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Chapter 2: Day Eleven

Day eleven and counting down.

It was one more day closer to Christmas and Connor still had no idea if Abby even received the roses he had sent to Jess's flat.

The florist assured him several times over the red roses were delivered to the address he provided.

Connor had still heard nothing from Abby and had not even seen her at the ARC at all today.

He was certain she was avoiding him because of yesterday.

He couldn't help but wonder what she thought of when they were delivered.

Was she happy?

Angry still?

Crying tears of joy?

Taking good care of the roses?

Connor plopped down in front of his laptop at the kitchen bar. What could he do today? Something that had to send another message to her.

A message that said he was sorry.

Connor randomly clicked through several websites, hoping to find inspiration.

Nothing jumped up and said "Abby will love me!"

Connor let out a loud gust of air, before planting his head on the keyboard.

After receiving several loud beeps from his computer, expressing its own disapproval, Connor lifted his head and stared at the screen.

An ad on the side of the page caught his eye: Christmas e-cards.

"Well," He said aloud to himself. "Ya can't really go wrong with e-cards."

He clicked on the ad which took him to a website with a vast variety of holiday e-cards. There were e-cards for loved ones, for friends, for coworkers, practically anyone.

There were humorous cards, serious cards, mutual cards, themed cards, and adorable cards. Connor decided to go down the list and see what he liked and what he didn't.

Three hours later, Connor found himself smiling and wincing. Smiling because he had managed to find eleven e-cards that he quite liked. Wincing because his eyes were in need of a break; his stomach seconded the notion.

Connor was proud of himself that he managed to accomplish day eleven.

He was hoping that tomorrow would see the return of Abby and them repairing their relationship.

He could wait, but he was hoping that it wouldn't take him nearly two weeks to set things right with Abby.

Connor ordered some pizza and went to have a seat on the sofa.

He sighed.

He always spent Christmas with someone.

The past several years, he had spent Christmas with Abby.

Spending Christmas alone this year was not an option.

Jess was the first one in the door when she and Abby returned to the flat. Jess froze, dropping the keys to the floor in surprise.

"Oh my." She breathed.

"What's wrong?" Abby asked, stepping inside.

"It's beautiful." Jess managed, gesturing to all of the red roses spotting the flat.

"It's Connor." Abby spoke.

"There's a card." Jess noted as she walked over to it and picked it up.

"I don't even want to know what it says." Abby replied, setting her coat over one of the chairs.

Jess read the card and a hand flew up to her mouth.

"How romantic! I wish someone would do this for me." Jess exclaimed.

"Jess, this is not the way to repair a relationship." Abby interjected as she sat down to check her email.

"Twelve dozen roses for my Christmas Angel." Jess read the card.

Abby shook her head.

What was she to do with one-hundred and forty-four red roses? It wouldn't make the painful words go away.

Abby's eye went wide as she noticed eleven emails from Connor in her email.

All of them e-cards.

She reluctantly went through each e-card. The Christmas greetings seemed to get worse with each e-card clicked. Some offered warm, happy greetings for the season, while others were meant to be humorous. There was even a Star Wars Christmas e-card.

Abby ran her hands through her hair, exasperated.

First, twelve dozen roses.

Now, eleven Christmas e-cards?

Abby was mildly curious to find out Connor's next move; but decided it best to just try and wait him out until the New Year when she'd had time to think and reflect on their relationship.

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