Fate Intervened

Ruined Me

MIKE

I fall down on the ground like a fool. I cannot believe that I did not take my pills as I was supposed to. But once again I did not listen to myself when I knew that I should have taken them when I should have and now I am in this embarrassment that I could have avoided. I think deep down in my heart I am denying that I have a problem and so I do not take my pills.

But then I am reminded by this severe pain that I am feeling right now that I do have a problem. That I should have just taken that damn pills. Now, I am lying on the floor holding my heart and I can not breathe. I feel someone's hand on my shoulder and I know this is the client that was supposed to impress me. I was supposed to be the all mighty one on my chair and he was supposed to beg for my sponsorship. Now, here I am busy begging for his help.

"Are you okay, sir?"

I struggle to get out a word as breathing is very difficult.

"I...I need my...pills...in my pocket...dammit"

I am lying flat on my back on the floor. I know that I need my pills as quickly as possible. It is the only thing that helps me to breathe again and calm down my heart. The man next to me quickly search my pocket for my pills and then hand them to me, helping me up and giving me water to drink from the bottle.

I swallow my pills and then just close my eyes.

"Should I call someone? Are you going to be okay?"

I guess, me not giving my sponsorship to this man will probably be the wrong move. He did help me after all. It would just be rude of me not to. I feel as my heart starts to calm down and breathing becomes easier.

"No, I am fine thank you"

He stretches out and a hand for me to take to stand up from the ground and I willingly take his hand. I have no more dignity left in front of this man. He has done me a great service and I have not even asked for help. It should say something about the quality of this man.

"Thank you, so much for your help"

AMY

The weekend did not change much in my life as I quickly got back into my work. I have not just studied to be a heart surgeon because I had to do something with my life. But I wanted to be a heart surgeon because the heart just fascinates me so.

I remember as a little girl my dad bought me one of those toy hearts. I used to play with it the entire time and I remember even when a few of my teddies were cut open as they had a serious heart condition. I am busy preparing for my last surgery of the day when Dr. Gerhard run into me.

"Ah, Dr. Houston what a beautiful coincidence running into you like this. You know, we never did finish our lunch date the other day"

I hear every word he says but my mind can not stop thinking about Mike. How am I supposed to speak to any other man again if it seems like he has ruined me for all other men? The thing that I remember the most is, his gentle nature and the way that he spoke to me. When I compare it to Dr. Gerhard there is just, no comparison.

"Yes, what a nice surprise. I was just on my way to my last surgery"

Then I realized what I just said. I should not have given him this clue that this is my last surgery. Because he might ask me out on a date again and that is the last thing that I want to do now.

"Your last surgery?"

Oh no just as I thought. I better make a run for it before he asks me out on a date.

"Yes, but I really do need to run. We will talk again?"

I turn around and run before he can make a move on me. Then, when I get to the door and turn around and see if he followed me but luckily he got the message. My last surgery does not take so long and I make my way back home. But then I walk past the cafe where I always sit and read my book. Then, for some reason, I can not get myself to walk past it.

I thought to myself what can I lose to just quickly go in? Maybe I can just go in for a quick cup of coffee. I walk through the doors to the bar and I can not stop my eyes from searching the room for Mike. But he is nowhere in the cafe and I find myself feeling a little bit sad. I start to laugh at myself because of this teenage behavior that I have going on here.

MIKE

After giving my sponsorship to the client and putting on my best fake face of being okay. I sit on my chair at the end of the day just staring out of my view from my office, just wondering if this is the life that I want to lead. Then there is a knock on the door.

"Yes?"

"I am finished for the day, so is there anything else that you will be needing, sir?"

"No, thank you, Sally. Go home and be with your family"

"Thank you, sir. Have a good night"

I cannot help but think of the word family. Will I ever have the opportunity of having a family of my own? Then an idea jumps into my head. Maybe just maybe I could get to see Amy again at the cafe. I quickly stand up and grab my jacket. I call my driver to meet me downstairs. As I get into the limo he asks me where I want to go.

"Take me to the cafe on the corner and make it as quickly as possible, please"

As I start to get closer to the cafe I can not help my hands shaking just a little bit. I might be seeing the beautiful Amy once again. I quickly drink another two pills and make sure that this time I am not running out because of my heart. The funny part of all of this is that it is my heart that wants to see her again. But my heart struggles to handle her presence and completely loses all control.

We stop at the cafe and I tell my driver to leave. I do not know what I will find once I open these doors but everything in me hopes that she will be sitting at that bar. I really do not know what I will say to her if I see her again. All I remember is her standing at the window just staring at me and that was enough for me to fall completely for her.

I open the doors and my eyes immediately fall on the beauty sitting at the bar. I put my hand on my chest to make sure that my heart is beating a normal rhythm. Everything feels normal but why is it that my hands can not stop shaking. It seems like she has a hold on me that I can not escape or is it that I do not want to escape it.

I force myself to step closer to the bar and then find a seat on the opposite side of the bar. I make sure that she can see me and I can see her. Then I call the bartender closer and order a drink for her. I can not keep my eyes off of her and I can only hope that she also wants to see me.

AMY

I can not believe that I am being so childish as to think that he might be at the cafe at the same time that I am here. So, I decided to just take out my book and continue reading. Then the bartender gives me a drink that I did not order. Suddenly, I get a flashback from this weekend, in my hometown, when Mike ordered a drink for me.

Then hope springs up in my heart that maybe this drink is from Mike. I can not help as my eyes start to search the room again like I did when I just walked in and then my eyes lock with the most beautiful intense blue eyes I have ever seen. My heart immediately starts to race as the man sitting on the opposite side of the bar is, indeed, Mike.

I can not help as a bright red color fills my cheeks almost immediately. I quickly break my gaze with him and try to look as normal as possible. I do not want him to think that I do not want his company but I do not know how to act normally around in.

It seems a conflict has started in my heart as I want him to come and sit next to me and talk to me. But on the other hand, I do not know if I would be able to handle him next to me right now. Of course, I did walk into this place looking for him and now that he is here, suddenly I do not know what to do with him.

MIKE

I can not seem to get over the beauty that she is. Then I watch as she turns a bright red color and I can not control my arousal for her. She is already beautiful without that color on her cheeks but when she turned away trying to hide her beautiful cheeks, I just could not control myself anymore. I need to be next to that woman right now.

AMY

Then suddenly I feel a presence next to me and I know it must be him. I try to act as normal as possible and then turn to look into his eyes. But to my disappointment, it is not Mike. It is Dr. Gehard. What is he doing here?

"Hey"

I suddenly start to search the room for Mike and he is nowhere to be found. Oh no, is he thinking that we are a couple? Dr. Gehard is actually more like an irritation than anything else. I hope that he has not been spooked away by him sitting next to me.

MIKE

I start to walk towards her, ready to face this beautiful woman. I am just about to take my seat when I watch as someone else takes a seat next to her. My heart immediately drops into my shoes and I thought to myself, of course, she has a boyfriend. There is no way that a woman like that can be without one.

I watch as he put his arm on the back of her chair and I know that he is obviously someone that she is comfortable with. I feel like a fool and I know that I just need to get out of here. I make my way out of the cafe as fast as possible and try to keep any dignity that I have left.

AMY

I can not help as frustration starts to push up in my heart and even a little bit of anger too. What is this man doing here? He does not even know that I come here after my shift as I would like to keep this place separate from my work. I know there is a place around the corner where all the doctors hang out but I choose not to go there and walk a bit further away from that cafe. So, the only way that he could have known that I am here, is if he followed me.

I do not want to be rude to him right now but I can not help it as he quite possibly took away my chances with Mike.

"What are you doing here?"

I watched as shock and horror falls on his face but I do not care as I can not control my emotions right this second. Because all I see is the guy that messed up my chances with Mike. I have no more sound reasoning left in me.