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with the parameters of our new found
friendship. But I didn’t think I was ready to go there, not yet anyway.
    ‘Thank you Brayden, I appreciate your offer. Maybe one day I will take
you up on it, but not today. Why do you want to help me?’
    ‘This is going to sound like some corny shit, but it’s the truth. I
felt something when I met you Stella. Something I’ve never felt before. Like I
don’t just want to know you, but I need to. Your special, I don’t think you see
it in yourself, but I do. I need to be around you, even if this is all your
comfortable with for now. I’m okay with that. I can wait until you’re ready for
more.’
    Wow, I wasn’t expecting that. I
had tingles running down my spine as I read his words. Would I ever be ready
for more than this? I hoped so, but I just didn’t know.
    ‘I can’t say when, or if, I’ll ever be ready for more than this. I
don’t want you wasting your time on me, waiting for a day that may never come.’
    ‘I don’t mind, you’re worth the wait. Time spent waiting for you could
never be time wasted. Goodnight Stella. X’
    ‘Goodnight Brayden.’

 
    Brayden
    It had been three days since I had
seen Stella, three long frigin’ days. But I didn’t want to push her. Too much
too soon and I’d scare her away. I hadn’t meant to spill my guts the other
night, it just happened. I wanted to be as honest with her as possible, I
didn’t want there to be any reason for her not to trust me.
    I was itching to see her again.
Or even talk to her. I kept pulling out my phone to send her a text but then I’d
put it away again. I’d never played it safe before, but I couldn’t risk losing
Stella before I’d even had a chance to have her. Maybe I should talk to Sloan.
See what she thinks my next move should be.
    Just as I picked up my phone to
text Sloan to tell her to meet me at Freddie’s when she knocked off in half an
hour, my phone chimed. It was from Sloan wanting to know how things had gone
with the flowers.
    ‘Great, and not so great. She pulled her gun on me. Why does she have
a gun?’
    ‘Hahaha really? What did you do?’
    ‘I can see the humour in it now, but not so much at the time. I
frightened her. I didn’t mean to. I guess I approached her too quickly? When she wasn’t expecting it.’
    ‘Yea well, I told you to go slow. I meant it literally. Beers at Freddie’s? Meet you there in 15, finished up early
today.’
    ‘Great minds, was just thinking that. We need to talk strategy.’
    I felt better knowing I would be
able to talk this all through with Sloan. Nobody would know how to proceed from
here better than her. I threw on a fresh shirt, grabbed my keys and headed out
the door.
    Walking into Freddie’s I let the
atmosphere sweep over me and calm my nerves. It was Friday night, the band was
playing some Nickelback covers and they weren’t too bad. I found my usual
booth, took a seat and signalled the waitress.
    Sally came over swinging her
hips, her big tits jiggling as she moved in my direction. Usually Sally was my
kind of girl. She was up for a little fun and didn’t complain when I didn’t
call her. But tonight, watching her as she approached I felt nothing. She leant
down on her elbows when she reached my table giving me an even better view down
her cleavage. Yep, nothin.
    “What can I get for you tonight
sugar?”
    She licked her lips, that move
would have normally stirred some kind of reaction from me, but again, nothin.
    “The usual thanks Sal.”
    Sally was obviously put out by my
lack of interest and flirtation. She stood upright, frowned at me before
swishing her long blonde hair over her shoulder and storming off towards the
bar. I hoped she wouldn’t spit in my drink.
    Just then Sloan slid into the
booth across from me.
    “What’d you do to piss sally
off?”
    “Nothin. Just not in the mood to have her shoving her tits in my face
tonight.”
    “If I’m not mistaken, that’s a
first.”
    “Yea well, people