Becky and I had been working for the same company for over five years together. She worked in the business office and I worked out front with the sales staff. Our paths crossed several times a day, but usually for only a minute or two. She would come up front to ask questions about some of the specifics of a recent sale or I would need some documentation of a previous customer. We got along well together, like most everyone there did, but it always seemed to me that she had a smile for me even on the days that it may not have been there for someone else. Maybe it was my imagination, but regardless it always kept my mind spinning with thoughts of her having a thing for me.
Becky was my age, or maybe a year or two younger. She stood about five foot tall where I am a bit over six. Her eyes were brown and usually protected behind a pair of big librarian glasses; she kept her haircut in a pageboy style and was always dressed quite conservatively. She wasn't anyone's beauty queen; as a matter of fact, she was probably fairly plain, but I always found her to be quite interesting.
Back near the office was a filing room. One wall was just a long row of filing cabinets and the opposite was a table with a fax machine, paper cutter, telephone and a few other office gadgets. The room was about twelve feet long, but had very little room between the filing cabinet wall and the table on the other side. One person could easily get in and out, but if two people needed something at the same time it just might be a bit of a squeeze. It wasn't bad; most of the time one person would just step out and let the other person finish what they were doing. While on occasion one would excuse himself and pass behind the other as he entered or left.
This past December, just a week or so before the holidays, things around the office seemed especially light. It seemed that smiles around the office were easier to come by, and even office flirtations were a little bolder than usual. Everyone was enjoying the season. Becky and I strolled past each other several times a day. We always smiled and said hello. On occasion we both happened upon the file cabinet room at the same time. I usually excused myself and let her have the room to finish her filing before I went in to get whatever papers I needed.
Late in the afternoon, after most of the office staff had gone for the day. I needed a few customer files and quickly stepped into the filing room to get them. Becky was already inside trying to fax some papers. I excused myself and slipped behind her to the cabinet where my files were. I grabbed the packet that I needed and moved back towards the door. Just as I tried to step behind her to leave, she had apparently finished what she was doing and stepped back at the same time. I bumped into her from behind and pushed her forward. Becky had to catch herself on the tabletop.
She turned and looked at me in surprise said, "What are you doing?"
I felt so bad that I couldn't do anything but apologize. At first she gave me this mean stare, but then she started laughing and said that it was no big deal and I had better get done with whatever I was in there for.
For the next fifteen minutes or so, I couldn't think of anything else. I felt so bad about almost knocking her down, but at the same time I couldn't get the thought of her leaning over that tabletop as she caught herself out of my mind. The thought of pushing her over that table, and her butt as she leaned over it gave me a hard-on that wouldn't go away. But at the same time I felt bad and walked back to her cubicle to apologize once more. She wasn't in her cubicle; she was in the file room again. I stepped up to the door.
" I am sorry for being in such a hurry and just wanted to apologize again for knocking you down."
She looked at me, smiled, and then shook her head. "It's no big deal! Don't worry about it!"
With that, I said "Well, maybe we can knock each other around in here again sometime."
As soon as I said it, I couldn't believe the words that had come out of my mouth. I started to blush and was about to apologize once again when I saw her startled look.