Lay Me Down

Part 2

After my meeting was over, which was actually an appointment with my doctor about my voice, I rang Eddie to tell him I was on my way. I was quite nervous to see what friend he wanted me to meet so badly. As I walked into the cafe I spotted Eddie and walked over. 'Hey, I'm not late am I?' I said as I gave Eddie a hug. 'No, we were a bit early. Adele this is my good friend Simon.' In front of me was a very handsome man who I instantly had a very good feeling about. I can't describe it but it was just kind of like an instant spark. If that even makes sense. 'Very good to meet you, Adele.' He said while leaning in to give me a polite hug. 'As well.' I said.

Lunch with Eddie and Simon went great and when it was over as I was leaving Simon stopped me and asked for my number. I didn't even hesitate or give it a second thought. On the way home all I could think about was what happened earlier. How could I feel so strongly about someone that I had never met? Eddie didn't tell me anything about him either so besides what was discussed at lunch I really didn't know much about Simon. In a way though it made me more interested in him. Once I had arrived home and took Louie out for his afternoon walk I turned on the TV to catch up on some of those trashy reality shows I like. My phone started ringing and before I even saw who it was a part of me hoped that it was Simon. 'Hello.' 'Hey, Adele. It's Eddie.' 'Eddie, how's it going? Thanks for lunch earlier it was great.' 'No problem, it was good to catch up a little. Plus I really wanted you and Simon to meet.' 'Yeah, it was lovely to meet him as well.' 'He's quite fond of you. even from only spending that short amount of time with you. He called me earlier and was thanking me for introducing you two.'

You know that saying 'you'll meet someone when you least expect' that's exactly how I felt. I wasn't looking for anyone and didn't have an interest in anybody for the last six months. While I didn't like being alone and wished I had someone to share all my experiences with and to come home to after a show, I was getting use to my new life. Just me and little Louie. Now though, I might actually like someone and in a way it terrifies me. For so long I gave up on having a 'special' someone and then all of a sudden a man like Simon comes into my life. I wasn't going to take any chances though and was defiantly interested as to what was going to happen.

The day came and went and before I knew it the sky was turning dark and I needed to take Louie for his night walk. As I was walking through the park thinking about the day i heard my phone ring. I looked to see who it was and a smile creeped onto my face. 'Hello, Simon.' I couldn't help but feel butterflies in my stomach. 'Evening, Adele. I hope I wasn't disturbing you.' A giggle escaped my mouth as I was bending over picking up dog poop. 'Not at all. Just taking my dog on his walk.' I could hear him chuckle and instantly felt my cheeks turn red. 'Well I rang to see if you would be interested in dinner with me say tomorrow night?' 'That would be great. I would love too.' My smile grew as the thought of seeing the handsome man I met earlier again soon. 'Great. I'll give you a call tomorrow then.' 'Sounds good.'

Once I was back home I instantly face timed Laura to tell her the big news. This was defiantly something I wouldn't be able to keep from my best friend. 'Hey! How are you? Why are you smiling so much?' I could never keep anything from her. 'So I went to lunch with Eddie today and he brought along a friend.' Laura's attention was immediately shifted to this mystery friend. 'Please tell me it was someone attractive.' I'm pretty sure I started blushing because my face felt really hot. 'His name is Simon and oh my god he is seriously too good to be true. I swear to god there was a spark between us.' She knew for me to say that he must be pretty special. 'He asked for my number and called me while I was just walking Louie. He wants to go to dinner tomorrow.' 'Please tell me you said yes!?' I nodded my head and smiled. 'Adele Adkins has a date. I need to write this in my journal or something. I'm so so happy for you!' I always have to run everything past Laura, so for her to be just as excited as I was meant a lot. 'Okay well I'm coming over tomorrow before you leave to help you pick out an outfit.' 'I'm not going to wear any bright colors, Laura!' She was the color queen and I was defiantly not. I didn't despise wearing it, I just thought I looked better in black and darker colors. We talked some more about our day and then hung up. As much as I was looking forward to seeing Simon tomorrow, I couldn't help but feel nervous. But that's normal, right?  When your nervous it means your self aware and I was defiantly aware.