"You've got to be kidding me!" Jackson threw his cell phone against the wall, and it shattered into a million pieces that bounced along the street. His hands fisted into his hair, and, completely frustrated with life, shouted out a resounding, "Fuck!"
"Anytime, darlin'," was the softly spoken reply, and Jackson spun around to see a black-haired beauty smiling at him. Her three inch heels made her seem taller than she was, and the faded denim jeans she wore were so old that the fabric molded against her supple curves like a second skin. In the shadow of night, her eye color was a mystery to him, yet her stare was burning into him like the sun on a hot summer's day.
She swaggered over to him, one foot placed directly in front of the other to create a maximum hip-swing. Her eyes traveled down his body in a way that had his blood boiling, meandered over the broken pieces of his broken cell phone, and then journeyed back up to meet his gaze. "Problems?"
"As a matter of fact, yes."
"Anything I can help you with, love?" As she spoke, she glanced back down to where he was slowly, yet steadily, creating a rather impressive tent with his jeans.
Suddenly his broken phone and his damn foolish ex-girlfriend were far from his mind. Instead of worrying about the thought of what his ex, Nanette, could manage to do to his nice, new truck when she went at it with that chilled bottle of wine they had been saving for their anniversary, Jackson saw a chance at something new and exciting. "Well, I've lost my ride, and my phone decided to fall apart at a most inconvenient of times."
The woman laughed, and gestured to the remnants of his phone lying on the ground; "I do suppose it would be difficult to call for a cab with that." She looked at him thoughtfully, and then said, "I suppose I could give you a ride home if you need it, but I don't offer strangers rides."
"Well then, let me introduce myself to you." He held out his hand, "My name is Jackson."
She slid her soft palm across his rough, calloused one, and responded with a simple, "Kat," before hooking her arm through his. Kat pressed her body against his and began walking towards a nearby vehicle. "Now that we're no longer strangers, why don't you tell me where to drive you?"
"That's part of the problem. My live-in girlfriend just broke up with me over the phone." He smiled a little sheepishly at her from the passenger seat a she slid into the driver's. "Now, I'm not sure where I should go."
"Hmm, that is rather problematic. You see, I could take you home with me, but as a general rule, I do not allow men into my home unless I've kissed them at least once."