Chapter Four - Not that different after all
They walked in silence for a few minutes along the river bank. Phil looked deep in thought. Sam stopped walking a moment.
"Phil? Are you ok? You've been really quiet, have i upset you or something?" She asked, slightly concerned.
"No, no of course you havn't. I'm sorry i was just thinking!"
"About what?" She ventured.
"Nothing it doesn't matter!" He said, continuing to walk. She followed him.
"Are you sure there's nothing you want to tell me?" She asked softly. He looked into her eyes, he seemed to forget what she asked for a moment as he fell into her eyes.
"Sorry, what did you say?" He asked, as reality took a hold on him. She laughed softly.
"Nothing, it doesn't matter!" She linked her arm into his and continued walking.
"Sam?" She looked up at him.
"I was just wondering, you can say no if you want, i was just wondering if you would like to meet up for a drink after work?" He asked, looking away as if anticipating her to decline the invitation.
"I'd love to!"
"Really? Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure!" She smiled.
Sam was completely different to any other woman that he had desired. In fact she was beginning to become more of than a want, more like a need. She was immensely clever, much cleverer than he was and much much more motivated than him in the workplace. It didn't particularly bother him though, he knew that many men felt intimidated by woman with power and status but it didn't faze him like it had done in the past. He wasn't jealous, he was proud that she had elevated herself above everyone else.
He knew about all of her past experiences with men, he knew how much hurt they had caused her. She deserved so much better than the users that dominated her past. He wasn't sure if he was the better that she deserved or not. True he would never hurt her physically and he was sure he would never emotionally hurt her on purpose. But would she ever allow him in. He didn't blame her for finding it hard to trust but he found it sometimes frustrating that she would never open up to him or anyone unless she totally broke down.
Phil was a total contrast to the scumbags that Samantha seemed to attract, true he wasn't an angel, but she knew that he would never physically hurt her and she was starting to believe that he wouldn't purposely hurt her emotionally either.
She thought of the many losers that she had attracted in the past, she didn't know why she did it but there was obviously something to be said for the bad boy image and arrogance that she seemed to attract everytime. And of course she got hurt everytime. That was why she swore to herself that she was off men, but then of course their office flirting ritual took over and she had purposely forgotten all about her vow.
It seemed funny how they both seemed to have the same weakness, but they both dealt with it so differently. He went from woman to woman making sure that he never loved but she threw herself into her work to make sure she never fell in love. Maybe they weren't that different after all!
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