| Chapter Five |
| Abs: It was the day after my date with Teresa. I still couldn't figure out what went wrong. I was walking out of the building and I was running over everything that happened in my mind when I ran into something else-Teresa. "Sorree!" she said quickly, not realizing it was me. "There you go again with that accent. Such a natural" I smiled. To my surprised she looked quite pleased to see me. "Abs! What's up?" she smiled back at me. "Oh well I was just headed to work. They've been preparing the dancers all day and now the lads and I have to go in. What about you?" "Actually I just got off work early. I was just going in for a minute to pick up some money so I could go shopping. It's a bit colder here than I'm prepared for" she replied. "Yeah it can get a bit cold in Manchester" I stood there for a second considering what to say next, finally I worked up the nerve, "I know that last night didn't end too nicely but if you're free tonight I was wondering..." I was looking at my feet now. "Of course I'm free tonight. I just moved to London, you're the only person outside of work that I know, If you're trying to ask me out, the answer's yes, but can you at least stop looking at your feet?" she giggled. I lifted my head to make eye contact with her dark, twinkling eyes. "Pick you up at your flat at 8 then?" "Sounds great" she said happily. "Well I've got to be off. See you tonight, I'm going to take you to a real nice restraunt I know" I said as I headed towards my car. Teresa: "See you" I called to Abs. I felt butterflies run through my stomach. He was so sweet. I couldn't believe he'd asked for another date, after last night and all. Thinking of how last night had ended made me think of my job. Grr, why did my job have to intefer with this would-be perfect moment? Why did Abs have to be in Five? I was beginning to resent both my old boss, Randy as well as Bill. I was a respected author and they had assigned me to this? I shook it off. Thinking about that wasn't going to help. In the mean time I had some shopping to do. I had a whole new mission-to find the perfect dress for tonight. Chapter Six... |