Thursday, March 7, 2013

Episode 29


David and Caitlin stood, awkward and alone, in the room.  They very unsubtly avoided looking anywhere other than the floor, for fear that they might accidently make eye contact and have the awkwardness increase.  Eventually, David broke the silence. “Caitlin?” he ventured timidly.  She looked up, a blush still heating her face.
“Yes?” she was sure he could hear the faint tint of resentment towards him still present in her voice.   He looked like he winced slightly at the edgy tone, but then he continued,
“I wanted to apologize.  For the concert.”  Now he commanded her full attention.  “That must have been awfully embarrassing for you.  I’m really sorry.  I was intending to pick you, but then you were so gorgeous that you took my breath away, and…I don’t know.  I got scared, I guess!”  She looked at him, her eyes wide and her heart beating WAY faster than could possibly be healthy.  This was truly a dream come true!  She beamed at him, and as they stared into each other’s eyes, they knew that all was forgiven and that this would be the start of something new and wonderful.
However, Kelsey and Tom’s conversation did not sound quite as promising.  Kelsey was freaking out.  There is no other way to describe it.  Her frantic, wide-eyed stare couldn’t focus even on the perfection of Tom’s face, nor would she listen to his velvety attempts to sooth her frazzled nerves. “Kelsey,” he tried, yet again, to calm her down.
“No Tom!” she practically yelled at him.  “I have every right to be upset right now!!!”  He caught and held her flailing arms before she clocked him (or herself – this is Kelsey, after all).
“Calm down,” he insisted, quietly, staring deep into her defiant gaze.
“What are we going to do?” Kelsey asked, her voice almost a whisper, extremely conscious of the closeness of his face near hers.  She slowly closed her eyes and leaned in, convinced that he was going to kiss her. A second passed with her standing there, eyes closed and lips partially puckered before she realized that his lips were not coming to meet hers.  She quickly opened her eyes and saw that Tom was standing there, eyes closed as well (praise the Lord!) and contemplating the situation.   Maybe he hadn’t noticed?  Kelsey wished she could sink into the floor as she saw the cheeky grin on his face.  He had totally noticed.  She was positive and ready to die of embarrassment. He answered the question that she had almost forgotten that she had asked,
“How about…” he paused and cleared his throat nervously, then continued in a husky sexy voice, whispered in her ear.  “How about we prove them right?”  Kelsey stiffened, confused.  Did he just?  He then proceeded to clarify.  “Kelsey, I really really like you.  And I think that we have something very special. I think it’s time we made it official – will you be my girlfriend?”  Kelsey felt on top of the world as she jumped up and wrapped her arms around Tom’s neck, his broad shoulders strong against her arms.
“I would love that!” She agreed with a smile on her face.

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