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CLEMENT FROST - A CHANCE MEETING
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The next morning, Clem received two calls. The first was from Bob Pancakes, who told Clem that he had gone on a nice date with Ulrike Faust. Clem was thrilled about that because the guy deserved to be happy.
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The second call was from Summer Holiday, and Clem wasn't too happy about that one.
Summer must have heard about his fight with that Grim dude from yesterday. If Summer had been there, she would have understood why Clem did what he had to do. Clem kind of liked Summer, and Clem had thought that maybe a spark had happened on their rather lukewarm date. But now, with this phone call, he knew that he couldn't really tell her about his past without her judging him. Perhaps Clem and Summer weren't meant to be.
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Clem suddenly felt the urge to head to the Municipal Muses Museum. He just wanted to sit there, look at those paintings and try to calm his thoughts. And the museum had been lucky for him before. Maybe it would be lucky for him again and he would meet the rest of the Willow Creek sims that he had to meet. And so, Clem headed off.
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When he arrived, he headed straight upstairs and started looking at the paintings. There seemed to be a lot of paintings leaning against the walls, and he wondered what that was about. He noticed a sim painting and as he looked up from a jazz painting, he watched her. She was painting a wild abstract painting and when she had finished, she carefully placed the painting down against the wall and started another one. There was something about her that was intriguing and he was just about to go and introduce himself when his cell phone rang.
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It was Dennis Ratchet telling Clem that they had set-up an appointment for him with the fight promoter for later today. Yes! This was the call that Clem had been waiting for...well, almost the call. At least it was closer to the boxing match that he was hoping for.
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He hung up and noticed that the young woman had left and had left both of her paintings behind. She must have had to be somewhere to leave such wonderful paintings just sitting there. Oh gosh! Where had she gone? He had to find her.
Clem ran down the stairs and then saw her leaving the museum.
Clem: "Um...miss...miss...stop...you...um...you left your paintings upstairs...."
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The young woman turned to him and smiled, "Thank you for your concern, but they're actually not mine. They belong to the museum..."
Clem: "I don't...I don't understand..."
Young woman: "They're for an art auction the museum is having. I thought I would enter some of my work. I'm not that good, and I doubt very much if they will even sell, but it's for a good cause..."
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Clem: "Well, I think you are very talented..."
The young woman looked at him, "Oh? Do you really think so? Are you a renowned art critic or something?"
Clem: "No...I'm not...I just think they're really good. I'm sorry, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Clem Frost..."
The young woman held out her hand, "Nice to meet you Clem. I'm Angela Pleasant. So, you liked my paintings?"
Clem: "Yes...yes, very much...I find I can relate to them..."
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Angela: "Not a lot of sims like abstract art...but I find there is beauty in chaos..."
Clem shook his head, "I so agree with that..."
Angela raised an eyebrow "Really? So do you lead a chaotic life, Clem?"
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Clem: "Yes, sometimes...I guess you could say that life as a boxer is sometimes chaotic..."
Angela: "You're a boxer? Well, that's impressive. I don't believe I've ever met a boxer before...it must take a lot of training and determination to become one..."
Clem: "Yes, I guess it does...in fact, I'm going to have a boxing match soon. I'm meeting my promoter this afternoon...and, um, maybe you'd like to come with me...and then afterwards we could go somewhere..."
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Angela: "Thank you for the offer, Clem, but I'm sorry, I have a prior commitment..."
Clem: "Yeah, I understand...you're probably meeting your boyfriend or something...I didn't mean to offend you..."
Angela: "You didn't offend me..." she replied.
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They gazed into each other's eyes for a moment and Clem thought that she looked so beautiful. Clem could spend the entire afternoon just looking into her eyes. And suddenly, without warning, Angela kissed him on the cheek.
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Clem was surprised by her gesture: "What...what was that for?"
Angela: "It's...it's a good luck kiss...for your next boxing match. I'm sure you'll do great. It was nice chatting with you Clem, but I really have to go..." she said and turned to leave.
Clem looked after her and she said over her shoulder, "And...just so you know...I'm meeting my sister...." she said and continued walking.
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Clem was tempted to run after her but his phone buzzed again. It was Dennis Racket asking him why he wasn't at the boxing gym yet. Was it that late already? It seemed as if he had only been chatting for a few moments. Clem told Dennis that he was on his way.
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Clem stood there for a moment thinking about Angela and then realized that they hadn't exchanged phone numbers. Holy Plumbobs, how would be get in touch with her again? He looked around, but she had vanished. Dang! And then he thought about the paintings and practically ran upstairs.
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When he got there, one of the museum staff was loading up a cart with several paintings, including Angela's paintings.
Clem: "Hey! Stop! Those paintings...where are you taking them?"
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Museum staff: "They are being stored for the Art Auction, sir, you can bid on them at that time..."
Clem: "Do you know how I can get in touch with the artist? I met her and I really like her...um...work..."
Museum staff: "Unfortunately, that's confidential,"
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Clem: "But I need to speak with her. I want to...um...what do they call it...commission a work with her...yeah, a portrait...I want her to paint a portrait of me..." Clem thought that sounded good...plausible...believable...all he needed was her number...
Museum staff: "Well, you may need to get in touch with the Museum Director, or perhaps you could come to the art auction and the artist would be there..."
Clem: "Yes, the art auction...when is it exactly?"
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Museum staff: "It's scheduled for next Monday evening. There is a poster downstairs if you are interested..."
Clem looked at the paintings again and thought of Angela, "Right, downstairs..."
Clem had to dash and get to the gym to meet his promoter or Dennis would be irritated. As he was exiting the front door, he passed the art auction poster.
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Art Auction, Monday at 7pm
A benefit for the Toys for Tots program
Oh yes, he would be there on Monday for sure. He didn't know what it was, but there was just something about Angela, and he wanted to know more about her. He pressed his hand to his cheek and remembered her soft kiss. He just had to see her again.
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Notes:
Teddy Bear Photo credit by this simmer.
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