AS THE MOUSE

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Soap Opera "As The Mouse Moves" - Friday May 10th 2002
Skeeter turned up his beer can taking a sip then placing it on the coffee table of his Bleecker Street apartment.  The intercom buzzed and he quickly got up and walked to the speaker picking up the phone.
"Yeah," he said expecting it to be a delivery boy hitting the wrong number.
"It's your neighbor. Are you busy?" Nicole said into the speaker.
"No. What are you doing here?"
"Buzz me in," she said as she heard him hit the button and the front door released.  She quickly walked up the stairs towards his apartment as the smell of garlic and tomatoes filled the dingy hallway.  She glanced up and saw Skeeter opening his front door and watching her as she climbed the last flight of stairs to his apartment.
"This is a surprise," he said watching her long legs in the short skirt as she walked towards his door.
"I would have called first, but I thought I'd take a chance that you weren't busy," she said catching her breath as she walked into the living room. He closed the door.
"How are you?" he asked taking a seat beside her on the futon sofa.
"Good.  I just wanted to be the first person to tell you the news," she said watching his face closely.
"News?" he asked pretending not to know what she had on her mind.
"Yeah.  I've got some news.  I wasn't really expecting this to happen or anything."
"Well spit it out," he said picking up his beer from the coffee table and taking a sip.
"It's Clark," she said crossing her legs and allowing the short skirt to rise up on her thighs.
"Oh is he dead?"
"No. He's not dead.  Far from it," she said laughing.
"He's asked you to marry him."
"Well…yeah," she said shaking her head and smiling.
"Did you accept?"
"Yeah."
"Congratulations," he said running his hand through his thick dark hair.
"That's all you have to say?"
"What'd ya want from me a Hallmark card?"
"No.  I'm just surprised.  How did you guess, this was really sudden."
"I know women and I know when something like this is going on," he lied remembering how much pleasure Jan took in telling him about the latest gossip.
"Jan told you didn't she?" she said as her eyes narrowed.
"Maybe. I don't see what it matters to you though."
"Have you been with Jan again?"
"Oh.  You come over here unannounced to tell me you are marrying your boss that you shacked up with only a couple of times.  Then you ask me if my ex-lover told me?" he said taking another sip of his beer and crushing the empty can in one hand.
"You're upset aren't you Skeeter?"
"No.  No strings with us.  Do what ever turns you on," he said.
"How did you know?  Did Jan tell you?"
"You told Jan first?" He asked wondering how Jan would have known so soon.
"Well, yeah."
"Why?"
"Because she's never been married and I knew it would kill her that I was engaged.  She was so nasty to me when I was seeing her father."
"Well, I guess her old man is crying over it."
"I haven't talked to him yet."
"You plan to?"
"Yeah."
"So you're telling all your boyfriends the news, is that it?"
"Well, kinda."
"How thoughtful of you Nicole."
"Look I can see you're mad at me."
"No.  I'm not mad. I just don't know what Clark would think of you being here alone with me.  I mean you're his woman now. You won't be needing me or Jan's old man anymore."
"I wouldn't say that," she said leaning back on the sofa smiling seductively.
CONTINUED MONDAY. MORE SOAP PHOTOS BELOW.