I'd seen her around town while I sat at the desk at work, waiting on something to do. She was gorgeous. I wish I knew her name. I wished she'd come in and let me do her hair. Yeah, fat chance. Well, as it was, fat chances must have been in season.
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I pulled into the parking lot of the grocery store, and sighed as I parked. It had been a long day, and I was just ready to go home. I wasn't in the mood to go to the store, get something to fix for dinner, then go home and actually cook. As I walked through the door, I thought once again that I should have just ordered a pizza. I wandered aimlessly through the aisles... nothing sounded good, nothing looked good... Hell, I was just about to decide I wasn't going to eat.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! I completely cut you off.. Excuse me." Snapped out of my reverie, I looked up.. into the face of that woman. I felt my eyebrows lift in surprise, and my mouth opened, but no words came out. Finally I found my brain. "Oh, no, that's okay. I wasn't paying attention. Too many choices around this place." I smiled, and she chuckled.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." She smiled then. Her lips curved over beautiful teeth, and I stared. I know I did. Not sure what to say, or to do, I stood there for a second, like a total idiot. She stepped forward and extended her hand.
"I'm Andrea. I just moved into town. It's nice to see a friendly face." "Hi Andrea, I'm Bree. It's nice to meet someone new!" I reached and clasped her hand. It was warm and soft, and welcoming. My gaze flickered down to our hands, and I could have sworn she brushed her fingers across my wrist for no good reason before she let go.
We stood and chatted, and ended up wandering around the store for almost a half hour, just talking. I glanced at my watch, and neither of us could believe that it had been that long.
Andrea spoke, "Well, we both need to eat, and there's no sense in going home alone, and cooking two separate meals. Why don't you can come over to my apartment. We can have dinner and chit chat, and you can fill me in on all the gossip of the town. I'll be 'in the know'." We laughed, and I readily agreed. There was just something about her... ..
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A few days later, I woke up as my alarm clock screeched in an evil way right in my ear. How unpleasant. It shouldn't have even been set. I turned it off and rolled back over, hoping I'd fall asleep. I did, for about two minutes. My cell phone rang. I sighed, reaching for it. "Hello?" I asked huskily into the receiver, stifling a yawn.
"Bree?"
"Yeah?" I think I might have sounded a little impatient.
"I know it's early, but my car won't start. I hate to ask, but is there any way you could take me to work?"
"Oh, Andrea, I didn't recognize your voice. Of course. Give me about 10 minutes." I yawned and stood up, heading for the bathroom.
"You're such a sweetie, thank you so much! I owe you one. I'll see ya in a few." We exchanged good byes, and I threw on clothes and headed out the door.
"Bree, you have no idea how much this means to me!" Andrea said, right as she opened the car door.