It had been several days since the encounter with Mr. Monroe, but I couldn't help constantly daydreaming about it.
That last look...
Did he notice I was checking him out?
Of course he did...
He liked that I checked him out, didnt he? Did he think about it after he walked inside, or was it just amusing to him for the time it lasted?
Was he toying with me?
God I wished he would toy with me...
I began to become less shocked by the thoughts racing through my mind, and more focused on being noticed by him again...
I needed another look from him. One that would confirm or deny my imaginations...
I found myself wanting to be home should the opportunity arise. I spent those days at home waiting for that opportunity...
It was tough. I knew he and Clinton's mom, Laura, were recently divorced. He had the house to himself (a fact that had me drooling at the possibilities), but he was a long distance truck driver, so his schedule was impossible to predict. Most likely the reason he and Mrs. Monroe didn't last long after Clinton left for college.
His car was not in the driveway on Monday morning which meant he probably headed out late the night before. I stayed at home those next few days, waiting...
I ran to the windows and peeked out the blinds every time i heard a car coming down the street...
After far too many false alarms... on wenesday... I watched his car pull in the driveway...
I fought off the urge of rushing to the door and opening it to see if he would look my way. Instead I went upstairs to my room and threw on some shorts and an old worn out tee and headed back downstairs and out the back door to the shed to grab the lawn mower...
I would have mowed the lawn all day and through the night if that's what it would have taken to get noticed...
I wouldn't end up needing to...
I had barely gotten started and was making my way around the side of the house when out the door he came... no shirt... jogging shorts...
I saw him lean on the railing out of the corner of my eye but I was heading away from him towards the road. When it came time to wheel the mower around for another pass along the driveway, my heart began to slam against my rib cage...
Is he looking at me?
I turned the mower, but kept my head down as I started back. It was so hard to look up, but I managed it...