“No! Really? James you are crazy! Amy will die when you tell her that!”

Surely not, it can’t be

“Hahaha! Tina I swear it’s the truth! Would I lie about something as outrageous as that?!”

My heart thumped and my head went light. James was home from vacation two days early and was stood in the corridor with the angel who was causing my heart so much pain. I sat on my desk and looked out of the window at the setting sun

‘What the ***** do you do with this situation Porter? She hasn’t called you but she’s picked up your card and called Jamesshould I go out there? Should I ignore them and hope she comes in here? Should I just crawl under my desk and hope for the best?’

Just as I was seriously considering the last option I’d presented myself, a loud voice penetrated my thoughts

“Bette! Helloooo…earth to Bette?”

I spun round rather ungracefully and was confronted with the object of both my desire and misery for the last week and a half.

“Tina!” I said breathlessly, a little too enthusiastically, “Hi there! Er…what have you been up to since I last saw you?” ‘Chill out Porter, you’re on a one way trip to Over Eager-ville here’

The angel in front of me took a deep breath and I braced myself for the worst, “Bette, I’m so sorry I haven’t called, I know what you must be thinking but there were things I needed to sort outrelationship things”

‘Here it is Porter, the big ol’ rejection speechget polishing that crown girl!’

“It’s okay Tina, I understa”

“No Bette, you don’t and it’s not like you thinkI’ve been involved in a relationship for the past six months with a guy called EricI was really happy”

‘Wasdid she say was?’

“but then I met you and you turned my world upside downI didn’t know what was attraction or lust or comfort anymoreyou took all those things and turned them on their heads.”

Tell me about it honey!

“I found myself in that short space of time I was in your company, doubting my feelings towards Eric and feeling totally and utterly absorbed in you and everything you were saying”

She paused for breath after her monologue which to be honest, didn’t clear much up for me.

“I’m sorry Tina but I don’t quite understand were you’re going with thisare you telling me you like me or telling me that its Eric you want? I understand if you do”

As she looked at me with her undress-me eyes, I saw the anguish and turmoil in them and decided to save her the trouble of finding the words to let me down gently.

“Tina” I said, my heart as heavy as wet sand, “it’s fine, don’t worry about it, it’s my probl”

And then the angel that stood before me kissed me. Just a gentle, hesitant, ‘is this okay?’ kissbut a kiss none the less

‘Wow, you got it totally wrong that time Porter’

I pulled her body a little closer to mine and opened my eyes a little, ‘Just checking she’s not freaking out’ That’s when our gaze met. That’s when the kiss became less hesitant and more passionate. She kissed me deeply, looking into my eyes all the time. Gone was the anguish and turmoil, all I could see now was lust and arousal. I broke away, scared that the moment may become too intense and freak her out once more.

“I.I didn’t understand what you were saying to me” I manage to say,

“There’s a lot of things you wont understand yet Bette, but you will hopefully. Is the offer still open for dinner one night soon?”

“It certainly most certainly is,” I state eagerly, only just stopping myself in time from saying “my angel” She’s not yours yet Porter, remember you’re on thin ice…

“Great!” she says, kissing me again, “Where do I sign…?”

TBC