Falling at your feet
"Sparks fly when our world collides and I am falling at your feet."
Chilly winds whipped past Marian Fitzwalter as she stepped out of the office complex and began walking towards her car, which was parked on the other side of the street.
She quickened her pace, well aware of the unmistakable smell of drizzle in the air. Black thick clouds had been lowering over the city all afternoon, indicating that it was just a matter of time before hell would break loose. The dampness in the air was already making her clothes cling to her body in a most annoying way and her legs kept getting tangled in her long skirt, slowing her down considerably.
A quick glance at her watch confirmed what she already suspected. She was going to be late for her dinner date with her sister and her friends. Not that running late bothered he much though... her sister could wait...
No, it wasn't her dinner plans that made her hurry her steps, it was the drastic change in the weather. She was in no mood to get drenched this evening... Not when she had just had her hair done...
Marian's shoes were making quite a clatter on the asphalt as she crossed the street in five quick steps. If she hadn't been in such a hurry to escape the rain she probably would have seen the black Volvo coming at her at full speed, but she wasn't paying much attention to the traffic and didn't notice the car until she heard the unmistakable sound of squeaking brakes...
Reacting out of shear instinct, she threw herself to the side and narrowly escaped being run over. In reality the whole incident was over in less then ten seconds, but for Marian it felt like she sailed through the air for minutes, hours even, before she landed in a heap on the ground and crashed the kite with a less then graceful thud.
The impact was enough to drive most of the air from her lungs and she came very close to blacking out. She had never fainted before in her life but this time she sure felt as if she was about to - a prospect that frightened her. She didn't particularly like the feeling of losing control. But what frightened her even more was the fact that the speeding driver kept going without as much as a glance in the rear-view mirror!
"It's a scary world we live in," Marian thought to herself as she crawled on all fours towards the safety of the sidewalk. Her body ached from numerous bruises but apart from a few scrapes on her hands and knees, she appeared to have suffered no serious injury from her fall.
"Damn girl, that was close! Are you okay?!," a strong male voice suddenly boomed from out of nowhere.
Marian jumped at the unexpected sound and looked up only to find a tall, sharply dressed, dark blond , blue-eyed Adonis leaning over her.
Okay, comparing him with a God might have been a slight exaggeration but this man looked mighty fine and if THIS was a hallucination (due to her fall) then it sure was a pleasant one.
