A date for Valentine’s day

The sun reflected off streaks on my window. Sat on the windowsill I watched Freddie, my Jack Russell and best friend, running around the garden. Enjoying the scents, whether a flower or passing hedgehog. Deep in thought I contemplated my life. I was 28 and alone in the world. Being dumped sucks, especially as Valentine’s day is just around the corner.  I kept telling myself that Ryan was just not worth it.  We had been together just over a year and now just before the most romantic day of the year he had finished it. He didn’t want what I wanted, blah blah blah..

I was not happy, but I tried to stay positive and as Doris Day sang,“Que sera sera, whatever will be will be”. Sometimes I wished I could see the future, I would have been forewarned about Ryan and I would know what’s happening next.   I doubted that I would spend the rest of my life single, but this was now going around my head. Freddie came in and I stroked his head, he jumped up into my lap and cuddled in.

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The street was noisy as people busied themselves with their lives. The young man stood staring at cards and then flowers. He questioned himself, he was not sure if the girl he liked, liked him in that way. Was he about to make a complete idiot of himself? He had liked her from the first time he saw her. Pretty brown hair, green eyes and an air of quiet confidence. She had a bubbly friendly personality and always smiled at him around the office. He stood thought and  hesitated, put the card down and walked out of the shop.

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It had been a hectic day and I was tired. I pushed Freddie off my lap as it was now starting to get dark outside and pulled the curtains. Freddie walked over to his basket, turned some circles and then laid down, head on his paws.

Running the bath water, I was grateful for bubble bath and being able to relax. I lay there amongst the bubbles. Ryan did not want me, I wondered who would.   I thought to myself about Julian at work and smiled to myself. He was tall, brown hair and very cute. Though all the girls liked him so I thought it very unlikely that he might think twice about me.

Apart from that I had just come out of a relationship so would it be rebound? However, I had liked Julian for months. I noticed him when he first started working at Francis and Webber. He is a Solicitor and I am a secretary.  Lying now I thought about the future, maybe I should just focus on today for now. Getting out of the bath, I grabbed my towel, dried myself and got dressed.

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It had been a long day, Robert sat watching Macgyver, working on his lap top. Thinking about the girl at work who held his heart. He had over heard her tell Stacy that she had been dumped. Stupid Ryan, he thought, but maybe he might have a chance now. He was a lawyer at Francis and Webber, he had been to Rachel’s home a few times just as a friend. Now he sat on a card website wondering whether to send something in the post to her to tell her how he felt. Valentine’s day seemed a good opportunity but would it be awkward at work if she didn’t feel the same?

Robert didn’t have the nerve to give it to her in person.  Deciding to do it he started to create a card. Should he write her a poem? Would that make her like him more? Though he was not going to start with, ‘Roses are red and violets are blue’. Thinking about his poem, he composed it and typed it. He was not the best poet but he wanted to make an effort for Rachel.

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Julian sat drinking his Costa coffee, did he go back to the card shop or did he leave it? Valentine’s day was two days away. Contemplating the what if’s, he then decided that he needed to do something and now was the time.  After finishing his coffee he walked back to the shop. He chose a card and picked up the biggest most expensive box of chocolates.

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Two days later I arrived at work, feeling a little low with Valentine’s day blues.  I was happily surprised to find a card, some flowers and a large box of chocolates on my desk. My heart raced as I opened the card. Reading it I could not believe that it was from Julian and he wanted me to have dinner with him that evening, wow I thought. I felt weak, how was I now going to concentrate on my work day? Robert then appeared, he smiled but looked a bit confused, smiling back I offered him a chocolate. I had always liked Robert, he struck me as kind and genuine. I wondered if he was alright as he refused a chocolate and he appeared upset. Then distracted by Julian staring over at me, I  forgot how sad Robert looked.

That day I raced home from work to get ready. On my doormat I found a large Valentine’s card. Freddie raced up to greet me as I opened it, I was surprised to see it was from Robert and he had written a beautiful poem. Hmm so what now? the cute Solicitor or the nice looking lawyer? I was not expecting this.  Whilst getting changed and dressed up for Julian I wondered about Robert, no wonder he had been upset in the office earlier when he saw the chocolates.  Maybe Julian would be a handsome bore. I certainly know Robert better and he know’s how to make me laugh, but he has always just been a friend.

I was very soon saying goodbye again to Freddie.  Shutting my door I was happy to be on my way out again for a romantic evening on Valentine’s day. An evening I had imagined that I would spend alone.

For more see Love is hard

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