Jo was sitting on her couch watching television when the phone rang. She picked it up and said hello. The voice on the other end was of a woman she had not heard from in over a year.
"Hi, Jo. It's me, Natalie," the voice said.
"Natalie! My God, it's been a while! How are you?"
Natalie was the oldest daughter of the family that Jo stayed with when she went to America as a foreign exchange student. Jo stayed in America for a semester, attending the same high school that Natalie went to. They were in the same grade and they had most of the same classes. The two of them became good friends. Jo liked America so much that she decided to go to college there. She applied and was accepted to Harvard, while Natalie went to Boston College. Since both were going to school in the same city, they decided to get an apartment together. Jo and Natalie lived in that apartment for the four years they attended college. After they both graduated Jo went back home to London. They had kept in contact since she went back to England, a phone call every now and then but mostly with letters.
They caught up with each other for the first part of their phone conversation, exchanging stories as to what each of them had been up to since the last time they had heard from each other. About an hour into the conversation Natalie finally told Jo the real reason for her call.
"You still applying that degree you got in computers?" Natalie asked.
"A little. Why?" " The company I work for is having trouble with our computer systems," Natalie answered. "It seems to be screwing up our inventory count."
"Why don't you call the people who brought in your system?" Jo asked.
"We have tried that, but they don't seem to be able to fix the problem," Natalie said. "I told my boss that I have a friend who had a degree from Harvard in computers and he is willing to fly you out here and have you work on our systems until the problem is solved. Are you interested?"
"I would be, but it would depend on what the offer was," Jo said. Natalie told her what her boss authorized her to offer as payment, which was a substantial amount of money, hotel, and a company car to use while she was employed by the company.
Jo thought about this for a moment. Her work as a freelance system designer gave her the available time to take Natalie up on her offer. She did love America and the city of Boston when she was going to school there. There really was not a reason for her not to go. She told Natalie that she would love to come and that she would need a couple of weeks to set her affairs in order. Natalie told her that she was happy that she was coming out and that it would be almost like old times because instead of staying at the hotel, she could stay at Natalie's house.
Jo called Natalie's boss the next day and got all of the information from him. He told her that he was happy she accepted his offer and could not wait for her to come out and "fix everything those other guys fucked up."
Two weeks later, Jo was back on a plane heading for the States. She flew in and was met at the airport by Natalie. The two women greeted each other enthusiastically with hugs that seemed to last for hours, and went and got Jo's baggage. Natalie then took Jo to her company's corporate headquarters, which was south of the city, where Jo got her company car with a gas card, a cell phone (free of charge), and her own small office.
Natalie took her around the office and introduced her to the owner of the company, his nephew, who was actually in charge, and the nephew's son, who was the manager of that particular branch. Next she took her around and introduced her to all the ladies who worked in the different departments. When that was finished she took her out back to the warehouse, where all of the company's goods were housed. As they walked through Jo noticed that some of the guys stopped working to check her out. Every one of them said "hi" to Natalie as they walked past. While they walked through the warehouse Natalie explained about what the company did, and what all the products were.
After the tour they went back into the office and got Jo settled in hers. Around 12:30, Natalie knocked on Jo's door and told her it was time for lunch. They went upstairs to the small lunchroom that the company provided for the employees to eat in. Knowing that Jo would be coming directly from the airport to work, Natalie made her a lunch. She told her it was easier to bring her lunch to work because it was a ten minute drive to the nearest spot to get something.
When they sat down they noticed that the only other occupant in the room was one of the guys from the warehouse. Natalie introduced Jo to him and told her that his name was Matt. Matt stood up and shook Jo's hand. He noticed her accent right away and asked where she was from. Jo told him London and Matt told her that his grandmother was from England.
"Which part?" Jo asked.
"I'm not sure. All I know is that it is by Scotland, and that it is on either a river or a wall," Matt told her.
"Well, that is somewhat vague," Jo said with a grin.
"Yeah," Matt said as he took a bite of his sandwich, "but it is the best I got. I suppose I should look it up on a map or something."
When the two women started talking, Matt asked how they knew each other. Jo turned and told him of her being an exchange student. Matt continued to ask Jo questions, loving the sound of her voice, when Natalie gave him a sharp look.
"All right, Matt," Natalie started, "leave her alone. It is her first day here. Jet lag has not even hit her yet."
But Matt could not keep his eyes off of Jo. He thought she was gorgeous. She had dark hair that fell down her back to just between her shoulder blades. Her eyes were a beautiful blue that he wanted to drown in, and her face was full of freckles that he thought was the cutest thing. Her cheeks were a natural rosy red and accentuated her eyes. He looked the rest of her over as she got up to get a drink of water. He liked what he saw very much. She had large breasts and terrific curves.
When the girls 1/2-hour lunch was over, they got up from their table and walked out of the door, waving and saying good bye to Matt as they went. Matt got up also and went back downstairs and into the warehouse, completely in awe of the new girl.
The next few weeks flew by and before she knew it, Jo had been working with Natalie for over two months. Everyday they went upstairs into the lunchroom and sat and ate together, and every day they saw Matt sitting at the table behind theirs. On that particular day Matt got up and left before they did. As he walked out and said bye to the ladies, Natalie turned to Jo and told her she had an admirer.
"What are you talking about?" Jo asked.
"Every day we walk in here, Matt's eyes are locked on you," Natalie said. "He watches you as you eat, he watches you when you get up and walk around, his eyes never leave you." Natalie then broke a smile and sang, "I think somebody likes you."
"You're mad, that's what I think," Jo said.
"Go ahead, say I'm crazy, but I know I am right." Later that day, as she was sitting at her desk, Natalie saw Matt walk toward her. She turned in her chair and looked at him as he stopped right in front of her.
