Fiery by Bella Wright

Author:Bella Wright [Wright, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

7

Ellie

“Uh-huh.” I feverishly scribbled down my notes. Whilst trying to hold back my smile. amongst the chatter around the bar and the dance music. I was listening to Dan talk about his coworker.

“It’s cliche, but he’d do anything for his friends, us, his co-workers. He’s told us before we’re his family. And even though some of us have families of our own, we all consider him a brother.”

I felt myself going red, with pride for him? I don’t know. I knew that they wouldn’t say bad things about him. But such a glowing review, it felt like he was endorsing him not just for the article, but for me.

And boy, did I feel the benefit.

Dan tried to politely stifle a belch, and that's when I realized he seemed quite inebriated. Perhaps that was why he was running his mouth so much, overly complimenting Dan. I didn't mind. When I wrote his quote, I would cut out the slurred speech.

“He cares about his job, like, really cares. Beyond what some of us at the squad are capable of.”

“What do you mean?” I raise my eyebrow, wondering where this is going.

“Well we’ve been trying to get him to settle down for years, but he's never shown any interest in dating, he’s married to his job. He thinks it’s too dangerous for a fireman to have a family. One time, when he was a bit drunk, like I am now, excuse me...”

“It’s fine.” I smiled at him but felt it falter, a quiver in the right of my lip.

“Yea, one time, he says, that he couldn’t imagine the idea of a kid growing up without a dad. And leaving his wife alone to care for him. A real hero-complex if you ask me, but you can’t deny his concerns. “

I was scribbling his words, but my thoughts were going haywire. If that's what Andy thought, Then what was I?

“But then you came along.”

But then I came along. I looked up at Dan and wondered if he knew what sort of spiral his words had just put me in.

It wasn't his fault, he was just being honest, and trying to tell me about Andy.

Could I really take Andy away from his life? His dream job? If he felt that about his job, wasn’t I just getting in the way of things?

I smiled at Dan, trying to hide the tears welling up behind my eyes. “I think I’ve got a good quote. Thank you so much, Dan.”

“You’re welcome.’ he looked a little confused. He hadn’t quite understood what had just transpired. He probably would in the morning.

I sighed, and looked over to where I thought Andy had gone. I think if I saw him it would make sense. Maybe I could even talk about it, and ask him?

I squinted my eyes, looking around for him.

He said he was at the bar, so I looked over there, but I couldn’t see him at first. Only couples.

Then my heart sank to the floor. I realized he was in one of those couples.

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