Just like that the night for Pam, Jim and Ronna ended with couple of drinks from the Jazz Bar at Luxent. They went into this strip just outside the mall where bars are lined up one after the other. Jim and Ronna sent Pam to The Gardens.
"Turn your park lights on I will bring her up," Ronna was commanding when she said this.
"Yes Ma'am!" He was in the mood to play the obedient significant other today.
"NO! Do you take me as a kid?!
I can!
I will go on my own!" Pam was declaiming.
"Are you sure? "Before even opening the car door, Ronna bumped his head on the passenger side window.
Pam laughed out loud, "I think you will cause me trouble." It sounded painful but she could not help but laugh at her. She is feeling fuzzy but she would just walk few meters to the elevator and to her pad.
"Alright, I was just being courteous, take care!"
"Jim drive carefully and slowly otherwise just…well," she intentionally did not finish he sentence and made a silly sound. She did not even wait for any reaction and closed the car door. She walked steadily towards the elevator with her head down. She entered the elevator. She stood right behind where the floor selection button is and another guy entered, he looked good and decent. She was not alarmed as there is another guy in gray suit who came from the basement. Besides there is CCTV in the elevator.
The elevator stopped at the 5th floor, where the swimming pool and club house is. Of all the timing, why are there so many people entering the elevator in her mind Pam made a 'sheeesh' sound. Was there a party at the club house? To give way to the group of people who entered, Pam moved behind still with her head bowed.
Her head is starting to spin with the elevator stopping on almost each of the floors. When the elevator reached her unit's floor, she slightly lost balance and fell to the man in gray suit behind her. The guy is able to catch her in shoulders. She turned her head around without necessarily looking at the guy, who is towering her despite her 2.5 inches heels, and nodded in apology, "sorry!"
She walked out and did not notice that the guy also went out of the elevator and watched her go to her unit. She opened her bag to take out her key. As she struggled to look for it, a ball pen from her bag dropped on the floor without noticing it. Then her small hairbrush dropped. She did not notice the little things falling on her bag as she tried to search for her key. In desperation, she sat on fetal position and put her bag on the floor. As she is wearing heels her butt did not touch the floor but this position made her lose her balance as her head is spinning.
She was quickly supported by a warm hand holding to both her armpits to prevent her from falling completely down. It was very awkward; someone touched her armpit and it felt ticklish.
"Be careful!" It was a familiar voice. Pam weight was on the man's hand. She was too wobbly to stand on her own from her position, so he let the man pull him up. She was about to look at the guy when the man quickly picked out the items scattered on the floor and place them inside her bag.
"Here…" handing over to her the bag, Pam realized that it was Tim! She is surprised what is he doing here?
"Thank you! May I know why you are here?" She sobered a little with his presence but was obviously still under the influence.
"I came from the parking when I saw you. You looked a little drunk." He did not lie however he is residing at The Peak which is the building 45 degrees across The Gardens. Tim does not have business in this building but was having drinks from another bar in the same strip where Pam and the gang went. He noticed the group and was observing the whole time. He had some drinks but stayed sober.
"Are you okay?" To avoid the doubts on his presence on where she lives Tim immediately swayed the conversation with a question. Pam completely jumped into it, ignoring why is he there in the first place.
"I was looking for my keys…" then she returned her focus on her bag and tried to reach inside the bag organizer.
Tim took her by her shoulders to let her stand against the wall beside her door. He did not face her but instead stood perpendicular to her left and took her bag. "Let me help you." She did not complain or rejected in fact whenever she moves, her head spins a little more. She rested her back on the wall and tried to close her eyes as she took a deep breath.
"I found it." Tim was actually looking at her all the time. When he opened the bag, he noticed the key is in the inner packet and not on the bag organizer. So, he was looking at her the whole time. This lady could not even stand in her eyes open. He inserted the key and opened the unit.
He held her by her arms and led her inside the unit. It was dark. Pam hastened walk which took her mid the living room and gave no time for Tim to put her bag down to search for the switch. He has to release her arms and instinctively touched on what seems to be light switch beside the door.
Everything happened quickly upon opening the lights just as he is about close the door. He heard a loud thud!
Tim immediately walked towards Pam. She was attempting to walk towards the sofa but was short of steps, dropping her weight on her knees. It was painful, she sat on her right side resting half of her body on leg of the sofa.
"Are you okay?" Tim lifted her to let her sit properly in the sofa.
"It hurts~ hu hu hu," Her knees quickly turned red. Even is she is so many pounds lighter, putting suddenly all your weight on your knees is painful. She was wearing an A-line skirt just below her knees. Tim lifted it just enough to inspect knees.
"Can you see it's both red." Tim pointing to both knees. Pam just nodded and sobbed.
Tim stood when he returned, he had improvised ice pack and hot towel. Pam was lying her back full on the sofa sitting in slouching position.
"I will hold the ice pack on your knees, clean your face with this." Pam obediently patted her face and neck with warm towel it felt good. However, she was patting only in same two spots in her face and neck.
Tim did not know whether to multitask, kept the ice pack on her knees first or snatched the towel from Pam. 'You can still be this silly.'