Trying to Score
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Why did Fallon think she wasn’t gonna have to deal with Lucas Brooks anymore?
Fallon should have known something was up when she passed Rob and he wouldn’t look her in the eye. Fallon stood in the middle of her office and was taken back to the day her dorm room was filled with post-it notes. Every surface of her office was filled and this time all of the notes said the reason why she should take Lucas back. Fallon moved behind her desk, seeing that all the ones that covered her computer screen were in Lucas’ handwriting.
We have fun.
Great sex, remember?
You make me laugh.
I’m always smiling when I see or think of you.
I love your smile.
I miss your face in my hand.
I miss you, all of you. Everything.
Fallon pressed her hands to her stomach, feeling like there were a million butterflies swirling around in there. How in the world did he know what to say? Why couldn’t he just leave her alone? Was he trying to drive her crazy? Fallon looked up at the screen again, reading the post-it note that was in bold writing in the middle of her screen.
I’m willing to talk about the problems and fix the problems that ended our relationship. Are you?
“Oh come on! You never liked to talk about emotional stuff!” Fallon screamed at the screen. Her door opened and Rob walked in with a post-it note hanging from his finger.
“He said to give you this one when you stopped screaming. Are you done?”
“Give me the f**king note Rob, ah! I’m so mad at you!” Fallon stood up, snatching the note from Rob’s hands.
Stop yelling and meet me for dinner tonight. Just me and you. Let’s make this work. I miss you.
Underneath was the time and place for where he wanted to eat. Fallon hands shook as she filled with worry and anger at the fact that Lucas wasn’t gonna give up.
Just like she knew he wouldn’t.
She looked up at Rob with nothing but fire in her eyes. Rob took a step back as Fallon crumbled up the note and threw in the trash. “I should fire you.”
“He didn’t come into the office, I did it all.”
Fallon eyes about bugged out of her head. “You did it! How dare you!”
“Whoa! I made 500 bucks and was guaranteed a job if you fired me! Don’t act like you wouldn’t have done it!”
“You went against what I asked for money? And I thought you loved me,” Fallon said, shaking her head. She was mad, but didn’t blame Rob. Hell, she would have put the post-it notes up for $500. Rob moved towards Fallon’s desk, leaning against it as he talked to her.
“I do love you Fallon, I just don’t get it. That dude is hot, and I mean you haven’t had a boyfriend in what? Not while I've known you.” Rob picked up the picture of Aiden and Audrey, smiling as he looked down at the picture. “Aiden needs a male fig- holy f**king shit, Aiden looks just like that guy! Holy shit, is Lucas his dad?”
Fallon’s face dropped down into her hands. How was it that she didn’t want anyone knowing about Lucas and Aiden, and now in a matter of days, two people did? Did Aiden really look that much like Lucas?
“Please don’t say anything Rob,” Fallon groaned as she started tearing post-its off her screen and putting them in a pile in front of her. She couldn’t throw them away, they were in Lucas’ handwriting. She loved his hand writing.
“Oh my God, he doesn’t know!?”
Fallon looked up. “Please, promise me, you won’t say anything.”
Rob blinked twice, total shock on his face. “I promise.”
“Thank you,” Fallon said, letting the breath she was holding out in a whoosh.
“Are you going to tell him?”
Tears welled up in Fallon’s eyes. She knew Lucas wasn’t gonna stop and if she was honest, she would say that she kind of didn’t want him to. She did miss him; everything he had put on the post-it notes on why he missed her were reasons she missed him. Everything was so simple when it came to them, it was so easy between them but then she had gone seven years hating what he did to her. Being mad at what he ruined, and hating that he never came after her.
Did he really not ever love her?
But he had to have, because if he didn’t then why was he trying to get her back now? Why did he wait seven years? What the hell was really going on!
And why was she again asking the same f**king questions!
Fallon looked up again, shrugging her shoulders in defeat. “I just don’t f**king know.”
“By the way, love the cussing,” Rob said with a laugh. Fallon smiled weakly as he went on, “Okay, well are you going to dinner with him tonight?”
“Absolutely not,” Fallon said because even if she did miss him, or even wanted to find out the answers to all her questions, until she told him about Aiden, she just couldn’t risk it.
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“Please don’t tell me she fired you,” Lucas said when he answered the call from Rob. He told Rob not to call unless he was being fired or worse, like Fallon went ape shit on him. Lucas was a little worried too, because he hadn’t heard from Fallon and was worried that maybe Rob didn’t do his job. Maybe that’s why he was calling.
“No she didn’t, but I thought you should know that she isn’t going to dinner with you tonight,” Rob said quickly and quietly.
“You are kidding me, right?” Lucas said in disbelief. He was sure that the plan would work! Two pads of post-it notes full of reasons he missed her and still wanted to be with her didn’t work? What the hell?
Why did Fallon think she wasn’t gonna have to deal with Lucas Brooks anymore?
Fallon should have known something was up when she passed Rob and he wouldn’t look her in the eye. Fallon stood in the middle of her office and was taken back to the day her dorm room was filled with post-it notes. Every surface of her office was filled and this time all of the notes said the reason why she should take Lucas back. Fallon moved behind her desk, seeing that all the ones that covered her computer screen were in Lucas’ handwriting.
We have fun.
Great sex, remember?
You make me laugh.
I’m always smiling when I see or think of you.
I love your smile.
I miss your face in my hand.
I miss you, all of you. Everything.
Fallon pressed her hands to her stomach, feeling like there were a million butterflies swirling around in there. How in the world did he know what to say? Why couldn’t he just leave her alone? Was he trying to drive her crazy? Fallon looked up at the screen again, reading the post-it note that was in bold writing in the middle of her screen.
I’m willing to talk about the problems and fix the problems that ended our relationship. Are you?
“Oh come on! You never liked to talk about emotional stuff!” Fallon screamed at the screen. Her door opened and Rob walked in with a post-it note hanging from his finger.
“He said to give you this one when you stopped screaming. Are you done?”
“Give me the f**king note Rob, ah! I’m so mad at you!” Fallon stood up, snatching the note from Rob’s hands.
Stop yelling and meet me for dinner tonight. Just me and you. Let’s make this work. I miss you.
Underneath was the time and place for where he wanted to eat. Fallon hands shook as she filled with worry and anger at the fact that Lucas wasn’t gonna give up.
Just like she knew he wouldn’t.
She looked up at Rob with nothing but fire in her eyes. Rob took a step back as Fallon crumbled up the note and threw in the trash. “I should fire you.”
“He didn’t come into the office, I did it all.”
Fallon eyes about bugged out of her head. “You did it! How dare you!”
“Whoa! I made 500 bucks and was guaranteed a job if you fired me! Don’t act like you wouldn’t have done it!”
“You went against what I asked for money? And I thought you loved me,” Fallon said, shaking her head. She was mad, but didn’t blame Rob. Hell, she would have put the post-it notes up for $500. Rob moved towards Fallon’s desk, leaning against it as he talked to her.
“I do love you Fallon, I just don’t get it. That dude is hot, and I mean you haven’t had a boyfriend in what? Not while I've known you.” Rob picked up the picture of Aiden and Audrey, smiling as he looked down at the picture. “Aiden needs a male fig- holy f**king shit, Aiden looks just like that guy! Holy shit, is Lucas his dad?”
Fallon’s face dropped down into her hands. How was it that she didn’t want anyone knowing about Lucas and Aiden, and now in a matter of days, two people did? Did Aiden really look that much like Lucas?
“Please don’t say anything Rob,” Fallon groaned as she started tearing post-its off her screen and putting them in a pile in front of her. She couldn’t throw them away, they were in Lucas’ handwriting. She loved his hand writing.
“Oh my God, he doesn’t know!?”
Fallon looked up. “Please, promise me, you won’t say anything.”
Rob blinked twice, total shock on his face. “I promise.”
“Thank you,” Fallon said, letting the breath she was holding out in a whoosh.
“Are you going to tell him?”
Tears welled up in Fallon’s eyes. She knew Lucas wasn’t gonna stop and if she was honest, she would say that she kind of didn’t want him to. She did miss him; everything he had put on the post-it notes on why he missed her were reasons she missed him. Everything was so simple when it came to them, it was so easy between them but then she had gone seven years hating what he did to her. Being mad at what he ruined, and hating that he never came after her.
Did he really not ever love her?
But he had to have, because if he didn’t then why was he trying to get her back now? Why did he wait seven years? What the hell was really going on!
And why was she again asking the same f**king questions!
Fallon looked up again, shrugging her shoulders in defeat. “I just don’t f**king know.”
“By the way, love the cussing,” Rob said with a laugh. Fallon smiled weakly as he went on, “Okay, well are you going to dinner with him tonight?”
“Absolutely not,” Fallon said because even if she did miss him, or even wanted to find out the answers to all her questions, until she told him about Aiden, she just couldn’t risk it.
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“Please don’t tell me she fired you,” Lucas said when he answered the call from Rob. He told Rob not to call unless he was being fired or worse, like Fallon went ape shit on him. Lucas was a little worried too, because he hadn’t heard from Fallon and was worried that maybe Rob didn’t do his job. Maybe that’s why he was calling.
“No she didn’t, but I thought you should know that she isn’t going to dinner with you tonight,” Rob said quickly and quietly.
“You are kidding me, right?” Lucas said in disbelief. He was sure that the plan would work! Two pads of post-it notes full of reasons he missed her and still wanted to be with her didn’t work? What the hell?
