Sarah vrs Carina's heart

It had been a year since Sarah and Chuck had been married, the couple threw an anniversary party. The party was going strong and many of their friends were there. Sarah and Chuck noticed when Carina made her arrival know. It became apparent that she had turned the heads of every male there. Well almost every male, Chuck had long become immune to Carina's charms but one other seemed unimpressed with her abilities to char m. This man was an old friend of Chucks; this was Fred Wilson, about the same height as Chuck, same build, but darker hair. Sarah and Chuck wanted Fred to come out since the tragedy he suffered losing his wife and unborn child in a car accident. He rarely spoke, but still valued the friendship he had developed with Chuck and Sarah. It had been 2 years since his loss but they could still see he suffered a lot and missed his wife immensely. Carina saw him out of the corner of her eye licked her lips at how cute he looked, but curious that this man sat by himself and quietly drank his beer. Carina thought to herself, I always like a challenge.

"Hi my name is Carina and yours is?" she asked boldly

"Hi my name is Fred Wilson, I am a friend of Chuck and his wife Sarah." Fred replied.

"Sarah and I go way back so you know Chucky he is a great guy and Sarah made a great catch with him.

"Yes Chuck is great, he is my friend and Boss even though he has never treated me like his employee but as a good friend. Knowing them both has really saved me. No one could have two of the best and loyal friends as them."

As he spoke Fred's eyes became misty and this peaked her interest of what was going on. Fred then turned to her and told her Carina it is a great pleasure to meet you but I am not very good company right now , I am sure there are a lot of other men who would be better company. With that he excused himself and walked away moving to another part of the courtyard to sit by himself. This grabbed her curiosity since 'No man has ever just walked away from me!'

Looking around Carina saw Sarah and Chuck talking to some people and walked over to them. Hey Sarah, I need the 411 on your friend Fred Wilson and I mean like now! Sarah knew how her friend could be, but not quite this demanding.

"Why Carina? ", Sarah asked.

"Because I am not used to having a man elude my charms and this friend of your just with stood my seductive charms and walked away from me. I must be slipping; no man has just walked away from me Sarah. So enough BS guys I want your Intel, like yesterday," she roared.

Sarah and Chuck took her aside and told her about Fred and his loss. How he had become more quiet and withdrawn. Even at work, they would see him worked 3 times as hard of anyone else, but he had shut down inside. He rarely spoke but would just do his work, and were surprised he had even briefly spoken to Carina. But what even more surprising what that she appeared genuinely interested in this guy.

"Well thank you but I have a rep to uphold no one just walks away from Carina Miller when she is on the prowl" Carina exclaimed .

"Carina please don't hurt him he has been through a lot, ok!" Sarah shot back her friend.

"I promise Sarah I won't draw blood needlessly." She jokingly retorted.

Chuck's eyes just got big and softly asked his wife, "She's not going to hurt him is she?"

"I don't know Chuck she is a bit wild and she looks like she is going to go on a hunt!" Sarah laughingly replied.

Carina finally spotted Fred sitting quietly in a corner just looking at the sky , slowly drinking his same beer from earlier. She could pick up the signs of being in a lot of pain, not physical but emotional pain. What impressed her that even while hurting he was still kind and respectful? She quietly walked up to him and sat next to him, and then he saw her sitting next to him.

"Hi Fred I hope you're feeling better", she asked softly

"Not really its been a long day for me. I was thinking of leaving and walking on the beach just to clear my head."

"This party is getting a bit dull would you like some company, to be honest I enjoyed our brief talk and would like a chance to get to know you better if I could?" asked Carina.

"I don't think I would be very good company."

"Well Fred why don't you let me be the judge of that, ok." Carina softly spoke to him.

"OK, if you would like."

"Yes Fred, I would like very much like indeed, let me get my jacket."

With that Carina said her goodbye to Chuck and Sarah who at this point were practically floored that Fred and Carina were leaving together. More surprising was that she held his hand as they walked off. Never had she seen her friend more unlike the Carina Miller she had worked with on missions or the CAT squad. Carina appeared almost human and warm and genuinely affectionate toward Fred. Well Sarah thought to herself ,'Well miracles can still happen after all.