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Part 1
Tim awoke to the sun shining in his face. He knew that he was excited but it took him a moment to remember why, blinking he remembered, it was moving day! Then he gowned, he was wet. He hated when this happened, it did happen much, just when he was stressed. He was just glad that it happened after Kelly left, at least he hoped it had. It must have he thought, Kelly would have said something, she would have been disgusted. Putting that out of his head for the moment Tim got out of bed, he looked around and sighed everything was still such a mess, well an organized mess but still. There were boxes everywhere and everything was packed with the exception of some toiletries, his bedding and some clothes. Tim sat back down for a moment, he had to admit that he felt a bit overwhelmed a mouth ago he had been a lonely 24 year old guy with no real friends or family. Tim had been on his own since his mother had died when he was19. He lived off a modest inheritance he received from his mother and the money he made from his part-time job at a pizza restaurant. Being shy and small Tim was usually very afraid to talk to people this was the reason he had very few friends and had never even been on a date, Woman usually terrified him.
However, Tim’s whole life had changed in the span of a month. He had been working the dinner shift when a beautiful woman walked up to the counter. She smiled at
Tim which made his stomach do summersaults then speaking in a confident voice she said “hey cutie, I’d like 2 cheese slices please and a coke”. Unable to speak Tim nodded. Retrieving the woman’s food Tim rang up her order. As she left Tim silently berated himself for being such a wimp. He couldn’t help it, no one ever noticed him and really he wasn’t much to look at, well that wasn’t true he was cute… not handsome not masculine cute… although he was 24 Tim knew he didn’t look it. He was about 5 feet tall actually if he was being truthful he was shorter and he only weighed about 85 pounds. Tim never had to shave and he was sick of people coming in and asking him what grade he was in the worst part was that most people assumed in middle or elementary school, not even high school. Tim was just beginning to wallow in his problems when to his surprise the lady came back. She sat down at the counter smiling at him again and said “there’s one else in the restaurant it’s awfully lonely over there… so cutie what’s your name?” Taking a moment to collect himself Tim took a breath and was able to squeak out his name in a barely audible whisper.
This was the beginning of a new chapter in Tim’s life. They had talked for hours, until close. The woman’s make was Kelly she was 34 and the principle of an elementary school in a small town. She was divorced and had a 12 year old son named Kevin who she adored. Kevin was spending the first month of the summer with his father and Kelly missed him terribly so to avoid loneliness Kelly had sighed up for a month long conference in the city which was why she was there.
For Tim the flood gates seemed to open and he found himself telling Kelly all about his life and problems. After recovering from her initial shock at Tim’s age Kelly was a wonderful listener, sympathetic and gentle, kind and concerned. She even reached out and stroked Tim’s cheek at one point which made him blush however it had been so long since he had been touched that he turned in to the caress, not wanting it to end. To say that Tim was infatuated was an understatement however he though that there was no way that this beautiful woman could feel anything for him. She was smart and accomplished, she was tall and beautiful and Tim was well none of those things. Still Tim though he saw something in her eyes but he told himself it was nothing but pity. So at the end of the night When Tim had walked Kelly out feeling sad that their time together had come to end he was shocked but beyond ecstatic when she asked to see him again.
The next month had been the best of Tim’s life. He and Kelly had seen each other ever night, she gave him his first kiss and although they had never gone any further, Tim knew that he was completely in love with her. Tim knew that he was going to be completely devastated to See Kelly leave. She however solved this problem when a week before she was to go home she asked Tim to marry her. Tim was complexly surprised but couldn’t find any reason not too, he was all alone here, no family or friends, a dead end job and a crappy apartment. If he married Kelly Tim would be part of a family for the first time in years, He would have a wife and stepson and a new life. Without a second thought Tim agreed.
That had been a week ago. Tim and Kelly had spent every moment together since, Kelly blow off the rest of the conference and had persuaded Tim to quite his job early, stating that she had plenty of money and that they needed to spend their time packing seeing the logic in this Tim agreed. Because Kelly had an expensive fully furnished home most of Tim’s possessions were being donated. The only things he was keeping were his clothes and personal effects. Everything would fit into a small van which Kelly had gone to rent. Once Kelly got back they would load up the car and be on their way. Kelly would have to drive because Tim had never learned but today Tim would leave his old life behind and start a new one, a better one. Getting up from the bed Tim grabbed a bag and stripped his wet bed, there was not reason to keep this embarrassing evidence so he threw it in the trash along with his wet sleep clothes. Then naked Tim walked over to where he kept his clothes. He sorted though them to find something appropriate, he would meet Kevin today and he wanted to wear something which made him look older and more mature then his 12 year old step son, this was not an easy task when you are about the same size. Tim was still looking though his options when his wife came in Tim was embarrassed, she had never seen him naked before. He made to cover himself from her. Kelly made a little clucking noise and said “Baby we’re married, I will have to see you naked at some point but right now you need to get dressed so we can get going” Walking over to Tim’s dresser, Kelly pulled out short and underwear and a Spiderman tee shirt. Tim was about to protest when to Kelly said in a forceful tone “If you don’t move we will miss Kevin’s plane and we can’t do that so get in the shower please, she then Gave Tim a playful swat on the bottom as she pushed him toward the bathroom. While Tim did not enjoy his wife forceful treatment he knew she had a point so he let it go.
Finishing his shower Tim dressed and exited that bathroom to find the whole apartment empty. Kelly was very efficient. He looked around at the bits of furniture left, his couch, bed, a table, and dresser all of these things were being donated and would be picked up later. All of his clothes were gone. Tim packed his toiletries and other meager possessions and was looking around to make sure he didn’t forget anything when Kelly came back. Satisfied that he had everything he needed, Tim took his wife’s and walked out of this life for the last time.
