He's Hot - I'm Not

Chapter 04

             After recovering from my instant mental freeze, I spoke, “Hey, I thought they were sending someone for the… discussion.”

             And then his smirk widened into a smile, the smile that usually crosses his face when he has a payback question. I totally know this guy! I NEVER miss his show, like ever! So I know his every expression.

             “So I don’t count as Someone?” there he shot me the question still with the same smile on his face. Great!

             “Oh! I didn’t mean anything like that, what I meant was that I was told that someone from your crew will be sent, but I didn’t expect YOU to come” I answered carefully, feeling like I am being interviewed in his show. Jeez, that’s scary and awesome at the same time.

             And then he chuckled and replied, “Well, I am in the crew, and I certainly am someone, so here I am…” presenting himself with open arms.

             I love the way he speak! But since he looks piercing right in the eyes as he speak, it is a little difficult to carry on, or even to focus in that matter.

This is going to be long night…

             “So what do you want to know about Frank?” I asked as if there is nothing I don’t know about him. Funny how life is…

             “Well…” while talking, he extended his hand to hold my ID and read my name, “Mindy, cute name!” and winked.

             And that’s when I actually started feeling nervous. Why? Maybe, just maybe be, because Andy Hoffman winked at me.

             “How long have you been working with Frank?” he carried on.

             “It’s been three months after the finale show, and ever since, I’ve been handling his schedules.” Within that time, I got to know quite a lot about him. At times he is like an open book, and really predictable. But also there are times that he seems so deep and hidden, so hidden that he even looses himself.

             “Do you always spend half the time of a conversation with yourself? That’s a little rude you know…” Andy interrupted my flow of thoughts.

             “What?”

             There he grins again, “Well…, you and I, we were talking, then in a second, you slipped away to have your own conversation with yourself. Do you always think so much?”

             “Oh! It’s just… you know, the noise and everything, just got distracted… sorry” I apologized and focused to pay some attention.

             “Hey, that’s ok… you don’t have to apologize for that. The noise really is distracting. You mind going outside and talk?”

             “Yeah sure.” I replied while getting down from the stool I’ve been sitting on. I looked around and saw Frank still in the middle of the group being the center of attention. The same time I looked away, I saw him looking at me from the corner of my eye. Andy had his hand behind me as he led the way. Not only Frank gets attention after all…

             As we left the hall, entered lobby of the hotel. It was calm and less populated.

“Seems like the place to me” Andy spoke my mind.

             “Yeah.” I sat on a long couch facing another couch thinking Andy would sit in it. Instead he sat on the same couch that I was on.