Carmen got up that Saturday after a good night's sleep. She spent the day cleaning the house, doing laundry and sorting through old papers of hers. Then, she went and got groceries. She treated herself to a nice steak that she could cook on the b-b-q. Before dinner, Carmen took a nice long shower and dressed up with a skirt and blouse. After dinner, she turned on the tv and set it to the channel where the hockey game would be. She watched the pre-game show while doing dishes.
When the hockey game started, Carmen was on the couch, watching and cheering for the Wings. Carmen wasn't really a Wings fan but her team, the Canadians, had been eliminated in the first round and she'd picked Detroit for the cup. Close to the end of the period, Carmen's cell phone rang. Carmen picked it up and looked at the display. It was her work division director, Daniel.
"Hello?"
"Are you watching the game?"
"Of course I am. What a question!" Carmen laughed. Daniel was a die-hard Wings fan and they'd had numerous conversations about hockey.
"Can I come over and watch it with you?"
The question took Carmen by surprise. Before she could answer, Daniel continued "My wife is upset with me and won't let me watch it. But there is one condition."
"What's that?" Carmen thought it was odd that the person asking to come over would set conditions but he was her director so she wasn't going to argue.
"No shop talk. In fact, pretend I'm not your boss at all."
Carmen could live with that "No problem. But the rule applies to you too!" Carmen gave Daniel directions to her place and after they hung up, she quickly went to brush her teeth and her hair.
When Daniel arrived and rang the door bell, Carmen greeted him with "You must be Dan. The escort agency said they'd sent you over to my suite and that you'd requested someone who knows about hockey. Come on in."
Daniel was speechless as he walked in. Carmen just continued "They're just about to show Coach's Corner. You're just in time. I'm sure dear old Don Cherry will have comments to make about a certain play earlier in the game. Here, have a seat on the sofa."
Daniel had a bag in his hands when he walked in and he took out a six-pack of beer. "Would you like one?"
Carmen shook her head. "No thanks." She then sat left of him on the sofa, tucking one leg under the other so that her right knee was close to his leg. Her skirt was wide and long so she wasn't showing anything.
On the tv, Don Cherry started his commentary and soon enough was talking about the one play "This is the one!" Carmen said "Watch this hit!"
Daniel watched and then said "Wow. Lucky my guy didn't get hurt on that one!"
"My guy? How about our guy? I'm cheering for the Wings too."
Daniel looked at her "Really? Since when?"
Carmen put her hand on his shoulder playfully "Well.... Normally, I'm a Canadians fan but they got knocked off in the first round so I had to pick another team and see, I have this boss at my day job that really likes the Wings, just like you do and I figured I could maybe earn some brownie points with him by cheering for his team."
"And how's that working out for you so far?" Daniel was finally playing along.
"Most days, that boss is too busy to even notice I'm there so it's not great but not bad either. But enough talk about my day job and my boss. How did you get to be a Wings fan?"
And Daniel told her about growing up in Michigan.
The second period started and they both focused on the game, having a lot of fun. Carmen could tell that Daniel was finally relaxing and that he needed it.
During the second intermission, Daniel asked "So, tell me about this second job you have with the agency, how did you start that?"
Carmen just shrugged "I started that on a whim. Thought it would be different."
"And is it?"
"Well, I'll find out tonight, won't I? You're my first customer."