My husband has started writing a blog. It just has a few random posts at the moment, please have a look and post a couple of comments for him. Thanks everyone. The link is as follows:
http://thinkingoutsidethebrain.blogspot.com/
Monday, 25 May 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Chapter 17
My phone rang as I was driving home and since when I am in the car my phone is always on hands free I answered it. I did not recognise the number so I answered politely in case it was a business call.
“Good afternoon, Gill Robertson speaking.”
“Hey Gill, it is Vero, how are you?”
“Hey V, I am good thanks, how are you? I am just heading home if you fancy coming over.”
“I am fine thanks. Yeah that would be good. I was just calling to ask if you fancied meeting tomorrow after you finish work, I thought we could all go out for a bite to eat and then watch the game.
“Sounds good to me, you want to just tell everyone to meet at the office and we can go somewhere from there?”
“OK, can I get Lorna’s phone number and I will ask her if she wants to come?”
I gave her Lorna’s phone number and Vero said she would phone the girls and then head round to mine for a bit so I said I would heat up some pasta and sauce for us.
About an hour later Vero appeared at the door with flowers and a bottle of wine.
“Aww, thank you Vero, you are an angel.”
“A lot of the girls have gone out on the town tonight, they usually do when they guys are away but I don’t want to be tarred with the same brush as them.” Vero tells me as she follows me to the kitchen.
“Are they not faithful to the guys?”
“Most of them are but a few of them are just puck bunnies, they are out for all they can get and I am not like that. I have known Marc all my life and I love him more than words can explain. I can see that you too are genuine and I can trust you, I think me and you will make a good team.” Vero smiles and gives me a big hug.
“You are a good lass Vero, I too think we will make a good team.”
The conversation continues about many things when Vero asks:
“Do you know why the guys had to go into the Mellon before they got the bus today? Marc said it was some sort of strange surprise for them, did TK say anything? I have not spoken to Marc since he left the house and he probably won’t call until later tonight.”
“Ha, no he never said anything but I have known for a couple of days what the plan was.
“Ray phoned me the other day when I was at work and he told me that an unnamed source told him that I am a qualified kung fu instructor. He then continued to ask if I would do some training with the guys. Eventually I agreed but for some reason he did not want me to mention to anyone.”
“Wow, so do you have like a black belt and stuff? Did the guys enjoy it?”
“They actually seemed to have a great time, they especially liked me using TK as a volunteer for self defence and getting him on the ground with little or no effort but I have told them that they cannot pick on him every week, they will all take it in turns to be my volunteer. Oh and yes I have a black belt.”
We carried on talking, getting to know each other better when she said she better go home and that she would see me the next day.
“Goodnight Vero, see you tomorrow.”
I spoke to Tyler briefly on the phone before settling down for a good nights sleep.
“Good afternoon, Gill Robertson speaking.”
“Hey Gill, it is Vero, how are you?”
“Hey V, I am good thanks, how are you? I am just heading home if you fancy coming over.”
“I am fine thanks. Yeah that would be good. I was just calling to ask if you fancied meeting tomorrow after you finish work, I thought we could all go out for a bite to eat and then watch the game.
“Sounds good to me, you want to just tell everyone to meet at the office and we can go somewhere from there?”
“OK, can I get Lorna’s phone number and I will ask her if she wants to come?”
I gave her Lorna’s phone number and Vero said she would phone the girls and then head round to mine for a bit so I said I would heat up some pasta and sauce for us.
About an hour later Vero appeared at the door with flowers and a bottle of wine.
“Aww, thank you Vero, you are an angel.”
“A lot of the girls have gone out on the town tonight, they usually do when they guys are away but I don’t want to be tarred with the same brush as them.” Vero tells me as she follows me to the kitchen.
“Are they not faithful to the guys?”
“Most of them are but a few of them are just puck bunnies, they are out for all they can get and I am not like that. I have known Marc all my life and I love him more than words can explain. I can see that you too are genuine and I can trust you, I think me and you will make a good team.” Vero smiles and gives me a big hug.
“You are a good lass Vero, I too think we will make a good team.”
The conversation continues about many things when Vero asks:
“Do you know why the guys had to go into the Mellon before they got the bus today? Marc said it was some sort of strange surprise for them, did TK say anything? I have not spoken to Marc since he left the house and he probably won’t call until later tonight.”
“Ha, no he never said anything but I have known for a couple of days what the plan was.
“Ray phoned me the other day when I was at work and he told me that an unnamed source told him that I am a qualified kung fu instructor. He then continued to ask if I would do some training with the guys. Eventually I agreed but for some reason he did not want me to mention to anyone.”
“Wow, so do you have like a black belt and stuff? Did the guys enjoy it?”
“They actually seemed to have a great time, they especially liked me using TK as a volunteer for self defence and getting him on the ground with little or no effort but I have told them that they cannot pick on him every week, they will all take it in turns to be my volunteer. Oh and yes I have a black belt.”
We carried on talking, getting to know each other better when she said she better go home and that she would see me the next day.
“Goodnight Vero, see you tomorrow.”
I spoke to Tyler briefly on the phone before settling down for a good nights sleep.
Monday, 18 May 2009
Info.
Hey everyone.
I will not manage to get another post up until the end of the week, my story is saved on my laptop which my husband has taken away with him on a business trip so I promise when he returns I will post the next chapter. I hope you are all continuing to enjoy the story.
So I am loving the fact that the Pens are still in the playoffs, game 7 was amazing!! I know they can do well against the Canes too.
Well, on another note, I was made redundant a couple of weeks ago but have managed to find a new job really quickly and start next week so I am very excited about the new challenge, I am going to be working in the insurance industry so it is something completely different to what I have been doing in the past. Fingers crossed that it all goes well, I have a good feeling about it.
So thanks again everyone for your continued support in my writing, I appreciate it. Please remember to leave comments, good or bad, I love hearing your feedback.
Last of all - LETS GO PENS!!!!!!!!
I will not manage to get another post up until the end of the week, my story is saved on my laptop which my husband has taken away with him on a business trip so I promise when he returns I will post the next chapter. I hope you are all continuing to enjoy the story.
So I am loving the fact that the Pens are still in the playoffs, game 7 was amazing!! I know they can do well against the Canes too.
Well, on another note, I was made redundant a couple of weeks ago but have managed to find a new job really quickly and start next week so I am very excited about the new challenge, I am going to be working in the insurance industry so it is something completely different to what I have been doing in the past. Fingers crossed that it all goes well, I have a good feeling about it.
So thanks again everyone for your continued support in my writing, I appreciate it. Please remember to leave comments, good or bad, I love hearing your feedback.
Last of all - LETS GO PENS!!!!!!!!
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Chapter 15
“Oh Gill” He puts his arms around me so tightly sobbing into my shoulder. “I love you too, I really do and I wanted to tell you but I didn’t want to push you away, Oh Gill hunny you have no idea how much this means to me. I love you so much.”
We sat talking for a while longer about our confessions until we eventually settled down to sleep.
‘I can’t believe how fast this is going I really hope I am doing the right thing.’
Once again I woke up before TK so before I woke him up for him to come for a run with me I got changed into my running gear and put all of my kung fu equipment and clothing into the car as to not initiate any questions from TK later.
When I got back to the bedroom Tyler was lying awake with tears running down his face and he was sobbing like a child.
I sat down beside him and wiped away his tears.
“What is wrong hunny?” I ask as I lean down and kiss his forehead.
“I got scared when I woke up and you were not there. I thought maybe you regretted last night.”
“Will you please look at me Tyler” He sits up leaning against the headboard.
I put my hands on his face wiping away his tears with my thumbs.
“I am not in the habit of telling every guy I meet that I love them. To me love is a very important thing and not just a word that can be used casually. I meant what I said, I love you and want you in my life, don’t ever forget that.”
I leaned in and kissed him deeply, my tongue gently massaging his, the taste of salt coming from his tears. I pull away still holding his face and tell him again that I love him.
“I love you too Gill I guess like you I am just scared. I have never been in love before and I just want to do it right.”
“Stop worrying and just go with the flow. I think we should both stop being scared and just help each other and take each day as it comes.”
Tyler eventually got up and I went for my morning run with him, I again went for a quick shower before heading for the pool. “Are you coming for a swim Tyler?”
“Yeah I suppose so.”
I swam my usual 100 lengths with Tyler stopping at around 50 and just messing about until I finished.
“Wow Gill I think you are fitter than me and that is not allowed, I am a professional hockey player.” He jokes as he puts his arms around me.
Tyler and I begin kissing deeply before things get carried away.
‘We fit together so well as if our bodies were made to be one’.
We eventually leave the pool after having some 'fun' in the pool and head for a shower and fix up some breakfast spending the next few hours together before I got ready to head to the Mellon.
“Right TK, I have to go now. When do you get back from Toronto?”
“We are coming back on Friday night before heading to Sweden on Monday, I really wish you could come with me?” Tyler stands holding me close to him.
“You will be too busy having fun to think about me, I have plenty of work to be getting on with here and will be here waiting for you when you get back.
“Oh and I forget to tell you, my next business trip is in November to Detroit and I was checking your schedule that you put on my fridge and you are there at the same time so I will try and get a ticket for the game. I have booked my hotel and flights so I will give you a copy of my agenda when you get back. Just come here again on Friday when you get back from Toronto.”
We said our goodbyes and thankfully there were no questions as to where I was going.
We sat talking for a while longer about our confessions until we eventually settled down to sleep.
‘I can’t believe how fast this is going I really hope I am doing the right thing.’
Once again I woke up before TK so before I woke him up for him to come for a run with me I got changed into my running gear and put all of my kung fu equipment and clothing into the car as to not initiate any questions from TK later.
When I got back to the bedroom Tyler was lying awake with tears running down his face and he was sobbing like a child.
I sat down beside him and wiped away his tears.
“What is wrong hunny?” I ask as I lean down and kiss his forehead.
“I got scared when I woke up and you were not there. I thought maybe you regretted last night.”
“Will you please look at me Tyler” He sits up leaning against the headboard.
I put my hands on his face wiping away his tears with my thumbs.
“I am not in the habit of telling every guy I meet that I love them. To me love is a very important thing and not just a word that can be used casually. I meant what I said, I love you and want you in my life, don’t ever forget that.”
I leaned in and kissed him deeply, my tongue gently massaging his, the taste of salt coming from his tears. I pull away still holding his face and tell him again that I love him.
“I love you too Gill I guess like you I am just scared. I have never been in love before and I just want to do it right.”
“Stop worrying and just go with the flow. I think we should both stop being scared and just help each other and take each day as it comes.”
Tyler eventually got up and I went for my morning run with him, I again went for a quick shower before heading for the pool. “Are you coming for a swim Tyler?”
“Yeah I suppose so.”
I swam my usual 100 lengths with Tyler stopping at around 50 and just messing about until I finished.
“Wow Gill I think you are fitter than me and that is not allowed, I am a professional hockey player.” He jokes as he puts his arms around me.
Tyler and I begin kissing deeply before things get carried away.
‘We fit together so well as if our bodies were made to be one’.
We eventually leave the pool after having some 'fun' in the pool and head for a shower and fix up some breakfast spending the next few hours together before I got ready to head to the Mellon.
“Right TK, I have to go now. When do you get back from Toronto?”
“We are coming back on Friday night before heading to Sweden on Monday, I really wish you could come with me?” Tyler stands holding me close to him.
“You will be too busy having fun to think about me, I have plenty of work to be getting on with here and will be here waiting for you when you get back.
“Oh and I forget to tell you, my next business trip is in November to Detroit and I was checking your schedule that you put on my fridge and you are there at the same time so I will try and get a ticket for the game. I have booked my hotel and flights so I will give you a copy of my agenda when you get back. Just come here again on Friday when you get back from Toronto.”
We said our goodbyes and thankfully there were no questions as to where I was going.
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Chapter 14
Work went quickly as I have so much to do now that the takeover is official, dealing with new clients, re-issuing contracts, making sure that everyone is happy and arranging business trips to the new locations to meet my new staff and assure them that nothing will change.
I left work around 1630 taking Lorna with me. We stopped off at the nearest supermarket to my house to buy plenty of drink etc. for the guys tonight.
Lorna and I quickly ate our dinner before heading to the Mellon for the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game went well with the Pens once again winning.
As Lorna went off to meet Sidney I made my way home to make sure that everything was ok for everyone arriving. I sat down at the piano as I waited for everyone and once again started singing Daughtry, this time I sang a song called ‘Its Not Over’. The lyrics are as follows:
I was blown away
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense
You've taken away everything
And I can't deal with that
I try to see the good in life
But good things in life are hard to find
We'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
Taken all I could take
And I cannot wait
We're wasting too much time
Being strong, holding on
Can't let it bring us down
My life with you means everything
So I won't give up that easily
I'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
We can't let this get away
Let it out, let it out
Don't get caught up in yourself
Let it out
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
Let's start over
It's not over, yeah...
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
I must have got carried away because when I looked up TK, Jordan, Marc-Andre and Vero were standing just inside the living room.
“Sorry guys I didn’t expect you to be here so quickly.” I get up walking towards Tyler and wrapping my arms around his waist giving him a quick kiss.
“That was amazing Gill, you are a great singer.” Vero smiles giving me a hug.
“Thanks.” My face glowing bright red from embarrassment of being caught.
“If you want to follow me to the kitchen you can get a drink, do you want me to order some food?”
The rest of the team quickly arrived with their girlfriends / wives and made themselves at home.
We ordered pizzas and the guys ate like they had been starved for a week.
“Jordon” I shouted across the room after all the pizza had been cleared away, he turned his face to look at me, his hair the perfect shade of blonde, his eyes bright blue in colour and that square jaw, well I don’t even know how to describe that. I can see why so many girls fancy him ‘he certainly is one hot guy’.
“Gill” He shouts back.
“Catch” I say again as I throw him the basement keys.
“What are these for?” He asks looking a bit confused.
“Go and open the door to the basement, I need you to have a look at something for me, I will come down in a minute. It is that door over there.”
He walks over to the door, unlocking it and running down the stairs after he switches the light on.
“What are you up to Gill?” TK asks as he stands beside me with his bottle of beer in his hand.
“You will see in a minute.”
“Guys, come down here, it is heaven.” Jordon shouts up to everyone sounding like a child in a sweet shop.
TK looks at me having no idea what is going on but follows all the guys down to the basement.
I motion for the girls to come and see what all the commotion is about.
I let the girls go down first so that I am the last to go down. I sit on one of the bottom steps watching everyone having fun.
When I moved in and my company started making a healthy profit I decided to turn my basement into a bit of a fun area, somewhere that I could escape from my life and be a kid again. There is a large flat screen TV on one of the walls with surround sound speakers placed all around the room, all the top of the range games consoles with a good selection of games. A full size pool table, a football (soccer) table, dart board, etc.
Jordan found his way back over to me, “Wow Gill, this place is a dream, I could and probably will spend hours and hours down here. Your house is amazing. Thank you for taking us all in and making us feel so welcome.”
“Anytime Jordan” I stand up on the step so that I am at the same height as him, he is a very tall guy and heavily built and I can imagine that it is all muscle and not an ounce of fat, he pulls me into a giant hug lifting me off my feet and carrying me over to where TK was sitting playing one of the games consoles. He lifts me like I am as light as a feather.
“This place is great Gill I can’t believe I never knew about it.” TK says as he pulls me down to sit on his knee.
The rest of the night passed quickly and everybody seemed to have a good night which I was glad about.
“Gill, can we come here again?” Jordan asks as he gives me a hug.
“Of course you can, you are welcome here anytime, even if the other guys are not here.”
‘I have a feeling that Jordan and I are going to be good friends.’
Everyone said their goodbyes and soon TK and I were on our own again.
“Thank you for tonight hunny, it has been great.” TK says as he stands hugging me in the hallway.
“Anytime TK, your team mates all seem lovely and the girls have all made me feel welcome.
“It has been a busy couple of days so I am going to go to bed, are you joining me?”
“Yeah, I think I will.”
We filled the dishwasher and tidied away some of the empty bottles and such like and then headed to bed.
“I am going to miss you so much Gill when we are away in Sweden.”
“I am going to miss you too I have got so used to having you around here.
“Do you think we have jumped into this relationship too quickly?” I ask as I lie close beside him.
“Things have gone quick, quicker than I could have imagined but it feels right, like we are meant to be together so to answer your question I would say yes but I wouldn’t change anything Gill, I want to be with you.” TK strokes the side of my faces as he looks at me with so much emotion in his eyes.
“We have known each other less then a week though TK, what if what we are feeling is not real, it is just infatuation and in a few weeks time we are fed up of each other. I really don’t want that to happen but you have girls throwing themselves at you. I don’t want you to feel like you can’t go out and enjoy yourself because of me. You are only 22 years old and I don’t want you to think that I am taking your youth away from you.”
“What has brought this on Gill…? Do you not trust me? I don’t want any of those puck bunnies… you know that. I like how I feel when I am with you and I don’t want give up on that. I can’t promise that I won’t get fed up with you in a few weeks but I really can’t see that happening. I am only 3 years younger then you so it is not a big deal. It is not as if I am immature for my age. It sounds to me like you are looking for excuses not to be with me.
“Please don’t give up on us before we have even gotten started… please Gill.” TK grips me closer to him as his voice pleads with me not to leave him or give up on what we have, his eyes getting redder and tears forming.
“I am sorry Tyler I didn’t mean to upset you. I do trust you and I remember how you looked at me when I first called you TK and how you backed away from me, no longer trusting me. I really like you and feel safe when I am in your arms. I guess I am just scared, I have not let myself get close to anyone in a long time. Everything with us has happened so fast and I just don’t want to get hurt. It is all so surreal, I just had all of the Pittsburgh Penguins in my house, it is almost as if I am dreaming and when I wake up I will realise the past few days have never happened.”
His tears fall from his eyes as he lets go of me and sits up holding his knees to his chest.
“Do you want me to leave?” I hear his voice which is barely above a whisper.
I sit up and pull him close to me again.
“No, I don’t ever want you to leave I guess that is what is scaring me so much. I have known you less than a week and already I am falling for you.”
He face quickly lifts up and he looks me straight in the eye as if trying to see if I meant what I said.
“Tyler it scares me senseless to say this to you and you certainly don’t have to say it back… but…
“I have fallen in love with you.”
I left work around 1630 taking Lorna with me. We stopped off at the nearest supermarket to my house to buy plenty of drink etc. for the guys tonight.
Lorna and I quickly ate our dinner before heading to the Mellon for the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game went well with the Pens once again winning.
As Lorna went off to meet Sidney I made my way home to make sure that everything was ok for everyone arriving. I sat down at the piano as I waited for everyone and once again started singing Daughtry, this time I sang a song called ‘Its Not Over’. The lyrics are as follows:
I was blown away
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense
You've taken away everything
And I can't deal with that
I try to see the good in life
But good things in life are hard to find
We'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
Taken all I could take
And I cannot wait
We're wasting too much time
Being strong, holding on
Can't let it bring us down
My life with you means everything
So I won't give up that easily
I'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
We can't let this get away
Let it out, let it out
Don't get caught up in yourself
Let it out
Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
Let's start over
It's not over, yeah...
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over
I must have got carried away because when I looked up TK, Jordan, Marc-Andre and Vero were standing just inside the living room.
“Sorry guys I didn’t expect you to be here so quickly.” I get up walking towards Tyler and wrapping my arms around his waist giving him a quick kiss.
“That was amazing Gill, you are a great singer.” Vero smiles giving me a hug.
“Thanks.” My face glowing bright red from embarrassment of being caught.
“If you want to follow me to the kitchen you can get a drink, do you want me to order some food?”
The rest of the team quickly arrived with their girlfriends / wives and made themselves at home.
We ordered pizzas and the guys ate like they had been starved for a week.
“Jordon” I shouted across the room after all the pizza had been cleared away, he turned his face to look at me, his hair the perfect shade of blonde, his eyes bright blue in colour and that square jaw, well I don’t even know how to describe that. I can see why so many girls fancy him ‘he certainly is one hot guy’.
“Gill” He shouts back.
“Catch” I say again as I throw him the basement keys.
“What are these for?” He asks looking a bit confused.
“Go and open the door to the basement, I need you to have a look at something for me, I will come down in a minute. It is that door over there.”
He walks over to the door, unlocking it and running down the stairs after he switches the light on.
“What are you up to Gill?” TK asks as he stands beside me with his bottle of beer in his hand.
“You will see in a minute.”
“Guys, come down here, it is heaven.” Jordon shouts up to everyone sounding like a child in a sweet shop.
TK looks at me having no idea what is going on but follows all the guys down to the basement.
I motion for the girls to come and see what all the commotion is about.
I let the girls go down first so that I am the last to go down. I sit on one of the bottom steps watching everyone having fun.
When I moved in and my company started making a healthy profit I decided to turn my basement into a bit of a fun area, somewhere that I could escape from my life and be a kid again. There is a large flat screen TV on one of the walls with surround sound speakers placed all around the room, all the top of the range games consoles with a good selection of games. A full size pool table, a football (soccer) table, dart board, etc.
Jordan found his way back over to me, “Wow Gill, this place is a dream, I could and probably will spend hours and hours down here. Your house is amazing. Thank you for taking us all in and making us feel so welcome.”
“Anytime Jordan” I stand up on the step so that I am at the same height as him, he is a very tall guy and heavily built and I can imagine that it is all muscle and not an ounce of fat, he pulls me into a giant hug lifting me off my feet and carrying me over to where TK was sitting playing one of the games consoles. He lifts me like I am as light as a feather.
“This place is great Gill I can’t believe I never knew about it.” TK says as he pulls me down to sit on his knee.
The rest of the night passed quickly and everybody seemed to have a good night which I was glad about.
“Gill, can we come here again?” Jordan asks as he gives me a hug.
“Of course you can, you are welcome here anytime, even if the other guys are not here.”
‘I have a feeling that Jordan and I are going to be good friends.’
Everyone said their goodbyes and soon TK and I were on our own again.
“Thank you for tonight hunny, it has been great.” TK says as he stands hugging me in the hallway.
“Anytime TK, your team mates all seem lovely and the girls have all made me feel welcome.
“It has been a busy couple of days so I am going to go to bed, are you joining me?”
“Yeah, I think I will.”
We filled the dishwasher and tidied away some of the empty bottles and such like and then headed to bed.
“I am going to miss you so much Gill when we are away in Sweden.”
“I am going to miss you too I have got so used to having you around here.
“Do you think we have jumped into this relationship too quickly?” I ask as I lie close beside him.
“Things have gone quick, quicker than I could have imagined but it feels right, like we are meant to be together so to answer your question I would say yes but I wouldn’t change anything Gill, I want to be with you.” TK strokes the side of my faces as he looks at me with so much emotion in his eyes.
“We have known each other less then a week though TK, what if what we are feeling is not real, it is just infatuation and in a few weeks time we are fed up of each other. I really don’t want that to happen but you have girls throwing themselves at you. I don’t want you to feel like you can’t go out and enjoy yourself because of me. You are only 22 years old and I don’t want you to think that I am taking your youth away from you.”
“What has brought this on Gill…? Do you not trust me? I don’t want any of those puck bunnies… you know that. I like how I feel when I am with you and I don’t want give up on that. I can’t promise that I won’t get fed up with you in a few weeks but I really can’t see that happening. I am only 3 years younger then you so it is not a big deal. It is not as if I am immature for my age. It sounds to me like you are looking for excuses not to be with me.
“Please don’t give up on us before we have even gotten started… please Gill.” TK grips me closer to him as his voice pleads with me not to leave him or give up on what we have, his eyes getting redder and tears forming.
“I am sorry Tyler I didn’t mean to upset you. I do trust you and I remember how you looked at me when I first called you TK and how you backed away from me, no longer trusting me. I really like you and feel safe when I am in your arms. I guess I am just scared, I have not let myself get close to anyone in a long time. Everything with us has happened so fast and I just don’t want to get hurt. It is all so surreal, I just had all of the Pittsburgh Penguins in my house, it is almost as if I am dreaming and when I wake up I will realise the past few days have never happened.”
His tears fall from his eyes as he lets go of me and sits up holding his knees to his chest.
“Do you want me to leave?” I hear his voice which is barely above a whisper.
I sit up and pull him close to me again.
“No, I don’t ever want you to leave I guess that is what is scaring me so much. I have known you less than a week and already I am falling for you.”
He face quickly lifts up and he looks me straight in the eye as if trying to see if I meant what I said.
“Tyler it scares me senseless to say this to you and you certainly don’t have to say it back… but…
“I have fallen in love with you.”
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Chapter 13
Lorna and I quickly got a bite to eat before we headed into town to meet Vero and the other girls.
“Hey girls” Vero gives us both a hug.
“I was watching the news before I came out and they cut over to the press conference. You must be so happy Gill that is big stuff. Robertson Publishing is huge. I am so pleased for you.”
“Thanks Vero. I don’t think it has sunk in yet but I am over the moon, this could lead to Robertson Publishing being the biggest publishing company in the world. I can’t believe that my company is this big in less than a year of trading.
We all shopped for a few hours and all I bought was a t-shirt for Tyler, before going our separate ways we agreed to meet up before the game tomorrow and I said that everyone could come back to my house this time.
I started to head home when I remembered that I should be going to Tylers, I am so stupid sometimes, I think that is why I was born blonde.
I rang the door bell but walked in before TK answered.
“Hey gorgeous, where are youuuuu?” I shout as I wonder through the maze of rooms.
“I am in the kitchen preparing dinner, come to the back on the house.” I hear him shout from the distance.
I follow his voice as I look about the rooms seeing photographs and trophies everywhere, I spend a few moments looking at the different things that he has done while growing up, ‘he was such a cute child’.
“Hey hunny, how are you?” He asks as he leans over the kitchen work top to give me a kiss.
“I am good thanks how are you?” I place my bags down on the kitchen table kicking my shoes off and sitting on one of the bar stools.
“I am good thanks, I am making lasagne for dinner, is that ok?”
“Yeah fine thanks.
“I have asked everyone to come round to my house tomorrow night after the game, hope that is ok?”
“That’s brilliant thanks Gill, you are a star.
“We are doing some extra training on Thursday afternoon before we catch our flight so I was wondering if you would like to take the morning off work and spend some time with me before I go away.”
“I have actually taken the day off anyway I have something I need to do in the afternoon.”
We sat talking about the take over and the press conference and about his training and game day regime and such like. We ate his delicious home made lasagne and I washed up.
We spent the rest of the evening talking before heading off to bed.
The following morning Tyler woke up as I was getting out of bed.
“I don’t know what to do this morning Tyler, I usually go for a run and a swim but I don’t know the area and you don’t have a swimming pool.”
I start to move away from the bed when Tyler pulls me back down and starts kissing me passionately, his lips soft against mine, his tongue gently massaging my own. I pull away but his kisses move down my neck.
“Hey hey TK, remember the one condition you gave me…”
“Hmm, I know but I find you so irresistible.”
“Well you gave me the condition so I am going to stick to it.” I laugh as I manage to break free from his grasp and get up heading towards the bathroom to take a shower.
“Can I at least join you for a shower then?”
“As long as you behave” I answer laughing at him.
The one condition TK gave me was that we don’t have sex on game day so I am determined to abide by that.
We went for a shower together and I got dressed for work while TK made breakfast.
“Good morning again gorgeous.” I say sitting down at the dinner table with the fruit salad and yogurt that Tyler handed me.
“I forgot when I came in last night that I bought you something when I was shopping. The receipt is in the bag if you don’t like it, I just thought it was cool.”
He grabs the bag from the table and pulls the t-shirt out and smiles when he looks at it.
“Thanks Gill, that is great.”
We talked for a while longer before we both head off to work agreeing that he will just see me at my house after he finishes with the press after the game, I wouldn’t bother waiting around for him.
“Hey girls” Vero gives us both a hug.
“I was watching the news before I came out and they cut over to the press conference. You must be so happy Gill that is big stuff. Robertson Publishing is huge. I am so pleased for you.”
“Thanks Vero. I don’t think it has sunk in yet but I am over the moon, this could lead to Robertson Publishing being the biggest publishing company in the world. I can’t believe that my company is this big in less than a year of trading.
We all shopped for a few hours and all I bought was a t-shirt for Tyler, before going our separate ways we agreed to meet up before the game tomorrow and I said that everyone could come back to my house this time.
I started to head home when I remembered that I should be going to Tylers, I am so stupid sometimes, I think that is why I was born blonde.
I rang the door bell but walked in before TK answered.
“Hey gorgeous, where are youuuuu?” I shout as I wonder through the maze of rooms.
“I am in the kitchen preparing dinner, come to the back on the house.” I hear him shout from the distance.
I follow his voice as I look about the rooms seeing photographs and trophies everywhere, I spend a few moments looking at the different things that he has done while growing up, ‘he was such a cute child’.
“Hey hunny, how are you?” He asks as he leans over the kitchen work top to give me a kiss.
“I am good thanks how are you?” I place my bags down on the kitchen table kicking my shoes off and sitting on one of the bar stools.
“I am good thanks, I am making lasagne for dinner, is that ok?”
“Yeah fine thanks.
“I have asked everyone to come round to my house tomorrow night after the game, hope that is ok?”
“That’s brilliant thanks Gill, you are a star.
“We are doing some extra training on Thursday afternoon before we catch our flight so I was wondering if you would like to take the morning off work and spend some time with me before I go away.”
“I have actually taken the day off anyway I have something I need to do in the afternoon.”
We sat talking about the take over and the press conference and about his training and game day regime and such like. We ate his delicious home made lasagne and I washed up.
We spent the rest of the evening talking before heading off to bed.
The following morning Tyler woke up as I was getting out of bed.
“I don’t know what to do this morning Tyler, I usually go for a run and a swim but I don’t know the area and you don’t have a swimming pool.”
I start to move away from the bed when Tyler pulls me back down and starts kissing me passionately, his lips soft against mine, his tongue gently massaging my own. I pull away but his kisses move down my neck.
“Hey hey TK, remember the one condition you gave me…”
“Hmm, I know but I find you so irresistible.”
“Well you gave me the condition so I am going to stick to it.” I laugh as I manage to break free from his grasp and get up heading towards the bathroom to take a shower.
“Can I at least join you for a shower then?”
“As long as you behave” I answer laughing at him.
The one condition TK gave me was that we don’t have sex on game day so I am determined to abide by that.
We went for a shower together and I got dressed for work while TK made breakfast.
“Good morning again gorgeous.” I say sitting down at the dinner table with the fruit salad and yogurt that Tyler handed me.
“I forgot when I came in last night that I bought you something when I was shopping. The receipt is in the bag if you don’t like it, I just thought it was cool.”
He grabs the bag from the table and pulls the t-shirt out and smiles when he looks at it.
“Thanks Gill, that is great.”
We talked for a while longer before we both head off to work agreeing that he will just see me at my house after he finishes with the press after the game, I wouldn’t bother waiting around for him.
Monday, 20 April 2009
Chapter 12
Lorna and I carry out our morning meeting and I ask Lorna to join the girls and I for the shopping trip this afternoon and soon Mr Hammond arrives, suddenly my stomach is in knots and I am very nervous.
“Miss Robertson, I am going to cut straight to the point. I have reviewed the contract you have offered me as well as the information I have on Robertson Publishing as it stands and I would like to take you up on your offer. You will find everything signed and dated, you may start the ball rolling and release a press statement as soon as you wish.”
“Thank you Mr Hammond, I promise you won’t regret this.”
I took the paperwork and shook Mr Hammonds hand before he turned and left the office.
My phone rang almost immediately signalling that Lorna had someone on the line for me.
“Hey Lor”
“Gill, I have Ray Shero from the Penguins on the phone for you.”
“Shit, did he say what he wanted? I hope TK is ok.” I answer sounding panicked.
“He would not say Gill, sorry. Do you want to talk to him?”
“Yeah put him through.”
I heard the click on the line signalling that the call had been transferred.
“Good morning, Gill Robertson speaking, how can I help?”
“Miss Robertson, my name is Ray Shero, General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Do you have a moment to talk?” He asks politely.
“Yes, is everything ok? Has something happened to Tyler?” My voice still full of panic.
He laughs as he hears my worries over Tyler. “As far as I am aware TK is fine.
“I would like to discuss a different matter with you. A source of mine tells me that you are a qualified kung fu instructor and I wondered if you would be interested in doing some training with the team.”
“Can I ask how you found out about that?” I ask with a slight annoyed tone.
I have never mentioned to anyone since I came here about kung fu, not even Lorna.
“My source will remain unnamed, you will find out when the time is right. We will of course pay you for your services of course. The coaches and I were thinking that maybe you could spend 2 hours with them 3 times a week, the days changing depending on when the games are played and road trips etc. and obviously we will take your work into account too, I imagine you are a very busy woman.”
“Erm yeah you could say that…
“You have caught me off guard and lucky for you and I ‘m also in a very good mood today, I have just received some good news so I will agree to do this for you.”
We discussed details of what he wanted to do, what I would be paid and that I would not tell Tyler. For some reason it was to be kept a secret from everyone until we started our first lesson which has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon before the guys leave for Toronto.
I phoned the PR department and asked them to arrange a press conference for as quickly as possible so that I could tell the world about the takeover and they quickly called me back saying that the press would be here in half an hour to start at 1130.
I decided to phone Tyler before hand.
“Hey hunny is everything ok?” He answered slightly panicked.
“Yeah, I just wanted to tell you some news before you found out some where else.”
“What is wrong Gill, you are making me worry.”
“You have nothing to worry about. Remember I told you I had an important meeting yesterday morning?”
“Yep”
“Well the meeting was with the owner and director of Headline Publishing, they are the second biggest publishing company in the world.”
“Ok, sounds exciting.”
“It is more than exciting. The thing is Tyler I had managed to find out that he was going to sell his company so I have managed to convince him to sell everything to me including all of his current contracts, as of this morning Headline Publishing has been bought over by Robertson Publishing. This is such a big deal and will hopefully make my company the number one publishing company in the world!!”
“I am so happy for you Gill, you deserve this, you have put so much work into the company.”
We finished up our conversation and I headed down to the conference room, all of the staff was there waiting in anticipation as to what could possibly have happened.
“Good morning ladies and gentleman, thank you for attending at such short notice.
“Early this morning Mr Hammond of Headline Publishing sold his company. As of that meeting Robertson Publishing began proceedings for a take over and the 2 companies are now one with myself still being sole owner and director. All Headline Contracts will continue as before…”
The conference continued for about an hour as I fielded question after question from the press when eventually the question I had been waiting for was asked.
“Will this company takeover have an affect your relationship with Tyler Kennedy?” I hear a voice come from the back of the room.
“My personal life and work life are completely separate. Tyler and I both have very busy work schedules but because we have a strong relationship this does not get in the way. We have only been together a short period of time so we would appreciate if you all could allow us to have our privacy and work on our relationship together. I am aware that we are both prominent faces in the public but we would still like to have a private relationship.”
The press conference eventually finished about half an hour later. I quickly went up to my office and phoned TK again to tell him about what I had said about him and I at the press conference and I phoned the accounts department to ask them to fax over my personal bank details to Ray Shero to enable him to pay me for the Kung Fu training.
“Miss Robertson, I am going to cut straight to the point. I have reviewed the contract you have offered me as well as the information I have on Robertson Publishing as it stands and I would like to take you up on your offer. You will find everything signed and dated, you may start the ball rolling and release a press statement as soon as you wish.”
“Thank you Mr Hammond, I promise you won’t regret this.”
I took the paperwork and shook Mr Hammonds hand before he turned and left the office.
My phone rang almost immediately signalling that Lorna had someone on the line for me.
“Hey Lor”
“Gill, I have Ray Shero from the Penguins on the phone for you.”
“Shit, did he say what he wanted? I hope TK is ok.” I answer sounding panicked.
“He would not say Gill, sorry. Do you want to talk to him?”
“Yeah put him through.”
I heard the click on the line signalling that the call had been transferred.
“Good morning, Gill Robertson speaking, how can I help?”
“Miss Robertson, my name is Ray Shero, General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Do you have a moment to talk?” He asks politely.
“Yes, is everything ok? Has something happened to Tyler?” My voice still full of panic.
He laughs as he hears my worries over Tyler. “As far as I am aware TK is fine.
“I would like to discuss a different matter with you. A source of mine tells me that you are a qualified kung fu instructor and I wondered if you would be interested in doing some training with the team.”
“Can I ask how you found out about that?” I ask with a slight annoyed tone.
I have never mentioned to anyone since I came here about kung fu, not even Lorna.
“My source will remain unnamed, you will find out when the time is right. We will of course pay you for your services of course. The coaches and I were thinking that maybe you could spend 2 hours with them 3 times a week, the days changing depending on when the games are played and road trips etc. and obviously we will take your work into account too, I imagine you are a very busy woman.”
“Erm yeah you could say that…
“You have caught me off guard and lucky for you and I ‘m also in a very good mood today, I have just received some good news so I will agree to do this for you.”
We discussed details of what he wanted to do, what I would be paid and that I would not tell Tyler. For some reason it was to be kept a secret from everyone until we started our first lesson which has been scheduled for Thursday afternoon before the guys leave for Toronto.
I phoned the PR department and asked them to arrange a press conference for as quickly as possible so that I could tell the world about the takeover and they quickly called me back saying that the press would be here in half an hour to start at 1130.
I decided to phone Tyler before hand.
“Hey hunny is everything ok?” He answered slightly panicked.
“Yeah, I just wanted to tell you some news before you found out some where else.”
“What is wrong Gill, you are making me worry.”
“You have nothing to worry about. Remember I told you I had an important meeting yesterday morning?”
“Yep”
“Well the meeting was with the owner and director of Headline Publishing, they are the second biggest publishing company in the world.”
“Ok, sounds exciting.”
“It is more than exciting. The thing is Tyler I had managed to find out that he was going to sell his company so I have managed to convince him to sell everything to me including all of his current contracts, as of this morning Headline Publishing has been bought over by Robertson Publishing. This is such a big deal and will hopefully make my company the number one publishing company in the world!!”
“I am so happy for you Gill, you deserve this, you have put so much work into the company.”
We finished up our conversation and I headed down to the conference room, all of the staff was there waiting in anticipation as to what could possibly have happened.
“Good morning ladies and gentleman, thank you for attending at such short notice.
“Early this morning Mr Hammond of Headline Publishing sold his company. As of that meeting Robertson Publishing began proceedings for a take over and the 2 companies are now one with myself still being sole owner and director. All Headline Contracts will continue as before…”
The conference continued for about an hour as I fielded question after question from the press when eventually the question I had been waiting for was asked.
“Will this company takeover have an affect your relationship with Tyler Kennedy?” I hear a voice come from the back of the room.
“My personal life and work life are completely separate. Tyler and I both have very busy work schedules but because we have a strong relationship this does not get in the way. We have only been together a short period of time so we would appreciate if you all could allow us to have our privacy and work on our relationship together. I am aware that we are both prominent faces in the public but we would still like to have a private relationship.”
The press conference eventually finished about half an hour later. I quickly went up to my office and phoned TK again to tell him about what I had said about him and I at the press conference and I phoned the accounts department to ask them to fax over my personal bank details to Ray Shero to enable him to pay me for the Kung Fu training.
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