Dream a Little Dream

All at once an alarm goes off in my head and I withdraw my hand from my top and begin to button my top becoming aware of where I am and the fact that anyone could come bursting in and catch me in this awkward moment. And just as I am buttoning the last button, there is a knock on my door and Jack walks in to see me trying to secure this last button.

He glances at what I am doing and smiles.

"Hey man its quitting time lets get out of here and get that drink ok?"

I stand up as quickly as I can and try not to look flustered but I know my face is red because he was in my fantasy just seconds before he walked in my office in reality.

I grab my coat and say "Yeah, let's go. There is a bar just around the corner from here that we can walk to, the parking is hell in the city until after 7."

"Great," Jack says as he pulls my door closed behind us, "let's get out of here!"

We head for the elevators and I'm still reeling from my little fantasy. Jack is talking a mile a minute but I can't seem hear him for the cacophony of my own thoughts.

"Hey man are you listening to me?????"

"Huh? Oh sorry Jack, guess I'm not totally off work in my head yet. What was that you said?"

"I asked if are there lots of women that go to this bar we are going to."

"Oh yeah several of the girls that work in the buildings around here go there after work."

Ok Gary you can drag yourself back to reality now he is definitely looking for a real girl not someone who just wishes he was one.

Jack's last comment served to snap me back to reality as we got to the elevator and stepped into the crowed car that was already headed for the lobby. Jack was pressing up against me as we rode the car down to the lobby and, not that I wasn't enjoying it on a secret level, yet it made me a little uncomfortable due to the fact that his massive 6 foot 1 inch frame dwarfed me so much.

As we arrived at the lobby the crowd propelled us forward toward the lobby doors and the bustling street beyond.