Writing practise 3

Dates Gone Wrong

Annie was mad, furious even. And she had a good reason to be. Her date had stood her up, enough to make any woman mad but this date happened to be another operative, which annoyed her even more. How dare he, that stubborn, stupid, egotistical little… her thoughts trailed off, going into several languages and just about every insulting word she knew. Oh yes, she was mad all right.

Auggie called a few hours later, the time which Annie had spent pacing a rather impressive hole in her living room carpet.

"Yes Auggie" she said, her tone deadly calm as opposed to her body language. She was practically trembling in the urge to tear something to shreds.

"I would ask you how your date went but is it really necessary?" He replied, coming to stand across the room from her. She was ready to rip into something and he had no desire to be it.

"He stood me up" she growled, her pacing increasing.

He dutifully stood there and listened as she said EXACTLY what she thought of operative Harper

"I'm going to kill him" she said. The sound of her footsteps stopped as her eyes lit up. Auggie gave her the look. The one that said 'you have officially gone insane' that only a best friend could get away with.

Her pacing started again, her footsteps heavier than last time and Auggie decided that it was time. He carefully counted his steps to the TV before putting in the DVD that he had brought and sitting down. Annie watched him, her face a mixture of surprise and the present anger. When she didn't move he patted the seat next to him and pulled out a packet of M&M's. THAT got her moving. She was on the couch munching on the snack in less than ten seconds flat. He started the movie and sat back, relieved that she no longer wanted to destroy something. She would feel better soon but right now what she needed was to relax and forget about the jerk for a while.


"Hey Aug" she said a few hours later.

"Hmmm" he replied.

"How did you know that he didn't show up?"

He had been hoping she wouldn't notice that. She really would kill him if she found out about the little 'chat' he had with the man in question.

"Well the hole in your living room may have something to do with my assumption. And you did tell me in-between your, shall we say description of Harper"

"Yes but before that"

"Call it instinct I guess"

"Well I'm glad you came and Auggie?"

"Yes?"

"Thank-you" she said, placing a gentle kiss on his cheek.