Hello everyone!!!! I know it has been a few days since I posted and tomorrow I will get you all up to date. I wanted to make sure and get a short story out there for you today though. This one is a little different from the others. It is just a short fiction story. Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think.
IN THE NIK OF TIME
Sara sat staring at the paperwork her best friend Niki had
given her to fill out.
She couldn’t
believe she had agreed to do this.
She
had pretty much given up on finding that one true love that everyone said was
out there.
They didn’t know what they
were talking about.
Oh well, she had
promised Niki she would give this a chance and also help Niki out too.
Niki had started this new business venture a little over a
year ago and it was really going great but Niki said she needed more women to
sign up. So here she was filling out the
booklet of her likes, dislikes and what all she was looking for in a
relationship so that she could become the latest client of Just In the Nik Of
Time, Niki’s matchmaking service.
Sara had tried online dating many times and always ended up
disappointed. On several occasions, Niki
had tried to persuade Sara to let her find her match but Sara always
refused. Niki assured her that her
service was different than the online sites and finally wore Sara resistance
down. Her expectations were low but Sara
figured at this point she had nothing to lose.
She sure wasn’t meeting anyone on her own now. Sara finished the paperwork and laid it aside
to go get ready. She was meeting Niki
for dinner and drinks to go over everything and find out what her next step
was.
Sara strolled up to the bar to get herself a drink while
Niki was putting all her information into the laptop she had brought with her.
“I’ll have a double tequila on ice please” she told the
bartender.
“You know what they say about tequila, don’t you?” She looked in the direction the voice had
come from and found herself staring into the most stunning blue eyes she had
ever seen. Sara smiled and stammering
slightly said “Your originality needs a little work”. The man smiled back and said “Jeff. My name is Jeff” as he reached out to shake
hands. As Sara reached out to take
Jeff’s hand she had the strangest feeling of peace. The bartender handed Sara her drink. She was still trying to understand the
feeling that came over her. “Nice to
meet you, Jeff. Enjoy your evening” and
she turned to walk away. “Don’t I get to
learn your name?” Jeff asked as she was turning away. She looked back over her shoulder and said
“Sara”. “Pretty name, Sara. Would you join me for a drink?” he
asked.
Sara rolled her eyes before turning back around to face
Jeff. He really was very sexy. “I’m sorry Jeff. I don’t mean to be rude but I have never had
much luck with men I meet in a bar, so I don’t do that anymore.”
“I understand, Sara.
This is not where I usually go to meet people either but I was supposed
to meet someone here before heading home and they didn’t show up.” Sara felt a stab of compassion for Jeff and
sat on the barstool next to him. He did
seem very nice and was about the sexiest man she had seen in quite some
time. They talked for a few minutes
about places they like to go before Sara said she needed to get back to her
friend. They both said goodbye.
Niki just finished putting Sara’s information into the
computer as Sara slid back into the booth. Niki then pulled out the list
explaining how this all worked. She told
Sara that she had wanted her service to be different. She was helping her clients find
relationships, not hookups. She handed
the list to Sara who had trouble concentrating on what Niki was saying. Her mind kept drifting back to the man
sitting at the bar. He was still sitting
there laughing and talking to the bartender.
Suddenly Sara knew what she wanted and this matchmaking was
not it. She looked at Niki. “I’m sorry Niki but I need to go”. Niki just smiled at Sara and said “No
problem, Sara. I will talk to you
later.”
Sara walked back up to the bar and sat down next to
Jeff. “I would like to have that drink
together now if you are still offering.”
Jeff smiled. “Of course. Let’s move to a booth where we can get to
know each other.” He took her arm and
led her past the booth where Niki was packing up her computer. As Niki looked up at them, Jeff smiled at
her. “Thanks Niki”. Niki smiled and winked at them both and said
“Just in the Nik of time.”
Copyright 2013 by Betty Williams
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