The next couple of weeks have been a little hectic. Dominique threw herself into the wedding planning mode. She didn't know what brought on this sudden burst to work on it, but she did. She look up a couple of themes and Candy loved the red carpet theme; Dominique knew that would be easy to portray and she was a little excited about doing it. This was going to be a beautiful wedding; that is if it would happen. She was still content on getting involved with Jason. She just has been distracted lately, by Nik.
Nik. Nik. Nik. It seemed like her brain was focused on him 24 hours a day. The next morning after he spent the night, she woke up again his warm, safe embrace. She planted soft kisses on his lips, losing herself in the innocent gesture. He finally returned the kisses, with his own eager ones. They didn't have sex but just making out that morning was such a turn on. She didn't want to let him go and that confused her even more. When she was around him, her head went all loopy, so she purposely spent some time away from him. He called her a couple of times but she made sure not to stay on the phone long. Now was the perfect time for her to focus on Jason.
She was at the office, getting ready to see Mr. Lawson. She sighed to herself because as she was jotting down notes, her mind would go back and think about feeling Nik's arms around her and Nik's kiss, especially the ones that made butterflies flutter in her stomach and her head cloudy.
"Oh for goodness sakes, girl!" Dominique shouted dropping her head on the desk, "It's not that serious." She kept repeating in her head hoping it would catch up somewhere.
She needs to get control of herself, "Dr. Grant, Mr. Lawson is here to see you." She heard Nicole through the intercom.
"Send him in." Dominique said as she got herself together.
She would just have to put all thoughts of Nik out of her mind. It was no use to entertain any thoughts of them. The two of them didn't belong together, there was no way. They were two different people and not only that, they were heading in two different directions. Nik just needed to find him a nice little Italian girl. She swallowed hard trying to push the idea of Nik with another girl.
Mr. Lawson walked in with a goofy smile on his face and he looked a lot more relaxed. Well, seems like she wasn't the only one that had a good couple of days.
"Mr. Lawson, good to see you back." She smiled.
"Yea, how was your vacation?" he smiled taking a seat.
"It was good, but we are here to talk about you." She reminded.
"Oh well, I am good. I'm coming here to see if you do marriage counseling or can you recommend someone to me and my wife."
Dominique's mouth dropped, "So you have been talking to your wife?"
"Well that Nik fellow that was here, was right. I tried the ignoring thing and after three days, I came home and there was candle light dinner and my wife in sexy lingerie waiting for me. She fed me dinner and ran a bubble bath for me. You can guess what happened afterward." He said as a wide smile spread across his face, "We did that for a couple of nights straight, then we started talking and I realized how much I missed the way my wife use to be. I realized I was using Angel to replace her when all I wanted was my wife. We are pretty good now, but we thought we may need to talk to someone just to see where it went wrong so it doesn't happen again."
"You know I think that's an excellent idea and I am so proud of you. Have you talked to Angel since?"
"Just to apologize to her and I told her that things were going to change now. I just feel so much better doctor. Not just because of the sex but I feel like I have my loving wife back."
"Well, I'm glad. This is what I want you to do, talk it over with her, call my office and we can set an appointment for you both."
"Great, thank you so much and tell your friend I said thanks too. He must really know women."
"Actually I think he specializes in them." She walked him out to the door, shaking her head.
"Well, he was great. I will see you when Lillian and I agree on a time." He waved to Nicole just before jumping on the elevator.
"That was quick and he was very happy." Nicole smiled.
"Yea, he got his wife back. Anyway, how you do on your test?"
"Great, I got an A and I think I know what I want to major in." she smiled.
"I thought you were going to be a doctor?"
"Well, I want to be a specific type of doctor and I think I want to go into sports medicine. You know, helping athletes with injuries and things like that."
"I think that would be great, are you going to try for a local team?"
"Yea or work at the university, I'm not sure yet but that's what I want to do."
"I think that would be a great idea. I'm glad to hear that sweetie."
Nicole smiled uncomfortably and looked off, "Dominique, can I talk to you about something a little personal?" she said softly and Dominique couldn't help but smile.
"Sure, let's go in my office, these shoes hurt my feet." Nicole laughed as they both walked in her office, "What's on your mind?"
"Gale. I know what she did was wrong and I pretty much forgiven her for what she did to Jade. I know she thinks that she did what was best and I still love her. She wasn't always like this, she was a little happier. I just don't want to believe what happened between her and Patrick."
"Well from what I heard about them, they were a very serious couple. It can be horrible to break up with someone, especially when you were engaged."
"It makes no sense though; he was happy and wanted to marry her. He helped us so much when he was here. When I needed him, he was there and what we couldn't afford, he helped. Not to say it was all about the money but he was very sweet and funny. I just don't understand why you would put so much effort into a relationship when you are going to break up, especially when you ask them to marry you."
Dominique chuckled to herself, "I see you never been in a relationship before. Sometimes you put extra work into something for it to work. I don't know what was going on in his life. Did you guys?"
"He was pretty silent about his family. We knew his dad was this big time business man in Ireland and Patrick came down here for school. Other than that, he didn't go into too much detail."
"It could be something his family said too. I mean we may never know. I tried to talk to Gale about it but she just shrugged it off."
"Well, I was thinking about trying to find him just to get some answers. I think that's the least Gale deserves."
"I don't know if that is such a great idea only because we don't want to step on any toes. It could be a sensitive issue with her as we see."
"I know but now that Gale is going through her divorce, I want her to be happy with who she truly loves."
Dominique smiled at Nicole's hopeful eyes, "Nicole, you are too sweet. You really believe in love?" Dominique said looking at Nicole fidget and smile.
"Well I do watch my fair share of relationships with friends and family. I love the idea of love and its wonderful thing to experience even though it may hurt. I just hope I'm lucky enough to go through it. Have you ever been in love?"
"I have before. I had an occasion where I thought I was in love with this guy from college and he was my first. After awhile, he got on my nerves and I couldn't take it anymore. And then there is Jason; the first time I fell for him was when I was 12."
"It must be hard to plan his wedding." Dominique paused, "Good thing you have Nik." Dominique nearly swallowed her tongue at that last statement, "What? I don't have Nik. We are just friends."
