A Tear Drop

Chapter 01

Clarissa's POV

“Clary?” Michelle called from the door, “it’s almost midnight, don’t you have any idea of going home?”

I looked up from my work, and saw my best friend at the door. “Just give me five minutes top, I just need to add the toppings to this article and then we can go home,” I said returning to my work.

 Michelle walked into my office and took the chair in front of me, resting her elbows on the table, “did Gabby call you?” she asked me.

“Yeah,” I replied without lifting my head, “she said she is coming back tomorrow.”

“Wasn’t she planning to stay for two weeks over there?”

Looking up from my work I smirked, “well, we’ll have to see what type of excuse she has come up with this time. Won’t we? She’ll have a quite an interesting story about Japan.”

Michelle laughed, “You can count on it. Can you remember the last time she had to go to China for that conference?” I giggled while nodding, “She was so sure that she got chicken flu and the next day she was back here, all good.”

I laughed out loud, “I don’t know how she managed to convince the board of directors to get her the return ticket.”

“LOL,” Michelle said laughing along with me. “By the way, did your brother call you?”

I suddenly stopped laughing, “He called me?”

“Yeah. He called me at around 7.30 and told me that he was trying to contact you since yesterday but he couldn’t. Since you were in the meeting the entire day today I couldn’t tell you.”

“Darn! I forgot to charge my phone since yesterday.” I plugged my phone to the laptop and switched it on. “s**t! There are ten missed calls from bro and five from….” my voice strained and suddenly sitting straight in my chair, “DANIEL!”

“Why? What’s up? What’s wrong with him?” Michelle asked with a panicked voice.

“I promised Daniel that I would go to the movies tonight with him. I am a dead meat.”

“You always say that when you forget a date with him but you know for a fact that he always brushes it off?” Michelle asked.

“Yeah, but I did the same thing for this whole week. What kind of a girlfriend am I?” I hung my head in disappointment. I feel so bad for him, I mean he is the sweetest, most loving guy I have ever met yet I am acting like jerk to him. Forgetting to go on dates. “Urgh!”

“Well I hate to admit it but, you ARE a sucky girlfriend,” Michelle said smirking while I gave her a blank face. Michelle laughed, “chillax my friend, you know that Daniel would never hate you for something like this, he knows you better than anyone else.”

I shook my head not convinced, “I am such a jerk!”

“That you are definitely!” A voice said from the door.

My head snapped up, “Daniel!” I croaked, “what…”

“Well, since you couldn’t come to me, I decided that I should come to you and so here I am.” Daniel said while walking up to my. 

He always gives me that cute smile of his when he is pulling my leg and that’s when I know that I am once again forgiven. He walked right around my table, turning my chair towards him, he pulled it to him and softly planted a kiss on my lips.

“I am really sorry Danny…”                                                                            

“Shhhh..”  And as always I was cut off by laying a finger on my lips, “it’s totally fine honey, besides,” he said straightening himself, “it seems like your best friend knows me more than you.”

Michelle looked at me with a triumphant look and gave me her famous I-told-you-so look. I simply rolled my eyes at her and pulled my tongue out.

“Finish up your work,” he said taking the chair next to Michelle, “I’ll drop you two home, and send your car home" he said to  Michelle.

I nodded my head and went back to my work.

“So, how is your new song coming up?”  Michelle asked turning to Daniel.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,” he groaned, “I wish that you would never asked.”

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“I wish it was as easy as it was said, but who knew that juggling two things at once was this hard? Unlike Clarry over here, we are best suited to do one thing at a time.” 

I looked up from my work and gave him a blank stare and returned to my work.

“What’s holding you so far?”  Michelle asked.

Daniel sighed, “it’s hard for me to juggle singing and the work at the sites.”

“I think you should decide on one thing, after all we aren’t like Clarry,” Michelle said looking at me.

“That’s what I have been trying to say to her but she is adamant. She wants me to do something which I love to do as well and she said that I don’t need to continue doing this, it’s true, and singing is not a profession for me. Probably after we get married I’ll stop singing.”

“So…” Michelle breathed in, “you two have at last given thought about marriage?”

I looked up from my work and starred quizzically at her. While Daniel cleared his throat loudly.

“You know what I mean right?” Michelle asked.

Daniel turned to her completely, while I laid my pen on the table carefully and brought my entwined hands to my chin and with an innocent look I asked, “and what may be the meaning behind that Michelle? Could you please enlighten me?”

Michelle gave a nervous laugh, “the… there’s nothing to enlighten you dude, I… I just said it, you know. I …… I mean you guys have been going out for almost four years and I ….. I thought that it was only natural that you guys would think of marriage.”

Daniel suddenly got up to his feet and walked towards me, “I think you are right Michelle.”

“Wh……aaaa… what do you mean Daniel?” I spluttered suddenly getting scared.

“Well I think it’s high time that we got married.”

“WHAT!” I stood up, “like right here? And are you like proposing to me right now, in my own office?”

“Why? What’s wrong with that? You know right that I have been waiting for so long for you so let’s get married this instance!”

“DUDE!” Michelle said, “Daniel, if you are trying to pull a joke this isn’t funny anymore.”

The entire office was in pin drop silence,  Michelle and I held our breath and looked at Daniel with utter shock. 

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Daniel started to suddenly guaff out. “I was just kidding,” he said in between his laughs.

“YOU!” I threw a marker at him.

“You arsehole!” Michelle shouted, “I thought I was been the third wheel over here and I felt so bad for a minute!”

“I am sorry, but the opportunity was too good to let it pass.” Daniel said laughing. 

I shook my head at him, my heart beating fast. For a moment I thought that he was being serious, but at the same time though how much I hate to admit it, I was sweating bullets, I wasn’t still ready for this at all. Though I know very well that I can’t run away from this for any longer. One day or the other he is going to turn up with a ring. Daniel's loud laugh brought me back to earth.

“You should have seen the look on your faces!”

“It wasn’t funny, you know that right?” Michelle muttered clearly annoyed, for her hopes had been shattered.

Ever since Daniel and I had started dating, it has been Michelle's and Gabby’s life time mission to get us hitched.

“Oh come on Michelle, you got to admit that it was funny!” Daniel was still trying to pull Michelle's leg. She was his favorite toy,  Michelle easily gets annoyed and hence she has become Daniel’s easiest prey.

“Jerk!” Michelle shot at him.

“Okay, okay!” I said taking the matter into my hand. “Let’s give it a rest shall we? I am done with my work as well and so let us get going.”

Michelle scowling at Daniel, “I’ll go and bring my bag,” walked out of the room to her office.

I sighed and stretched like a lazy cat. Today was a quite a hectic day for me. Since the month ending is around the corner, we have to start the next month publication, groaning I cracked my neck and rubbed it, while been totally oblivious to the fact that I am being closely watched. I stood up from my chair and that’s when I noticed Daniel’s keen stare at me. I gave him a smile and walked up to him.

“That dress looks sexy on you,” Daniel said while eyeing me up and down. “Is it one for your designs?”

I spun around for him to get a better look, while give him the smile that he always goes crazy for, “yeah, does it look good on me?”

He unconsciously rubbed his finger on his bottom lip, “mmmmm, I don’t know.. Perhaps if you come a bit closer I could tell you.”

I giddily walked towards him, knowing all along what he has in his mind. Smirking, he took my wrist and pulled me on to his lap. My breath hitched as I hit his chest and my eyes fluttered shut when he ran a hand down my face. He brought his face to my neck and inhaled sharply before kissing the behind of my ear; my weak point. He trailed kisses along my neck to the jaw and then slowly brought them to my lips, “damn sexy and smells edible.” My heart fluttered and stomach flared in heat. I couldn’t take it any longer, I put my hands around his neck and pulled him to close the small gap between our lips. 

No sooner our lips met Michelle decided to barge in.

“Get a room guys!” she exclaimed standing at the door. 

Daniel groaned in frustration, I giggled at his reaction and dragged him up. I grabbed my bag which was on the table and hooked an arm with him and walked to the door and hooked my other arm with Michelle and we trio walked to the entrance.