The first day of work wasn’t all rosy because he hated to start anew but what choice did he have? Since he had to resume work almost immediately he knew it won’t take time for him to adapt, and the fact that he had worked with them a couple of times before, he took his bath early in the morning as he didn’t want to go to work on his first day late, it felt odd because even though this was it his first time working in Cal, it was still his first time as a full staff here.Jordan arrived at work only a few minutes past seven and there were already a lot of people in the building, he was used to this too because he has seen a lot when he comes here for a working visit, and he got a warm welcome from his new coworkers and that’s how his day started, he mixed working with his team in New York and found himself calling out their names a few times when he wanted to ask a question, but lunch he already had two meetings and a bunch of editing and redesigning to do, he didn’t even spend up to t
“Kat, you are blowing all these out of proportion, I am literally in California, that’s not even up to two hours airplane ride from New York, why are you acting as if I moved to another continent??? I didn’t! I am still in the US right?”He let out, he was tired and should be resting but she was talking as if they haven’t spoken in a long time.“You aren’t even going to listen? No? I am wasting my time with you?”“That’s not it, all I am saying is you should stop acting like this, I moved because I needed to, it’s not that deep, you know I was going through shits, I just couldn’t be in New York anymore, if you don’t understand my need to leave then I don’t know what to say to you,”He responded.“You are not getting the point, are you? You didn’t tell me, that’s the point, I am not mad because you left, I am not mad because you decided New York wasn’t for you anymore, I am mad because you didn’t tell me and I am supposed to be your friend, I fucking told Lucas he was a joker, called y
Jordan stared at his computer screen barely seeing anything, he was so lost in his thought that for a moment he didn’t remember where he was and just what he was doing, it’s been over two months since he moved here to California and even though he wasn’t in his best right now, he was actually doing better than he would have thought, leaving New York was the best decision for him, even though his parents have been pressing him to come back home for Christmas celebrations, he just wasn’t in the mood to celebrate especially not in a city that he did his best to forget about.The past two months here have been busy for him, he didn’t let his sadness weigh him down and unlike the office in New York, he didn’t get any pity stares here which help him a lot, the people here were friendly too and he was able to hang out with them a couple of time, not to mention he enjoyed working here.Of course, he still gets sad when his mind went to Liam, he hasn’t heard from him or his parents since he ca
“Don’t make me cry you, idiot, I am a hormonal woman,”Kat said in a dramatic way, Jordan rolled his eyes, hormonal or not Kat was the same sassy woman, and he didn’t want to be the reason for her to feel bad.“Yeah, like you didn’t start it, I love you too Kat, and would want to go back to our childhood too but I am happy with the way things are now, you are doing fine and that’s what I want,”He said with a smile.“Yeah, but you are not, and if you are not then I can be happy, I don’t want you to be alone for Christmas Jordan and I can’t be with you either, please go home,”She pleaded, it was true and it hurt, he has never spent Christmas alone.“Don’t worry about me Katrina, I am doing better than you think.”“Fine, I love you bye,”She said and hung up without letting his reply.“Yeah, such fake love,”He mouthed as he closed his eyes to sleep.The next two days went by in a flash and all he could think about was what Kat had told him, everyone at the office was either going home
Liam kept cursing at himself as he drove towards his parent's house on Christmas morning, he should have just remained in his house and spent Christmas on his own but he didn’t want his parents to feel alone on Christmas Day, even though they rarely get along all through the years, he made sure to get them presents for Christmas and he felt like not going would make them sad, their relationship was still tainted in a lot of ways but he had tried to build back what he had with them.He had called at their house two months ago and had a talk with them, they told him they didn’t love him any less but just felt they had to let him get what he wants for once, he told them he didn’t like that they shut him out and his mom had told him that it was how they felt each time he shut them out too, he had apologized to them and they were cool but they no longer taunt him with calls or their presence that he began to miss them and miss the times they were all over his business, when they had called
“Son, I didn’t know you would turn up, thought you wanted to spend the holidays on your own, good to see that you changed your mind,”His dad said coming to hug him, it didn’t take long as the friend also hugged him too.“Why is everyone so surprised?”He asked with a laugh even though he didn’t even feel like laughing, he wanted to ask who they were but figured it would be rude to so he had to wait till he was alone with his parents to ask, he didn’t need to wait long as the next person to enter the room gave him a clue as to who the other two people were, Jordan, the man who has been over him when he was still in the hospital came into the room, he was shocked to see him too as his eyes widened.Liam didn’t expect to see him here either, over the last two months, he had thought of him once in a while and had wondered where he was and what he was up to, he didn’t ask though.“Wow, you guys were going to have a party without me?”He asked turning to his mom and then his dad.“You were
Liam stared at the man in front of him, he wasn’t even smiling but Liam felt his heart race, maybe it was the alcohol in the cake he took, since he wasn’t a drinker, anything could make him tipsy, or probably the glass of wine he had before he started eating, whatever it was, it wasn’t doing him any good, he should have stayed away from anything that contained alcohol, or he should have not shown up here in the first place, but how was he supposed to know that the man would be here and that he will be affected by him? No way for him to have known that, why was he looking at him too, and with those longing eyes, it made it impossible for him to look away and everything else in the room faded away and it was just them, looking at each other with his heartbeat increasing by the seconds.“Liam, son? Are you okay? You look pale?”His mom asked, touching him and shaking him out of his trance, he broke eye contact with Jordan and looked at his mom, forcing a smile.“I am fine mom, you don’t
“That must have been nice?”He said after a while.“It was,”“So? Are you going to tell me why I haven’t been seeing you around? Yes, I know you work but you just don’t show up anymore,”He questioned.“Why are you suddenly curious about me Liam? You told me to fuck off your face, now that I did, why are you still asking questions?”He asked and Liam wondered why he was curious too, maybe because of the long talks he had with Mark which sometimes involves talks about Jordan too even though Mark tried as much as possible not to mention his name or changed the topic when he did speak about him, Liam had been tempted to ask him about Jordan but always stopped himself and told himself it was none of his business, maybe he should have asked.“I am just curious to know,”“Don’t be curious about me Liam, just be cold-hearted towards me like you were when you woke up from the coma, don’t try to be nice to me now, I don’t need it,”Jordan warned.“I am not being nice to you, what are you even