Finally

Hello All

Well the moment I have been waiting for since I opened my blog. My husband Dr.X has showed me why I couldn't cut and paste before. As before noted I am just playing around with writing a novel it's a romance. So here it is. Keep in mind it's a rough draft and has only been edited for most spelling and grammar, but not really broken up into paragraphs really well yet. I had a version that was , but the disk I had it saved on failed on my and so I lost that version and haven't had time since to really go through all the chapters I have written to fix it. Haven't the heart really. So without any futher ado my novel.

Chapter One
Troy Noble was on his way home from his job as a landscaper, when he let his mind wander to what tonight was, his high schools ten year reunion. Tonight his life was going to change forever. Troy arrived home and hopped into the shower, revealing a very muscular body. When he was finished, he put his mind to picking out the outfit he would wear tonight. Sitting on the edge of his bed getting dressed, he let his thoughts wander to the reunion as he was pulling on his pants. He couldn't believe that it was tonight. After all, he has waited eight years for this night. He let his mind wander. It was eight years ago when the woman he loves and wants to marry walked out of his life, for what could possibly be forever. He let his thoughts take him back to Tess. Just the thought of her name, let alone the fact he was going to see her tonight, sent his mind off to never never land.
The phone rang, snapping his mind back to the present. "Hello" he said, a little rougher then he intended. The voice on the other end belonged to his friend Joe. Joe, knowing what tonight was to Troy, wanted to check on his friend. "Troy" Joe said, "how are you doing?" "Fine" Troy said. "Just fine?" Joe asked, knowing his friend was lying. He could tell . "Nervous about tonight?" he asked. "No" Troy answered. He paused, "Yes" Troy admitted finally. "Don't worry, things will work out great. Tess and you were meant to be together. I've been listening to you talking about her since we've been in school together" Joe said being supportive of his friend's plans for tonight. "Thanks." Troy said. "I needed that boost of confidence". Joe said "You're welcome." Troy said " I have to finish getting ready and I'm running late." Joe said "Ok then I will talk to you later. Let me know what happens." Troy said "I will. Goodbye Joe." "Goodbye" Joe replied.
When Troy hung up the phone, he accessed his results in the mirror. Not bad he thought. The khakis he just put on were his favorite. Just tight enough to show off his muscular build, but not skin tight to give everything away. After all, tonight he had to look good. As he left the house to drive to the reunion he let his mind wander back to Tess.
Tess was the girl he had been in love with since sixth grade. However, as is typical with boys his age, he didn't know how to express these feelings so he teased her. He actully thought he lost her when he teased her so much in ninth grade she would run any time she saw him. Things looked up for him in eleventh grade when she offered him a pen when no one else would. He was determined to get back in her good graces because he still liked her, so he made sure he returned it promptly. That did it for her. After that, when they saw each other she would at least say hi to him.
Things really changed for them in their senior year of high school. They had first period class together During this time he, would flirt with her by making the chair in front of him push against the one that was behind her and make her chair move forcing her to notice him. During some of this time she had a boyfriend and watching her walk into class a little breathless and her lips kiss swollen killed him. He wanted to be the one who left her like that. There wasn't anything he could do about the boyfriend, but he could always flirt. Things really heated up when she and her boyfriend broke up.
He saw her upset one day in class, it nearly broke his heart. He laid low with the flirting and listened to her talking to her friend and found out what happened. They broke up!!! After that he stepped up the flirting. One day he was pushing on her chair like always, and she didn't turn around to flash him a smile like she always did. The teacher caught him because her chair was so far up from where it normally was. It was embarrassing when the teacher brought it up in front of the whole class. She was so unbelievably sexy when she blushed, he thought, remembering that day fondly. As his drive to the reunion came to a dead stop in rush hour traffic, he let his mind wander again to Tess.
This time to the ever better times he spent with her at college when he spent time with her before and between classes. He still remembered the first time he saw her sitting outside the library with the sun glistening off the natural blond highlights in her hair. She looked like an angel. Then, when she flashed him that smile of hers, he felt as if he had the air knocked out of him. He had to struggle to not trip as he walked passed her. When he came back out of the building, and she was still there, looking so good, he had to get closer. As he got closer he could see what his coming over to her was doing to her.
He could tell she was nervous, but she acted cool. From then on they spent days like that no matter what the weather. They even spent time sitting in his truck talking. It seemed so easy and natural with Tess. However, the only catch to this comfy situation between them was now he had a girlfriend and she didn't have a boyfriend. Then she met somebody not long before he was due to graduate. She had switched majors so she was still going to go to school still. From now on he didn't see her anymore. Every once in awhile he would happen to drive past her house. She would sometimes be outside when he passed by. When she was, he would either beep or, a few times when he was bold enough, he'd stop by and talk with her in his car. Other then those times he didn't see her. The last he knew, she was out of town going to college now to get her batchlor's degree.
The last time he saw her was at a local restaurant. He was meeting his father there real quick to be introduced to a potential client. As he was walking to meet them, he saw her sitting wih a women he knew to be her mom, because he met her before, and two other women he didn't know. He flashed her a big smile and she did the same. When he did what he needed to do he went over to her table and said hi to her. She invited him to stop by because she was back in town for good. He never saw her again. Thinking back on those days warmed his heart as he was in his car driving to the reunion. It was those carefree days that led to when he really fell in love with the bewitching woman that captured his heart so early on.

Then he thought back to the day when his mother showed him the Sunday paper wedding and engagement anoucement section. and asked him "Don't you know this woman?". He started to argue with her stating he wouldn't know anyone who was getting married, then his heart skipped a beat when he saw that familiar smile looking back at him with another man with his arms around her. That was the worst day in his life. Since then he has been keepingtabs on her. He knew where she was living now and where she was working, but he never tried to see her again.

He knew his plan for tonight was a little bold and that he was risking a lot, but he also knew that it would work like a charm and win him the woman he loved. With that final thought Troy pulled into the parking lot of the resturant where the reunion was to be held. He locked his car and got out into hot summer night. He strolled to the door and went inside. Once inside, he found the room where the runion was. He went to the booth to sign in. That's where he ran into Mary. Mary was a friend from school who reconized him right away. "Troy" she said. " How nice to see you". "Nice to see you too " Troy replied as he took the name tag Mary handed him.

Then he walked further into the room. He scaned the room and saw the familiar faces of his fellow classmates, looking for one in particular. He was getting nervous that she wasn't going to show tonight. That would be just his luck, he thought, as he walked over to the bar to get something to drink. As he took the drink and turned to walk away from the bar he saw her. The sight of her took his breath away. He took a swig of his drink to steady his nerves. Tess looked just as he remembered. With his gathered nerve, Troy walked over to where Tess stood talking to her friends. Tess had her back to him so she didn’t see him approaching. When he was standing right behind her he said "Hello Tess". At the sound of his voice Tess turned around and saw Troy standing before her.