Adam wanted nothing more than to drown in a bottle of Hennessy while immersed in 'Walker, Texas Ranger.' At twenty-eight his life seemed to be the American dream. Career wise, he harnessed an eight-year career in the Navy and a shot at a Sergeant position in the police force. He had met the love of his life, Lorelei, a few years before he left and he knew she would be a keeper. It really should have been considered a stroke of luck. Adam had been waiting for over a half hour for his shipmate to pick him up. Pacing outside a closed Denny's, he began angrily muttering to himself about his dick of a friend. Then she appeared.
"Are you okay?" A young lady asked him.
He was taken aback, "...Oh, um, yeah...I guess I look a little crazy talking to myself."
"No more crazy than me waiting over an hour for my friend to pick me up," she almost scoffed thinking about it.
"You too huh? Yeah I'm waiting for a friend to get his fuckin' ass over here." Seeing her polite smile he quickly apologized. "Oh, geez, sorry, I didn't mean to swear...it's kind of a habit."
She blushed, "Oh it's okay, I'm just not used to it I guess."
He looked at her with a puzzled face. "How did I not see you before? I've been out here for at least forty-five minutes."
She paused, "...You know? I don't know. Quite honestly I didn't see you either."
There was a moment of silence as they looked around for their respective friends.
It started to rain.
The lady began crossing her arms and hunching her shoulders. Adam looked up and shrugged. Just my luck he thought. Looking back down he saw her starting to shiver and immediately took off his jacket and slung it around her. She paused again. "Thank you," she said with a smile. "No problem," Adam said returning the expression. He then gave a look like you would when that idea of the person in your vision might be...more than a just a person. "What?" she asked. Sweetly smiling he said, "Nothing...you're just really pretty." She blushed and laughed a shy laugh, "Thanks." Just then her ride showed up and she jogged to get in.
Adam followed asking when she got in the passenger side, "Hey what's your name?"
"What's yours?"
"Adam."
"Well Adam," grabbing a pen and his wrist she wrote an address on his hand, "come to this address tomorrow...and I'll tell you." This time her smile was coy.