before you go tomorrow?” I asked.
“Of course I will.” He gave me a quick kiss.
“Sorry to be a party pooper guys, but I’m going to head off to bed. I have practice early in the morning...”He said to a bunch of groans.
“I think we better go too.” Zoe said Mark nodded in agreement.
“Hmm me too...I’m so tired.” Georgie yawned.
They all offered to help clean up, but I was happy to do it. The mess is a sign of a successful dinner party. Audrey went to bed after everybody left so it was just Brett and I.
Brett insisted on helping me clean up, it didn’t take long so we decided to go sit in the lounge room and have another drink.
“So you had a good night?” I asked.
“I did, your right everybody is really cool. Seriously thanks Paris for introducing me too people and showing me around and everything. I really appreciate it.” Brett said genuinely.
“No problem Brett. I think you’re a cool guy, and plus if I didn’t you would have been stuck with Hally.” I said laughing.
“Did I tell you she asked me out for drinks...”He said. Brett also realised what a toxic person Hally was, he had seen her around the office and how she treated everyone.
“Really? Hmm I’m not surprised.” I laughed.
We chatted easily and before I knew it the clock read 1am, I had to be up earlier than normal for a Saturday because Georgie and I had decided to go to Bondi for lunch and a bit of shopping.
“Ha it’s already 1.” I said yawning hoping Brett would get the hint that it was time to go.
“It is too, I better go. You need your beauty rest.” He smiled.
We got up and I gave him a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek, he stared at me for a second to long before I shut the door. I’m really hoping I didn’t give him the wrong idea about tonight.
Instead of over thinking things I just snuggled in bed with Nate, I woke up to him giving me a kiss as he was rushing out for training, I instantly got a stabbing feeling of guilty and I couldn’t understand why.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Uncool Zoe, Uncool
*This was going to be two posts but I made it one, to keep my promise to Sweetcanadian!!!
The date was, well it was terrible...
I got there and immediately Zoe mouthed “I am so sorry.” I soon realised what she was sorry for and his name was Dave.
The date started nice enough, he complemented me on my outfit (jeans, boots and a faux brown leather jacket) and asked me about my job, my family everything. When the food came is where things started going downhill.
“So fashion magazines hey? Don’t you feel a little selfish, parading these high price items when most of the world can’t even afford it?” Dave asked rudely.
“Have you ever read Radiance? Because if you did, you would see we have different sections for all budgets” I retorted.
“Well that’s not really the point; I mean what about all those people who can’t even afford basic necessities?”
“Ok, and what exactly do you do?”
“I am an accountant...”
“Ah yes, saving the world one rich bastard at a time...” I was getting defensive
We had more back and forth and like that for while, until it was time for the movie. Zoe and Mark were looking extremely uncomfortable.
OMG ECLIPSE WAS AWESOME, it almost made me forget about the horrible company. One the plus side though Zoe and Mark get on amazingly, he is so sweet to her and you can tell he really cares about her.
I got in the cab with Zoe and Mark, I insisted on them taking me home because Dave asked if I would like to go home with him, I promptly said no and that I had a very important appointment in the morning that I couldn’t miss (seeing as tomorrow is a Saturday I suspect he thought something fishy was up).
“Mark, what the hell? Does he seem like the kind of guy I would go out with?” I was asking him while laughing remembering the horrible night.
“Zoe gave me no notice so I just picked a guy from work... I am sorry it was a horrible night wasn’t it?” Mark said.
“Not so bad for me,” Zoe said while cuddling up to him. Mark smiled at her.
Awwww
I got home at like 11pm and wondered if it was too late to call him...
“Hey it’s me, Paris”...
“Hey Paris, I wasn’t expecting to hear from you,” Nathan sounded distracted.
“Sorry, it this a bad time?”
“No, no what have you been up to?” he still sounded strange.
“I was just on the horrible date, and I wanted to talk to someone who doesn’t want to make me scream,” oh shit, I just told him about my date.
“Oh, you went on a date?” His said it as more of accusation
“Yeah, Zoe set me up...”
Awkward silence
“Oh ok, so it wasn’t fun?” he obviously wasn’t really listening to me. I definitely shouldn’t have mentioned it, this conversation was worse than the date.
“I am going to go, you sound busy,”
“Paris wait I am sorry I am just distracted, I will call you soon,”
I am so stupid; I really need to figure out what I want from Nathan. I obviously only told him that to make him jealous and now I am regretting it.
Five minutes late my phone rang, blasting Katy Perry California Gurls.
“Hey Paris, I am sorry I was such a dick, Uhh tell me about your terrible date...”
“You weren’t a dick, I am sorry I shouldn’t have done that, I just wanted to someone to talk to about it but you are not the right person for that.”
“No come on, I have to know what my competition is doing wrong.” he laughed.
“He wasn’t competition...” my face immediately went a deep red I could feel it, thank god we were on the phone.
“Oh really?” I could just hear him smirking.
“Shut up, I meant we just didn’t have as much fun as you and I have together.
”
We talked for ages after that, he talked about his family, and football, the fans he has to deal with. I talked more about my family, and friends, and stories from when I travelled Europe.
“Hey we’ve been talking for nearly 2 hours; you better rest that pretty little head of yours” I joked.
“We have too, I haven’t talked on the phone this long since I was at school,” he was laughing and I suddenly felt like I had to ask him something.
“Nate, have you talked to Katie yet?”
He let out a big breath, “I have, but she wants to meet me before we tell the media and everything, she wants to make a big deal out of the announcement, I told her people probably don’t care that much but again she wants her publicity. I think I am meeting her on Sunday for lunch.”
“Ok, well I better go but tonight was nice, I mean chatting to you was nice...”
“Yeah it was.”
“Hey Nate, call me on Monday ok...” I may have sounded a little desperate but I didn’t care
He let out a soft laugh, “Yeah I’ll call you Monday.”
The date was, well it was terrible...
I got there and immediately Zoe mouthed “I am so sorry.” I soon realised what she was sorry for and his name was Dave.
The date started nice enough, he complemented me on my outfit (jeans, boots and a faux brown leather jacket) and asked me about my job, my family everything. When the food came is where things started going downhill.
“So fashion magazines hey? Don’t you feel a little selfish, parading these high price items when most of the world can’t even afford it?” Dave asked rudely.
“Have you ever read Radiance? Because if you did, you would see we have different sections for all budgets” I retorted.
“Well that’s not really the point; I mean what about all those people who can’t even afford basic necessities?”
“Ok, and what exactly do you do?”
“I am an accountant...”
“Ah yes, saving the world one rich bastard at a time...” I was getting defensive
We had more back and forth and like that for while, until it was time for the movie. Zoe and Mark were looking extremely uncomfortable.
OMG ECLIPSE WAS AWESOME, it almost made me forget about the horrible company. One the plus side though Zoe and Mark get on amazingly, he is so sweet to her and you can tell he really cares about her.
I got in the cab with Zoe and Mark, I insisted on them taking me home because Dave asked if I would like to go home with him, I promptly said no and that I had a very important appointment in the morning that I couldn’t miss (seeing as tomorrow is a Saturday I suspect he thought something fishy was up).
“Mark, what the hell? Does he seem like the kind of guy I would go out with?” I was asking him while laughing remembering the horrible night.
“Zoe gave me no notice so I just picked a guy from work... I am sorry it was a horrible night wasn’t it?” Mark said.
“Not so bad for me,” Zoe said while cuddling up to him. Mark smiled at her.
Awwww
I got home at like 11pm and wondered if it was too late to call him...
“Hey it’s me, Paris”...
“Hey Paris, I wasn’t expecting to hear from you,” Nathan sounded distracted.
“Sorry, it this a bad time?”
“No, no what have you been up to?” he still sounded strange.
“I was just on the horrible date, and I wanted to talk to someone who doesn’t want to make me scream,” oh shit, I just told him about my date.
“Oh, you went on a date?” His said it as more of accusation
“Yeah, Zoe set me up...”
Awkward silence
“Oh ok, so it wasn’t fun?” he obviously wasn’t really listening to me. I definitely shouldn’t have mentioned it, this conversation was worse than the date.
“I am going to go, you sound busy,”
“Paris wait I am sorry I am just distracted, I will call you soon,”
I am so stupid; I really need to figure out what I want from Nathan. I obviously only told him that to make him jealous and now I am regretting it.
Five minutes late my phone rang, blasting Katy Perry California Gurls.
“Hey Paris, I am sorry I was such a dick, Uhh tell me about your terrible date...”
“You weren’t a dick, I am sorry I shouldn’t have done that, I just wanted to someone to talk to about it but you are not the right person for that.”
“No come on, I have to know what my competition is doing wrong.” he laughed.
“He wasn’t competition...” my face immediately went a deep red I could feel it, thank god we were on the phone.
“Oh really?” I could just hear him smirking.
“Shut up, I meant we just didn’t have as much fun as you and I have together.
”
We talked for ages after that, he talked about his family, and football, the fans he has to deal with. I talked more about my family, and friends, and stories from when I travelled Europe.
“Hey we’ve been talking for nearly 2 hours; you better rest that pretty little head of yours” I joked.
“We have too, I haven’t talked on the phone this long since I was at school,” he was laughing and I suddenly felt like I had to ask him something.
“Nate, have you talked to Katie yet?”
He let out a big breath, “I have, but she wants to meet me before we tell the media and everything, she wants to make a big deal out of the announcement, I told her people probably don’t care that much but again she wants her publicity. I think I am meeting her on Sunday for lunch.”
“Ok, well I better go but tonight was nice, I mean chatting to you was nice...”
“Yeah it was.”
“Hey Nate, call me on Monday ok...” I may have sounded a little desperate but I didn’t care
He let out a soft laugh, “Yeah I’ll call you Monday.”
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Morning Meeting
*Sorry for the short post, I wanted to have two parts! :)
“Good morning everyone, welcome to the weekly meeting, let’s keep it brief who wants to start?” Minnie was obviously tired this morning, she loved the meetings usually.
“I will, the Nathan Luken interview will be in next month’s issue but we are really having trouble finding a title, does anyone have ideas?” Said the features editor Belinda, she was clearly exhausted she looked like she hadn’t slept in a week.
“Sexy man of football” Woohoo my suggestion, I loved getting in early.
“Sexy six pack?” The worst title I had ever heard came out of Hally (pronounced Hay-ley) me and her were not getting along well. She started the same time as me, as an assistant to Zoe (beauty editor) she was angry because I had a couple of stories printed already, and she had not. Also Zoe didn’t like her because she was hopeless and rarely remembered anything, but of course Zoe wouldn’t say anything because she is too nice. Minnie was getting fed up to because Hally obviously wanted to be in the fashion section of the magazine, and made no apologies about trying to get there. Usually I respected someone who fought for what they wanted, but Hally wasn’t doing her job properly which made Zoe mad, which made me mad.
Zoe and I were pretty good friends at this point, she listened to all my Nate drama. I felt like I couldn’t really talk to Audrey, she was working hard for a story and I was afraid she would use my information about Nathan again.
“I like Paris’s suggestion, but it needs some work almost right,” said Minnie
The meeting went for another 30 minutes, and was mostly ok.
“Hey Zoe, do you want to go watch Eclipse tonight? I knew she was dying to see it, and I didn’t want to be alone on a Friday night.
“Yes please, let’s go out for dinner first...Also can I bring Mark (the guy from the bar they had been dating for about a month now)? I said I would hang out with him tonight, I’ll get him to bring a friend with you!”
“Zoe, bring Mark...But please get him to bring a friend, I don’t want to date anyone.”
“No, you need to get out of your Nathan funk! IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON!” She was being pushy, but I know I did need to get out of my bad mood.
“Fine, will meet at that Chinese place at 8.”
“Yay, OK well I got to actually do some work.”
Why did I agree to this? I guess maybe it could be fun...
“Good morning everyone, welcome to the weekly meeting, let’s keep it brief who wants to start?” Minnie was obviously tired this morning, she loved the meetings usually.
“I will, the Nathan Luken interview will be in next month’s issue but we are really having trouble finding a title, does anyone have ideas?” Said the features editor Belinda, she was clearly exhausted she looked like she hadn’t slept in a week.
“Sexy man of football” Woohoo my suggestion, I loved getting in early.
“Sexy six pack?” The worst title I had ever heard came out of Hally (pronounced Hay-ley) me and her were not getting along well. She started the same time as me, as an assistant to Zoe (beauty editor) she was angry because I had a couple of stories printed already, and she had not. Also Zoe didn’t like her because she was hopeless and rarely remembered anything, but of course Zoe wouldn’t say anything because she is too nice. Minnie was getting fed up to because Hally obviously wanted to be in the fashion section of the magazine, and made no apologies about trying to get there. Usually I respected someone who fought for what they wanted, but Hally wasn’t doing her job properly which made Zoe mad, which made me mad.
Zoe and I were pretty good friends at this point, she listened to all my Nate drama. I felt like I couldn’t really talk to Audrey, she was working hard for a story and I was afraid she would use my information about Nathan again.
“I like Paris’s suggestion, but it needs some work almost right,” said Minnie
The meeting went for another 30 minutes, and was mostly ok.
“Hey Zoe, do you want to go watch Eclipse tonight? I knew she was dying to see it, and I didn’t want to be alone on a Friday night.
“Yes please, let’s go out for dinner first...Also can I bring Mark (the guy from the bar they had been dating for about a month now)? I said I would hang out with him tonight, I’ll get him to bring a friend with you!”
“Zoe, bring Mark...But please get him to bring a friend, I don’t want to date anyone.”
“No, you need to get out of your Nathan funk! IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON!” She was being pushy, but I know I did need to get out of my bad mood.
“Fine, will meet at that Chinese place at 8.”
“Yay, OK well I got to actually do some work.”
Why did I agree to this? I guess maybe it could be fun...
Monday, July 12, 2010
Can I Explain?
OMG, well last night things took a turn...Zoe (beauty editor at Radiance) and I went to dinner at this really trendy restaurant in the City, it was so yum and we were just enjoying the each other’s company as well as a few drinks.
“That was so yum, I’m not really tired do you want to go out to a club?” Zoe asked.
“Yes, so badly I haven’t been out since my first weekend in Sydney!” I couldn’t wait to just dance and forget all the drama from the last couple of weeks.
We got to the club, and ordered a couple of drinks; they were quickly paid for by the very cute guy standing next to us. He introduced himself as Mark, and was clearly interested in Zoe so I left them to it.
I began looking around, taking in everyone and watching the people dance, drink and talking (more like yelling the music was sooooo loud). Then suddenly I saw him, and we locked eyes.
“Hey Paris you look beautiful,” I actually felt pretty good, I was wearing this beautiful blue above the knee length dress, with my black heels (I am really short so I am forever in massive heels), and an arm of silver bracelets.
“Thanks Nathan, I was meaning to call you and thank you for the flowers but honestly I have been super busy.”I said lying through my teeth.
“Its fine, I don’t know why but I thought I should just explain some things about that interview.”
“You don’t really owe me any explanation or anything.”I said trying to avoid his stare.
“Please, I mean I know I sound desperate but I really just want to explain,” He was virtually pleading with me, poor guy.
“Ok, but you have to buy me a drink first.” Nathan let out a nervous laugh.
We were sitting in a quiet corner, well as quiet as you can get in a nightclub...
“I am really sorry, about how you found out about Katie.”He said.
“It’s none of my business really.”
“It is actually; well I mean there really is not much to tell...”
I finally realised what he wanted I was so stupid...
“Look if you want me to put Katie in the magazine, I really don’t have authority of that I guess I could talk to Minnie, but I don’t know...”
“Seriously Paris, let me finish please, me and Katie aren’t together anymore. We broke up a while ago, it’s just she has a television show in the works, and I agreed until it was off the ground I would pretend we were still together...I haven’t actually seen Katie for about 2 months...” He rushed through his little speech, he looked so nervous, I felt so sorry for him.
I looked at him in disbelief, the question that was still burning the back of my mind, why is he telling me all this?
“That was so yum, I’m not really tired do you want to go out to a club?” Zoe asked.
“Yes, so badly I haven’t been out since my first weekend in Sydney!” I couldn’t wait to just dance and forget all the drama from the last couple of weeks.
We got to the club, and ordered a couple of drinks; they were quickly paid for by the very cute guy standing next to us. He introduced himself as Mark, and was clearly interested in Zoe so I left them to it.
I began looking around, taking in everyone and watching the people dance, drink and talking (more like yelling the music was sooooo loud). Then suddenly I saw him, and we locked eyes.
“Hey Paris you look beautiful,” I actually felt pretty good, I was wearing this beautiful blue above the knee length dress, with my black heels (I am really short so I am forever in massive heels), and an arm of silver bracelets.
“Thanks Nathan, I was meaning to call you and thank you for the flowers but honestly I have been super busy.”I said lying through my teeth.
“Its fine, I don’t know why but I thought I should just explain some things about that interview.”
“You don’t really owe me any explanation or anything.”I said trying to avoid his stare.
“Please, I mean I know I sound desperate but I really just want to explain,” He was virtually pleading with me, poor guy.
“Ok, but you have to buy me a drink first.” Nathan let out a nervous laugh.
We were sitting in a quiet corner, well as quiet as you can get in a nightclub...
“I am really sorry, about how you found out about Katie.”He said.
“It’s none of my business really.”
“It is actually; well I mean there really is not much to tell...”
I finally realised what he wanted I was so stupid...
“Look if you want me to put Katie in the magazine, I really don’t have authority of that I guess I could talk to Minnie, but I don’t know...”
“Seriously Paris, let me finish please, me and Katie aren’t together anymore. We broke up a while ago, it’s just she has a television show in the works, and I agreed until it was off the ground I would pretend we were still together...I haven’t actually seen Katie for about 2 months...” He rushed through his little speech, he looked so nervous, I felt so sorry for him.
I looked at him in disbelief, the question that was still burning the back of my mind, why is he telling me all this?
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