The
rain darkened the view out of the cozy apartment window. The tears of the heavens seemed to mirror
Kelsey’s mood as she stared into the black night. It had been almost two weeks since the most
amazing day of her life. The day when
she was convinced that she had finally met the man of her dreams and their
romantic story could begin at last.
Sighing dramatically, she curled up into a ball on the couch and pressed
the ‘play’ button on the recording on her computer. Tom’s soothing voice reciting “Bright Star”
washed over her and she drifted slowly off to sleep, happy in her fantasy. The sun streaming in through the window woke
Kelsey early the next morning. Putting
behind her the depressing thoughts of last night, she resolved to make the most
of the beautiful fall day. The sun was
shining on the trees; the orange leaves carpeted the sidewalk and made a
satisfying crunch under Kelsey’s booted feet as she strode confidently to her
job as a romantic columnist. Caught up
in her blatant enjoyment of the warmth, she was not paying full attention to
where she was going until a wall jumped out and attacked her. Lying on the ground, dazed and slightly in
pain, she heard a voice. An impossible
voice. She knew at this point that she
must be dead – somehow sent to heaven.
She began to make out frantic words (well, as frantic as possible when
uttered in a sexy English accent) over her head. Slowly her lashes flutter open and her
chocolate-brown eyes gaze into the magic of Tom Hiddleston’s blue depths. “Slowly now” he cautioned as he raised her
into a sitting position with one strong but gentle arm.
“What happened?”
Kelsey muttered, still slightly disoriented.
“Well,” Tom laughed, “you had a little fight with this brick
wall – you lost.” Embarrassment caused
Kelsey to blush a deep red. “Allow me to
help you up.” He placed his arm around her slim waist and effortlessly lifted
her to her, admittedly, rather unsteady feet.
She wished she could stay in this half-embrace forever. His scent was of pure man and its perfume
intoxicated her. “Let me take you to
lunch – I want to make sure you are alright.”
Who was she to resist such an amazing offer?
“I…I would be delighted.” Kelsey managed to reply in only a
slightly shaky voice. She figured he
could put it down to her recent accident.
She then took his proffered arm and they continued down the tree-lined
street, red and yellow leaves swirling around their heads.
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