It started out like most any other Saturday morning. I was just heading over to a friends place so we could blow the day doing the usual nonsense two twenty-something guys do when they have too much spare time. Little did I know it would turn into the best day of my life.
First I guess this story needs a little set up. This happened a couple of years ago, back when the X-Files was still shot in Vancouver, which is where I lived then and now. I’ve never been a particularly big fan of the show but I’ve always been a fan of its’ lead actress, Gillian Anderson. For my money she’s as beautiful as any woman in the world and I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve spent many lonely nights fantasising about being in her arms. At the time I was twenty-one years old. I’m quite tall (about 6 foot 4), have dark brown hair and green eyes. I don’t work out much, but I’m not fat, just a touch pudgy. My last girlfriend always called me her “big cuddle bear”. I liked that.(Maybe I’ll tell you all about her sometime…) I’ve always been quite shy, especially around attractive members of the opposite sex. Unfortunately this left me single most of the time. But nonetheless there were always women around who were willing to make the first move so it wasn’t like I was suffering or anything like that. But enough about me, on to the good stuff.
At the time I still lived at my parents place, which was in a pretty decent neighbourhood in Vancouver. My friend Brad lived about fifteen minutes away and like most people on a short drive I probably wasn’t paying as much attention to the road as I should. There was a stack of CD’s on the passenger seat that I was taking to Brad’s place and as I turned around a corner I must have turned a bit too hard as the CD’s went tumbling forward.
“Shit!” I exclaimed. A couple of the CD cases had popped open and the disks had come out. As the disks were Brad’s not mine I was a bit concerned. I didn’t want to scratch up his disks as he was already pretty paranoid about who he’d lend them too. To this day I don’t know why, but I decided to try and pick up the disks without stopping the car. It could have been the single stupidest thing I’d done in my whole life, and believe me that’s quite an accomplishment. As I was fumbling around with the first disk I suddenly heard a sound that would change my life. Actually, it was two sounds. First, the sound of a car horn. Second, the sound of my car ramming into another vehicle. Actually, there was a third sound; my head hitting the passenger side dashboard.
I was a bit stunned, but otherwise I was alight. In a few seconds my vision cleared and I looked out the windshield, and what I saw distressed me greatly. Not only was my beater of a car wrecked, but I had just run head on into a very nice black car, a Lexus I think.
All I could think was “I bet some rich lawyer owns that car. He’ll probably take me to court for this.”
We were still in the middle of a residential area, not on some main drive so I was hoping no one had seen me run into this rather expensive vehicle and maybe this imaginary lawyer would have a hard time finding a witness.
Then the driver side door opened and the site before me stunned just as much as the accident I’d just been in. Out stepped a woman that bore an uncanny resemblance to Gilllian Anderson. She was wearing blue jeans and a grey sweatshirt, a far cry from the look she had on T.V. but as she walked toward my car there was no doubt, it was her.
She walked up to my driver side window, looked in and asked, “Are you alright?”
Her voice sounded genuinely concerned, not upset at all as I had expected. Now I found myself staring into the beautiful blue eyes of Gillian Anderson. After what probably felt a lot longer than it really was I managed to stammer out, “Y-Yeah I’m okay I think.” She must have thought I was still stunned from the accident but that wasn’t it. In fact I had almost forgot the accident had happened at all. My heart was going as fast as it could and I couldn’t believe this. Hey, worst case scenario I’d at least be able to tell all my friends that I rammed Gillian Anderson!
I opened up my car door and stepped out into the street, trying desperately to think of something to say. The best I could manage was, “Sorry about ramming into your car like that, I didn’t mean to do it . I was just driving to a friends place, you see and I dropped these CD’s and I was trying to pick them up and…” and I was babbling like an idiot.
“Hey, it’s alright, just try and relax a little”, she said, putting a hand on my left shoulder.
She could tell I knew who she was and that I was very nervous.
“Neither of us seems to be hurt and that’s what is important.”
“Y-Yeah”, I stammered back, “I guess your right. Still, sorry I was such an idiot.”
She smiled a little and said, “No big deal. Listen, both of our cars still look in good enough shape to drive. Why don’t we take this mess out of the middle of the road and over to my place where we can talk about it?”
“Your place?” I probably sounded a little more excited than I should have, but she didn’t seem to notice or care.
“Yeah, I’ve got a nice little place around here. I use it when I’m in town. I guess we should formally introduce ourselves. I’m Gillian.”
“I know!” She smiled again, a little wider this time. God she was even prettier in person. “My name’s Michael.”
“Well all things considered it’s good to meet you Michael”, she said and extended her hand. I shook it delicately. Her skin was unbelievably soft.
“Okay”, she said, “Get in your car and follow me.”
We only had to drive about a mile to get to her place. It was just a standard townhouse, blended in against an array of endless townhouses. Very inconspicuous, perfect for trying to stay out of the way of unwanted attention from fans and media. It wasn’t at all unlike my own home, at least from the outside.
She pulled into the driveway and I pulled in behind her. We both got out of what was left of our cars.
“Please come inside Michael.”
Who was I to argue with Gillian Anderson? As we walked up the steps to her house I couldn’t help taking a peek at her ass in those tight blue jeans. It looked pretty damn fantastic from where I was standing. She unlocked the door, turned to me and said, “We can make any phone calls we have to here. A lot better than in the middle of the street don’t you think?”