have you smiling like that.”
“I glanced over at Diamond and Cameron and he was right. Even in the best of times Michael never made my face light up the way Diamond’s was.
“I’m extremely happy in my relationship… thank you very much.”
“If that true, I’m happy for you.”
“What about you? Is your girlfriend happy with you?” Kirk paused for a moment and laughed.
“My girlfriend broke up with me about a year ago, so that would be a no.”
“Why did she break up with you?”
“She said I never made time for her. I kept saying I would but never did. Then one day I realized I never made time for her because I didn’t really enjoy being around her. But it was easier to stay with her because it wasn’t like she was keeping me from doing what I wanted to do. Eventually she got tired of it and bounced. I didn’t try to stop her because it was the best thing for both of us.”
“Interesting.”
“So if your man is making you happy, Blair, that’s a beautiful thing but if he’s not, maybe you should consider other options.”
“One of those options being you?”
“I don’t consider myself exactly a bad catch. But seriously, I don’t know what would happen between us. We might realize we can’t stand each other or we might fall in love, would it hurt to see?”
“Is everyone ready to order?” the waiter asked snapping all of us out of our conversations.
“Excuse me, I have to take this call. Diamond, order me whatever you get. I’ll be right back.” I walked towards the back of the restaurant trying to find a somewhat quiet location. “Hey, how are you?”
“I’m fine. Where are you?”
“I went to dinner with Diamond.”
“You didn’t tell me you were going out.”
“If you hadn’t hung up on me earlier I would have.”
“Blair, what you were talking about was irrelevant and I was tired of the bickering so I hung up.”
“Discussing my feelings and my career isn’t irrelevant.”
“What career, you don’t have one.”
“The career that I want to have.”
“Anyway, how long are you going to be out with your friend.”
“Her name is Diamond and I’m not sure.”
“Go home after dinner and I’ll see you later.”
“But…” before I could say another word I realized Michael had ended the call. I wanted to cry, throw my phone and scream but instead I walked back to the table. I noticed a few people getting autographs from Kirk and he graciously signed them. But no matter how nice he seemed to be, I kept feeling he was an asshole just like Michael and it would only be a matter of time before his true colors showed.
“Is everything ok?” Diamond asked when I sat back down.
“I’m fine,” I lied.
“I was telling Cameron and Kirk that the same way people were coming up to them asking for their autographs that soon people will be doing it to you.”
“Huh…what are you talking about?”
“I told you I was on it. My girl who did that event we all attended last night has agreed to do PR for you.”
“Are you serious?”
“Yep, I was going to tell you the good news later but you came back to the table with a look of death on your face and I wanted to make you smile.”
“I’ve been trying to get her to let me do the same thing,” When Kirk said that I couldn’t help but look at him with a smirk.
“You better snatch her up while you can because soon you’ll need an appointment just to get her on the phone.”
“So what is it that you do?”
“Don’t pay Diamond any attention,” I said, trying to brush Kirk off.
“She can’t be just making the shit up. What do you do?”
“Nothing really.”
“Ok, let me rephrase the question. What do you want to do that requires you to need a publicist?”
“I want a career as an actress so I’m hoping a publicist will get me the right exposure.”
“If that’s what you want then you should go for it.”
“You don’t think I sound stupid?”
“Why would I think that?”
“This is