Nikki Boston had never been one to care about how others thought of her. That was until she met Loraine. Normally, if someone turned down the offer of going for a drink, she would simply shrug it off and get on with the day. But not Loraine.
Ever since Michael had first introduced her, Nikki was entranced by Loraine's stunning physique, her elegant style, her passion for business and her charm. Not able to help herself, she had asked her to go for a drink, which had an effect that Nikki could never have imagined. Loraine was speechless. She didnt immediately scream that she was straight which Nikki had half expected; She didnt say yes, as Nikki had hoped. For the first time in her life Loraine Donnagan, the millionaire owner of countless businesses, boss of thousands of staff was utterly speechless. It had caught Nikki off guard, she had panicked and made for the door the office like she was running from a burning inferno.
As Nikki made her way back to the PRU she wanted the ground to swallow her up. She felt stupid, embarrassed and most of all gutted that loraine hadn't given her the answer she wanted. She had been rejected in the past by women in a bar, but somehow this was different. She felt that she had really connected with Loraine and there was something more friendship the there. Nikkis' instincts were excellent, her years in the army had forced her to become very good at picking up on subtle body language and flirting. After all, no one wants to share barracks with a women who had rejected you for the rest of a tour of duty.
Nikkis pulse raced as she hastily gathered her possessions and made her way to the car. Without her usually precision and organisation she tossed her things on the passanger seat, revved the engine hard and accelerated away from waterloo road.
By the time she reached her apartment Nikki had not calmed down. sweat trickled down her wrist from where she gripped the wheel too hard, her fingers numb as she fumbled to open the door, leaving her things on the car seat. Normally nikki couldn't stand to leave anything messy, let alone her car but tonight there was only one thing that could calm her down. After getting in nikki rapidly changed into her running gear, grabbed a bottle of water and headed out down the costal trail towards the sea to get the wind through her hair, get her blood pumping and clear her head of any thoughts of what could have been between her and Loraine.