Her walk was halted as she left her office. Helen looked back several times to make sure her desk was clean and she hadn't forgotten or left something important out on her desk. Even though she always locked the door, she did share the space with a few other employees and she always worried.
Helen was just always a little nervous when leaving. As she walked through out to the hallway. Helen went to lock the door that connected the office suite to the health club where she worked. She was a little bit sad today but she dismissed the feeling as just being run down. She grabbed the door handle and inserted her key. When the door moved toward her Helen jumped a little startled as a large man came through the door abruptly. Helen was just about to tell him she needed to lock the door when with the giant grin of a child he cut her off as he said. "Oh hey, sorry I'm new to the gym, what is this?" His eyes took in the little white washed hallway with one framed picture of a flower that a coworker had brought from home.
Helen said "this is an office space, it's not part of the gym, I'm actually just locking up" she gestured with the keys in her hand.
The stranger, not understanding that he shouldn't be there, saying "Wait, what is up here? I saw offices downstairs, what are these for?"
Helen said "just accounting and human resources, it's only a couple people." The only other door in the hall was glass and clearly lead to the parking lot.
Helen normally joked that the most important people were tucked away from the rest of the staff but she was tired and just wanted him to leave. He, again, was not getting it, he crossed the empty hall to the office door she had already locked and pulled. "So, no one is here?" he said.
"No, I'm leaving too" said Helen and she started to get a little nervous. Plenty of people would hear here if there was a problem but this was not this guys first time in a gym, at least 6 feet tall with wide shoulders and since he did not seem to pick up on her eagerness to leave she sensed he might just be dim enough to be trouble.
"oh ok" he said and headed back through the door and into the gym, just as Helen started to shut the door the stranger whipped around and asked "So it's a good gym?"
Again, startled she fumbled saying "yeah it's good" A shy smile and blush came over the tall man, who suddenly looked like a child. "Ok, yeah I guess I'll see you around".
Helen, now feeling on the spot, shut the door in his face, put the key in deadbolt, locked the door and left down the hall and exited the building.
I LOVE CLIFF MCCORMACK!
