♡Dove♡

"... And we just got along that easily... Skipping the fact that I had to wash his suit" I said to Paisley.

It was Thursday night, when we fill each other in on all the tea that's been going on in our lives.

"I don't really like the guy" she said and poked a broccoli with her fork. She was still on her 'diet'.

"What? Why not?!"

"I just... Don't like him."

"You shouldn't just judge someone." I said adding a bit of attitude impulsively. She turned to me with a gasp.

"You see where I'm going? In a week he's got you wrapped around his fingers, you know how guys like him are."

"He isn't Bryan, Paisley!"

"I'm not saying he is but with my experience with guys-" I immediately interrupted.

"-Your experience with guys! You don't even know him! He's not like that!!" I got up.

"If that's how it's gonna be then fine! But don't say I didn't warn you!" She walked towards the bedroom and slammed the door shut.

I was genuinely pissed off and I know I overreacted. I didn't know what was wrong with me.

I walked towards the closed bedroom door to hear sobs resonate from inside.

Normally, I would be the one to apologize but this time I was really fuming.

I definitely didn't want to see her now so I lay on the couch and drifted to sleep.

~~~
The Next Day (Friday)...

I walked into the company still angry and everything surprisingly went smoothly.

Somehow, just seeing 'his' face made me soften.

It was time for Mr Gray's coffee and I went out to get it. He surprisingly didn't bump into me again.

"Here's your cappuccino, Mr Gray" I said, handing it to him while he turned to stare at me, confused.

"I don't drink that much coffee Ms Brown. Only three cups a week." He said and I retracted my hand.

Then I could take it. I was exhausted and needed some caffeine.

"Alright then, I'll have it", I moved to my desk but heard a chuckle behind me.

Dropping the coffee on my table, I picked up a file containing the assignments his old assistant had left undone.

Midway, I took a sip of the coffee and almost spit it out.

I had forgotten he didn't normally like it with sugar and me being a sweet tooth. I guess you could say the taste didn't go well with my taste buds.

I heard laughter resonate from opposite the office and I glared at the laughing man while he gave me a smile in return.

That smile.

The smile that made me blush.

Of course, I blushed. I didn't get it, was it so easy?

"I am definitely not drinking this." I said and got up to go throw it out when, like a lighting flash, he appeared next to me and bumped into me making the coffee still not only on him but on me too.

Paisley's white shirt! She's gonna kill me!

I scoffed at that thought.

"Miss Brown, I think you're making it a habit of spilling coffee on me" he said and I turned to him.

"You are making a habit of bumping into me while I'm holding your coffee. It's obviously on purpose Mr Gray. You should try to be a bit more subtle."

He laughed and I threw the cup in the bin.

"You'll need-" he said but got interrupted by his phone buzzing in his pocket. He cast a glance at me and stuffed his hands in his pocket to retrieve his phone.

After taking a glance at the ID, he turned away to answer it.

"Hello? Ivan, how are you back now?... Rogues... Borders... Guards... Sneaked in? Are they still in the-.... Yes... I'll head there right now" I couldn't grasp what he was saying but I minded my business.

He walked over to me, "I'm leaving early today Dove. You can leave if you want to, you're still getting your full pay, the envelope is on my table" and headed out the door, "good-bye."

I am definitely not missing this opportunity.

I grabbed the envelope, my bag and ran out to the elevator.

I guess he uses the private elevator since the VIP one was still unused.

~~~

I arrived right in front of Paisley's apartment and reached into my bag for the key.

"What the hell!? Oh God!! I forgot the keys!" I put my head on the wall in frustration.

"I could just call her... Nope!! Go back to the office? Definitely not!!" I said.

"Are you talking to yourself again?" I heard that obnoxious voice say and I turned to see him, Paisley's brother.

"Hey Steve, whatcha doing here?" If there's one thing I know about this dude, it's that he and Paisley never got along so he would never do a surprise visit.

Paisley had five siblings and she was second to the last leaving Steve the last position. Her mom scares me, she was like a cannon, she had even considered bringing another child in by adoption, cuz she was old and her ovaries had... I don't know, left? If it weren't for her dad who was tired of children, that place might have been a children's zoo by now.

I was scared for her, considering the eleven-year-old witch I lived with.

He was still in highschool last time I saw him but I'm guessing he's in college. He once had a crush on me and when he confessed, I called him a little dude.

With his pride, he flipped me off and I ruffled his hair.

Good times.

You could imagine how his face looked. Yeah, he was pursing his lips and glaring daggers at me.

"I'm here for my sister, obviously. But she isn't here, with Bryan?" He asked.

"They broke up."

"Not a surprise, the dude had been cheating on her for ages."

"You knew?"

"I'm a guy. I know when another guy is cheating on his girlfriend."

I turned to him with hands folded, "and you didn't tell her."

"Do we ever agree on anything? Why would she believe me?"

I switched the topic, "so you've graduated?"

He looked at me with dimmed lashes, "if I hadn't, how did I get into college?"

"I wasn't invited?"

"I didn't want you invited. You're a pain in the ass."

"Aren't you heading off? Or do you secretly just want to stay to chat with me?"

I'll use it to tease him for the rest of his life.

"Babe..." I heard someone say and a girl came over and hooked her arm around his.

"This your girlfriend?" I asked and he smirked.

"Not everyone is as single as you" he said and I laughed.

"I've got my eyes on someone."

"Pssh oh please, you haven't even gotten a first boyfriend."

I was about to reply when the girl shook his arm, "aren't you gonna introduce us?"

He smiled at her, "Regina, Vulture" he said to her and turned to me "Vulture, Regina."

I scoffed, "I am not a vulture! I'm Dove, his childhood crush" I giggled "and also his older sister's best friend"

I extended my hand for a shake and she grabbed it harshly and shook in return while snarling at me away from his eye-view.

Then she smiled, "Regina Jacobs, his girlfriend."

I retracted my hand while laughing, she thinks I'm gonna steal her boyfriend.

"How long have you two been together?" I asked.

"Two months now" he replied.

"Two months?"

"Yeah, I'm still in highschool, I was a freshman and he was a senior." she said.

"Oh... So why are you here?" I asked him.

"I thought I told you-"

"Oh yeah, yeah."

"Some family reunion shit that my mom planned out today, I'm supposed to pick her up."

"Or she's supposed to pick you up?" I asked chuckling.

"Get the hell away from me!!" I heard Paisley's voice and we all turned to see her trying to get her hand off someone's grip while stuck in the elevator.

"You're mine Paisley!!" He said.

I and Steve moved, wait... Practically ran to her and to see who this kidnapper was

A/N: who's the kidnapper? What happened with Lexus' pack? You'll have to read more to find out.

What do you think of Regina and Steve? Let me know.

Anyways, I've decided to post two to three chapters every week since I'm heading back to school.

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