This company-wide Town Hall meeting promised to be just as boring as the others. I generally disklike these events and try to sit somewhere near the back and hope noone notices when I sneak out half way through.
Then I spotted
Derek, sitting in the third row, with all the big shots and other upwardly-mobile golden boys his level. Wearing an adorable peach & white striped shirt. His short, schoolboy haircut... a perfect hairline around his ear, sideburns short but long enough to be hot. He turned to the cute golden-boy beside him and they shared a laugh about something. My heart was going pitter patter.
"And now for the quarterly recognition awards..." announced the towncrier. Ugh I hate the quarterly recognition awards. Now's when I usually make my escape.
"The first award, for outstanding -"
blah blah blah "- goes to Derek..."
A loud cheer erupts from the audience.
Derek stands up looking a bit surprised. He makes his way to the stage, amid the applause and shouts of his colleagues. Cute trousers. Polished shoes. Hot ass. Laughs, smiles, a self-deprecating shrug to the audience... I find myself whistling and applauding uncontrolably. After he receives his plaque, he does a little happy jig on the stage - which makes the audience shout some more.
Go Derek! Go Derek! Go Derek! Geez you'd think this was a frat house.
Much later, I see him in the hallway and congratulate him. He smiles that smile that makes my heart melt, pats me on the back (it stings, but just a little) and says,"Thanks, man. You know I wouldn't have gotten it without all your hard work and support! Let's have lunch this week. On me."
Ok, relax, Andrew. Breathe. It's not a date. It's just lunch... I find myself thinking.
(more Derek posts: Derek's boxers, Derek's blue sweater, Derek's ass;
Ewan McGregor )