That night, Jill lay in bed for the longest time not being
able to fall asleep. She had come back to New York with a plan, which consisted
of getting a job, finding a place to live and finally working on her memoir.
But instead, the plane wasn’t even twenty minutes off the ground when she met
Robbie, landing herself a job before she even got off the plane. She had to
keep her life on track. Meeting Robbie derailed her original plan. Renting the
cottage from Robbie made the transition to New York much smoother. But falling
for him was the last thing on her list.
~
“Good morning,” Jill sang, walking into Robbie’s kitchen.
“Hey. You’re just in time. I squeezed some fresh orange
juice, made a batch of corn muffins with pieces of corn in them and freshly
ground coffee.”
“Wow. I didn’t realize you were domestic too.”
“I’m not. Would you believe that I’m just trying to impress
you?” he asked, his cheeks growing rosy.
“Yes.” She giggled.
“And no, you don’t have to do that. I usually don’t eat breakfast and if
I do, it’s dry cereal out of a coffee mug.”
“That’s going to have to change. We’re going to be working
long hours on the sitcom. Since
you’re the head writer, you can do most of the writing out here, but once a
week we have to meet at the studio for an meeting with the staff and the
actors.” Robbie placed a glass of
orange juice and a dish with an extra large corn muffin in front of her. Next he brought the coffee and the
vanilla creamer.
“Thank you, Robbie. I’m not used to being served.”
“I thought we’d get an early jump on shopping this morning.
I’d like to spend the afternoon going over and tweaking the script. I’m hoping
to have the script ready to go so we can have a meeting on Thursday morning.”
“When will we start shooting?” she asked, eating a piece of
muffin.
“The executive producer wants to have at least the first six
episodes ready to go. He feels that will give us enough leeway to get to know
the characters and see where they bring us.”
“That’s what we’d do on the soap. Sometimes one particular
character would just take over the story, opening up so many opportunities.”
“Since the show has two stories running parallel to one another,
we have to make sure the characters and scenes are in synch. You are going to
love the two other writers on staff.”
“I usually get along with everyone. I’m always open to any
constructive criticism that will make the plot stronger. I believe in team
work.”
Robbie nodded. He finished this breakfast and brought his
dishes to the sink. Jill felt he was a little off this morning. Robbie wasn’t
his usual cheerful self. He seemed somewhat withdrawn as if something lay
heavily on his shoulder. Should she say something? Or just ignore
his solemn mood.
Going with her instincts she stood, brought her dishes to
the sink and turned the water on to wash them.
“You don’t have to do them.”
“Not a problem. It will just take me a few minutes. Why
don’t you pour yourself another cup of coffee?”
Jill quickly cleaned the dishes and muffin pan in the sink,
placing them into the drain board. She’d leave the dishes for him to put
away. When she finished, she
turned around to watch Robbie pacing back and forth in front of the kitchen
island.
“Robbie, what’s wrong? Did I do and say something to make
you seem so out of sorts?”
“No. You didn’t do anything. I just have something important
on my mind.”
“Do you want to talk about it?”
Robbie stopped pacing and walked within inches of Jill. “I
think I would. There’s just something that’s driving me crazy that I have to
get off my chest.”
“Tell me?”
Robbie moved her hair off her face, leaned into her and
kissed her lips. Against her better judgment, she went with heart, wrapping her
arms around his neck, responding to his kiss.
The ink isn’t even
dried on my divorce papers. But this time it felt real…not good.
He is so dear. I love how he feeds her well and how he worries over making the right move. Great excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be getting along so well, but I have a feeling something's going to derail them soon.
ReplyDeletework romance, it can be extraordinary or horribly painful. I'm intrigued to see where this one goes.
ReplyDeleteAll right! Now they're taking this to the next level. Looking forward to watching things heat up.
ReplyDeleteLoving how this is going so far!
ReplyDeleteThings are moving along. But is that a good thing? Or?? Nice snippet!
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