Two days later it was a Saturday morning. Skye was working. Her cell phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hi Skye." Nicole said.
"Hey Nicole."
"What's up?"
"Not much."
"What are you doing?"
"Working."
"Want me to let you go?"
"I can talk for a minute."
"The writing still going well?"
"I'm right in the middle of chapter five."
"How are you?"
"I'm doing great." "Artem and I had such a passionate night last night." "The sex was other worldly."
"Sex?" "What's that?" She said jokingly. "Called me to brag huh?"
"I figured since you don't have a sex life at the moment you can live vicariously through me." She said jokingly.
"I don't know, I'm not really into Russians." She said jokingly.
"Why not?" "They fuck great."
Skye laughed. "I'm sure."
"Maybe you'll meet someone up there in Maine."
"I highly doubt it."
"Have you done anything fun since you've been up there?"
"I drove to Boston the other day and saw a Red Sox game." "I'm going to a carnival tonight."
"By yourself?"
"Being married to Malcolm I got used to doing things by myself." "I gotta go."
"Ok I'll call back in a few days."
"Ok bye."
"Bye."
Four hours later Skye was in the kitchen getting ready to make lunch. Her cell phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hi." John said.
"Hi."
"What are you doing?"
"Making some lunch." "Another day off?"
"I'm on my lunch break to." "I heard something about a carnival tonight from some of the locals."
"I'm going to it."
"Maybe I'll see you there."
"Maybe."
Later that night it was around eight o'clock. Skye had been at the carnival for an hour. She'd ridden some rides. She felt someone tap her on the shoulder and turned around. It was John.
"Hi." She said.
"Hey."
"Been here long?"
"About twenty minutes." They started to walk around. "Do I get to tell you stuff about me this time?"
"If you want to."
As walked around John told her about himself and his family. They discussed their interests and discovered they had a lot in common. They'd gotten some food. They were walking passed a game.
"Want me to win you something?" He asked.
"If you think you can."
"I can." John won on the first try.
"I'll take that blue stuffed monkey."
They decided to ride the ferris wheel. John noticed Skye was freaking out a little when it would go to the top.
"Are you afraid of the ferris wheel?" John asked.
"It's just that when we get to the top it occurs to me, the only thing holding me in this seat is this metal bar." "If it breaks I'm plunging head first to my death."
"The odds of that happening are very minimal."
"Yeah, but it still could."
They started to go near the top again and she started to freak again. John grabbed her hand. "It's ok."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
John walked Skye to her car.
"See you Thursday." John said.
"Ok bye."
"Bye."
Skye was just getting ready to go to bed. She got a text message and checked it. It read.
Just wanted to make sure you made it home safe. - John.
She smiled. "Aw that's sweet." She thought.
I'm fine about to go to bed. - Skye
Ok goodnight. - John
Goodnight. - Skye
