Sunday, December 17, 2006

Well Hello Sunshine ... A Friday Fantasy on Sunday

It is about time I felt the desire to write one isn't it?

There may be graphic language then again, there may not
She had been to breakfast with a friend
and afterward
as she walked to her car
she took out her cell phone
and noticed she had missed a call
from him

"I called you at 10 and you didn't answer."
"You did? I didn't have a message..."
"I didn't leave one"
"Well, leave me a message when you call, and then I will know you called and get to hear your voice too."
"You know I am a man of few words."
"I know, but the words you do share are great."


She noticed she had a voicemail as well.
She smiled
She thought it had to be him, so she listened
and found
he would be gone by the time she heard the message
so she couldn't return the call

he was sitting in a deer blind somewhere
so he could cook steaks for her
when he downed a doe or a buck

His message said he would call back
later that day or the first of the week
She knew his schedule
she knew it was unlikely she would hear from him
before Monday morning
and that was ok
even though
she had seen him on Thursday
They had spent the afternoon
talking and playing
both with greater stress in their lives than usual

She was trying to date
it wasn't going as she would like
and it was feast or famine
and right nowit was famine
the last one had just made his exit

So the great deer hunter said
"Fuck him, the big fat fuck, he didn't know what he had.."
and she smiled
even though she knew
it was said just to make her feel better
it worked
and she thought of this as she hung up the phone
after hearing his message
She also thought
of how he had given her a Christmas gift she hadn't expected
and it was
a power tool
a new drill
she had mentioned wanting one
and she laughed
it was hilarious to her
that it was one of the best gifts anyone had thought of for her
and it was a power tool
They had spent a great day
among many great days spent together
but somehow this time
despite they were both under a great deal of stress
was even better
than usual

His job wasn't going well
he had been inquiring
about other jobs
and was under more stress than most of the time
talking,
laughing,
sharing a lively libation
and some great flirtatious acts of intimacy

and as she listened to the message
she remembered fondly
the last two years
of stolen days
with a man who had treated her
with respect
love
and caring
even though
there had never been
any strings attached

Her day went on

She severed any remaining ties
regardless of how thin they were
to two men she had been seeing
off and on
and drove
by herself
to a Holiday office party

as she was driving
through the neighborhood
looking for a number on her supervisor's house
Her phone rang
she looked at the phone
It was him
She answered in a happy voice
although she was anything but happy
to be going to a party
by herself
when everyone had been asking
about whether she was bringing
the fellow she had talked so fondly about the last few weeks
she didn't have the strength to tell them
he had walked away
She said
"Hello!"

and he laughed and said
"Well Hello Sunshine..."

and she suddenly had a smile
and the strength to go to the party
and something to look forward to

while they talked about drills
and Christmas
and the hunting of deer
he said
"I want to see that drill
next time I come to see you"
and she knew
she knew he meant he would come to see her
for her birthday
which is
what she told him was what she wanted for Christmas

A homecooked Steak Dinner
Music and Dancing
Like when they met on her birthday two years ago
and a night spent together

Now that is a fantasy
and she thinks
she thinks it will come true
after all,
she gave him a gift card
to the huge new fishing/hunting store,
and he will have to find a way
to come to town to spend it.

THE END

Postscript: Some fantasies don't have anything to do with graphic sex

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