Paula looks forward with excitement to her weekends but this weekend has turned out to be full of unexpected events. She is not sure if she has enjoyed it so far. First, her high school sweetheart calls after a long while of abandoning her and as if that was not enough, her mum calls to encourage her to give him a chance. She is not ready to allow anybody toil with her emotion “I have allowed people tell me what to do all my life and I don’t think I want to allow that happen to me any more” She thought. Like most young girls, she always wanted to get the opinion of her mum and friends on matters relating to relationships. She didn’t want to date anyone who didn’t meet the expectations off those who love her, but this doesn’t seem to be working. That leaves her confused. Is her mum wrong about Michael? If she is wrong why did she dream about Michael last night? Could that be God’s way of telling her that Michael is the right man? Some people say that dreams are sometimes a continuation of ones thought and imaginations during the day, so did she dream about Michael because he called and because her mum thinks he is a good candidate for marriage? There are too many questions and few answers.
Now for the wrist watch; who owns it and how did it get to her bag? Paula knew that whoever kept the watch in her bag must be a colleague in the office and if he/she intentionally left it there he/she must have a motive. If the motive is getting her attention, then the person has succeeded because she is curious to know who and why. The first person that comes to her mind is Chris Potter. He has asked her out twice and she laughed it off. Nobody likes to date Chris because he is considered socially unaware- a geek of some sort- and he always says the wrong things at the wrong time, to the wrong people. The only thing he is good at is work and mathematics. Paula considers herself unlucky to be the one to catch his fancy. If not it could be Greg her boss. Greg is always on her neck. There was never a weekend when Greg didn’t ask Paula for a date. He has a huge crush on her. But Paula thinks it is not right to date her boss. She is a great believer in office ethics -Business is business and pleasure is pleasure. Although she doesn’t think the two can go well, her friends think otherwise. They think Greg is handsome, intelligent, and rich and what more, he has a crush on her. If office ethics is the only reason why she doesn’t want to date him, they think she doesn’t have a good reason.
“Wait a minute” Paula said to her self, “Greg didn’t ask me out this weekend. Could this be his way of getting my attention?” Now Paula thinks that there are two possibilities here; it is either Chris or Greg that left the watch. The two of them has asked her out, they work in the same office with her, and they have a motive for leaving the watch in her bag. If it is not so then Paula didn’t dream about Michael’s visit last night. Michael is a very interesting person and probably could have sneaked in and out of Paula’s house that night to get her thinking and needing more of him.
Immediately she picked up her phone and calls Greg. “Hey Greg, how are you doing?” “Great…woo! What a surprise, you never call me so what do we owe this special call to?” asked Greg. Greg’s response caught Paula aback. She expected Greg to either apologize for mistakenly leaving his wrist watch in her laptop bag, or say something like “I finally got your attention!” So not knowing what to say she went “well, I thought I should say hi and ask what you are doing this weekend”. Wrong answer to the wrong person! If there ever was anything Greg wanted to do, it would be to have a date with Paula and that is exactly what Paula doesn’t want. But here she is asking a guy out who she doesn’t think is right for her. “Oh I can shelve everything to be with you angel” said Greg “just give me the place and time and I will be there”. He concluded. Paula is already into it so she has no choice but to finish what she started “there is an IHOP shop along Bloomfield, beside the fire station, we can meet there for 2:30. Is that fine by you?” she asked. “Why don’t we do something classier, I mean something like a five star restaurant? Something that suits a beauty queen like you” Greg suggested.
This is not what Paula bargained for. Her Saturdays is usually spent with the girls but it doesn’t seem this one will be like that. She doesn’t know what to discuss with Greg. They have never really had any intimate time, this will be the first and she is not only apprehensive, she is dead nervous. What will she discuss with a man so rich, intelligent and handsome and who has a crush on her? She doesn’t even love him one bit. “As they say, when we get there we cross that bridge” she said to Greg.
Since it didn’t sound to Paula as if Greg did it, she called Chris and, you don’t want to know the next thing that happened?!
Now for the wrist watch; who owns it and how did it get to her bag? Paula knew that whoever kept the watch in her bag must be a colleague in the office and if he/she intentionally left it there he/she must have a motive. If the motive is getting her attention, then the person has succeeded because she is curious to know who and why. The first person that comes to her mind is Chris Potter. He has asked her out twice and she laughed it off. Nobody likes to date Chris because he is considered socially unaware- a geek of some sort- and he always says the wrong things at the wrong time, to the wrong people. The only thing he is good at is work and mathematics. Paula considers herself unlucky to be the one to catch his fancy. If not it could be Greg her boss. Greg is always on her neck. There was never a weekend when Greg didn’t ask Paula for a date. He has a huge crush on her. But Paula thinks it is not right to date her boss. She is a great believer in office ethics -Business is business and pleasure is pleasure. Although she doesn’t think the two can go well, her friends think otherwise. They think Greg is handsome, intelligent, and rich and what more, he has a crush on her. If office ethics is the only reason why she doesn’t want to date him, they think she doesn’t have a good reason.
“Wait a minute” Paula said to her self, “Greg didn’t ask me out this weekend. Could this be his way of getting my attention?” Now Paula thinks that there are two possibilities here; it is either Chris or Greg that left the watch. The two of them has asked her out, they work in the same office with her, and they have a motive for leaving the watch in her bag. If it is not so then Paula didn’t dream about Michael’s visit last night. Michael is a very interesting person and probably could have sneaked in and out of Paula’s house that night to get her thinking and needing more of him.
Immediately she picked up her phone and calls Greg. “Hey Greg, how are you doing?” “Great…woo! What a surprise, you never call me so what do we owe this special call to?” asked Greg. Greg’s response caught Paula aback. She expected Greg to either apologize for mistakenly leaving his wrist watch in her laptop bag, or say something like “I finally got your attention!” So not knowing what to say she went “well, I thought I should say hi and ask what you are doing this weekend”. Wrong answer to the wrong person! If there ever was anything Greg wanted to do, it would be to have a date with Paula and that is exactly what Paula doesn’t want. But here she is asking a guy out who she doesn’t think is right for her. “Oh I can shelve everything to be with you angel” said Greg “just give me the place and time and I will be there”. He concluded. Paula is already into it so she has no choice but to finish what she started “there is an IHOP shop along Bloomfield, beside the fire station, we can meet there for 2:30. Is that fine by you?” she asked. “Why don’t we do something classier, I mean something like a five star restaurant? Something that suits a beauty queen like you” Greg suggested.
This is not what Paula bargained for. Her Saturdays is usually spent with the girls but it doesn’t seem this one will be like that. She doesn’t know what to discuss with Greg. They have never really had any intimate time, this will be the first and she is not only apprehensive, she is dead nervous. What will she discuss with a man so rich, intelligent and handsome and who has a crush on her? She doesn’t even love him one bit. “As they say, when we get there we cross that bridge” she said to Greg.
Since it didn’t sound to Paula as if Greg did it, she called Chris and, you don’t want to know the next thing that happened?!
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