Chapter Two: Their First Meet

It was almost 7:00 now and Evy was still filing the new books. She wasn't even close to being ready to order more. Not many people had shown up today, so she had lots of time to get her work done.

There was one man currently looking at a bookshelf near the bookshelf containing information on Egypt.

Evy had a stack of 8 fairly big books about Egypt and was heading to put them away. Just as she walked the corner to the bookshelf, her foot caught the edge of it and she dropped every book she was carrying. She rolled her eyes at her own clumsiness.

The man heard things tumbling nearby and decided to check it out. When he saw her picking up books, he leaned down to help her.

She mumbled to herself as she picked up the books she had dropped. A man handed her the last one. "Thank you." she said. "I'm so clumsy lately! I've been working so much, I can hardly stand up for 10 minutes." She chuckled a little. "I'm sorry."

"It's ok," he said, "Everyone has those times." He spoke so soft and gentle. When Evy finally looked up to see the face of this man, she was stunned. He was gorgeous! His eyes were beautiful, his hair was beautiful, everything about him was beautiful! She couldn't believe her eyes.

As she stood up, he finally got to see her face clearly. She was gorgeous! Her whole face, her whole body! She was incredible! He couldn't believe his eyes.

They both just stood there and stared for a moment. Evy was the first to say something. "I'm sorry; I have to get these books put away. I still have 4 stacks as tall as me to put up, and then I have some paperwork to do, I'll be here all night if I don't keep working." She walked to the bookshelf and started filing books.

"Do you want me to help you out? So you aren't here so late. Because if you plan on doing all that tonight, then you'll be here until midnight."

"Well, if you don't mind, I would appreciate it." She said, filing the last book she had held.

"Well, I don't have anything else to, so I might as well."

"Thank you. The books are in my office, follow me." She led him to her office and they carried books back and filed them. It took an hour and they were done. "Is there anything I can do to pay you back?" she asked, hoping there was a way she could repay him for his kind help.

"Well, I was interested in some of those books about Egypt. How many can I check out?"

"As many as you want. It's the least I can do."

"Ok, thanks. I'll go get 'em." He walked to the shelf, and picked out 4 books. He brought them back to her desk and set them down. She took them from there and typed the bar code numbers into her computer.

"There you go. You can keep them as long as you want, free of charge. As long as I eventually get them back." She said, smiling.

"Thanks! I should be done with them within the week. So, I'll see you soon."

"Ok. Thanks again. Bye." she said, as he walked out.

She stared at the door for a minute or two, then remember that she still had paperwork to do. It was now 8:10 and if she was lucky, she could be home by 8:45. She pulled out a catalog, and started writing down numbers.

By 8:30 she was done. She still had the drive home, so, as she predicted, she would be home at about 8:45.