Alright, your starting to make me nervous. Only one review for Soldier Boy? Im getting paranoid again. Review please, before I have another emotional breakdown. Their not that far off, at the best of times.
Their names were Annie.
Auggie looked around, curious that he hadn't seen Annie all day. She usually dropped by his desk a couple of times, but oddly enough, not that day. With no more work to do for the moment, Auggie wandered around the hallways until a faint whiff of perfume steered him in the right direction. Coming up on a corner, he was about to turn, until he heard the voices. One was unmistakably Annie's and there were several others that he was able to identify as being a few other females who worked with them.
"Honestly Annie!" one voice called out. "How can you be 'just friends' with him? He is gorgous! If I was you, I would have already made my move."
Auggie flattened himself against the wall. There was no way he was missing this conversation,especially since, he too, had often wondered why Annie hadn't hit on him before.
"I'm happy with out friendship, thank you very much."
"Really? Who would be happy with being just friends with him?"
"I am. Can any of you tell me how many girls he has been with, this month alone?"
The other women grew quiet at this. Even he had to admit, he wasn't really sure how many there were. Quite a few, at least.
"Exactly. Trust me, they don't have names, or faces. Their just random women. Do you think he spares them a second thought when he's done with them? Let me tell you a secret, he dosn't. Tasha, his old girlfriend, was the only exception to this that I have found."
Auggie winced at this. Damn. Don't sugar coat it Annie, please.
"He is a player at best, a man-whore at worst, and he's my best friend. If I sleep with him, I'll just become another nameless woman to him, and I value his friendship way too much to have that happen."
One of the voices spoke up above the others. "Oh my God! Your in love with him."
Annie let out a brittle laugh. "Please, if I was, which I'm not, I wouldn't be stupid enough to tell him. His ego couldn't take it."
"Admit it. Its just us girls."
Auggie had to strain his ears to catch her answer. "O.k., I am, but he can never find out. I care for him too much to ruin our friendship."
He walked away after this, unable to stand anymore. What she didn't know was that every single one of them had a name. One that made his heart beat everytime it was mentioned, that made him go weak in the knees. One that turned his blood to wine.
It was Annie.
Not really happy with this one. Don't know why, just not happy with it.