***This is based off of a story that Kaityluv1324 wrote for me. I loved the story so much that I have taken her idea and run with it. Hope you like it.***
I saw the smirk on his face as we pulled out of the parking lot. I came to the quick realization that this was not a dream when I giggled. Wait! I giggled? I don’t giggle! Oh God.
“So, lunch huh? Where are you kidnapping me to Nick?” I asked as I relaxed into my seat fully surrendering to the moment. “I know a good Italian place not too terribly far from here.” “Fine by me as long as I can stuff my face with some pasta!” What can I say, this big girl loves some pasta. “So Eclisse it is Miss Amanda.” Nick laughed in response. “Oh sweet baby Jesus, don’t call me ‘Miss’. It makes me feel old Nick.” It didn’t take long to get to the restaurant but rest of the ride we just listened to the radio and rode.
When we arrived at Eclisse we got a booth in the back, that way Nick was kind of hidden from sight. To my surprise it was his idea to sit in the back; I knew that he liked attention so this was different. “So Amanda,” Nick started after we ordered our meals and drinks. “What position had you been interested in?” “Well, Paul had interviewed me for one of the on road photographer gigs. I thought that it had gone really well, but when I went back in to see him today he told me that they cancelled the open position for the time being.” I informed him heavy hearted. “On road photographer? Really? That would have been awesome. They cancelled it for now? What did he say?” Nick asked quizzically. “He told me that when it came back open that I would be the first one that he would call.” “Well then you have the job when it comes open at least. That is always a good thing.” He said smiling at me. “Thank you so much for kidnapping me for lunch Nick.” “You are more than welcome beautiful lady. So tell me about yourself Amanda.” He said smiling and kissing the back of my hand.
I thought for a minute on what to say, I mean I am an open book and all but how do you start to talk about yourself on purpose. “Well,” I started as I rested my elbow on the table and leaned into my hand. “Well, as you can easily see I am a big girl. But beyond that, my 30th birthday is in a week believe it or not. I am from the Houston area so I am here in Stamford for the interview that sucked. My kids are here with me, my son JD is 6 and my daughter Cheyenne is 4. So tomorrow we are actually flying home. I wish we were driving because I hate flying but hey, it’s a hell of a lot faster. The day job that I have to go back to, since Paul slammed the door on my dreams, is a customer service rep at a call center. I do like it but I hate stupid people.” Nick burst into laughter at the last part. “I’m sure that Paul will call you Amanda. How could he not? I mean, we always need somebody to photograph us. But when he does, how is that going to work with your kids?” “I gave that a lot of thought, my son is in school and my daughter will be starting soon too. So either my Aunt will keep them while I am on the road, which Paul told me that I would be 14 on 14 off. IF I get the position, which would be awesome. I could also get a nanny for that time. I’ve never really been away from the kids for a long time.” “I am sure that WHEN you get the job, not IF, that you will do amazingly well and fit right in.”
After we finished our lunch we drove around for a bit, all the while Nick ignoring his phone every time it went off. As he went to drop me off at the hotel, we realized that we were staying at the same hotel. We traded numbers and he walked me to my room. “I really had fun Nick. Thank you so much sweetie. It was a nice pick me up. Hope that you don’t get in too much trouble with Paul for ditching your meeting and all the phone calls.” I said with a huge smile on my face. “I’ll be fine. They are use to it by now. I am glad that we bumped in to each other at HQ. Lunch was amazing Amanda. Thank you for agreeing to go with me. I will call you tomorrow evening and see how your flight was. It was so nice to meet you. Have a good night babe.” He said as he kissed me on my cheek and walked to the elevator.
