Tina’s POV

“Oh my God!!!!!! What just happened back there” thinking Tina. “Why did I wink at her? Was I actually flirting with her? I’m straight and have a boyfriend, so where the ***** did all that come from?!?! Yeah she was incredibly beautiful and had deep soulful eyes and poutty lipsmmmhhh and that suit..mmmhhhh.wait what am I saying? What is going on with me, I’ve never looked at a girl like that before, let alone continued to think about herwellthere was that one time in college, but that was nothing. This is way too much to process, I’m giving myself a headache, and not to mention getting all worked up over nothing. It’s not like I’ll ever see her again, wait why do I want to see her again.I have got to stop thinking about her, I’m on my way to meet Eric.uhgggwhy did I ever agree to meeting him tonight.”

Tina was driving home with her thoughts going a mile a minute.  Her encounter with this woman was nothing she had ever experienced. There had never been any person who had made her heart race and her breathing become sporadic. By the time Tina had gotten to Eric’s she was a complete emotional disaster.

Taking deep breaths “Ok Tina focus, you just got to get through tonight. You’re with Eric at least make it seem like you care. Try not to think about that brunette goddess you winked at..stop it!!! Eric, Eric, Eric.beautiful woman, beautiful woman..stop it!!! Ok here goes nothing.” Tina was finished coaching herself and walked to Eric’s door.

“Hey babe, I made spaghetti for dinner, hope you don’t mind.” Eric says as he kisses Tina’s cheek

“Yeah, fine. Here’s the wine you asked me to pick up”

“I’ll go open it and you have a seat. Dinners almost ready.”

“Um, I can’t stay late I have an early morning tomorrow”

“Ohhh, ok. But don’t forget we have that dinner party at the Bette Porter Gallery tomorrow night”

‘*****’ Tina thinks “That’s tomorrow night? I don’t know if I’ll be able to get away from work to go in time tomorrow night”

“Tina! You already said you would go with me last week!! Please come!!!”

Tina hated it when Eric begged for something. It made him sound like a big baby, how annoying.

“Yeah ok what time is it at?”

“I’ll pick you up at 7″

“How about I just meet you there, because I’ll most like have to leave directly from work.”

“Ok, great. I can’t wait for you to meet Better Porter”

After dinner Tina promptly left having tried and failed to come up with a good excuse to get out of this dinner party. She liked art but the thought of having to spend another evening with Eric being paraded around like some trophy wasn’t settling well with her.  When Tina got home she went straight to bed. She normally would have fallen asleep quickly, but that woman from the liquor store kept drifting into her thoughts and whenever she closed her eyes all she saw was those gorgeous dark eyes. Eventually sleep consumed her, but the vision of the woman would invade her dreams that night. And little did she know that vision would be invading her dreams for the rest of her life.

TBC