Chapter 1

Laura came in after a long day at the office. Everything had gone wrong today. Elton was off sick, the photos from the morning shoot didn't turn out well, and she had to take a cab home. Bobbie had borrowed her car this morning and she was supposed to pick her up. She never showed up. "What else could go wrong?" she asked herself.

She had just sat down on the sofa to rest when the phone rang. Laura sighed as she stood up and walked the short distance to the phone.

"Hello?"

"Laura? It's Scott."

"Yes Scott. What can I do for you?" she asked wanting him to get to the point so she could rest.

"I just wanted to let you know that I was on my way over with those contracts you needed."

Laura sighed. "Can't it wait until tomorrow?"

"No they need to be signed tonight. I'm already on my way."

"Ok," Laura said hanging up.

She went back to the sofa and sat down. The phone rang again. She groaned as she got back up.

"What?" she said angrily as she answered it.

"Well, hello to you too," said Luke's voice with a laugh.

"Hi," she said.

"Hi. Laura, I need you to come pick me up."

"Where are you?"

"Harry's Hog Heaven," he said.

"Luke that's all the way up near Niagara Falls!"

"I know. I'm sorry to ask, but my car broke down. The men at the garage said it would take a couple of days to get parts."

"Can't you just stay in a motel or something?"

"That wouldn't be such a good idea. I got a few of these guys mad at me. I mean, I won fair and square but you know how the people here act sometimes."

Laura knew what he meant. She remembered that Bobbie still had her car. "Luke I don't have a..."

She never got to finish. "Laura I have to go, the spotted me," he said hanging up.

Laura stood there staring at the phone for a moment before she hung it up. How was she going to pick him up when she didn't have a car. As she started to walk away from the phone, the door bell rang.

She walked to the door and answered it. "Hi Scott," she said.

Scott tried to hand her the contracts, but she was looking past him out the door. "What?" he asked.

"Is that your car in the driveway?"

"Yes. Why?" he asked.

Laura grabbed the papers out of his hand and threw them on a table. "Come on, I need you to take me somewhere."

"Where," he asked, hoping that she was asking him for a date.

"To pick up Luke."

"Now wait a..."

Before he could finish his complaint, Laura grabbed him by the hand and pulled him out the door.