don’t, you’d better get some bail money together.” I added.
My date with Brenda was great. We reminisced about high school and all the fun we’d had during that time. The food was good and the science fiction movie better. It felt good to get my mind off my situation and possible impending doom.
Near the end of the evening, it came again, that dreaded sentence.
“Bill, I need to talk to you.”
“Oh no, I cringe when someone says that to me. It is always bad news.” I said.
“Bill, I hope you’ll like what I have to say. Remember when I told you I thought dating other people would be good. And you responded that unless we could be exclusive, you didn’t want to see me. That whole thing hurt me deeply and I know it did you too. I loved you but I had my friends, my church and my parents telling me it was the right thing to do. It wasn’t. The silver lining is that I am positive you are the one I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
“Wow Brenda, I don’t know what to say.” I said and it was certainly true. Then I grabbed her and kissed her passionately and deeply. Brenda responded with an emotion I’d never seen before. When I looked at her, tears started to roll down her cheeks and she kissed me some more.”
“Bill, I want ‘exclusive’ to be in the description of our relationship again. And I hope that’s only the beginning.”
Uncontrollably, the image of Stella’s naked body jumped into my head. I realized that those amazing evenings with Stella would have to end if I went along with Brenda’s proposal. I was starting to have feelings for Stella but I loved Brenda. I was furiously trying to get through this moment, keep Brenda, and not give up Stella.
“Brenda, I love what you are saying!” I said. “But if you only knew what was going on at work right now. I do want a lifetime relationship with you too but I’ve got to keep my eye on the ball at work. Soon I expect, things will mellow out a little and I promise to take our relationship to the next level. If you can just allow me a little time to sort out my future and that includes you, I think it would be best right now.”
“Understand, I am not saying no, just soon,” I added.
“Bill, I’ll give you all the time you need. I don’t know what’s going on at your work and I know you can’t tell me. When the problems there are resolved, I know you’ll come back to me. For now, I’ll be here, waiting.”
“Brenda, you’re getting too serious. We are still going to date as often as we can. We’re still a couple. Just let me work through the chaos in my life. I might even know something Monday or Tuesday.”
We sat there in my Saturn and made out for several sultry minutes. Brenda got out of the car, slammed the door, smiled at me and said, “It’s time to get a new ride, Mr. Trump. Call me soon.”
-17-
After a fitful night’s sleep, Sunday night, I got up early, and went to work. I was relieved to see that Stella was already there when I arrived.
“Hello, lover boy, how was your week-end” She said.
“It was fine, but seeing you here, with your beautiful, confident smile, has reduced my stress level, about in half.” I answered.
“Keep in mind, my young friend, the outcome today will depend on our sales ability above all. We’ve got to convince these two government drones that our proposal is the best for all concerned.”
“Stella, you could sell water to a fish, but government drones, I don’t get.”
“Bill, these ‘Agents’ have no real authority to make any decisions. They’ve got to take the information we give them today back to their superiors and that information must trickle up their chain of command to the highest levels. These Agents are not scientists and neither are the politicos above them. That’s why I wrote what I will refer to as the ‘layman’s guide to anti-gravity.” Stella said.
“Anti-Gravity for Dummies would be more apropos.” I said
“It would. I
My date with Brenda was great. We reminisced about high school and all the fun we’d had during that time. The food was good and the science fiction movie better. It felt good to get my mind off my situation and possible impending doom.
Near the end of the evening, it came again, that dreaded sentence.
“Bill, I need to talk to you.”
“Oh no, I cringe when someone says that to me. It is always bad news.” I said.
“Bill, I hope you’ll like what I have to say. Remember when I told you I thought dating other people would be good. And you responded that unless we could be exclusive, you didn’t want to see me. That whole thing hurt me deeply and I know it did you too. I loved you but I had my friends, my church and my parents telling me it was the right thing to do. It wasn’t. The silver lining is that I am positive you are the one I want to spend the rest of my life with.”
“Wow Brenda, I don’t know what to say.” I said and it was certainly true. Then I grabbed her and kissed her passionately and deeply. Brenda responded with an emotion I’d never seen before. When I looked at her, tears started to roll down her cheeks and she kissed me some more.”
“Bill, I want ‘exclusive’ to be in the description of our relationship again. And I hope that’s only the beginning.”
Uncontrollably, the image of Stella’s naked body jumped into my head. I realized that those amazing evenings with Stella would have to end if I went along with Brenda’s proposal. I was starting to have feelings for Stella but I loved Brenda. I was furiously trying to get through this moment, keep Brenda, and not give up Stella.
“Brenda, I love what you are saying!” I said. “But if you only knew what was going on at work right now. I do want a lifetime relationship with you too but I’ve got to keep my eye on the ball at work. Soon I expect, things will mellow out a little and I promise to take our relationship to the next level. If you can just allow me a little time to sort out my future and that includes you, I think it would be best right now.”
“Understand, I am not saying no, just soon,” I added.
“Bill, I’ll give you all the time you need. I don’t know what’s going on at your work and I know you can’t tell me. When the problems there are resolved, I know you’ll come back to me. For now, I’ll be here, waiting.”
“Brenda, you’re getting too serious. We are still going to date as often as we can. We’re still a couple. Just let me work through the chaos in my life. I might even know something Monday or Tuesday.”
We sat there in my Saturn and made out for several sultry minutes. Brenda got out of the car, slammed the door, smiled at me and said, “It’s time to get a new ride, Mr. Trump. Call me soon.”
-17-
After a fitful night’s sleep, Sunday night, I got up early, and went to work. I was relieved to see that Stella was already there when I arrived.
“Hello, lover boy, how was your week-end” She said.
“It was fine, but seeing you here, with your beautiful, confident smile, has reduced my stress level, about in half.” I answered.
“Keep in mind, my young friend, the outcome today will depend on our sales ability above all. We’ve got to convince these two government drones that our proposal is the best for all concerned.”
“Stella, you could sell water to a fish, but government drones, I don’t get.”
“Bill, these ‘Agents’ have no real authority to make any decisions. They’ve got to take the information we give them today back to their superiors and that information must trickle up their chain of command to the highest levels. These Agents are not scientists and neither are the politicos above them. That’s why I wrote what I will refer to as the ‘layman’s guide to anti-gravity.” Stella said.
“Anti-Gravity for Dummies would be more apropos.” I said
“It would. I
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