The day started out just as any other weekday. Kelly had seen the kids off to school and dropped her husband off at the train and was now at home waiting for the handyman to repair a few things around the house. Kelly had finally talked her husband into hiring someone to do the work since he had been so busy at work lately and no longer had the time to do these minor repairs. Truth be told she would rather have someone else do it anyway, as much as she loved her husband he just was not as mechanically able as he pretended to be.
By 10 am Kelly had finished her most of her chores and was weeding her flower beds when she heard a truck pull into her driveway. Standing up and brushing the dirt from her hands and knees Kelly walks around to the front of the house to meet the handyman.
She made it to the front in time to see the door of the truck open and watched the man walk towards her. "Hi I am Scott the handyman are you Mrs..."
"Kelly please" she interrupted and extended her hand. Scott took her extended hand and Kelly felt her knees melt as she looked into his warm brown eyes. Trying to shake the chemistry she felt standing so close to the stranger standing before her Kelly say "follow me and I will show you what I need to have done" Smiling Scott releases her hand and says " lead the way"
"I am so glad you could come on such short notice" Kelly says longing to fill the silence between them as they headed for the kitchen. "I have wanted to have these things done for months. I was finally able to talk my husband into hiring somebody to do it for us. I am sure you hear this all the time wives waiting for husbands to do repairs until they can wait no more. Look at me rambling on. Can I get you a soda, coffee anything? Kelly could feel the flush that rose up her neck and across her face as the handyman smiled a shy grin and said, " thanks for the offer but I am all set."
"Well then why don't we get to it then" Kelly said as she began showing him why he was there."
"What I need is to have this light fixture hung in the dining area, the steps on the back deck are loose and finally the door to my bedroom doesn't close very well" looking up from her notes Kelly adds " will you be able to do this in one trip or will you need to come back"
"I won't know until I get started" Scott said as he was looking over the new light fixture and making a mental list of the tool he will need.