Jimmy is Persuasive

I hesitated before taking the call, letting him speak first.

“Hey,” that soothing voice broke the silence from the other end of the phone. My heart jumped and a small smile spread to my lips, I had clearly missed hearing that voice, I was just too busy to notice.

“Hi,” I replied, trying to hide my excitement.

“So… I didn’t mean to bother you, I just wanted to make sure that we were still on for tonight.”

My jaws dropped as his words sunk in. Today! Of course it is Friday, I had promised him a date at my place on Friday night, which is today, how did it escape my mind?

“Oh… um…” I muttered, trying to come up with words.

“You didn’t forget about our meeting today, did you?”

“Of course not,” I lied and laughed nervously. “Just that, there was a slight change in my schedule. I can't meet you tonight, Jimmy. Why don’t we shift it to another time?” I asked.

I knew this meeting wouldn’t work because I would be occupied tonight, and there is an emergency meeting at the office tomorrow morning