help me I really enjoy
doing that.”
“She’s been
opening up to you?”
“Yes,” he
walked over and stood next to his outgoing and beautiful sister and stroked the
back of her head. “I can’t tell you anything other than to say it made me
grateful for our family, and how lucky we’ve been. I hope in time she’ll open
up to you on her own Lil, but in the meantime give her a break will you, don’t
force things on her, give me a chance to get to know her first.”
Lily looked
up and was taken with the impassioned look on her brother’s face, “Ok, but be
careful not to treat her like a pet project, women don’t like that either.”
Todd laughed
and kissed his sister on her upturned nose, and was distracted by the sound of
muffled thumps on his ceiling and strings of curse words.
“If she has
any teddy bears on her bed upstairs, I suspect she’s about to strangle them and
rip their dead bodies to pieces,” Lily joked but only half kidding.
“She swears a
lot too - for somebody that claims she’s a wallflower I mean?”
Todd grinned in
agreement.
Jen may try
to deny it all she wanted, may have chosen to ignore it all her life, but every
instinct Todd had about her said she had the potential to be a very passionate
person, and he was every bit as strung up about it as she was.
****
The phone
ringing off the hook woke Jen the next morning, she turned over stiffly to look
at the clock and saw it was only 7, who could be ringing at that time? Her
clients knew she only took business calls between nine thirty and four.
Whoever they
were they weren’t giving up, the message machine kept cutting in and they put
down and just rang again.
She pulled
herself out of bed and to her feet; she knew only a choice of two people who
would be willing to annoy her this much.
“Good morning
Jennifer, are you ok?”
Of course it
was Todd, “No, I’m emotionally shattered and the crazy man responsible is
calling me at 7am,” she barked.
“I’m sorry
honey, I have to go out and look at some real estate an hour away and I wanted
to talk to you before I left.”
“Why?”
He laughed,
“Because I like talking to you, and I wasn’t sure you were ok after I left last
night.”
“You heard me
stomping about?”
“Jen
everybody heard that, don’t look now but your invisible ninja powers are not
working anymore.”
There was
quiet on the other end of the phone, so he changed tactic, “there was another
reason for me to call. Lily asked me to tell you she’s meeting this guy at
“Beans” around two, does that suit you?”
“Yeah it’s
fine.”
“Please tell
me what’s bothering you Jen,” he asked softly, giving her a long pause to
respond.
“It’s
complicated - what happened last night I mean. You kissing me, that was nice,
but it’s not as straightforward as that, there’s more I need to tell you, that
I don’t really want to tell you, and I still don’t want you assuming I’m going
to let this thing between us go anywhere.”
He grumbled
back at her, “Well its good news you liked me kissing you so let’s not stress
about the rest just yet, instead I think you should tell me why you find me so
attractive?”
“What?”
“Come on all
this time so far we’ve been talking about you, now a few days ago you confessed
that you find me attractive. I think you need to tell me exactly what you like
about me.”
“You have got
to be kidding, the last thing your ego needs is boosting,” she laughed nervously.
“Honey,
everybody’s ego needs boosting from time to time. Come on, tell me and I’ll let
you get on with your day. “
He could hear
the cogs whirring in her brain, “Come on kiddo you’re using up all my free
minutes here,” he joked.
Her breath
came back soft, lifting the hairs on the back of his neck, “I think you’re the
most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. You are the best combination of David
Duchovny, Hugh Jackman and Bruce Willis while he still had hair and ran
doing that.”
“She’s been
opening up to you?”
“Yes,” he
walked over and stood next to his outgoing and beautiful sister and stroked the
back of her head. “I can’t tell you anything other than to say it made me
grateful for our family, and how lucky we’ve been. I hope in time she’ll open
up to you on her own Lil, but in the meantime give her a break will you, don’t
force things on her, give me a chance to get to know her first.”
Lily looked
up and was taken with the impassioned look on her brother’s face, “Ok, but be
careful not to treat her like a pet project, women don’t like that either.”
Todd laughed
and kissed his sister on her upturned nose, and was distracted by the sound of
muffled thumps on his ceiling and strings of curse words.
“If she has
any teddy bears on her bed upstairs, I suspect she’s about to strangle them and
rip their dead bodies to pieces,” Lily joked but only half kidding.
“She swears a
lot too - for somebody that claims she’s a wallflower I mean?”
Todd grinned in
agreement.
Jen may try
to deny it all she wanted, may have chosen to ignore it all her life, but every
instinct Todd had about her said she had the potential to be a very passionate
person, and he was every bit as strung up about it as she was.
****
The phone
ringing off the hook woke Jen the next morning, she turned over stiffly to look
at the clock and saw it was only 7, who could be ringing at that time? Her
clients knew she only took business calls between nine thirty and four.
Whoever they
were they weren’t giving up, the message machine kept cutting in and they put
down and just rang again.
She pulled
herself out of bed and to her feet; she knew only a choice of two people who
would be willing to annoy her this much.
“Good morning
Jennifer, are you ok?”
Of course it
was Todd, “No, I’m emotionally shattered and the crazy man responsible is
calling me at 7am,” she barked.
“I’m sorry
honey, I have to go out and look at some real estate an hour away and I wanted
to talk to you before I left.”
“Why?”
He laughed,
“Because I like talking to you, and I wasn’t sure you were ok after I left last
night.”
“You heard me
stomping about?”
“Jen
everybody heard that, don’t look now but your invisible ninja powers are not
working anymore.”
There was
quiet on the other end of the phone, so he changed tactic, “there was another
reason for me to call. Lily asked me to tell you she’s meeting this guy at
“Beans” around two, does that suit you?”
“Yeah it’s
fine.”
“Please tell
me what’s bothering you Jen,” he asked softly, giving her a long pause to
respond.
“It’s
complicated - what happened last night I mean. You kissing me, that was nice,
but it’s not as straightforward as that, there’s more I need to tell you, that
I don’t really want to tell you, and I still don’t want you assuming I’m going
to let this thing between us go anywhere.”
He grumbled
back at her, “Well its good news you liked me kissing you so let’s not stress
about the rest just yet, instead I think you should tell me why you find me so
attractive?”
“What?”
“Come on all
this time so far we’ve been talking about you, now a few days ago you confessed
that you find me attractive. I think you need to tell me exactly what you like
about me.”
“You have got
to be kidding, the last thing your ego needs is boosting,” she laughed nervously.
“Honey,
everybody’s ego needs boosting from time to time. Come on, tell me and I’ll let
you get on with your day. “
He could hear
the cogs whirring in her brain, “Come on kiddo you’re using up all my free
minutes here,” he joked.
Her breath
came back soft, lifting the hairs on the back of his neck, “I think you’re the
most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. You are the best combination of David
Duchovny, Hugh Jackman and Bruce Willis while he still had hair and ran
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