4

the next time Leon opened his eyes it was 8:45 the following morning he felt well refreshed and after he was washed and dressed he headed down to reception he decided on a simple bowl of cereal, he didn't feel hungry enough for a full English he got down to the last mouthful when George walked over holding a envelope.

"Good morning me Kennedy the rental company dropped of a car for you its parked outside the gentleman also instructed me to give you this" he handed the envelope over with the key.

"Thank you" George walked away back in the direction of the front desk and Leon opened the envelope the note was from the a British agency he coordinated

'Mr. Kennedy we would like to other again thank you for you assistance last week please enjoy this rented car for the remained of your stay in England we have made arrangements for the car to be collected from your hotel' well this was a nice surprise the car gave him more options after all exploring the town had only taken one day and even then he had dragged it out, he walked over to George who was now behind the front desk and asked about places to visit for a day out George clearly had this question a lot as this list and speech was well rehearsed he went down a list of museums local towns and villages as well as a castle he decided on a local village that was just a 40 minute drive away apparently it was a popular stop for tourist with a number of pictures walks and locations that sounded like a good relaxing use of his vacation time George again told Leon what time diner was but Leon just smiled

"I am going to eat out again tonight"

Fiona's sleep was again troubled she slept longer this time she got up about 8 and walked Hewie before sorting her breakfast she decided on some toast it was easy and simple but it was enough for her the only problem was Hewie siting along side her with those begging puppy eyes she did her best to resist but her discipline cracked at the last second and she slipped the final crust down to him. after she had done the washing up from his morning and last night she was dressed in a comfortable pair of blue jeans which could be considered excepterbal and I nice red short sleeved shirt with black thread swoon into it in some strange pattern of swirls and straight lines she walked into the front room and sat on the single chair in front of the TV she turned it on looking for anything that might be worth watching witch was wasn't really sadly she only had the five standard chancel's she had been meaning to get sky or at least free view but it always slipped her mind as well as her intention to expand her dvd collection which at the moment consitted of three random DVDs she made bought on sale and on the spot and they were all one she watched once and never watched again with little else to do she decided to watch the news they covered mostly about the economic down turn some form of sport scandal sad she through that people just hear about all the bad in the world the only story remotely positive was that police had intercepted a planed terrorist attack witch sprucely was only 60 miles away that was good and scary at the same time the weather came up cloudily and dry then her mind drifted back to the dream it was starting to freak her out she just wanted to shake this recurring nightmare off, she was suddenly snapped back to the present by the sound of the house phone looking over to the clock 8:50 that's a bit early for a sales person and she wasn't expecting a call she picked up the receive

"Hello"

"Good morning Fiona I knew you would be up"

"Charlotte what are you doing up this early" charlotte was a notorious late sleeper the kind of person that didn't know that there was an 8 am

"I had to run something down to the post office which I learnt didn't open until 9 but a left the packet with Kelly and she promised to send it first class for me"

"Ok so what possessed you to call me today?"

"Well" her tone changed and charlotte could tell she was smiling "Kelly informed me that you were drooling over a how did she put it remember she is 60 a delightful young man during the late shift last night"

"I…well….I" Fiona didn't know why she was so surprised about this after all gossip spread through this small town a faster than light speed

"I even heard the boss had to pull you away from him"

"Ok that's a lie" Fiona shot that out with out thinking

"So tell me the truth" Fiona paused for a second collected her thoughts

"Ok there was a guy his name was Leon"

"Cute?" Fiona tried to continue

"he's from American and"

"Cute?"

"Yes ok he's cute" that snap back was a little harsher than Fiona intended

"Good, you can continue" charlotte tone hadn't changed so she was still smiling

"Looks he's here for a week ok I just got talking to him for a while"

"And?"

"That's it well he did say he would come back tonight" Fiona instantly regretted that she knew what was coming

"Ok that's a start I should pop down tonight and give you some encouragement" charlotte meant well but she knew from experience that Charlotte method of encouragement was to try and force you from 0 to 60 in 0.01 seconds which is not what Fiona needed at work.

"Look he is only hear for a few days there's no point" Fiona didn't get a chance to finished before she jumped back in

"No its perfect" there was an unmistakeable note of excitement in charlottes voice "you said yourself you haven't even tried to get with anyone one months so you can just go for it if you mess up he will be gone in a few days and if it goes well you can start to build your confidence I am not taking no for an answer bye"

Fiona was left listening to the sound to the disconnected phone she tossed it back on to the receiver and lent back into the chair Hewie perched his head on her leg and she instinctively stroked his head she looked down smiling at her companion.

"Well boy work will be interesting tonight" she could hear the frustration in her voice but despite her frustration she couldn't help but think about what charlotte said and her you cant lose idea she defiantly liked the idea especially the part about if she made a fool of her self she would never have to see him again but the truth was she couldn't deny that the idea of things going well was defiantly more appealing she looked look at Hewie he had dent moved he was looking straight at her "I don't have anything to lose what do you think boy should I go for it" Hewie lifted his head and barked and Fiona just smiled.