the grocery store that helped me clean up my embarrassing mess!” I responded.
“Don’t worry about it, it’s a pleasure. It’s very rare that I get to help a damsel in distress. My name is James by the way. And you are….?”
“My name is Jasmine. Honestly though, I’m very flattered in your interest but this isn’t the best time for me. I just started a new job at the City library and I have a little too much on my plate right now.”
I watched James’ face go from a sultry smirk to a disappointed frown. I would have loved to say yes to him but I already had too much on my plate with work. My mom always told me to look out for my best interests and I knew that going on a date with James would only make my life more stressful.
“I understand. It was a pleasure to meet you anyways Jasmine and I hope to see you again.” Replied James as he slyly looked down avoiding eye contact.
He stood up, winked at me and turned his back to me. As he walked away, my eyes diverted south and I couldn’t resist myself from checking out James’ amazing physique. His charcoal grey suit fit him perfectly across his broad shoulders and it streamlined down his muscular chest to his tight waist. His hands had retracted to his the pockets of his trousers, pulling the wool of the suit tight across his ass. I could almost make out the muscle definition and couldn’t stop myself from biting my lip at the sight of him walking away.
I couldn’t wait to get home to tell Keisha all about my meeting with James so I finished my grocery shopping in a hurry. As the cashier scanned the items through the register, I reached for my wallet but the girl standing at the register grabbed my hand.
“Oh, don’t worry! These groceries have already been paid for,” she said.
I knew exactly what had happened and frankly I was a little annoyed that James would have bought my groceries without even telling me. Let alone, without even leaving his phone number in case I changed my mind! What a mysterious man I thought to myself. Hell…. If I had hurried up with my shopping rather than stopping to ponder whether to buy brand name or no name mayonnaise I would have saved myself the grief AND I would have caught him on his way out! I knew I had already changed my mind. Who cares what my mother would say. Maybe he could make this new stressful job better for me somehow…. He could definitely relieve some of this built up tension I had been building since I had started my new career. I did need some down time for myself and he seemed like a good guy to spend it with.
“Thank you very much!” I said enthusiastically as I grabbed the receipt out of the cashier’s hands.
*****
My apartment was about eight blocks away from the grocery store but I couldn’t wait to talk to Keisha about James and I practically ran. I made the trip in half the time it usually took me. I practically ran to the front door. I hurriedly jumbled my keys in the front door and dropped my bags on the floor as soon as I walked in the front door. Keisha was sitting on the couch looking at me dumbfounded.
“Woah sister. What the hell happened to you?!” Keisha excitedly asked.
“Keisha…. I just met the most gorgeous white man! Holy shit! I was at the grocery store when I dropped a bottle of milk… long story short; he helped me clean up my mess and proceeded to tell me that I was one of the most beautiful women he had ever laid his eyes upon, I turned him down because I was scared that it would just add more unnecessary stress to my life. He ended up getting to the cash register without me seeing and paid for all
“Don’t worry about it, it’s a pleasure. It’s very rare that I get to help a damsel in distress. My name is James by the way. And you are….?”
“My name is Jasmine. Honestly though, I’m very flattered in your interest but this isn’t the best time for me. I just started a new job at the City library and I have a little too much on my plate right now.”
I watched James’ face go from a sultry smirk to a disappointed frown. I would have loved to say yes to him but I already had too much on my plate with work. My mom always told me to look out for my best interests and I knew that going on a date with James would only make my life more stressful.
“I understand. It was a pleasure to meet you anyways Jasmine and I hope to see you again.” Replied James as he slyly looked down avoiding eye contact.
He stood up, winked at me and turned his back to me. As he walked away, my eyes diverted south and I couldn’t resist myself from checking out James’ amazing physique. His charcoal grey suit fit him perfectly across his broad shoulders and it streamlined down his muscular chest to his tight waist. His hands had retracted to his the pockets of his trousers, pulling the wool of the suit tight across his ass. I could almost make out the muscle definition and couldn’t stop myself from biting my lip at the sight of him walking away.
I couldn’t wait to get home to tell Keisha all about my meeting with James so I finished my grocery shopping in a hurry. As the cashier scanned the items through the register, I reached for my wallet but the girl standing at the register grabbed my hand.
“Oh, don’t worry! These groceries have already been paid for,” she said.
I knew exactly what had happened and frankly I was a little annoyed that James would have bought my groceries without even telling me. Let alone, without even leaving his phone number in case I changed my mind! What a mysterious man I thought to myself. Hell…. If I had hurried up with my shopping rather than stopping to ponder whether to buy brand name or no name mayonnaise I would have saved myself the grief AND I would have caught him on his way out! I knew I had already changed my mind. Who cares what my mother would say. Maybe he could make this new stressful job better for me somehow…. He could definitely relieve some of this built up tension I had been building since I had started my new career. I did need some down time for myself and he seemed like a good guy to spend it with.
“Thank you very much!” I said enthusiastically as I grabbed the receipt out of the cashier’s hands.
*****
My apartment was about eight blocks away from the grocery store but I couldn’t wait to talk to Keisha about James and I practically ran. I made the trip in half the time it usually took me. I practically ran to the front door. I hurriedly jumbled my keys in the front door and dropped my bags on the floor as soon as I walked in the front door. Keisha was sitting on the couch looking at me dumbfounded.
“Woah sister. What the hell happened to you?!” Keisha excitedly asked.
“Keisha…. I just met the most gorgeous white man! Holy shit! I was at the grocery store when I dropped a bottle of milk… long story short; he helped me clean up my mess and proceeded to tell me that I was one of the most beautiful women he had ever laid his eyes upon, I turned him down because I was scared that it would just add more unnecessary stress to my life. He ended up getting to the cash register without me seeing and paid for all
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