I sit at my desk, looking at the clock and wondering what today will bring. Probably the same as yesterday or the day before.
Aggravation, surely, deception, possibly, excitement, rarely. Proof to be told, here comes female co-worker1. She takes aim at my desk, lowers her head and huffingly charges my way.
A smile creeps up to my stoic face. A vision comes to me. As she charges towards me, her face red with outrage, fury or displeasure (pick one, it usually depends on which day of the week we are) her heels gets caught in a network cable running across the floor. The result is a slow-motion moment of intense pleasure. I see her face register surprise as it quickly loses altitude. Her eyes grow larger as gravity cheerfully claims victory by knock-out. Her pupils lose focus on myself and zeroes-in towards the hard-tile floor.
Arms flailing, she tries to stop her inexorable descent. Maybe chickens could fly, but this goose is going down. In a flurry of dropped papers (surely the work she was going to blame me for), Houston we have contact. The muffled grunt, the unceremoniously hitting of the ground, the although very slight chance she has injured herself make my day.
A cherry on top of my fantasy would be for her blouse to rip by getting caught on a desk corner she narrowly missed, exposing her grandma-style underwear to everyone for even further jubilating embarrassment. Now that would bring a smile to my work face and my workplace. I could milk this intense pleasure for weeks, maybe months if I ration myself. But alas, that is not to be. Reality snaps back into place as I see her skip over my fantasy's accomplice cable.
She reaches my desk and turns to the person she was leading. A messenger it would seem. "Here she is" female co-worker1 coldly states. "Now she can show you back out once your business here is finished, but I am on my lunch break". That startled me a bit. Lunch time usually never creeps up on me. I usually stalk it for most of the morning. It would seem this time the prey fell upon the hunter unaware.
"Thank you very much" states a deep, hearty voice belonging to the unknown stranger. As female co-worker1 turns around, the stranger looks at her, smiles a smile that would light up the silver screen and wishes her "Bon apetit" with a wink. She stutters a step and quickly retreats toward office entrance, blushing slightly.
I hear the staccato of female co-worker1 heels quickly move away. The sound misses a beat as she steps over the pitfall of the network cable. Damn, not coming nor going. Oh well, let's store that fantasy for another day.
The stranger's attention turns back to me. I take him in. Tall, well muscled, dark-haired, a mischievous look on his face like he's enjoying everything life has to offer. His green eyes focus on me and I feel like a sunrise after months of darkness north of the Arctic circle. Wow, now there's a sight for this bleak London morning. The stranger's exquisite mouth move, yet I fail to comprehend his words. I shake my head, close my eyes and stutter "I am sorry, I didn't hear what you were saying" I blurt out.
"Are you a love goddess that has come down to earth to tempt every living being on this planet?" he asked.
Immediately, a feel a rush of heat to the face. I must've turned beet red. "What??" I stammer completely taken aback. I couldn't believe my ears. Did he just say that or did I imagine it. The stranger wolfishly smiles, looks down at his hands and says "then you must be Angela Songbyrd" reading my name from the envelope in his large, slim-fingered hands.
"... y.. yes, that is my name" I finally stammer, still feeling the effect of his first comment. "I am glad you are, as there seems to be no-one else here would you be an Angel from above" smoothly says the stranger.
I start to stand up and reach for the envelope, but he withdraws it away from my hands. "I have instructions for this delivery" he states. "Please sit back down, for that is the first instruction"
A bit stunned, I comply. I wonder what the heck his instructions are and more importantly who send this letter.
"Please close your eyes, this delivery was meant as a surprise" the stranger quietly states.