Never That Far

12 | The Skydeck

Chapter Twelve

The Skydeck

"Chels, I need to talk to you." I said into the receiver of my phone. This had been one crazy weekend and sometimes I regret saying yes to everyone. I need to learn how to say no.

"Sure. Let's go for lunch. I can get us into the Skydeck." She said.

"Let's do this." I said with a smile. The Skydeck was one of my favorite places to eat in the city.

"Great! Grab your purse and meet me at my desk in five." She commanded.

"Yes ma'am." I saluted her as I finished up the rest of my charting.

I hung up the phone and grabbed my purse as I walked out of my office. I locked the door and continued down the hall. I heard my name being call and I looked back angrily.

"What do you want?" I snapped. He caught up to me but I just kept on walking. This guy, honestly. It's been way too long and I have forgotten about it. Chelsy and I have decided to hold off on going to the director. Chris had never been like this before.

"To apologize." Chris said.

"Apologize?! You're lucky i'm not going to the direction about this because--"

"I already did that." He said quickly and tucked his hands into his pockets.

"What?" I blinked in surprise. He turned himself in. Who does that?

"I have a problem, and i'm going to get help for it." He admitted to me. It takes a strong person to realize when they need help. I'm just sad that I had to go through all of that for him to realize something was wrong.

"Oh, well, that's good for you. Who are they replacing you with?" I asked curiously, not wanting to even approach that topic.

"Garrett Walters. He's a transfer from Indiana. They're bringing him up temporarily." He said and I nodded.

"Well, I have to get going. Good luck with everything, Chris."

"Take care, Laur."

At Lunch...

Chelsy and I were walking up to the Skydeck only to see a gigantic line. There's not a chance in hell that we're getting in. I knew this place was crazy popular but Chelsy always has her connections.

"Should we turn back now?" I asked jokingly, however I knew our lunch would not cover this long wait.

"Please. We get to skip the line." She said with a smile and a wink. "Don!"

A short, chubby man in black pants and a black shirt that had the word SECURITY in yellow on the front appeared.

He smiled a big smile and waved feebly. "Oh hello, Chelsy. I'm glad you stopped by. I had my table all made for you guys." He nodded towards me. "I'm Donald Anderson. Nice to meet you."

"The pleasure is all mine." I said with a smile.

"She's so polite. Why did she want to be friends with you again?" He joked. "I'm just kidding. Here are your passes to get in." He said and handed us two lanyards with VIP on them. "Now follow me."

We were walking behind Don, and I was holding onto Chelsy while watching people in line. There had to be about 120 people there. I felt bad for cutting the line, but I guess today we were special.

"Hey, isn't that Axel?" Chelsy asked and nodded.

"Yeah, that's him." He was standing by Anthony, Darcy, and Sam. Guess he had forgotten all about me, because he didn't call me all this week. Maybe I was just a phase... "I'll tell you about it inside." I said as we were nearing them.