<div class="floatright">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d80f/21h8ybmnz6cjeh34g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/view/21h8ybmnz6cjeh3/Kimmie.png/file)</div><br/>Chloe teases me about finding Kevin again....<br/><br/>“You can still find Kevin? I haven't seen him in a long time! Home wherever he is the little girls are all safe!” #Giggle<br/><br/>I have to smile as well.  I can find Kevin, but he's never coming back.  And somehow, Im completely and absolutely reconciled to that fact.  In all honesty, I like Kimmie.....I like her a lot.....she, is me.<br/><br/>Chloe shifts topics and we discuss Crabtree and Walsh, and 'life there' a bit.  I tell her of my situation and possible openings to advance.  She offers up a different tack<br/><br/>“Ever consider leaving? Financial analyst skills can retrain in other areas. My department has a staff statistician who trained in finance and had an aptitude for statistics. I've had to learn more about stats than I ever thought I would need to. Good news is I'm not at all bad at selecting analytical approaches, or so my committee and professors tell me.”<br/><br/><em>"To be honest....I have thought about leaving.  As I said, I like where I am....but to come in fresh to a new position, in the right situation, of course.  Be there on my own merits and as a woman, has a great appeal.  I know I can do any sort of admin work.  Crabtree and Walsh have shown me and taught me all that a position like that encompasses.....and gawd there is so much that no one gives you credit for doing...."</em><br/><br/>I swirl my wine in my glass and look at Chloe.....<br/><br/>She is so pretty, and has a certain underlying sexiness to her all the time.  I hope Im like her....pretty, sexy, smart.<br/><br/><em>"So, yeah....Im looking, not aggressively, but Im not married to C and W either.  A girl has to take care of herself.....a wise woman taught me that a while ago"</em><br/><br/>I dont take my eyes off of her...until I feel its becoming awkward, then go back to giving my wine another swirl.<br/><br/>“So I'm really happy we decided to get together! I've missed you Kimmie. Hope that doesn't surprise you too much after how we, um, we met and all.”  Chloe says and ends that little awkward moment I was experiencing.  She runs her fingertips along my arm and I get a tingle....a wonderful feeling tingle...more of 'electricity' than anything else.  I smile instantly. Then I sort of blurb out:<br/><br/><em>"You've never been to my apartment....you must come over and visit....." </em>I blush....<em>"I even have Scotch at home.  Just in case you came by....18 year old stuff....19 now...I dont know if its any good....I was always more of a beer connoisseur and now trying to learn wines.....but youre welcome to come sample it.....any time" </em><br/><br/>Then, with her fingers still on my arm, I think....."tonight would be nice"....but she's so busy, I dont want to put her on the spot and have her have to decline.<br/><br/><br/><br/>