The delivery guy beat her to her door.? As she got out of the cab that had taken her from the Great Hall to the edge of the carriage house's drive, she spotted a uniformed man descending the stairs.? "Oh, wait!? Wait!? I'm here!" she shouted and ran up the drive, waving to him.
He looked up and smiled.? She grinned back when she saw his arms were full of flowers.? "Are those for me?" she asked with breathless anticipation.? They were tulips!? In a gorgeous silver vase!? The guy looked at the card and said, "Are you Lelah Rivka?"? She nodded and he gave her the bouquet.? "Then these are for you.? I hope you forgive him," he said with a smirk.? "Have a nice evening!"? He went back to his delivery van and drove off.
She admired the colorful blooms as she went up the stairs and let herself into the loft.? Oscar did his Welcome Home dance as she moved over to put the bouquet on the dining table and dug through the flowers to find the card.? It said simply, "Thinking of you.?~ R".
Tapping the edge of the card against her teeth, she went into her bedroom and quickly changed out of the dress and heels she'd been wearing today.? Then going back into the living room, she grabbed her phone out of her bag, scrolled through the contacts until she came to Rhys's name.? "Well, crap," she whispered.
Taking the phone and the flowers and a bottle of beer out to her patio, she settled down and plunged in, dialing Rhys's number and listening as it rang.? She'd thank him for the flowers and that was it.?
He'd changed his ring tone to "Stairway to Heaven" and it blared on the other end of the phone before going to Voice Mail. "This is Rhys. I'm either busy or don't want to talk to you. You know what to do." Beep.
She paused for a moment, wondering if she was the one that the last comment was directed at.? Then she took a deep breath and said in a pleasant enough voice, "Hi, Rhys.? It's Leelee.? I just got your flowers.? They're gorgeous.? Thank you.? I've...I've been thinking about you, too."? She hung up before she could say anything more.? Then she set the phone aside and opened her beer, turning in her chair so she could watch the sunset over the mansions to the west of her loft.
He heard the phone go off, but was busy working on that noisy muffler of his. If he had any hopes of going out with Lelah again, he knew he had to fix it. He wiped the grease from his hands onto a rag and tossed it aside before pulling his phone from a pocket to see who he'd missed, muttering a curse when he saw who it was. The one call he didn't want to miss. Wait, had she left a message? He almost dropped the phone in his excitement, but somehow managed to dial into his voice mail. He smiled when he heard her message. She hadn't told him to piss off. That was always a good sign.
He was renting a garage not far from Zen to store and work on his car and had found he could make a few extra bucks working on other people's cars, too. It seemed garage mechanic was not a very common career path in Rhydin and the mages hadn't quite mastered spells to fix flat tires and change the oil. He grabbed a beer from a small fridge and twisted the cap off before dialing her back. There were those nervous butterflies in his stomach again while he waited for her to answer.
He looked up and smiled.? She grinned back when she saw his arms were full of flowers.? "Are those for me?" she asked with breathless anticipation.? They were tulips!? In a gorgeous silver vase!? The guy looked at the card and said, "Are you Lelah Rivka?"? She nodded and he gave her the bouquet.? "Then these are for you.? I hope you forgive him," he said with a smirk.? "Have a nice evening!"? He went back to his delivery van and drove off.
She admired the colorful blooms as she went up the stairs and let herself into the loft.? Oscar did his Welcome Home dance as she moved over to put the bouquet on the dining table and dug through the flowers to find the card.? It said simply, "Thinking of you.?~ R".
Tapping the edge of the card against her teeth, she went into her bedroom and quickly changed out of the dress and heels she'd been wearing today.? Then going back into the living room, she grabbed her phone out of her bag, scrolled through the contacts until she came to Rhys's name.? "Well, crap," she whispered.
Taking the phone and the flowers and a bottle of beer out to her patio, she settled down and plunged in, dialing Rhys's number and listening as it rang.? She'd thank him for the flowers and that was it.?
He'd changed his ring tone to "Stairway to Heaven" and it blared on the other end of the phone before going to Voice Mail. "This is Rhys. I'm either busy or don't want to talk to you. You know what to do." Beep.
She paused for a moment, wondering if she was the one that the last comment was directed at.? Then she took a deep breath and said in a pleasant enough voice, "Hi, Rhys.? It's Leelee.? I just got your flowers.? They're gorgeous.? Thank you.? I've...I've been thinking about you, too."? She hung up before she could say anything more.? Then she set the phone aside and opened her beer, turning in her chair so she could watch the sunset over the mansions to the west of her loft.
He heard the phone go off, but was busy working on that noisy muffler of his. If he had any hopes of going out with Lelah again, he knew he had to fix it. He wiped the grease from his hands onto a rag and tossed it aside before pulling his phone from a pocket to see who he'd missed, muttering a curse when he saw who it was. The one call he didn't want to miss. Wait, had she left a message? He almost dropped the phone in his excitement, but somehow managed to dial into his voice mail. He smiled when he heard her message. She hadn't told him to piss off. That was always a good sign.
He was renting a garage not far from Zen to store and work on his car and had found he could make a few extra bucks working on other people's cars, too. It seemed garage mechanic was not a very common career path in Rhydin and the mages hadn't quite mastered spells to fix flat tires and change the oil. He grabbed a beer from a small fridge and twisted the cap off before dialing her back. There were those nervous butterflies in his stomach again while he waited for her to answer.