"Ah...Tim? Would you like to go out to dinner tonight?"
Tim glanced at the door of his office to see Lisa leaning
against the doorjamb. She was wearing a bright red shirt over a pair
of black jeans. Her blonde (dyed!) hair fell across her face and
shoulders and her face was a little red from what seemed to be the
beginnings of a blush.
Tim and Lisa were friends. Just friends. There was a time when
Tim had been a little in love with Lisa, but had gracefully let it
pass because she already had a boyfriend. They were close friends
though. Many a time had gone by when they had almost committed an
indiscretion. Maybe that was why they were such good friends - the
illicit attraction to each other kept them together.
"Sure, Ah...Lisa," smiled Tim, mimicing her. "Where do you
want to go?" "Oh, I don't know - how about "The Pub"? They make a great
Taco salad." "Fine, what time?" "I want to go straight from here. I have to write a paper
tonight, so I want to get done quickly." "Ok, meet you downstairs?" "Right."
Tim logged himself off the computer and followed Lisa out to
her car. They drove the short distance to the center of town and went
into the restaurant. They asked for and were given a cubicle to one
side of the restaurant. After the waitress had taken their orders,
they sat quietly.
Tim sat gazing at Lisa with a quiet smile, and she started to
blush.
"Don't do that!" she said. "You're embarassing me." "I was just thinking that I really could create a beautiful
photograph of you like this." "I was afraid of that. Do you really take pictures of nude
women?" "If that is what they want."
(Earlier that day Lisa had come into Tim's office and had
talked to him for a while. "You know, I would love to photograph you someday," Tim had
said suddenly. Lisa had been taken aback slightly and then she had
blushed furiously. "Why are you blushing?" Tim had asked. "Forget it." "No, really! Why did you blush?" "Well, I just thought of you saying something like - "tch,
tch, take that shirt off."" "You and your dirty mind. I wouldn't do that unless you
actually wanted to. I have enough models who do that, I'm don't need
to force anyone. And I couldn't force you even if I tried!" Lisa had left a little later, still blushing a little, maybe a
little excited at the thought of being photographed in the nude.)
