There were many ways this could go.
I could stand in compliance as he yells his heart out to me, for no reason, like I've done before.
Or, I could stand up to him, questioning his authority in front of all of his employees.
Either way, I was in for a lecture about my senseless actions. Sure, a publicist is supposed to speak for their clients, but not without speaking with them first.
When he finally was face to face with me, I took a deep breath, forgetting to breathe out from my anxiety. He opened his mouth, and at that moment I was ready to receive any scolding I was in for.
"Is Yolanda in her office?" He asked flatly.
What?
--- June --- I hadn't been the same the rest of May. Sarah and Paul questioned me when I came back to my office after my breakdown. I told them I was fine, and that I just needed air. But in truth, I wasn't fine. I was actually far from fine. Sebastian had decided to use my own sister against me. For what? To make a point? To show me what happens when someone rejects him? It didn't make sense to me. Nothing did, really. Ever since I met him my life took a complete turn for the worst, yet I didn't have the lack of pride to give up. It was something I refused to do, and a quality I both loved and loathed about myself. Towards the end of May, Sebastian and Samantha were in every tabloid in the freaking U.S., the information by my hand. They went out that Friday, but Samantha t
It was Sunday. And usually on Sunday's I would be at home, watching TV and drinking beer, but this Sunday I was stuck in my office, talking to business executives I didn't even like. It was the first of June, which meant It was one month closer to it being December, the month I could sign over rights. It had only been two months and I couldn't take this company much longer. Sure, money was pouring in from left to right, and I was in every magazine I could think of, TIME being in a couple of weeks, but it wasn't worth it. None of this was. I turned off my computer and sighed. I had a bunch of proposals I had to look over and I didn't give a fuck about any of them. Hell, the company could go down and I wouldn't care much, but it isn't up to me what I care about at this point.
--October-- I sat in my office, slightly shivering from the cold that surrounded me. Maintenance was supposed to come and fix the heater but frankly, they underestimated the L.A. Weather system, and thought that it was going to still be warm during this time of the year. They were wrong. I looked towards the calendar on my wall, counting down the days to Scotland. My father and I didn't talk about it in front of Francesca and or Samantha, considering that they sort of knew that we were planning on going, but didn't know that it was definite. They would be on their way to Italy, while we would be on our way to Scotland, so it worked out for everybody. Hopefully. I noticed small red writing on the thirty first. I recognized
The next day, I had a hard time focusing on my work, considering the information Samantha told me the night before. I couldn't even enjoy the rest of Mean Girls night, thinking about what Sebastian said. My heart raced every time I tried to picture it myself. I told Sarah that morning and she couldn't stop laughing. "My God, that's the funniest shit, I can only imagine what his face was like when he said that!" I sighed "Yeah, me too." "You know what this means right? It's definite he still has strong feelings for you, and your sister isn't going to take that lightly." I nodded "I know. I'm just trying to avoid both of them for as long as I can, I don't think I can look Sebastia
That night, I stayed in with Beth, eating Chinese while we watched the rest of Breaking Bad on Netflix. I somehow couldn't get Sebastian's birthday out of my mind. "Can Jesse just marry me?" Beth said, sighing longingly. I didn't respond with my usual smart remark as usual. Beth noticed the tenses in my attitude and decided to question it. "Alright, what's wrong?" She asked, popping a piece of orange chicken into her mouth. "Nothing." "Is it about Sebastian's birthday?" I looked at her in shock "How did you know?" She paused the episode "I actually didn't, I just guessed."
"You know how hard it's going to be to get all of these out of my dreads?" Kai complained, as Beth tried to wash the mud out of each individual one. Sarah rolled her eyes, playing with the small hand towels In our bathroom "Well, you volunteered." "Yeah, except I didn't know the dude was going to have a deadly dog back there." "Well, it was only a German Shepard. He was so cute, too." Beth puckered her lips as she remembered the dog that would have mauled Kai, given the leash wasn't on him. Sarah looked at me "Anyway, that went much better than expected." I crossed my arms over my chest "Really?" "Yeah!"
The entire night I couldn't stop thinking about Sebastian. As Morello played drunk Twister with Sarah, making Lucas obviously jealous, I sat there, wearing my birthday hat in a deep train of thought. Beth plopped down on the couch next to me, snapping me out of my trance. "What's wrong! This is like, the best birthday ever, right?" She said over the intoxicated laughter. I nodded "It is. I just can't believe he did all of that for me. I mean, I met Benedict Cumberbatch todayandgot three pairs of designer shoes because of him. I'm still having a hard time believing it." Beth smiled "It's called caring about someone."
SEBASTIAN I missed her already. It had only been two days since Leslie left and it felt like a void was inside of me. I couldn't properly describe it, and I didn't know what the fuck was wrong with me. If she had only been gone for two days and I was like this, I couldn't imagine how I would last another two weeks. Let alone if I were to lose her for good. I shook the thought out of my head. The Board had called yet another pointless meeting that I didn't care about, to have a conference call with the Marketing Executives about new advertisement techniques. Yolanda was so dependable on everyone else it was ridiculous. She was like a fucking child. But, she got the job done in the end so it wouldn't feel r