Caught In Intimacy

Chapter 4- The Visit

    I called her. When I got home, I laid out on the couch, took the folded up napkin out of my pocket with Ariel's phone number on it, and I decided to give her a call. Her voice sounded as soft and delicate as it did when she walked into the coffee shop.

"Hey is this—"

"Ariel" She uttered. "The one and only."

"Well I'm sure there's many other Ariels, but I'm guessing that I found the right one." I told her.

"So about that dinner date, you available tomorrow night?" she asked.

"Hmmm lemme check my schedule real quick, oh... seems like I'm available all year round, guess it's your lucky day!"

She laughed, "Alright, I'll have dinner ready by 6pm tomorrow, I'll send you over the address!"

"I'll be there!"

"Wait I never actually got to ask your name-"

"Nico!" I told her.

"Nico? Well Nicolas sure is gonna like to hear that!"

"I'm sure he will! I feel like him and I  have a lot more in common than you think actually! But anyways, I'll be there tomorrow for sure. Can't wait!"

"Alright see ya then" she told me as we hung up.

Guess I got myself another date. Never would have thought that I would go out with a girl that has a kid. But I guess I also never would've thought that I would be sharing my house with my boss. My life is pretty unpredictable indeed! But Ariel looks like a nice woman... I'm sure it's been hard raising a child by herself. It takes a lot of responsibility and a lot of courage. I gotta salute her for that, the boy seems to be just fine, and she still manages to be able to take care of herself too with all that pressure on her. She's definitely a pretty woman, I don't know why a man would abandon such a beautiful woman and a nice child like that. He must've been afraid to commit. She had dark brown hair tied up in a bun and some chalk-like grey eyes that definitely stick out from the rest of her characteristics. They seem too pretty to be real, they might be contacts, but if they're real then she must have some really nice genes. At the coffee shop she was wearing a light blue sun dress with flowers on it. Dresses seem to fit her well, she looked stunning in it! I could remember every aspect of her like if we only met 5 minutes ago. I'm actually looking forward for that date tomorrow.

I laid in bed just thinking about it all the next morning when suddenly Vlad came in through the door.

"Aye Nico, you think you could drive me somewhere?"

"Me? Drive you? Last time I did that you almost liquified a guys head with a baseball bat... I don't think I want to drive you anywhere anymore"

"Come on Nico, it's not any business matters this time. This ones a personal matter. There won't be any violence this time, I promise."

"Alright alright, I'll drive ya. But where the hell are we going exactly?" I asked.

"I'll tell you in the car, now let's go."

The 2 of us got in the car. Surprisingly this time he didn't bring any weapons. That's definitely a first. He typed an address into the GPS and then he lit a cigar while I started driving.

"You know so many cigars aren't good for your lungs... I don't mind it, but you know.. later down the road it could affect your health" I told him.

"What, are you afraid of a little smoke? You can't let a little cigar turn you into a pussy, we're men... we smoke cigars. We have iron lungs when it comes to this stuff, now shut the fuck up and take a pull" he said to me as he passed me the cigar.