She had worn a flower in her hair everyday since he'd known her. She seemed to have a fondness for carnations and never once had he seen a rose grace her dark tresses. It was just one of her many quirks, but one that he found himself obsessing over more and more frequently. He also found himself wondering how long her hair really was. It was always up in some way, a simple braid or an elegant chignon, a tight bun or some curly concoction wreathing her head. He wanted to be the one to let it down, to take handfuls of it when he pulled her lips to his for a long, sweet kiss. As he sat at his desk he watched her walk down the hall, pretty sure that she had no idea that he even existed.
He sat at his desk absorbed in what ever it was he was working on. She enjoyed watching him, he had amazing hands, his fingers flying over his keyboard, quick, efficient, and mesmerizing. She found a blush creeping into her cheeks as she wondered what hands like that were capable of doing, wondering what his hands could do to her body. He had a great smile, even though it wasn't a feature he showed off very often. They had worked together for a few years now and the only words they had ever exchanged were the friendly, Hi's, while coming into the building. Some day she would gain the courage to have a real conversation with him.
The memo was waiting for him when he came in the next Monday. The company wanted to send him to a conference on how to better communicate with customers. What he read was that the company would be giving him an all expense paid trip to Vegas. He was smiling until he got to the end and found out that he would be going with one other associate, that always added stress to a trip since then he had to at least pretend to pay attention to the conference. Taking the memo he walked to his bosses office to get the details of the conference and to see if he could find out who the other person was that would be coming.
This was the first time that the company had asked her to do anything of this nature. She was excited since any type of extra training would mean that she was a little more valuable. As she skimmed her memo she saw that she would be going with a more experienced associate so that she could learn how to navigate a conference. This last part made her a little nervous, she had always kept to herself and didn't really know anybody else. She had always feared that creating a relationship with others at the office would put her and her job in danger.
His boss would only tell him that his partner was a woman and that she had never been to a conference before. He was told that he would have to stay close to her during all parts of the trip so that she could learn how a conference ran and to make sure she didn't get lost. His spirits were dropping the closer this trip came, he didn't want to be a babysitter to a new chick that he would have to be lead around by the nose. At least there were entertainments to enjoy in Vegas during their down time, surely he couldn't be expected to spend every minute outside the conference with her as well.
He had been given an address and a time to pick her up. He hoped when he got there that she would be ready and wouldn't keep him waiting, getting through the airport was bad enough. When he pulled up to the curb he just honked the horn, if she didn't hear it then it wouldn't be his fault and he could just go on to Vegas alone.He didn't have to wait as long as he had been expecting as the passenger side door opened.
Honking, really? Wow, this trip was starting off on a great note. Good thing she had been ready twenty minutes ago. She was shouldering her other bag when he honked at her again. Agitated now she locked her front door, took a deep breath, and headed to his car. She watched as he leaned back and got comfy, obviously this jerk thought since she was a woman he would have a few minutes to take a nap. She enjoyed making him jerk alert when she opened his door.
It was her....
It was him....
They stared at each other across the car absolutely shocked that this was the person they would be spending the next week in Vegas with. He broke the silence first.
"Hi"
"Hello"
Great opening line she thought, here she was finally face to face with the one person in the office she wanted a relationship with and all she could sputter out was hello. This was obviously going to be a great week. She wasn't great at talking to men in the first place, was already nervous about the trip, and this is who she has to deal with! At least she was getting her wish to get to know him.