Moments to remember 2
One day the director of our office told Eve to organise an information afternoon for people on the matter of social assistance. She had no experience at all in this and I saw her sitting at the office, not knowing what to do. She wore her typical long dress with the all revealing out cuts. I felt so much to do with her and I couldn’t hold myself, so I went to her, and asked what the problem was and she explained with a lot of sighs the instruction she had to do. I told her she could always rely on me and that I would help in any way and she smiled at me. She even readjusted herself on her chair so I had a better look at her, I don’t know if she did that on purpose or if it was a natural reaction unconsciously knowing what I would like best. Then she took notes of the things I said she had to do, among them to order an exhibition hall where all the social organisations could display their office. On the day itself, at that exhibition hall, all the suppliers had brought the materials and I knew by experience that this would be a mess. So I went there and saw her sitting at a table, not knowing what to do with all this, and when I made a joke about all the rubbish that was lying there, she could laugh with it. It was one of those smiles I will never forget. ‘Let’s have some order her’, I told her, and I asked if I could arrange the hall in my way, which she accepted gladly. Every instruction I gave or thing I told her to do, she did without hesitation or debate, listening with all ears to me. Of course she understood immediately I had a lot of experience in the matter but nevertheless I would think she would do some details in her way, but no, she agreed with everything I said. It was fantastic to work with her. I never had a better workmate like her. She wasn’t even afraid to lift heavy things. She wore a sportsmanlike outfit, so she could move in a flexible way, the outfit was sitting tightly, so her forms were well outlined. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. She must have noticed that sometimes but didn’t say a thing. When we were lifting a heavy object together I would touch accidentally her body with my arm and I had to keep myself in hand not to do that too much so it would wake her attention (may be it did but she didn’t reacted about it). It was one of the best days in my life. We were working together, she doing what I was telling her, and that was something that made me feel as if we had love all day. She didn’t give me the feeling that she belonged to me although it could seem like that because she has no boyfriend or partner of some kind. It was a wonderful tension that raised from the situation, she was just a workmate, that in this case added to the tension between us, because if she would really be mine, it would totally be different. When you desire something badly, the satisfaction of getting that something makes a whole different feeling afterwards. It’s like Marilyn Monroe sang : “when you get what you want, you don’t want what you get”! This was a sort of relationship based on respect, willingness and a mentality to help each other more than in just a collegial way, because she knows she depended on me and therefore would go very far in this relationship, without crossing a border. It’s difficult to explain a situation like this because most people will think that the best relationship is a loving one, but if that cannot be, a form of being together like we that day, makes me feel happy as well. Lucky or good feelings can exist in many ways and it’s the sensation of having a really good feeling that makes a good day.
I couldn't resist making this link to one of the most beautiful Italian songs with the images of one of my fav topmodels.
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=pfoDfPq6dcE
Happy birthday Eve