She could tell by his tone when he answered the phone that he was in a rotten mood.
"Hello." When he said it, it was more than a complete sentence. The tone said "I don't have time for this, it had better be good."
Discomfited, she almost hung up then. Taking a deep breath, she replied shyly "Hi."
"Good day." he answered expectantly. Again his tone said more than his actual words, it said "Hurry up and tell me what you want, I don't really have time for you."
"You sound busy."
"I am." There was a pregnant pause as he waited for her to get on with telling him what she wanted.
Her heart sank. She knew she'd never have the nerve to tell him what she'd called for. "Oh. I won't keep you then, I was really just wondering what you're doing later."
"I'll still be working on this damned project, the whole thing is so fucked up. I won't be free for days."
Stifling a sigh, she told him to give her a call when he was free again, and hung up.
"Damn" she thought to herself. "I wonder if I'd told him what I wanted if he'd have found time to tear himself away for an hour or two. Now what do I do? I'm all keyed up, and I need it out of my system. Maybe i need to go for a walk."
She slipped her sandals on and went outside. She moved one foot in front of the other without even really looking where she was going. Next thing she knew, without even thinking about it or making a conscious decision to go there, she was reaching out and ringing his doorbell.
Her heart was in her throat as she waited for him to answer. "Fuck, what the hell am i doing?" she thought, almost panicked. "I know better than this, I know he's busy. He's going to be pissed." Her stomach clenched and knotted, but wasn't there something else? As the door opened and his face appeared, she shifted uncomfortably with the sudden realization that she was very, very wet.