Remember me? [Nina & Tyler]

Today everything went wrong at work. Not only did one of the men not show up for work and his buddy claimed he could be sick but also did the windy weather prevent us from finishing the roof and we had to go and start the plumbing without a finished roof.

I'm already disgruntled as it is when one of the guys drops a brick onto his own foot and screams bloody murder. Of course everybody is at his side in a second, pulling the brick off his boot and helping him out just to find out that here's another guy who won't be walking for a week or so. "Why aren't you wearing your work boots with steel caps?" I ask him angrily because now it will be on me to find somebody to cover his job and explain why I haven't been more peculiar about work safety.

Just when I'm up on the first floor, dangling off the side to pull up some piping that another guy on the bottom is handing me I spot a girl across the street, who looks very familar. Wasn't that the chick who talked to me at the creek on my day off but then decided to hurry off?
I raise my chin to acknoledge her presence but she doesn't seem to see me to I call over. "Hey! Are you stalking me?"
To see her is actually the first good thing happening today, so I quickly place the pipes on the floor and make my way down one of the construction ladders, then out the half finished house and pull off my work glove to properly greet her.
"Hi there!" I smile.

I notice how she avoids to take my hand. She's probably still sour because the other girl showed up at the creek and I didn't run off with her. Still she offers me a nice smile and flashes a perfect set of pearly whites. Awesome smile. I note.
After giving me the once over she calls my ragged work clothes nice. I quickly look down at the big leather work boots, thick canvas pants and old shirt with a few holes here and there and of course the hard hat.
"Yeah, bet you liked the other outfit better." I tease her remembering that I was butt naked when she first saw me.
"I work here. Construction." I motion in the general direction of the building and add, just to make sure she knows I'm not just some stone hauler. "I'm the foreman."
A little proud I can feel my chest swell. It sounds so good and I'm damn proud I moved up so quickly without even having a high school diploma.

"Do you want to check it out?" I reach out my hand once again to see whether she wants to accompany me for a moment because I'm really glad our paths have crossed again.
"So, honestly...have you been looking for me?

Oh she's definetly flirting with me as she's bright red before our hands even touch. I notice how she hesitates to take mine but finally does and when I cast a brief glance at her fingers I can see a few scars. Maybe that's why she's hesitating, not because she doesn't want to touch me. For now I won't ask about them though.

Together we cross the street and enter the constructin site. immediately the eyes of a few workers are on us, i can even hear a whistle and some stop working. "Yeah, yeah." I give the men a smile and twirl my finger in the air. "Keep working."

Then I pick up a hard hat and hand it to her. "You have to put that on, regulations."
We walk through half built rooms with cables dangling from the ceiling and half connected pipes. Somebody hollers. "Jameson, do you want the second wall up first or the roof finished?"
I quickly turn and look up through a hole in the floor. "Do the roof first, in case it rains tonight."
Then we continue our path. "So this will become an office building. I understand they want to put a doctors practise and some therapist in here. Up on the second floor will be more offices, no idea what for. We've been buidling since May and need to be done in a month. Looking good though." I'm confident that we will meet our deadline if nothing bad happens. "And you? Done for today or on your day off?"

I'm not sure whether she's just janking my chain when she claims that I have them under control. I think I do. "At least I have their respect." I think out loud.

I briefly look at her dirty clothing, which looks an aweful lot like mine except for the saw dust she's covered in. "Looks good to me although we could always go down to the creek and you could show me your OTHER look." I laugh a little too nervous about my own joke. I like flirting but still get insecure.

We climb up the ladder and have a look around at the unfinished building. At the far end the windows are mission but we have a great view over the city. "Look, here you can see the whole town." It looks much nicer and peaceful from up here. "You an't see all the dirt, homeless people and burglars from up here. Pretty nice, huh?"
Now we stand pretty close side by side and I can't help but put my arm around her shoulder. "Just for safety so you don't fall." Right.

“Today it is.” I state and grin boyishly. Oh my. I hope that my colleagues don’t hear what I’m saying because I will never hear the end of it.
Her arms around my midsection sure feel nice. That’s something the others can see and I will brag about because she is a very beautiful girl.

After a while of looking out and listening to the sounds I tell her. “I’m really sorry but I have to get back to work if I don’t want this place to be all crooked and shit.”
Just at that moment somebody calls out. “Jameson! Where are you?”
“Up here. Give me a second.” I yell back and then take her hand. “C’mon. I’ll show you to the door.”
Together we make our way down under the eyes of the bunch.
Now I’m a little lost because I’d like to see her again but dobn’t know how to ask. So I lean my elbow against the door frame and try to look cool while I ask. “If you want to hang out again or get another tour…come back. I’m off at 6.”

"Yeah." I nod. "I'd like that." What could be better than a hot girl like her bringing me food ...and a beer...after a hard day on the site.
I watch her walk away before I turn and get back in there to the hollering guy who by now seems a bit pissed off.
"Done showing chicks around?" He asks me and I just return. "Don't whining? Cause if not she might be able to bring you some cheese with that whine when she comes back to pick me up!" My last words have such a triumphant tone that it makes another guy, Jesse, behind me laugh.
He comes over and gives me a high five. "Is that the chick from the creek."
"Sure is." I confirm and share a few words with my friend. Then I'm back on the job making sure everything works and mixing some cement.
The whole rest of the day it's damn hard to concentrate. I manage to drop two brick almost on my own foot and walk backwards into a not secured whole in the ceiling while I'm on the second floor. Luckily I don't drop down but manage to fall forward and land on the ground with only my leg dangling in the hole. The incident causes me to almost piss my pants and get my focus back on where it should be but only until it's time to wrap it up.

With my work boots untied and the zipper of my jacket open I sit on the front stairs and watch all the men leave.
"Coming out for a beer?" They ask me but I only shake my head. "Not tonight, guys."

When all the other guys are gone she suddenly pops out of nowhere and damn does she ever look good. Getting up and brushing the dirt of my work pants I look at her in awe. "Damn, that might even be better than your birth suit." I smirk at her but at the same time wonder. "Where are you going in this outfit?" My own sure as hell is no match for hers and I immediately feel the need to take a shower.
"I was wondering whether you'd come back. Nice to see you again." I offer her a smile since I'm a little too insecure to just go over and kiss her.
Out of mere instinct I suddenly invade her personal space and give her what could be interpreted as a light kiss on the cheek.
Then I draw back a little surprised by my own audacity and add. "Sorry, I stink. I need to shower."
Noticing the bag she's holding I cock my head to the side and point at it. "Dinner?"
Then I take her hand and simply drag her inside now that the others are gone. Together we climb back up to the spot that's overlooking the city and by now the sun is about to set putting a warm, orange light on everything. Up here is a good place for a late picknick.
I sit down on a wooden crate and offer her another one
Her presence makes me a little insecure and wanting to show off. I guess she does have her effect on me, which I welcome right now.

OOC: Wow, sooo long.