"So Abbie, Kevin was telling us that you graduated with a degree in Business, how did you end up in the journalism field? If you don't me asking." Brian asked, as the group waited for their food arrive at their table.
"Being a business major meant that I got to see a lot of new ideas and panents that were coming out at trade shows and so forth and I would always write commentary about them for the Business Newsletter. Well one day Craig Mills who is the Business Director for CNN stumbled across my writing and the next thing I knew I was writing for the CNN web site."
"That's so cool, I mean you thought you wanted to go down one path and instead you got led down another" AJ smiled and reached for his water.
"Well I thought I had found my prefect job until you all entered my life 3 days ago and asked me to give it all up to work with you"
"Just think of it as another pathway in life" replied Howie softly. He watched her as she started an animated discussion with Nick on the new Sims software. He found her incredibly stunning and extremely well spoken and poised. He knew that she was 24 and that she was a vegetarian but other than that he knew nothing about the woman who would be part of their loves for the next year. He made a promise to change that.
~~**~~
"I thought you were a vegetarian?" Nick asked as he saw her chicken and angel haired pasta placed in front of her.
"I am not a true vegen, I eat chicken and fish just not eat red meat"
"No steak, no hamburgers, no Mickey Ds...why?" AJ feigned faintness.
" Long story, just chalk it up to the fact that I bit into a peice of grizzle and that was enough to turn me off meat forever"
Howie and Kevin smiled at her from behind their forks. She was definately a complex woman.
~~**~~
"Would you all be terribly upset with me if I asked for a rain check on the club hopping?" Abbie's sparkly eyes gave way to the tiredness that was now taking her body hostage.
"Of course not, you have had a full day today and tomorrow will be even more hectic. We have final rehearsals and then the tour kick off party tomorrow night. Go home and get a good night's sleep and we will see you tomorrow" Howie hugged Abbie and smiled when he felt her tiny but strong body against his.
Abbie watched as AJ and Howie to their cars and waved goodbye. She turned back to Kevin, Brian and Nick "I can take a cab home if it is too much trouble for one of you to drive me home. My first item on my To Do List is to buy a car, I mean you guys are leaving to tour so I am going to lose my personal driver" Abbie teased.
"I'll drive you home, you are on my way" Kevin and Abbie said goodnight to Nick and Brian and climbed into his 4 runner.
~~**~~
"Well Abbie I think you handled this evening like a pro and I know that the guys are impressed with you. I bet when I get home there will be messages on my phone from the guys telling me how much they like you" Kevin turned to see Abbie sound asleep with her head pressed against the cool glass of the window.
Kevin pulled into her parking lot and walked around to the passenger side. He cradled her head as he opened the door, so as not to let her head fall. He gently rubbed her shoulder "Abbie, you are home..Abbie"
Abbie's big brown eyes opened, still sleepy and smiled softly "I guess I fell asleep, thank you for driving me home Kevin" she took his hand and climbed slowly out of the truck and turned to face him when they got to the door of her apartment "Thank you for recommending me for this job, I think I am really going to love it. See you tomorrow" Abbie leaned into Kevin and hugged him. He pulled away from her and as their eyes met, and the cool summer air danced on their bare arms he gently kissed her cheek.
"Sleep tight and I will see you tomorrow at rehearsals..would you like me to pick you up?"
Abbie tried to ignore the fluttering in her stomach "Why don't you call me when you wake up and we can make plans" Abbie closed the door of her apartment and peered through the curtain on her door. She smiled as she watched Kevin climb into his truck and drive away.
"Well Abs you are definatly going to like this job" she stripped as she walked down the hallway and collapsed, naked onto the bed and was soon fast asleep.
~~**~~
Kevin walked into his kitchen, his towel wrapped around his waist and his hair damp from the shower he had just taken. He searched through the cupboards and for some reason nothing appealed to him that morning. His eyes fell on the flyer advertising the new restaurant downtown and he reached for the phone.
~~**~~
Abbie heard the phone ringing and she struggled to break free of the blankets that had her wrapped. "Hello" she murmured, still not awake.
"Abbie, did I wake you?" The male voice asked.
"Umm sort of but that's okay I have to get up and shower and eat if I want to make it to rehearsals. Who is this anyway?"
"I'm sorry, it's Howie"
"Well good morning Howie..what can I do for you?"
"Well I thought maybe you would like to grab some breakfast and then head over together to rehearsals"
"That would be great, what time should I be ready?"
"I'll pick you up in 20 minutes, will that give you enough time, I mean you don't have to get all dressed up or anything, you are just going to be watching us rehearse and that can rather boring so dress comfortably"
"See you then" Abbie hung up and lay back down in bed, letting the sunshine
beat down on her. The sun was about to lull her back to sleep when her phone
rang again. "Hello..Hi Kevin, actually Howie and I are going to grab a bite
before rehearsal..okay see you there" Abbie hung up the phone and reached
for her robe.
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