A working man

It was a cold morning, George sat on his knees as he replaced a busted pipe from a sink in one of the shared bathrooms of the student dorms. All the pipes in the bathrooms were at least a decade old and slowly but surely, they were beginning to break. Years of rowdy students had put them through the wringer and a lack of funding for a few years meant that maintenance had been minimum. Now that George was around the school could rest easy knowing that when something would inevitably break, he’d be there to fix it. George tightened a final bolt and got off of his knees with a grunt, he leaned over to turn on the sink and clapped his hands together in approval when the water began flowing, without dripping everywhere.

“That’ll be it Jenny, hope you have some better luck soon.” The tall, slender girl stood in the doorway of the bathroom, she had been looking on while George fixed the leaky sink. Not too long ago George had gotten a call from her to fix a table in the girls common room, during one of the school’s football matches. Some kid had danced on it or something, he couldn’t really remember.

It looked as though Jenny made a move to shake his hand, but when Mark extended his hand to meet hers, Jenny leaned in and gave him a big hug. Jenny was tall, her forehead reaching just below Mark’s nose. As she wrapped her arms around him, Mark softly placed his hand on the small of her back. Jenny’s brown, braided hair smelled amazing and the way she hugged him seemed to be a little bit more than friendly. “Thanks so much George, I really appreciate it.” The two of them broke off their hug and stepped back to let their eyes meet. “Honestly, I kinda hope something breaks again soon, I do love seeing you… I don’t know, maybe I’ll just have to break something myself.” George smiled at the girls statement, quickly glancing up and down to admire her willowy body. “You know, there’s a much easier ways to get me to come by.” Jenny raised her eyebrows and began twirling one of her two braids in between her fingers, “Oh really… enlighten me.” George looked over his shoulder quickly, making sure no one was in the hallway to see them. Then he returned his hand to the small of Jenny’s back and pulled her in closer. She squeaked in surprise and wrapped her arms around his neck as their lips touched. What was supposed to be a quick flirtatious peck, ended up being a long, passionate kiss. The only reason George let go of Jenny was because he knew that he had more assignments to fulfill. Jenny did look slightly disappointed, but George mostly saw the adorable blush on her cheeks. “You’ve got my number right? Just text me and I’ll call you tonight.” With that George went on his way again, onwards to some classroom where, apparently, he was needed to paint over some dusty old walls.