Lunch

You are working harder than ever now at managing your other businesses and finishing off Natalie's work and your stomach began to rumble. You press a button that signals for Natalie to go into your office for something you need. There is no answer. You do it repeatedly and still no answer.

"Natalie..." you shout. And no one comes.

"Nat...?" You say one more time and then it hits you. You told her to have the rest of the day off. Shit. You look down at your multiple screens and see that you have enough time to go grab your own lunch so you get up off of your ass and head towards the elevator. You go down to the bottom floor and head out through the doors.

"Are you coming back Mr Doe?" Says your door man.

"Yeah I'll be back in a few minutes. And for god sakes Geoffrey call me John" you say as you head out.

"My deepest apologies John" he says in his posh London accent. You are both actually from the same area in London until you moved to the U.S for "the American dream" which paid off really well.

You cross the street and walk a few blocks until you reach a nice take away shop. You are standing there in your suit and see everyone else who is lounging around. You stand in line and the person in front of you looks very familiar. She has long, brown flaxen hair. She is around 5ft 5 so she is not your assistant. She is wearing a tight blue cardigan with a tight black skirt underneath. You take a closer look at her face and remember her.

"Abby!" You shout grabbing everyone's attention. She looks back at you and looks confused at first. It takes her a while until she clicks in. You are able to tell by the sudden change of her facial expression.

"John!" She also shouts now grabbing everyone's attention again.

"... sorry..." she says to the crowd of people. You can't believe it's her. Abby was a very good friend of yours in high school but you two went to different colleges back in England. You can't believe that it is actually her.

"Wow. Look at you!" You say admiring her small, tight body. "You look beautiful" you add on and you mean it. She poses for you and you both begin laughing.

"Like you can talk. Can I?" She says looking at your biceps. You flex them for her and she touches them. She them mimics a burning action and pretends her finger is on fire causing you both to laugh. You both then make contact for a passionate hug and you hold her tightly.

"Who's this?" Asks a fairly over weight male person who then walks up to you and places his hand over Abbys shoulders. She now looks uncomfortable. You see this and now you are suspicious.

"Hi. I'm John Doe. I used to go to school with {Emily}" you say not wanting to anger the man.

"... alright... Charlie..." says the giant before he takes his arm off of Abby and walks back to a booth near the bar with 4 other males.

"... interesting..." you say whilst still staring at the man who is strutting away to his booth. This makes Abby giggle. You look at her and smile. You used to love the way she smiled and laughs and after all these years, you still do...

"He's my boyfriend..." she says now sounding displeased.

"You don't sound too happy about that. Is something wrong?" You say now being serious.

"Oh... don't worry about it..." she replies whilst not making eye contact. "Anyways, I have to go..." she says looking up at you and smiling.

"Alright." You say as you open your arms and she leans in for another passionate hug. The hug feels like it is lasting forever and you don't mind the feel of her warm body against yours.

"Abby!" Shouts the man and she obediently releases your body. She begins walking back to him. You realised that you want her to be a part of your life again so you grab her arm as she is walking and her shirt lifts revealing her forearm. Suddenly your heart drops. You see a large bruise on her arm. You look up at her in shock and realise something else. You reach up and roll her hair back to the side and see another bruise on the side of her face.

"Who did this?" You ask now sounding angry and she doesn't make eye contact. In a matter of seconds, your question is answered when the large man comes back.

"Listen. I don't know who you are but you are clearly making my girl uncomfortable!" He says.

"If you want to make her feel comfortable, keep your filthy fists away from her!" You reply now clenching your fist.

"What?!" He shouts as he releases her shoulder. His friends then stand up and begin walking to you.

"Come with me Abby..." you say as you begin to grab her hand and pull her with your other arm. However, she pulls back causing you to let got.

"Sorry John..." she says as she stays in place. You look at her shocked and you suddenly feel someone push you backward. Charlie now looks pissed and his friends are now behind him.

"Alright..." you say as you raise your hands in surrender. Charlie and his friends along with Abby. She then looks back at you and you mimic the call me sign. You then smile and wink at her and she smiles back. You then see her look down at your company card that has your company number which you slipped into her hand when you grabbed her arm. You then smile and head back to your building.