The 'boing' sound of his electronic alarm popped up on his monitor. The meeting was to start in about 10 minutes. The piles of requests kept oggling from the in-basket, laughing at him.
He had been so wired lately he had developed a slight twitch under his left eye, he thought.
Jack slid his finger over the bridge of his glasses and pushed them back into comfort. Sweat was barely tangible in the trail of his spine. The boss was awaiting Jack's masterpiece this afternoon.
A co-worker, Dan, walked by and blurted "Hey, take your time. The boss just called and advised he was touring the other section's work area with the new VP. Lucky them! Don't sweat it babe, you have another... (looking at his watch) oh, hour or so." Dan skipped over to the small kitchen for more gossip with the ladies.
Jack took a deep breath. He knew his presentation was almost finished and polished enough to show, but something else was ticking on his brain.
The phone rang.
"Finance, Jack speaking..." he muttered, unprepared for a phone call.
"Hey beautiful", she breathed into the receiver. "I'm downstairs. Meet me in the parking garage - your batmobile, in five. Don't dissapoint me." - *click*
Jack gulped.
Who was this? The call didn't last long enough for his brain to register. Was it her?
****
He placed a few paper piles neatly on one side of his usual work space and pushed everything neatly away but kept digging into his brain, questioning if that had really just happened. He couldn't just leave work and go to his car on a whim. Come on. Well, this was not business as usual. She never calls.
He casually turned his screensaver on, making sure no one suspected he was away, took a sip of water to soothe his throat and walked down to the elevators. The giggles coming from the small kitchenette whizzed by. He couldn't be bothered. Jack checked himself in the steel reflection of the elevator panels. He crunched his cheeks to make sure his dimples showed, just as she liked.
-ding-
He looked up, and composed himself again. Walking out of the elevator, he looked around to perhaps find her green eyes. She was nowhere in sight. "Why would she be there anyhow" he thought, "she did say the batmobile, the parking garage. What could she possibly have up her sleeve... such timing." he grinned.
***
Upon his footsteps down the last flight of stairs he could hear a clear delicate drumming sound against metal. She was standing there, forearms pressed against the ledge of the car's roof, hands hanging there, just drumming her fingernails in a languid rhythm. Her back arched, firmly and patiently waiting. A slight grin was perched on her glossy lips as she looked him up and down like a juicy New York steak.