Sides The afternoon was torturous, he snapped at people, checked his phone, tried to compose the opening paragraph of the letter, muttered under his breath and then repeated the process. How? He knew Tony was keen on her but..... The way his heart twisted thinking of them together made him close his eyes. 'James?' He rubbed his. Forehead and looks up. It was Julie one of Tony's friends. 'What!' Oh that wasn't good she shied away from him. 'I, I , I wondered if Tony was around?' James could feel tears building behind his eyes, not at work this wasn't happening. 'Sorry Julie, long day. Tony has a new bird and the way he's been crowing all morning I think he's spending the afternoon with her.' He wondered what Julie would make of that. 'Ah yes of course, I remember how could I have forgotten' James stared at her, she knew! She had just come down here to poke fun at him. She turned and walked away, James waited and then walked off to the gents. He locked himself in the cubicle and sat down. Immediately the visions of her texting him came flooding back, he could feel the reaction was the same and he wiped a tear away. It was nearly time to go to the pub, James knew that in just a few hours he would have to face her, in front of his friends and pretend she was just his mate and nothing more. He wasn't even sure she was that anymore. His phone vibrated. It was a message from Emma. 'Friends?'