I followed Will to a restaurant of his choosing. I was actually relieved when it was just a pizza joint. Nothing fancy or over the top. It was more of a mom and pop shop. I met him at the door, which he held open for me to go in first. I looked around. It must be seat yourself. So I picked a booth in the corner.“So you’re a booth person over a table person. I’ll remember that.” Will chipped in before sitting down across the table from me. Before I could get my first question in, a waitress came over to the table. “Will, is that you? I was expecting you and your dad tonight. Will he be joining?” “No Lucy. He’s working late tonight.” She looked over at me and gave a welcoming smile. “My name is Lucy and Will here and his father are two of my long standing customers. I usually see them every other week.” I looked at Will as he sheepishly smiled. “What can I get you to drink honey?” “I’ll just have water please and thank you.” She looks at Will. “Cola?” Will nods. “I’ll be right
I woke up extra early this morning in hope to get myself ready for my first day at RU. I made sure I put my necessary documents in my bag in order to not forget them. I also shoved a pair of my flats in my bag just in case I couldn’t handle my heels all day. I wasn’t sure how much walking around I would be doing. When I finally got to the gate and they verified me, I felt a whole new level of nervous. And with that came nausea. The last thing I wanted to do today was be the new girl hurling her guts out in the bathroom. I calmed myself down and walked through the spinning door again. Reality set in and I realized, this is my job. I work here. I was truly excited. I was a little early, so Anita wasn’t in the lobby yet. I looked around taking note of bathrooms and the signs in the building. It would take some time for me to figure out where everything was located. About 5 minutes pass before Anita walks in.“Hello Rebecca! Come with me.” As I followed her up the stairs I mentioned to he
It was finally Saturday morning. I was glad I didn’t have to get up straight out of bed. I had a few minutes to myself to think. At that second though, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to think about. Whether it was my pregnancy, how I started to develop some sort of feeling for Will (whom I’ve been spending a ton of time with this week), the joint fix that we desperately needed, or what I wanted to eat today. My hunger won out my other thoughts and I crawled out of bed. I mixed up some pancake batter and pulled out some bacon from the fridge. I’ve been craving salt all week so this was definitely my secret pleasure. Just as I was about to start frying the bacon I had a knock on my door. I walked over and peeped through the hole. It was Tim! I’ve been so busy this week at my new job… I forgot to tell him I had a new job! He was going to be upset AND jealous of me. Being an engineer, he was hoping to end up at RU. I opened the door… and to my surprise, Will was standing behind him. “You’v
I had an OB appointment this morning so I switched my work times up today. Tim was in the waiting room with me. It’s been over a month since I found out I was pregnant and today I was supposed to have my first ultrasound. I was super excited but nervous too. Tim must have seen my nerves kick in, so he put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me in. “I’m sure everything will be fine. No need to worry sis.” His words comforted me. Finally it was my turn and they called me back. Tim asked if I wanted him to go back with me, and the technologist whispered in my ear that I would have to remove my pants in the room. With that knowledge I quickly replied “No, I’ll be fine.” Back to my brother and also a quick thank you in a hushed tone to the technologist. She must have heard him call me his sis earlier. She set me up for the test and I got to watch the little screen. She told me what she was looking at because let’s be honest, I had no idea what the blobs were. She wasn’t able to tell
I could hear Will’s chair scrape against the floor as I ran out of the room. I didn’t think I’d make it running in my heels so I kicked them off on my way to the bathroom so hopefully I could make it there a little faster. Since it was so late, I was the only one in the women’s room. Thank God since I was hurling everything I just ate up. Which was DEFINITELY not pleasant. “Becca?” I heard Will say from outside the bathroom door. “Can I come in?” He was pretty much asking if anyone was in there. When he didn’t get a reply, he opened the door and let himself in. I was on my knees leaning on the toilet. “Oh Becca.” He sounded so sorry that this was happening to me. He crouched down and held my hair for me. I’m not sure if I was more mortified or comforted by his act of kindness. I finally thought I was fine. So I stood up and flushed the toilet. I couldn’t look Will in the eyes. I just went over to the sink and washed my face off. “If you stay here a minute, there’s a box in the su
Another month had passed and I was about to finish my first trimester of pregnancy. Part of me was super relieved and the other part was scared to death. I had to tell Jared… soon. Not to mention I was starting to see something of a bump on myself… against all my efforts. I was soon going to need a new wardrobe with slightly baggier clothes if I was going to keep my secret longer at work too.Work has been great. I been able to keep up and ahead of the previous office personnel working with this team. Not to mention that the (below the knee) leg prosthetic was finally built it didn’t take them long at all after Will and I worked on the ankle. They had actually started working on the above knee prosthetic too! It was absolutely amazing. Now they had to bring in the specialist to help out with the kind of sensors they wanted. He helped with Will’s arm years back so I’m guessing they trust that he knows what he’s doing. I know Will had mentioned different sensors for actually feeling tou
I had never been to Langley’s before since it was pretty fancy and definitely a new spot downtown. I rummaged through my closet to see if I had anything nice to wear. I pulled several dresses out and tried each one on in front of the mirror. The first one was way too short for business meal. The second.. well, I thought it showed to much boob. The third.. too much baby bump. I was frustrated. I dug back through my closet again to see if by some miracle I had missed something. I was praying I had SOMETHING since Will would be here in just over an hour. I got to the back of my closet and realized I had a few of my moms dresses tucked away. My mom always had amazing taste. She was just a size or two larger than what I had wore at the time and I put them away thinking maybe I’d have them taken in. But in reality, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to wear my mom’s dresses. I missed her so much. But this was a desperate time and desperate times call for desperate measures. I pulled the box out and
Will was silent most of the ride to the restaurant. But I could tell he wasn’t upset or mad or anything of that nature. It almost looked like he was.. happy? “I think she finally has feelings for me that she can’t deny.” Will thought to himself. He finally realized that she felt the same thing that he’s felt for her since the moment he met her. When they arrived at the restaurant, the valet took Will’s keys and parked his car in the parking garage while we rushed inside. We were just a tad late, but not too late where it would have been considered disrespectful. We took the elevator up to the top floor where Langley’s. The restaurant happened to be on the very top floor of this high rise. We stepped out of the elevator and the host immediately greeted us. Will him him that we were here to meet Dr. Laney. The host said to follow him and so we did. He was leading us to a corner table where we could see the city skyline from the windows on two sides of the table. It was absolutely brea