There was something about the way that he smiled. There was something about the way that he acted. He was sincere. He was genuine. He was a gentleman. He just appeared from the first moment that I met him like a really nice guy. And that caught my attention. The fact that he was a little bit older, okay a lot a bit older, meant nothing to me and I foolishly thought for a moment that the age difference might bother him. But the way that he talked and the way that he flirted in response to my advances. And oh God that truck! The truck is what caught my attention from minute one I have to admit. But even still everything seemed so far fetched. I was 24 and he was 37. He had been a military man, and I was just a girl that came in and happened to be damn good at my job. Then there was the problem that we worked together... Which turned out to be just an excuse for us to get closer together without realizing what we were doing.
"What are you doing tomorrow night?" He asked me smirking in a new way that he had yet to look at me before,
"Probably just going home to sleep," I said not looking up from my computer. I had trained myself over the last couple months to not look up from my monitor when he walked by. I didn't want to be too obvious that he was the prime focus when he walked by. He kept walking.
"You know that Larry talked to him about what you said at our house the other night, right?" Chris said to me leaning over. Chris and Larry were roommates and had both relocated from South Carolina together. I came into the mix a couple months after they moved up here. For some reason we had become the trio from Hell and were practically always together both in and out of work. Chris and I had our moments, but that is for another story. One night over the past weekend I had mentioned my little crush on Brad and jokingly suggested to Larry that he mention it to Brad and see what his reaction was even though I already knew.
"Are you kidding me?" I exclaimed in shock. Chris shook his head.
'What did you say to him?!' I texted to Larry right away.
'I simply suggested that he take your playful flirtation as more than just that. J' Larry texted back. I could feel my face turning red. I excused myself from my conversations and went outside to smoke a cigarette. Brad followed a few minutes behind me.
"I really wish you would quit smoking. It's your only fault," he said putting his hands in his pockets.
"Yeah, well some day I will find a reason to quit but until then," I said taking another drag.
"What time do you get off tomorrow?" He asked changing the subject.
I couldn't resist the moment to make a completely inappropriate comment. "Depends on what time you pick me up and how fast you work," I said with a flirtatious smile.