Twisted Perfection

You walk forward a lot.

Severally thought were running through my mind as I stood there staring at him.

...Okay the lower half of him.

I mean , he was wearing the same exact underwear from my dream, how was that even possible?. I closed my eyes a few times and opened them to make sure he was really there. I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming but he was still there.

This isn't a dream.

But why was he here? Was he really my neighbor? could such an intense coincidence really have taken place?

Why was he doing home improvement in his underwear? and in the middle of the night? -and might I add in his underwear?

Very inconsiderate.

I didn't even know where to begin In my line of question so I said the very first thing that came to my mind.

“That picture isn't straight" I said pointing at the framed picture on the wall before him.

Andrey climbed down the ladder and walked right up to me. He turned to face the wall and looked up.

“I believe you are right, thanks" he said before climbing back up the ladder to readjust the framed picture.

I'm not even going to try and explain what Andrey looks like climbing a ladder.

I'm not exaggerating but no words in a dictionary could describe what was before me right now.

Once he straighten the picture,he turned, sat on the top step crossed his legs and looked at me as if he was totally undisturbed. As if somehow he was separated from reality.

It was as if nothing about the whole situation was even vaguely bizarre to him.

I opened my mouth a few times trying to say something to him but nothing came out. I just ended up staring at him as he pulled a cigarette from behind his ear, lit it, took a drag and let the smoke tumble out seductively.

“You shouldn't smoke, it's bad for you" I finally managed to say even though I totally was transfixed by it.

“So they say" he said as he took the cigarette from his mouth and put I on the step of the ladder and stepped back down towards me.

“It's winter you should put some clothes on" another fricking stupid thing to say

“Yes mom" he said again as he stepped towards me, prowling like a wild animal about to pounce. I had a momentary lapse in sanity when my eyes met his, my mouth opened and a little breathy sound came out.

Snap out of it!

“Okay. Stop right there. Stop that walking or whatever it is that you are doing. immediately" I pointed at him

He stopped and smilled “Yes ma'am"

“AHHHH!"I gasped out loud and slapped my hands over my mouth in total shock, he said that in my dream too.

“Stay back" fully aware that I looked like a crazy woman backing away from vicious tiger. But if I didn't keep him at bay, I was almost certain he would have me bent over that ladder and I wouldn't object.

Andrey burst out laughing and held him arm to him stomach.

“How long did it take you to find me?" he asked

“l beg you pardon?"

“Did you run around through out the night looking for me?"

“whattt! nooo!"

“Just joking Emmy" he Chuckled.

"Ohhh right"

Because of all the distracting hot nakedness I'd forgotten why I came here

“Well forgive me if I don't have a sense of humour at two in the morning after being woken up by a drill in my ear" I said

He watched me for a few seconds in genuine shock “you live there? seriously?"

“yes,on the other side of the wall you've drilling for the past half hour"

Andrey blinked out a few times before finally bursting out laughing,a big very hearty laught

It kinda got me annoyed

“Well it's official" he said

“ I'm never going to be able to sleep again knowing that only a few inches and a wall separate up"

I swallowed hard and my breath caught in my throat as I pondered the implications.

“Some people in the office think you don't sleep anyways" I said trying to move the conversation into another direction.

“Really?what else do people think?" he said with a knowing smile as if he was used to such humours, stories and gossips.

I thought about not saying what I was about to say but wanted to see what kind of man he is and wether the rumours were true or not because at this point I was all confused because of all the hotness I was seeing right now.

“I heard you slept with all the women in your former office"

A tiny smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he ran his hands through his hair.“I think that's a slight exaggeration"

His voice was sexy and all whispery and I took a big step backwards.

“What do you think?"

“About what?

“What do you think about me? do you think I slept with all the women in my former office?"

“It depends"

“It depends on what?" he said and started walking forward again and I started walking backwards.

“Be careful of that box" he said pointing behind me as I was just about to walk into it but I keep on walking backwards while he continues he forward walking.

“You walk backwards a lot" he said with another smile that made my heart melt.

“Well, you walk forward a lot" Great retort Emmy,real genius one there!

“So what do you think of me Emmy?"

I stopped walking backwards considering the fact that this might be my chance to redraw my lines here and make it clear to him that I never want to have s*x with him again, even though I might be tempted to- and we are going to keep everything professional even though I had unprofessional thought rummaging through my mind right now.

“Honestly?"

“One hundred percent"

“I think you are arrogant and corky"

He nodded “I've heard that one before"

“And you're clearly a big flirt, you've got all the women at the office wipped.."

He cut me off “Do I have you wipped?".

“Absolutely not"

“Anything else?".

“To be honest, I think you are actually very good in what you do, I'm sure we'll become very much good colleagues". I said “And you seem very professional like me” Emphasizing on the professional.

“I'm sure we will". he said folding his arms and leaning against the doorway in a very cool relaxed I dont give a crap way still in his underwear I might add.

“Ummm..I have to go now, don't want to be late for work, need my sleep"

His demeanor changed somewhat.

“Yeah...right, I'm really sorry for waking you, what's up with the landlord by the way, what a flaming weirdo" he said but I couldn't help but chuckle.

“I thought he was going to strip search me when I came into the building"

“He's pretty mad, wait until you come to the next house meeting..."I stopped my self mid sentence not wanting to encourage more conversations.

“I bet!" Audrey smilled. Nothing melted but it just gave me warm fuzzy feelings inside.

“Anyways, he said the neighbors were a gay couple so I assumed no one was staying in the second bedroom"

“Nope, I stay there” I said walking towards the door.

“Well sorry again Emmy.."stop saying my name stop saying my name

I gave him one last little nod and walked out the door into the corridor.

“Oh..and Emmy please close the door behind you" does this sound familiar.

“Sure" I said

“And Emmy.."He called out again “Go out with me?"

I stopped dead in my tracks as his words stunned me into some strange silence.

“What did you just say?"

“Dinner, I'm a really good cook"

“Sorry what?"

“A date, go out with me" he said smiling ,more warm fuzzy feelings

“I don't think so"

“Why not?" he started walking towards me and I froze, I couldn't move, it felt like my feets were frozen to the floor. He walked all the way up to me and leaned against the wall.

He does a lot of leaning.

“Well firstly, you are my boss and secondly I don't date"

“I don't believe that"

It was true, I didn’t date, my life was already complicated that there was hardly any space for it. Certainly no time and anyone who got involved with me would have to know about my family and all the craziness not to mention the tiresome responsibilities that came with it.

My last boy hadn't been able to handle the last drama all too well.

“I don't and certainly not my boss"

“Well I look forward to changing your mind" He look totally undisturbed about everything like he was in his own world.

“Not gonna happen" I said

“Lets see about that"

I was about to exit when I stopped to think...out of all the women in this world, why me? there are other women who are ten times cooler, hotter, creative and definitely sexier than me. I was just...me. Just plain and normal old me.

“Why me?" I turned to stare at him.

“Why me?"

He stared at me for a while and said “I told you, I'm totally in love with you"

I burst out laughing he was obviously f*****g with me.

“Does that line work for all those other women, ohhh babe, you're so beautiful, you're killing me, i need you so much, how many women have you pulled this on" I said, kinda of a little bit annoyed.

Andrey suddenly looked so serious,I've never seen him look so serious like this before “None!, I don't say things I don't mean"

“Sorry?"

“I don't say things I don't mean"

I looked at him, trying to study his face but nothing changed, he looked really serious. But how could he be, I didn't know what to make of it.

From the first time we met till now,I took him for this bad boy s*x maniac but I didn't know what to make of this right now.