"Hello?" Pt. 1

May 4th 2016

Unedited update. Enjoy!

Oh, and Happy Star Wars Day! 

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"Sophie, what the hell am I reading?"

"Um, I'm not sure, but I know I'm not reading your mind."

"Sophie, be serious."

"Ok. I still have no idea what you're reading, though."

"The article, Sophie. I'm reading your fucking article."

"Why are you shouty swearing at me?"

"Why?! Let me just read you part of your article."

"..."

"'Daniel Whitaker, the heir to the Dukedom of Kendal, would like you all to think of him as a charming, debonaire bachelor, beloved by many. That is, however, just a façade he's built up over the years. Hidden behind his layers of amiability, Daniel Whitaker is anything but the man he wants you to believe he is. Arrogant, challenging and stubborn, my time spent in his company did nothing to quash the hearsays that has been circulating about him in social circles for years.'"

"-Jasmine! Get your skinny arse in here. Right. NOW!- Daniel, I am so sorry, but that is not the version you should have received. -Jasmine! NOW!-  I assure you, heads will roll for this. Or rather, one particular head."

"I take it that this isn't the finalised version that will be printed?"

"Hell no! -Jasmine!- That version wasn't supposed to see the light of day."

"Did you mean everything you wrote?"

"No!"

"Not even this bit- 'Whenever Daniel walks into a room, all eyes turn to him, but not for the reason you think. While it's undeniable that the man is handsome- dark hair, green eyes, broad shoulders- it's not his looks that captures peoples' attention. Rather, it's his attitude; his cocksure stride and his mightier-than-thou air of arrogance.'"

"Ok, look... I'll level with you."

"I have no idea what that means."

"I'll be honest with you. When I wrote that, I was angry with you and I needed to vent. Granted, it wasn't the best idea I've ever had, but... yeah, at the time, I probably meant all that in a really skewed way."

"Comforting to know."

"But that's not what I really think. Daniel, I promise you, that's not my opinion of you."

"You meant it at the time."

"..."

"I did, however, really love this line- 'Abs as hard as marble and stubble that would give you bee stung lips without the need of a cosmetic surgeon, Daniel Whitaker does have some redeeming qualities about him, although they're all gratuitously superficial.' You like my abs and my beard then?"

"-Jasmine!- I swear I am going to kill this girl when I finally get a hold of her."

"Sophie, are you by any chance avoiding my question?"

"Yes."

"So you do like my abs and my beard!"

"Shut up."

"Even when you were angry with me, you still daydreamed about my body, huh?"

"Ok, let's get this straight. I do not daydream about you."