"Is anyone hungry?" I ask

"I could eat, yeah let's go to check out" Maria says and Lena agrees.

We wait for Maria to get dressed again and head to the register. There is Lena's box that she decided not to buy.

"Ms Adams is that all for today?" Ashley from before asks, now standing behind the counter.

"Yes, did you pack my things?" Lena asks

"Here they are, how will you be paying? Cash or credit?" she says and puts two gucci bags on the counter next to the box from before. Guess she is buying something else today

"Card please" she says and takes out her card. It is black and looks like it is made out of some sort of metal. She gives the worker the card and puts in her pin. I look away in respect and wait for her. She takes her bags and steps aside for Maria to pay for hers. When they ask for Maria's card Lena is quick with her hands and she hands them her card again. Paying for Maria as well.

"One of these days I am going to kill you Lena Adams" Maria says putting her wallet into her bag.

"Oh, you wish you could" Lena says and turns to the counter again, finishing her purchase. She hands her the bag and we head out. On our way out Lena waves to the workers and says she'll come again soon. Who is this person?

"I'm in a mood for pizza" Lena says

"How about a salad?" Maria says

"I'll eat the salad, but I'll get the pizza too" Lena says laughing.

"How about you Scar?" Maria asks

"I could eat anything but a salad right now." I say and Lena smiles at that.

We find a place to eat and order our food. I ordered some chicken wings, Lena ordered a medium pizza and of course Maria ordered a kale salad. We sit there and chat until Lena gets a phone call. She excuses herself and leaves Maria and I alone.

"So how is she?" Maria asks sipping her lemonade

"How is who?" I ask

"Don't play dumb, Lena. How is she as an assistant?"

"She's good. She's more than good actually. She is great, always prepared and very patient. I never met anyone like her" I say looking at Maria

"And you never will. She is a one time thing. That girl is the kindest and most private person you'll ever meet."

"More closed off. I don't know anything about her Maria. I know the things that are in her CV and I know what I see. She doesn't talk about herself ever." I say

"Have you asked?" Maria asks

"Yes and a she just gets all cold on me and asks me if it has anything to do with work."

"Then you're not giving her the time to answer those questions. She is the strongest person I've ever met. All that trauma and hurt has made her that way. If you give her time she'll surprise you" Maria says

"If you say so Maria. You know I trust you on this one." she smiles at that

"Your necklace is gorgeous, when did you get it?" Maria asks looking at my neck.

"Oh, um it is Lena's actually. She put it on me because of my Rose."

"See, she's trying her best."

The food arrives and so does Lena. Her smile from before is now absent and worry is displayed on her face.

"Hey, is everything alright?" I ask her

"Yes, just some business call."

"Well tell those charity organizators that they can suck it! Every time you-

Maria stops mid sentence when she looks at me. She freezes and looks at Lena who's eyes are giving Maria A death stare.

"Whats going on? What kind of charity?" I ask.

"Oh It's just one of my uncles charity organizations had a problem so they called me to see if I could help" Lena says throwing daggers at Maria.

"What kind of charity organization, maybe I could help." I say.

"It's the Adams family organization" Maria says

"I've heard of them! Chris mentioned once he worked with them. I wanted to as well but then that tragedy occurred and I never reached out to them." I say

Lena gets quiet and I can see I struck a nerve. Me and my big mouth. Of course I struck a nerve, they were probably relatives somehow. She shakes it off and starts eating her pizza. I stay quiet and I munch on my food as well.

"Did you buy anything Scarlett?" asks Maria

"Not really, I guess I just wasn't searching for anything in particular" I say. Honestly I feel bad for not buying that bag. But I know it was too much.

"Well I bought myself some new boots." Lena says

"Didn't you say you were going to get yourself some tops today?"

"You know how I am Maria, when I find something I can't leave it behind."

"No wonder your closet is massive." I add. She smiles at that and continues eating. Maria finished her food and so did I. Lena is about to finish her last slice. I take out my card and call the waiter over. I hand him my card and he goes in the back.

"Lunch is on me" I say smiling

"Thank you Scar, you shouldn't have."

"It's the least I could do."

We get up and walk around for a bit again. We chat and comment on a few things and I can't help but to laugh at some of Lena's comments. Who thought she could be this fun to be around. We stop by sephora because Maria said she needed to buy some mascara. We follow suit and Lena wanders off again. She goes to the perfume bottles. I chose to follow Maria this time. I don't want to bother Lena again. She is obviously restricted with me. Which gives me the idea that she isn't completely comfortable with me.

I help Maria choose two different types of mascara. We walk by the outset shelf and Maria takes our anti aging eye cream and puts it in her basket. I looks at her with a huge smile on my face.

"What? I'm going to run out soon." she says and giggles

We look through the store and we can't seem to find Lena.

"Now where on earth did that girl wander off" Maria says dialing her phone number. We hear her phone ringing in the direction of perfumes. When we come closer we see her crouching down looking at two bottles in her hand.

"Why didn't you pick up when I called" Maria asks like a mother

"I was busy" Lena says

"Come on, lets go to check out." I say

"Which one should I choose?" She says holding the two bottles up

"Don't you have like a hundred different kinds of perfume at home?" Maria says

"Yeah, you're right I'll leave them" she says like a little kid that just got told no to buy skittles. It was to different than her normal behaviour.

We walk around a bit more until we see paparazzi getting closer to us. Lena grabs my hand and turns us to the opposite direction. She hurries down a flight of stairs while still holding my hand. We go down another flight of stairs and enter an elevator.

"phew that was close" Maria says leaning on the elevator door.

We end up in the parking lot. Lena stands in the middle looking for a sign to tell us which level we are at.

"We need to go one floor down"

Maria and I look at each other confused.

"You got that out of fucking concrete and letters?" Maria says

Lena just laughs and shrugs her shoulder. Is there something this woman can't do? We arrive on another floor and follow with Lena as our guide. We end up right in front of her Audi. We got back in a different direction.

The drive back to her place is fairly quiet. We drop Maria at her house and step out of the car to say goodbye. I kiss her cheek again and thank her for the company. I really missed her. Lena comes close to her and hugs her. That leaves me in shock but thankfully it doesn't last too long. We get back into the car and she plays her music again. Drumming to the song on her steering wheel. If I could take a picture I would right now.

"I called the repairmen, the'll install a new window in your bedroom on Monday." she says pulling up to her place

"Thank you. When did you manage to call them?"

"Today after getting ready. I pulled some strings." she says smiling at me.

She takes the bags out of the back seat and hands me the keys to the apartment. I go before her and unlock the door, holding it open for her.

"Thank you Ms." she says

We both go to our rooms to change. After 30 minutes of laying down in bed I check the time and see that it is already 6 pm. I step out of my room and knock on her door. She opens the door in just a towel around her body.

"Oh I'm sorry I can leave before you get dressed" I say turning around. If I look at her I think I'll show what an effect she has on me.

One time she arrived at my house in this blouse that had a v cut. A very deep v cut. Aside from that she wore a skirt which showed off her fenomenal looking legs. I could barely stay focused that day. I avoided her at all costs and gave her lots of paperwork.

"Hey, don't worry come in. Sit down while I get dressed."

I sit down on her bed and she goes into her closet. In a few minutes she comes out wearing a tank top with shorts. Her hair still in a towel. She takes off the towel and dries her hair with it for a bit. I sit and observe her as she walks through the room. She finally comes back and hands me one of the bags we she got today. I look at her confused and she gestures to it brushing her hair.

I take out a box out of the bag and put the bag aside. I take a deep breath and undo the ribbon that is on this box. I open it to find that same white gucci bag I wanted to buy. I take it out and observe with tears starting to form in my eyes.

"Oh Lena... this is too much" I say in tears. I'm not crying because she got it for me. No, I am crying because she noticed I liked it and put it back onto the shelf. She really payed attention to me.

"Don't tell me you don't like it" she says sitting down next to me.

"No, I love it. It's just-

"It is nothing. I wanted to get you something and I did. Is that so bad?" She asks

"No" she smiles at me and puts a hand to my thigh. I really want to hug her. More than anything in the world right now. But I also know that she would have hugged me already if she wanted to.

"How do you feel about making some chocolate cupcakes?" she asks getting up.

"Sure, I can't pass on that."

"Well then you're in for a treat. This is one of my secret recepies." she says as we walk out of her room.

"Do you want help"? I ask

"No you just sit there and be pretty" she comments.

I can feel my cheeks going hot by that remark. I'll stay quiet and not say anything bad. I sit down on the island and watch her go through her kitchen looking for ingredients. She doesn't even use a cook book or note book. She is just doing this by heart. How many times did she make them?

She puts her brown locks into a bun so she can stir the mixture finally. I turn on the oven and go back to mu seat. With the best view may I add. She puts the mixture into the molds and takes out a chocolate bar. After cutting bits of chocolate she sprinkles them on top and puts them into the oven. I get up to help her clean and she doesn't protest.

"How come you're so great at cooking?" I ask following Maria's advice to be more curious.

"I had a culinary class in my high school. After that I just tried new things" she says wiping the counter.

"Where did you go to high school?" I ask

"A stuck up religious private high school. You wouldn't know it."

"You went to a religious high school?"

"Scarred for life" she says and laughs taking out the muffins as she hears the times go off. I let go of the topic and sit down on the counter.

"Where did you go to high school?" she asks standing in front of me

"Here in New York. You wouldn't know it" I say teasing her because of her remark.

"Do you want to put icing on top of those or just eat them like that. I could make some fastly." She says looking at me.

"It's fine as they are. Don't worry about it." I tell her.

"Do you want to watch a movie? I could make popcorn." She says adverting her gaze from me.

"Sure, I'd like that" I tell her and we stand there just looking at each other. Soon enough our eyes get caught in a trance and I can't snap out of it. Her hazel eyes burn into me like a fire ball. I don't think she is aware of her effect on me. Her gaze goes down and she basically checks me out. Very slow and very intensely. I love the attention and when her hand reaches my thigh my whole body jolts. Wanting more than just a simple touch of her hand. She looks at my eyes again and gulps. Taking her hand away and moving to the pantry. I breathe out and calm my heartbeat before she steps out.

She puts the bag of popcorn into the microwave and sits on the island opposite of me.

"What kind of movie do you want to watch?" I ask her

"How about the newest Conjuring?" she asks

I hate horror movies. I am get scared very easily and that would not be the best idea. But if she likes it and if she is there maybe it won't be so bad.

"Ok, I can do that." I lie.

"Good, now do you want any more sweets or snacks. We'll have the popcorn and cupcakes. I have some crisps in the pantry and ice cream in the fridge."

"What kind of ice cream do you have?"

"Go and see for yourself. I'll get the popcorn." she says hopping off the island.

I go to her freezer and see that there is a lot of ice cream inside. She must really enjoy ice cream. I take out chocolate and vanilla.

"Where is the scooper so I can put it into bowls?" I ask

"Don't bother. Just take two spoons and carry them to the living room"