Chapter 2

Stephanie had stood staring at the wall of paint trying to decide whether to turn the bedroom sunshine yellow or cornflour blue, she didn't really like either colour to be honest, she just wanted a change. As she stood there trying to work out the difference between a matt, gloss and silk finish a friendly voice piped up behind her....

“Can I help you?”

Stephanie turned round to be faced with one of the sexiest guys she'd ever seen, he had beautiful eyes and a warm smile. She found herself blushing and was annoyed at herself for letting herself get momentarily distracted by someone so much younger! Not really sure if the guy had noticed her blush Stephanie quickly turned round as if she was looking at the paint, and was thinking what to reply when the voice came again...

“What are you thinking of painting?”

Stephanie stammered that she wasn't really sure, she just wanted some ideas. She had a quick glance at his name badge... 'Justin' it said, and oooh he was assistant manager, not bad she thought for someone who was clearly younger than herself. Justin had seemed to notice her looking at his name badge and grinned right at her. Catching her completely off guard he came out with...

“Well, you know I'm Justin now, but do I get the pleasure of the name to go with that cute smile?”

“I'm erm, I'm, erm, I'm Stephanie” she finally managed to say before turning bright red and then running out of the shop!

She was so embarrassed, how could she have acted like that, she felt like a silly little school girl. Stephanie ran around the corner and went into the coffee shop. The smell of freshly brewed coffee and fresh cream cakes were too much and she ordered a cappuccino and a chocolate cream cake. She sat in the corner trying to forget about the paint ordeal, all she wanted was some paint and now she couldn't even go back in there, how stupid she was.

Stephanie had nearly finished her cake and was starting to feel slightly more calm when she happened to glance up and proceed to nearly choke on the last mouthful. As there, standing not more that 10ft from her was Justin, the guy from the DIY shop! He caught her looking over and he smiled at her. All Stephanie wanted was for the ground to open up and swallow her. She took to concentrating on stirring her coffee, hoping that the next time she glanced up he wont be there. She counted to 10 in her head and lifted her gaze.... oh shit she though, Justin was stood right there!

He smiled again at her and SAT DOWN INFRONT OF HER!!! Stephanie didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but before she could decide he placed a chocolate chip muffin down in front of her.

“Sorry, I seemed to scare you! I promise I don't normally make people run out of the shop!”

Justin kind of smirked when he said this, but not in a nasty way.

Stephanie really didn't know how to respond. So like she was under some sort of spell she just sat there quietly and ate the muffin. The weird thing was Justin didn't really say mush either, although he seemed more than happy to be sat there with her, as if he was enjoying watching her eat? When she had finished eating. Which took her awhile as her belly felt quite full after the other cake, she simply stood up and exclaimed...

“Thank you Justin”

and started to walk off. But before she was out of earshot Justin shouted....

“Don't forget to come back in when you know what colour paint you want!”

Stephanie didn't even turn round, she hurried home opened the freezer and sat and ate a whole carton of ice cream – not even thinking about how full she already was. She went to bed that night with a very full and bloated belly.