"Fuck, it just can't rain right now! I don't have time to take care of all this crap in the rain! Well, it's gonna hafta fuckin wait! Too bad!!" I wish I had heaved my cell phone. Just like I heaved the softball through the windshield of my ex's 65 Camaro. Why now? Why can't I be, for 5 fucking minutes, just like everybody else? Ugh!
"Hey! Watch out!" I felt an arm grab onto me and hold me back, blocking out most of the water spray from the truck flying by. I looked up into the most gorgeous, chocolate brown eyes, embedded in this sculpted face, framed with thick waves of blond.
Where the fuck did my mind just disappear to? Why isn't there some caustic remark flying off my tongue? Why am I just gazing up, lost in those warm pools? He smiled.
"Are you alright?"
"I think so." Gently, he set me back onto those foolishly, ridiculous platform heels I'd chosen to wear today. Steadying me when I wobbled. "I need a drink..." I looked around for the closest pub, grabbed his hand and strode away. Inside Ole Paddy's, I sat at the bar, ordered a shot of Jameson's, one for each of us, cheers, and down the hatch.
His face was strong, manly, with a couple of days stubble giving him that "roughened" look. His shoulders blocked the light, making me wish I could drape myself over them like a cape, then slither down that solidly, toned body. I signaled the bartender for another shot. He matched me, shot for shot. We made small talk, the basics. He made sure I was okay, made sure I had a cab ride back to my flat, made sure I got to the door. Made sure I made it to bed.
I don't remember much after the seventh or eighth shot except for him pulling me off the stool, and into his arms. Swaying with me, singing softly in my ear, touching me as if I were something precious, somebody wanted needily. I know I dreamed that scene over and over that night, wishing it had gone further than just getting me home and into bed.
Morning sunlight burned my eyes, burned away my erotic dreams of the gorgeous, blond hunk. Wishing I was still dreaming, I untangled myself from my sheets and blanket and went to the kitchen, made coffee, and went for the shower. Scrubbing off the previous day's bullshit made me feel so much better. I rinsed the conditioner from my eyes to see my gorgeous blond hunk outside my shower curtain.