New Tricks: On A Night Like This

Chapter 2

Sandra thoroughly studied the height and the familiar posture of this nighttime visitor as she collectedly approached toward her front door. One important thing she clearly acknowledged was that the person seemed to be under the influence from driving and must have persistently staggered from the nearest public house. Also she cleverly recognized the cockney inspired singing. It was pretty much obvious but still a little baffling as to why this well known person chose to knock at her front door late at night.

She finally summed up the courage on opening the door to who she presumed it would be. "Gerry what the hell do you think you're playing at?, knocking at this time of night and distracting me from watching four gorgeous actors on the television. Don't tell me the date didn't go as well as you expected" .Sandra could tell right away by how disappointed he looked, both his hands stuffed in his pockets as normal, his facial cheeks the same colour as a glossy tomato. It was always great to interpret Gerry's every look whenever he didn't speak.

"Can I come in?" Gerry asked, he was handsomely dressed in his royal blue striped jacket and trousers. It also didn't go unnoticed that he was already beginning to feel pretty awkward about standing for too long on her front doorstep, any longer and perhaps one of her nosy neighbours might have honestly believed he was romantically proposing marriage to her.

"Yeah sure" Sandra eagerly smiled, still trying to hide the fact that she was hoping for an early night sleep, however given that it was an accustomed colleague(Gerry) who looked as though he needed perking up, she was willingly more than happy to welcome him into her house and she was pleasantly delighted to have someone to chat on this normally quiet late evening in. Gerry stepped into the darkened front living room and wandered around, looking at her impressive collection of books and music CDs. It looked likely enough that most of the books she owned seemed to be passionate and nostaglia ones which perculiarly caused his eyebrow to raise up.

"Don't tell me you've also been knocking back a few pints at the Burns Inn down the road by any chance have you." Sandra could tell almost immediately.

"How do you know that" Gerry garbled his words out a little wrongly as he faced her.

"Look I'm really sorry if I woke you up this late at night, I know it was incredibly rude of me, banging my hand against the wooden surface of the door." Gerry began to speak much more sincerly and truthfully before she could manage to provide an answer to his genuine apology. " Its funny because I actually didn't know whether I should go home or not after the boring night I've had. Phoebe my date for the evening wasn't as delightful as I first thought. I reckon she was more madly in love with her Samsung mobile more than she was with me. The Twilight film I really struggled to see why every cinema-goer seemingly admired the man/werewolf more than the vampire, he bloody spent half of the film half topless. I think you would have been pretty much impressed watching this film Sandra, knowing you, you would have been overplaying sexy whistles everytime this Jacob appeared on screen " Gerry sighed with annoyance, just as he sat down on her settee.

"What a description Gerry, I really wish I'd been there just to see your reaction." Sandra smirked, laughing slightly at the wonderful image of him looking reasonably bored at a packet cinema screening room. She couldn't fight back the considerable thought that his date hadn't been that into him and had probably lied to him beforehand. Sandra began to feel sorry for him. "So I guess Phoebe thought of you more as an vulnerable daydreamer."

"Seems that way, the only positive feeling she gave me was when we left the cinema and she reached over, giving me a soft kiss on the cheek. Didn't even ask for a ride home" Gerry felt a little embarrassed, knowing all too well he might get the traditional tongue in cheek stick for this back at the UCOS office in the morning when Brian and Jack eventually find out how unsuccessful the date with Phoebe turned out to be.

"Gerry" Sandra flashed a pleasant smile at him. Gerry turned to look at her as he responded, he couldn't fight the plain urge to smile back because he was laughing at knowing quite well that it would be obvious to any lucky fortunate bloke who had the satisfaction of dating her that they were absolutely dating one classy diginified woman.

"Yes"

"You don't fancy a cup of coffee by any chance do you and the chance of watching Mad Dogs" Sandra felt she ought to inevitably cheer him up, well he properly deserved some much sought after laughter to help raise his spirits after the night he'd had.

"Oh don't tell me, you gonna start attempting your entertaining techniques on me Sandra, won't work its magic I'm afraid and then who's to say you won't go gossiping to Jack tomorrow morning" Gerry wasn't exactly persuaded by her thoughtful suggestion as he kept considering whether she would inform the others by his late evening at her house.

"Gerry stop acting like such a moody British Bulldog. Let's get facts straight shall we. You're having this cup of coffee and sleeping off your possible hangover on my settee for tonight because I'm not having you go home blind drunk" Sandra slightly shouted at him, hoping he would stop complaining for once as it never always got anywhere for him.

Gerry reacted with surprise that his boss seemingly looked pragmatic and down-to-earth when it came to making honest decisions concerning him and also the clear fact that she wasn't ripping his head off for once. "Blimey I never realized you cared that much about me. Alright I sleep here then tonight and before you ask, no I'm not an hypochondriacal sleepwalker and lastly I'll try not to knock things over during the night" he happily promised her. watching her as she curled her legs up on the other two seated settee.

"Phoebe was way out of my league I reckon All I want to know is when I'm going to find the one Sandra cos feels like this could last a lifetime searching for someone who shares the hobbies and interests as me" Gerry couldn't help harpering on about his unsuccessful love life. He always felt a little humilated upon stumbling on false hope whenever it came to meeting someone who he truly believed might respond well to his impressionable comments.

She was becoming a little sick and tired of his constant negative feelings about finding the love of his life and then while they were still waiting for the Blu Ray Player to load up the DVD she gladly chose to make those promised coffees. Sandra then cunningly tiptoed into the kitchen and promptly switched on the already water filled Breville Electric Kettle . "Oh Gerry...Gerry..don't go giving up by a long shot the right woman is bound to come walking into your life soon enough and right away possibly take your breath away with her stunning looks"

"I'll make an supreme effort not to search for the light at the end of the tunnel because the light of promising hope should hopefully be right before my eyes" Gerry slurred his spoken words, he was hardly surprised about this.

"Maybe I should be doing the same thing, hoping that someday, my very own Prince Charming might stroll into UCOs and boldly batter his eyelashes at me" Sandra remained optimistic over this and felt herself blushing at the same time.

"You still believe in your very own Prince Charming...blimey almighty" Gerry laughed, finding this hilarious to listen to.

"Oh yes very much so Gerry, judging by your reaction you don't count on having an fairytale ending. Okay tell me then what's your accurate suggestion on finding that one person who will make you feel as though you're a much privildeged person." Sandra tried to be as helpful to him as she possibly could, even daring to challenge him to voice his confidence in finding that one special true love.

"Blimey you're putting me in a tight spot aren't you by asking me this. I don't know...well maybe its that one person you meet unexpectedly and you see a gorgeous twinkle in their eyes that tells you that they could definitely be someone special" Gerry explained.

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An hour later, just as the oval shaped kitchen clock struck 11.30pm, Sandra placed her love heart stamped mug on the coffee coaster on the table in the living room, she tiredly rubbed her eyes up to three times and then genuinely considered heading upstairs for the night. Before she made tracks she quickly glanced across the room at Gerry and positively laughed as she saw how cute he looked while sleeping peacefully. His hair looked ruffled on the right hand side of his face and three buttons on his crumpled shirt were already unbuttoned, just looking at her lethargic colleague looked like quite an impeccable sight to see.

Just before drawning back the lounge curtains and switching off the lights, she bought out an unused duvet and placed it securely over Gerry's untroubled shoulders as he laid back against the comfy armchair. Sleep tight Gerry, don't go waking me up again possibly during the night. As she turned to leave the room, Gerry's right eye shot open and a cheeky smirk soon emerged and imprinted itself across his lips. he was considering the possibility that perhaps the love of his life might have been right under his nose the entire time...Sandra.

End of chapter

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