The 41 year old Virgin

[Younglord]

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OOC



David Appleby was a great guy, everyone who knew him liked him. He wasn't rich or famous or good looking he simply was a genuine, decent person.

One of those ones that people can't believe hasn't been snapped up yet.

But people misjudge , they fail to see what is right in front of them, and in truth David more so than anyone, for while he was all that people thought he was, David was also a lost soul and his eyes that so many call dreamy infact show nothing but sadness.



High school had been harsh for him all his friends had gone to a different school and he found himself outcast in a class full of cliques. Infact it wasn't until he was 20 that David had a date, the best looking girl in his year at high school had asked him out , completely out of the blue.

The party they went to was at his best friends place, a few moments after they had arrived she needed to go to the 'powder her nose' 15 minutes later David found her fucking 3 guys...when she saw him , she laughed at him.

He gave up , he's never had a date since and he now firmly believes that women hate him , he doesn't know why but he's seen nothing that would lead him to believe otherwise.

Now the life he had denied himself is about to come crashing on him in the most unlikely , impossible way, its just a question of time.

David
41
virgin
6ft
Slim
Black hair and brown eyes

IC

David looked at the back of the cd and read the list of songs , a slight smile touched his face he'd found the one he'd wanted , of course it was in the 80's section which was discreetly placed in a corner out of sight from any passersby outside, and he'd noticed that none of the array of posters on the walls of the music store promoted bands from the 80's, infact he didn't recognise any of the bands.

'I've gotten old' the throught entered his head and not for the first time.

Walking to the young girl behind the counter with out of control hair and utterly bored look, he got ready to pay for his purchase , there were others about , females and males but no one seemed younger than 18 and that surprised him, maybe it was true about stores like this being dinosaurs.

 

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I am willing to add this RP to my list.

A 25 to 35 movie star. I am going to assume You did not mean major star. Just enough to maybe have had a smaller part in a few in known movies just not the staring role. Keep from being easily recognized.

If this agrees with what you had in mind please post to that effect and I will do a bio and begin posting.

 

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Yeah absolutely big enough to be known by film buffs but not an 'a-list name' in the Hollywood sence of the word....

The place this meeting will take place is not a major city but a smaller city (fictional call it Greenway Wells) with say 200,000 people in it...away from the maddening crowd but not completely backward.

Thanks for joining

 

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Bio- Abigail Gains. An actress, she had stands 5' 4" slim build, red curly hair. At times straightned or wigged for her parts. She has been in 6 movies that had nominations. But she was content to stay in the small parts. It kept the bills paid with a bit of modeling.

At 33 she had only had sex with 2 boyfriends. She enjoyed sex but she would normally get involved that way with out knowing someone. Currently she is with out a boyfriend.

She likes Greenway it gives her options but keeps her out of the lime light. And still only hours from Hollywood if she needs to audition or work.

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She entered a music store.

She was surprised to see someone there over about 22.

She knew from experience that the staff was usually not inclined to rush to help anyone older then themselves.

She walked over to him. She smiled a bit, "I hope your arent looking for fast service here. Us old timers are not exactly the first priority around here." Trying to joke but it being the truth.

 

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David looked at the lady who spoke to him , his eyes registered beauty , a great beauty in fact but just as quickly they blanked that beauty out.

Females spoke to him all the time even some stunners at work seemed to chat but it simply lead nowhere , there were all taken and those that weren't had shown no interest in him.

Still she was kind enough to talk to him and that deserved a reply .

"Yes I daresay you are correct" looking at his selection he showed it to the redhead lady ,next to him it showed a bunch of roses with the words New Order ower Corruption and Lies on the side "I'm afraid my choice of music isn't going to impress either" a slight grin touched his face.

And then as so often when he met someone for the first time ...he ran out of things to say.

So David's eyes moved to the young girl with the out of control hair who was staring right at him, talking loudly to a cellphone, the conversation sounded gibberish for the most part.

Quietly David added "Thats of course assuming she understands English"

 

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Abigail smiled at the man he was nice looking. She steped close to read his CD cover. "I find that choice much better then most of what the younger crowd like to listen to. Goodness knows I get that stuff blasted in my ear enough. Personelly I would prefere that one you're carring."

She looked at the checkout girl. Her cell call was still going strong and not in any thing that sounded like english to her.

Then she heard a voice behind her," Abigail Gains, I believe"

She was well aware that she had to be polite to the public when she was recognized so expecting to see a fan she turned around and smiled. The flash that went off made her well aware that this was no normal fan. But still her smile stayed in place.

The voice spoke loadly, "It is Abigail Gains, we finally get a picture of you away from the studio. And with your boyfriend no less. So tell the world about your boyfriend. Hes good looking is he an actor? a director?"

Abigail was in shock and just barely managed not to let her mouth drop open and something of a smile on her face.

 

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David saw the lady, head turn and then saw the flash , that seemed odd but at least now he had a name to fit the face. Abigail

What was said next struck David as not only odd but downright strange.

She had a boyfriend and the familiar disappointment came again, another one beyond him before she'd had a chance to ignore him.

David looked around for a boyfriend but unless a 20 something skinhead was her boyfriend there wasn't an obvious candidate in sight.

David looked at the man in confusion the rest of his words came into focus...studio actor director, was she an actress?

David looked at Abigail and didn't quite place her but she did have that annoying familarity you get when you see a stranger in one setting and then see them in another.

He looked back at the man with the camera and he was taking another photo the lens pointing directly at himself . Comprehension dawned " No I think you are mistaken I'm not this ladies boyfriend."

The man looked at Abigail and smiled ,"Yes great headline Abigail Gains and mystery man spotted selecting music for rumoured wedding " the man smiled at his creative talent "you now it would really help if you could give me your name".

Stunned ,shocked, utterly confused David answered "David"

 

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The reporter was load, "I have the head line of the month. Abigail are you going to give a wedding date. Its been rumored for months now."

Abigail shock her head, "there is not likely to be a marrage anytime in the near future. Things are not always as they seam." She had enough experience dealing with the press to know that to say she did not know this man would be brushed off.

She pulled a $20 bill out of her purse and dropped it on the counter. then she turned the obviously stunned man around and took his arm walking him out of the store.

Once they were out of ear shot of the camera man she spoke, "I am sorry that the misunderstanding back there. YOu do seam like a really nice guy. Reports arent know for being logical at times."

 

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It happened quickly , one moment he was minding his own business about to purchase a cd ,next moment outside the shop standing in the middle of a small pedestrian only road and a very attractive woman was talking to him.

This did not happen to David Appleby....ever

Until now.

It took a moment for things to catch up.

"Ah maybe we should explain to him that he's mistaken I mean I don't even know you let alone..." he blushed "...have any ah, well " the words just won't come out

Then his eyes caught the photographer running out the store a broad smile on his face.

"Ah Hello excuse me" David said the the back of the fleeing man who road a few hundred feet down the road and into a car which sped off.

David looked back at the woman this Abigail Gains , he'd heard the name before or at least seen it but couldn't place it , not that he was a great movie goer, at least not anymore , not when he felt like the only single in a theater full of couples.

"So.." then his eyes opened " oh I just realised you paid for my CD" with that David pulled out his wallet he had a twenty and nothing else but he certainly was not going to let anyone know that least of all a person of the female species , least of all one that while he had zero chance with was actually talking to him....even if the whole conversation seemed surreal.

 

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Abigail shock her head quickly,"No need to pay me back. Concider the Cd a thank you gift for not making a big sence with the messed up reporter. Every once on a while they show up down here and try and get some pictures of some one in the movies."

She stopped, her frown was real now, "they drove my last boyfriend away. He could not handle not yelling at them trying to correct their errors."

She smiled at this guy, "by the way Thank you very much for not freaking out on the reporter."

Then as an after thought she added,"I'm Abigail Gains, the actress and model. Who are you?" she smiled again thinking she really did owe this guy something for being so cool back there, most guys freaked out.

 

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Abigail Gains the name rang a bell he could place the face , he'd seen it and recently , but the only movies he watched were on TV, yet the harder he tried to place her the harder it got to do so.

" I'm David Appleby I work in a call center" the smile faded , yeah why don't you tell her that you still live with mom and dad and just place a loser sign around your neck he thought.

Of course he didn't live with his parents but telling someone you worked in a call center was a conversation stopper at least in David's experience it was.

"I also moonlight as a mystery man" the smile returned and then his mind caught up with the possibilitiy that he was flirting with her...talk about a forlorn hope.

Now what?

'Run!' his mind screamed 'Run now before you make an utter fool of yourself.'

"Well Ms Gains its been a pleasure meeting you in such interesting circumstances I do thank you for the CD" and with that David turned to walk away.

Another one lost before he even had a chance...such was life.

 

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Abigail smiled, Her hand softly on his arm, "Thank you, David, Is there anything I can do for you? YOu have been a great sport."

After his responce.

Then she walked toward to her car. Once there she called her agent nd let him know what was going on. He set her up right then to spend a week at a cottage in the middle of no were. He knew she would need to drop out of site for a while.

 

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David had bene unsure how to respond to Abigail's last comment, it probably meant nothing anyway.

It always did when women said that to him, he was sure it was a form of politeness because women truly didn't mean 'anything'.

Then she was gone , David walked the short trip to his home

Putting the cd on he listened to the songs of his youth when the world was full of possibility, when he had hope that the world beyond highschool would give him the life he wanted so badly.

Turning his MAC on he decided that curiousity was going to drive him nuts unless he found out about Abigail Gains.

There were a large number hits selecting a movie database he'd visted before he read the list of credits. There were a number of roles in big movies , a Bruce Willis action movie, Adam Sadler comedy, Catherine Zeta-Jones latest movie she was in them all , David looked at each movies character list and Abigail appeared to be around the tenth name mentioned.

Going back to her page on the site he saw some photos of Abigail looking similar to how she had been today but standing on a red carpet...with a guy, a very good looking guy.

David shook his head , he was seriously kidding himself besides he'd never meet her again .

Besides he had over things to the forefront of his mind not least of which was his holiday , he'd get as far away from women as he could that way at least for one glorious week he could enjoy life without women looking right though him as if he didn't exist.

He just hoped Mr Hooper didn't double book him like he had two years ago, the old man was very nice gentlemen he was loosing track of how many huts were under his supervision and how many people wanted to stay at them.

David had no idea that his image was already being looked at by an editor of an entertainment magazine who was wondering why a beuaty like Abigail Gains was doing with Mr Nobody when it was rumoured that she was seeing the star of her latest movie...A real A-lister

 

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Abigail drove back to her place. One there she went online and looked up the vacation place that her agent had set up.

She was just 2 week done with her latest movie. Some of the press had tried to link her to the star. They had been polite maybe even freinds but when it came to dating he wanted sex to be a big part of it and besides he was dateing someone else.

She got directions to the place. She would set out in the morning.

Her agent had told her to see a mr Hooper. She was booked for 9 days of peace and solitude. She packed a variety of music and books that she never got to read other wise, and clothes, mostly shorts and tank tops.

Then she checked amail and phone messages, making sure everyone who needed to know, knew where she was headed and why.

After everything was done she crashed for the night and was up early in the morning driving to the rural vacation.

 

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"Abigail Gains"

"Abigail Gains ah syes there you are in the A's " Theo Hooper said with a smile , he was going to have to have another talk with Jamieson about entering names in the ledger Surname first , first name last and NOT the other way around.

His aged finger touched the name above Appleby, David and slid along the page , dropping a single line on its travels. Near retirement this small incident was happening more and more often to the old man.

"Ah yes hunt 22" you take this road go west for about 2 miles , on your right hand side you'll see Cutters Rd, go down that for 10 miles you'll see a sign that says hut 22, turn into the path the hunts about two miles down that path"

He handed the young lady the standard informational form about the huts and there use, then handed one of two sets of keys."Theres a store a few hundred yards down the road from here, had everything you'll need "

The old man looked at the young lady, a part of his brain wished he was 30 years younger because if he was , he'd have given her a personally guided tour just as he had done to several young ladies all those years ago...an arch conservative all his life he missed those hippy women and their free love rubbish.

 

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Abigail thanked the old man. She followed his directions.
She found the store and took care of her shopping and went to hut #22.

Once there she unpacked. Then she took a quick walk around the area.

Then she returned to the hut and laid down on the couch.

The drive and the walk had taken more out her then the realsed and she fell quickly asleep.

 

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David went to work the following morning as normal , already his encounter with Abigail Gains was slipping into its place in his memory , another failed chance with a women who would never consider him in the first place.

Late in the afternoon all hell broke loose. Some of his co-horts had been watching an entertainment channel while on their breaks when an item in the rumour-mill section of the programme they were watching flashed a photo.

Within moments several people crowded around his cubicle asking him a lot of questions worked differently but saying the same thing.

' how long have you been dating Abigail Gains and when is the wedding?"

David tried to explain that the encounter had been misunderstood by the gentlemen who took the photo and that there was nothing possibly going on between him and this Abigail Gains lady.

He had as much success with his fellow employees as he'd had with the photgrapher.

Fortunately his manager was a little more sensible and had suggested he take an extra couple of days leave starting straight away.

A few minutes after getting home he got a call an odd thing at anytime for no one rang him , it turned out to be a reporter wanting to do an interview.

Shocked and not knowing what to say David declined politely put the phone on its receiver and sighed , relieved that was over and then the phone rang again.

And Again.

David pulled it out of its jackpoint.

They would show up soon he knew that now , if he stayed home he'd never get the quiet he desired, not that he had experience with the press first hand but he had seen how they hounded celebrities on the news it didn't look nice.

An hour after getting home he was in his car fully packed and left home, he'd sleep in his car if the hut was still occupied , wondering if it would be wiser to have rung Mr Hooper first but a sence of urgency told him not to.

Besides it would be touch and go whether he made it to the Mr Hoopers Wardens place in time....

In the end David missed closing time by 20 minutes so rather than annoy anyone at the hut or Mr Hooper himself he pitched a small tent by a stream not far from the small local village.

Three hours drive south several reporters began the hunt for the future husband of Abigail Gains....this David someone, this David nobody, who was suppose to be marrying one of the hottest women in Hollywood.

 

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Abgail woke a couple of hours later and went for another walk. The country side was peacefull, she missed that in her fast passed world.

As the sun set she returned to her hut and made herself some food then cleaned up. Leaving the dishes to dry in the rack.

Then she took a cd of a simaliar age and style as David. She was surprised. Just now realizing that they might have had more things in common, but she would never see him again and that was too bad. He most assuredly was a nice guy.

She turned on the music softly. Then she started reading. Before long she was into the book. It was near dawn before her eyes finally forced her put down the book and sleep.

She fell as once into a deep sleep. She set no alarm clock so she would sleep until her body was rested.

 

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The sun had barely risen when David walked into the wardens hut. "Hello Andrew" David said in a friendly way to the young man behind the counter, he liked Andrew Jamieson who shared an interest in the great outdoors, thou with Andrew it was his entire life.

For David the great outdoors was simply an escape, being a regular over the years had its perks he was able to get the same hut each time , well almost each time two years ago Mr Hooper had double booked his hut and while technically David was in the right the other people were a young family so rather than make a fuss David had camped on the land.

"Huts ready " Andrew said keenly and reached over for the keys , the smile turned to a frown one set was missing "Ahhh" the young man consulted the ledger "okay no double booking this time " he said with a smile.

David brought goods at the store and drove down the roads he knew so well.In a week the world would move on and he'd be forgotten.

When he reached the hut he saw a sight not so welcome another car which meant a double booking had occurred, well he had his tent but really wanted the familarity of this hut .

Getting out of the car he walked to the hut but the key in the door and it opened "Ah Good morning ..ah Hello " his voice loud enough that anyone in the hut would hear him

 

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Abigail felt she had barely fallen asleep when she heard a voice. She rolled out of the bed a faint creaking sound was heard.

She still wore the shorts and tank top she had worn yesterday. She had been too tired to change when she was done reading this morning.

She kind of thought is was staff making sure everything was ok.

She eyes were still mostly closed and her hair was rather messed up. And she wore no make up what so ever.

As she turned to corner into the liveing room area she spoke without looking up>"yeah.what did you want?"

 

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His first thought upon seeing the lady was 'double booked ' that was closely followed by his second thought which was quite simple 'you'.

David's mouth worked a little slower than his brain and for a long moment he couldn't get the words out, "Ha Hello um... Ms Gains we met yesterday , ah this is unexpected , I think we may have been double booked.." his head looked back at his car then back towards the still half asleep woman "I guess well I'll head back to Mr Hoopers"


Many miles away an old woman collected her milk , she noticed several vans along the road and that was most unusual, she looked at her neighbours house as several people seemed to be standing in front of his home when one of them approached her

"Do I know where David Appleby is young man well if he isn't home he's at work or maybe he took his vacation earlier"

"No I don't know where he may be going but he goes camping alot up near Sascon"

 

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She spoke after hearing his voice she opened her eyes and looked at him. "you can if you like. Or we can try and find a way to share this hut. alternate between who gets the bed and who gets the couch."

She was not sure why she would suggest such a thing. It was totally outof charecter for her.

She smiled at him, "I hope that crazy reporter did cause you to have to drop off the face of the earth as well."

 

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David tried to find the trap in her words , what seemed like a reasonable solution to an unwanted problem worried him.

Part of him wanted to walk to his car and sort the double booking out, part of wanted to run to his car.

Put he remained "Thank you I'll take the couch " he said with a smile then he final question remained to be answered.

"As for the reporter ah well the situation has I'm afraid escalated. We made an entertainment channel and I think half the reporters on the west coast tried to ring me last night " he said with a forced smile.

Oh and good morning he thought to himself

"Would you like a cup of coffee or tea perhaps " these huts weren't completely lacking in the basic's but neither were they over flowing with the modem luxaries people had gotten used to. "I arrive with a jug "

 

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She smiled warmly, "coffee would be great. I did buy some and saw there was a maker but Im not great with those things."
" I wish there was a way I could help you with the lunny reporters. Saddly they tend to not listen unless its what you wish to hear."

She sat down running her hands over her face a couple of times then running them throw her hair whitch was even curlyer now then before. Her face was with out hint of make up, had a hint of colar from her walk the evening before.

 

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David smiled Mr Hooper had spent some money, or maybe it was young Mr Jamieson who brought the coffee maker. David smiled and sorted the coffee out quickly enough.

His mind trying dealing with the irony of finding Miss Gains here of all places at a time when half the world seemed to think they were about to marry when in reality he had barely been in her presence for more than a few minutes.

The coffee prepared David handed a cup to the actress, she looked different to the photo he'd seen on line when she seemed 'done up' his eyes looked without understanding for her natural beauty was both obvious to him and completely lost on him.

"Yes I do feel that they only wanted me to tell them what they have already decided is reality , I'm sure they will move on soon enough when the next big news item occurs..." a forced smile touched his face as he sipped the coffee"...hopefully that will happen within the next seven days"