Sabrina is...OK? 12 Hours

Gemma and Sabrina came back to the conference room and looked… fine?

“Later,” Gemms said.

“It’s fine, I promise,” Sabrina agreed.

You blew out a breath, looking back and forth between them for a long moment before shrugging slightly. It’s not like you could make a big deal out of it in front of Eric. And if it was something that wasn’t office-appropriate they may want to wait even longer to tell you.

“So… looking forward to seeing home, Gamma?” Eric asked once they were sitting back down.

“What?” Gemma asked.

“Check your email,” you sighed.

Gemma did and rolled her eyes when she saw the HR email. “Whatever,” she said. “I don’t need to deal with shitty HR again until my next internship while I’m in law school, and that’ll still be too soon.”

She started running through her Last Day checklist while you, Eric and Sabrina kept working, then a half hour before noon she packed up her laptop and brought it up to the IT area to hand it back in. By the time she got back it was closing on lunch, and she sat down with a sigh.

“Well, I think that’s it,” she said.

You stood up, going to her and gesturing for her to join you, and you wrapped her up in a hug. “You did awesome, this summer,” you murmured. “And from one intern to another, you’re a great coworker.”

She chuckled, hugging you back, and said, “I’ll try not to be as good a coworker to my future ones, or else I’d be cheating on you.”

You snorted softly and chuckled. “OK, so maybe hold back a little of your awesomeness.”

There wasn’t a ceremony or a party. No going-away cake in the break room. You were interns, after all. Garrison did show up just before noon, however.

“Folks,” he said, nodding in greeting. He wasn’t the first person from the firm to come by that morning, but most were either on regular errands or poking their head in for a quick ‘It’s been great to have you here’ on the move.

“Sir,” Gemma said. You were all standing already, about to head out to grab lunch, and she approached Garrison and offered him her hand. “It’s been a great experience working for you.”

“It’s been a pleasure to have you here, Gemma,” Garrison said, clasping her hand firmly and giving it several pumps. “Like I said yesterday, if you do end up coming back to the States, reach out. I’d be happy to help with connecting you with other internship opportunities. And that goes for you three as well; you might have been the most… adventurously problematic group of interns we’ve ever had, but all four of you were excellent workers.”

“Thank you, sir,” you, Sabrina and Eric said.

“So, you’re all headed to lunch?” he asked.

“That was the plan,” Gemma said.

“Take an extra half hour,” Garrison said and pulled out his wallet. He handed you a credit card. “And the meal is on the firm. No **** though, alright?”

“Thank you, sir,” you nodded, pocketing the card.

“Gemma, it’s been great,” Garrison said, nodding and shaking her hand one more time. “Have a safe trip home.”

He left, and the four of you waited a moment before heading towards the elevators.

“Lunch on the company dime?” Eric chuckled. “I feel like we’re moving up in the world.”

“He’s been paying for our dinners for a while,” Sabrina pointed out.

“Yeah, but that’s like a reward for working late,” Eric said. “This is a pure bonus. Now, where are we going? Steakhouse?”

“We did steak last night,” Gemma said. “Can we do Mexican? I’m going to miss good Mexican food back home.”

The four of you found a decent Mexican place and stretched your lunch break to the limit before needing to call it and head back to the office. You, Eric and Sabrina still had to work for another week and a half, after all. Gemma, with her afternoon off, was going to do a little bit of last-minute souvenir shopping for her family before crashing back at Sabrina’s to wait for you to get home.

A couple of quick kisses that made Eric cough and blush a little and then you were headed back to the office. On your way in, Becks signalled for Sabrina to come talk to her, and you and Eric headed up. When Sabrina joined you in the conference room, now down two people from your original five, it felt… empty.

“Really, baby?” Sabrina murmured to you across the table, raising an eyebrow.

It took you a second to clue in - “Um, oh,” you said. “I just- I was worried and wanted to know if it happened here or outside.”

She pursed her lips in mild annoyance, then shook her head. “Nothing happened to me, so you can stop worrying, OK? We’ll talk about it tonight, I promise.”

“Alright,” you agreed.

“OK, but can I know what happened?” Eric asked. “Inquiring minds want to know.”

Sabrina rolled her eyes. “Great, I’m officially the only girl left on the team. This is gonna be awesome.”

“Would it cheer you up if I let you comment on my App messages?” Eric asked. “Because you were totally right about that chick yesterday. She was nuts. But I also smashed.”

Sabrina snorted loudly and shook her head. “Please tell me she didn’t get your personal info. And yes, it would, but I burned a ton of time this morning dealing with my thing so I should probably actually get work done.”

“She didn’t unless she’s psychic. We banged at her place,” Eric said. “Her roommate was pretty cute, though. Slipped me her number on my way out.”

“That is such a bad idea,” you sighed.

“Oh, come on,” Eric said. “How bad could it really be?”

“Lucy,” you said. “It could be Lucy-level of bad.”

He grimaced and hesitated, but then shrugged. “To be fair, that actually didn’t turn out that bad.”

Your palm firmly met your forehead.

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