Ellie stared at the color filled canvas in her office, still smiling to herself. She was glad her classes were over for the day, because in her state of mind she wouldn’t be able to pay attention to a single student.
“Earth to Ellie,” Kris, her best friend, waved her hand in Ellie’s face, “Hey are you in a coma?”
“Will you stop that,” Ellie laughed, pulling Kris’s hands away, “What do you want?”
“Details,” she chirped excitedly, “Who’s the new guy and how good is he in bed?”
“Kris!”
“That answers my question,” she teased, braiding her long brown hair over her shoulder, “Is it anyone I know?”
“No. He was a blind date, and Ellsa set us up.”
Her face creased in horror, “Oh no. Dump him before he turns you into a snobbish robot!”
Still stuck in her day dream of Dale, “Relax, he’s more our type than hers. He said he doesn’t know her but, guys lie all the time.”
“What’s his name?”
“Dale Carson,” she purred out.
“He sound’s white?”
“Actually his dad is Scottish and his mom is black.” She danced around her office like a giddy school girl, “He’s arrogant, very sure of himself and he has this mystery about him.”
“Ahh!” Kris screeched excitedly, “he sounds so hot!”
“He is,” she exhaled loudly, “That body was made for sin!” She closed her eyes and swayed her hips, back in his arms. “He salsas like a Mexican heart throb in a romantic telenovella!”
“And yet,” she smacked Ellie on the back of her head, “You still haven’t slept with him! Your stupid policy of three weeks is going to send him running Ellie.”
“It’s not stupid, and I doubt he’ll go anywhere. This is like a game to him and from the little I know about him, he seems the type who loves to win.” She leapt at her phone when the message tone went off.
“You’re texting!” Kris screeched giddily again.
Ellie felt her heart drop once she read his message. She wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Ellie, you know better! “He’s going away on business. He doesn’t know when he’ll be back.”
Kris moved to Ellie and held her in a bear hug, “He’s blowing you off already? I’m so sorry. Think of this as a good thing. If Ellsa set you up, he had potential of being an asshole.”
Ellie wanted to hold on to some kind of hope. She really liked this guy and she really didn’t want him to turn out to be an asshole. Her phone beeped again. She read the message and smiled, “The arrogant ass.”
Kris leaned forward to read the message herself. “‘Here is a picture of myself just in case you miss my dazzling smile. I’ll call you tonight, it would be selfish of me to keep you craving my voice for an entire day,’ aww, he’s a hot arrogant ass.”
Another beep pulled Ellie’s attention, but Kris grabbed the phone before she could read it. “I’ll text you every day at eight hundred and twenty hundred. I expect a prompt response.” Kris raised her brow at Ellie, “Is he an army guy?”
Ellie shook her head and took the phone back, “I don’t know.” She read the new message and laughed, “Don’t take any extra students while I’m gone.”
“What?”
“Private joke,” Ellie held it away and typed in ‘goes both ways’.
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