"Someone he knew?"
"Yeah. Could be strategy. Maybe he fancies you."
"Fancies me? But he's old."
"Only old enough to be your father."
I grabbed my tray and left the table.
I didn't do much work that afternoon. I kept wishing Mark hadn't said what he had said. Old enough to be your father.
The following week I took along a book to read during lunchtime. When I got into the lift on my floor, he was already inside. He greeted me so I had to reply but I didn't smile. We were alone and that worried me. I wondered whether I should get out at the next floor and walk up the stairs to the canteen. Don't panic, I thought. Just because he's stared at you for ages doesn't mean he's going to do anything.
" Well, I suppose one of us should press the button or we'll be here all day, won't we?"
I'd been so busy wondering what he was going to do and expecting him to do something, that I'd completely forgotten to do anything myself. I felt like an idiot and this made me smile and I hadn't wanted to. He smiled back, his blue eyes crinkling right up to the grey hair at his ears and making him look ... nice. Then there was a slap. My book hit the floor. I bent down and so did he, and we bashed heads. At that moment, the lift shuddered to a stop and the doors seemed to fling themselves wide open. I was so embarrassed, I marched out of the lift, straight towards the queue at the counter. I ordered without looking at the menu and took my tray to a table where there was only one empty seat. I breathed a sigh of relief and began to eat. But the salad stuck in my throat when I noticed that everyone else at the table had already finished lunch and they were getting up to go. I glanced over at the counter. He was paying and in a second, his eyes would scan the room to find me. I ducked my head. Waited. Any minute now he'd sit down with his tray.
Short Stories from Australasia. My book appeared in front of my eyes. His fingers were the longest I'd seen and his nails were manicured. I hadn't thought he'd bother.
相关单词：grabbed
grabbed解释：v.抢先，抢占( grab的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指匆忙地）取；攫取；（尤指自私、贪婪地）捞取
grabbed例句：
He was grabbed by two men and frogmarched out of the hall. 他被两个男人紧抓双臂押出大厅。
She grabbed the child's hand and ran. 她抓住孩子的手就跑。
相关单词：idiot
idiot解释：n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋
idiot例句：
Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。
相关单词：bent
bent解释：n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的
bent例句：
He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
相关单词：shuddered
shuddered解释：v.战栗( shudder的过去式和过去分词 )；发抖；（机器、车辆等）突然震动；颤动
shuddered例句：
He slammed on the brakes and the car shuddered to a halt. 他猛踩刹车，车颤抖着停住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
I shuddered at the sight of the dead body. 我一看见那尸体就战栗。 来自《简明英汉词典》
相关单词：fling
fling解释：vt.用力扔，使投身；n.尽情欢乐的一阵
fling例句：
I really must fling out all these old newspapers.我真的该把这些旧报纸扔掉了。
It's good to fling off heavy clothing now that spring is here.春天到了，脱去笨重的冬装真让人高兴。
相关单词：scan
scan解释：n.审视，浏览，扫描，押韵，细查；vt.细看，浏览，扫描，详细调查，信件扫描（指BBS处理直递邮件或会议邮件时，对所有或特定信区做检查的动作）
scan例句：
The first scan was bad, so I had to do it again.第一次扫描不好，所以我得重做。
A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.扫描可以确定胎儿在子宮中的位置。
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