Clint and I had met through a mutual friend at a gathering we had both been invited to. He was very attractive, standing 6'4" with an athletic build, weighing about 205 pounds with short brown hair and hazel eyes.
I knew I had to meet this man, so I had asked Emily, the party's hostess to introduce us. She and I walked over to where he was standing with some other party goers and she said, " Clint this is Michelle, the girl I was telling you about." My stomach felt as though it had dropped to my feet. "She had told him about me?" I thought.
"Nice to meet you Clint." I said while extending a hand.
"The pleasure is all mine." He said while taking my hand and pulling it to his lips and applying a soft kiss to the back of it.
Emily shot me a look and with a smile, she turned and walked away from Clint and I. I could feel myself blush, not knowing what to say.
"Would you care for a drink?" Clint asked.
"Sure." I said.
We walked over to the bar area and got our drinks and decided to go down by the fire where there were only a few other people and we would be able talk a bit. The ground was a bit uneven and Clint put his hand on the small of my back to help me steady myself as we walked down through the yard.
There was some silence as we sipped at our drinks and watched the fire pop and crackle, throwing sparks up into the night sky. The night air was chilly and although sitting close to the fire, I shivered a bit. Clint must have seen this because he moved a bit closer and put this arm around me.
"Do you mind?" He asked.
"Not at all." I said turning my face to his and then quickly looking back to the fire.
We chatted about trivial things such as where we worked, our pets, how we both knew Emily and things of that sort. People came and went and Clint and I continued to sit by the fire just chatting away. It was almost as though we had known each other forever, as he was very easy to talk to. A few times Emily had come down and refilled our drinks, which I thought was very nice of her.
"I am the hostess with the mostess ya know." She said on one of her return trips back to the house.
I'm not even sure how long Clint and I had been sitting by fire, but we decided it was best for us to return to the party. He again laid his hand on my back as we trekked up the hill. Once we got up there, we saw that most of the people had actually left and Emily was starting to clean up, throwing plastic cups and beer bottles in trash bags.
"Need some help?" I offered.
"Nope, I've got it. Thanks." She replied, smiling.
"Well then, I think I should head out myself." I said, not really wanting to go and hoping that Clint would ask me to stay.
"Yeah, me too." He said though.
Both shocked and a bit disappointed, I walked into Emily's house to grab my car keys. I found them lying on the kitchen table, grabbed them and when I turned around Clint was standing in the doorway.
"What do you think about going for a drive to the lake?" He asked with a grin on his face.