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THE LAST ELEVATOR GIRL
By Katlyn Argenta

Dream Cast:
Early 
Paul Newman, Suzanne Pleshette, Gig Young

Magdalena Fournier-- only the first name was
on the small bronze plate above the left pocket
of the impeccably cut jacket of her brown 
 uniform-- had to be one of the last elevator
 girls around.  All the other elevators in the
Universal Building were automated.
Only this executive suite car at the far end of the
lobby maintained an elevator manned by a young 
woman in dress browns as her mother had been
twenty-two years before where she had met and
married Dad who had been a teller for  First Legacy
Bank (now Bank 21) just off the main lobby.

He stepped on at 10:21 in a crisp Brooks Brothers
suit, the kind her father always wore when he came
to afford it.  Her age, the young man's hair was short
and the color of her uniform and only a small scar 
on the left temple-- probably a hockey injury-- 
gamely marred the perfection of a face that surely
belonged on a movie billboard.
"How do I look?"  he flashed a big-screen smile..
"You know how you look," she smiled back, 
"except the knot of your tie is just a wee-bit askew."
Before his incredulous eyes could find the mirrored-
finished brass-plate next to him, she had set the
tie as straight as it was in the first place.  There was
an intimacy about the gesture-- their respective
eyes this close-- that sent a thrill though her.
Now she set the Otis in motion and they were
on their way.
"Think you'll get the job?" she asked.
"You know I'll get the job," he flashed that grin
again.  "They'd be foolhardy to miss the opportunity."
"You're a confident one," she returned.
"While I'm at it, the interview, just pick the place
you want to celebrate."
"My, you are a confident one," she said.
They rode the rest of the way in silence louder
than flirtation.

At ten to eleven, he stepped back on, a changed man.
"I didn't get the position," he announced.  "I didn't
know some program named TierPage."
"I'm sorry," she consoled him.
Then the grin was back:  "Don't cry for me, Magdalena,
I'll learn this TierPage nonsense and be back in a week."
First, she wondered how he knew her name-- the name-
plate on her uniform, of course-- but the first thing that
came out was:  "I'm on my break in five minutes.  Want
to have coffee?"
"Absolutely not," came the quick reply.
"No?" She was hurt.
"I want to do this thing up right," he followed quickly.
"Nothing less than Sebastian's on the mezzanine here,
when I'm working in the Universal Building like you, but
with you out of uniform into something smart and chic
that will make heads turn like the turnstiles at old Yankee
Stadium, the one that Ruth, DiMaggio and Mantle built 
with their bare hands and Louisville Sluggers."
"How do you know I'll accept dinner-- I mean coffee
is one thing," she started weakly before he cut her off.
"You'd be foolhardy and reckless to pass on the
opportunity," came the confident retort.
On the ground floor, he emerged and turned with the
agility of the athlete he obviously was.
"Thanks for straightening my tie.  It was fun.  See
you next week."
She watched him go as the CEO of Brentmore
Investments stepped on board.
"Nice looking young man," he remarked amiably,
"does he work here?"
"He goes to work for your company, sir, in about
two weeks."
"Marvelous," the gentlemen nodded as he opened
his Wall Street Journal and they headed northward.


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    • Title Index >
      • .005
      • 8086
      • A Letter From Your Secretary
      • A Woman's Pride
      • Aliens or Angels?
      • Alpha Beta Traitor
      • Amy And Amy And
      • Are You Telling Me?
      • Baby Blue Sunbeam
      • Ballpark Hero
      • Barn Quilts
      • Beautiful with Braces
      • Because it Still Rains
      • Bend
      • Better
      • Better Yet
      • The Big Yellow Elopement Machine
      • Blind Date
      • Brother
      • Cadmium Gold
      • Calico Charms
      • Caramels
      • Carrie Me Back
      • Cat in the Corner Chair
      • CATCH from 13 Stories
      • Cat's Eyes
      • The Cherry Spot
      • The Closer Wins a Steak
      • Cloud
      • Coffee Shop HEARTS 2
      • Company
      • Confessional
      • Confetti
      • Cover!
      • Cover Art Gallery
      • The Dad Who Was 24-Feet Tall
      • The Day the Avanti Didn't Start
      • Days of Christmas
      • The Devil Sells His Soul
      • Double Sugar
      • The Ebullience of Being Elaina Brightman
      • Escape
      • Everybody's Teddy
      • Fall of Winter
      • Fatal Flaws
      • Final Final: The Last Newspaper
      • Forgiveness Day
      • The Girl as Good as Mozart
      • The Girl Who Never Was
      • Girl With Backpack
      • Grand Lady
      • Guardian
      • Hard-Boiled, Soft-Headed
      • The Heart of an Unknown Soldier
      • Help Wanted, Hope Needed
      • Hurt
      • I Am Afraid of My Feelings
      • I Don't Care if I Ever Come Back
      • I Will Be Leaving
      • I Wonder Where He is Now
      • In the Throes of Coca Coma
      • Jailhouse Judy
      • Jigsaw
      • Kansas City
      • The Kid Goes 0 for April
      • KISS
      • Kiss Me, Kate-Lynn
      • klick-klock
      • The Last Elevator Girl
      • Lawyer Vs. Rodeo Rider
      • Library Doors
      • Lighthouses
      • Loft in Space
      • Lookalike
      • Love Nothing Novel
      • The Lunacy and the Lace
      • Man in the Big Pajamas
      • Mermaid
      • Morning Jog
      • Mr. In-Between
      • My Brother's Science Project
      • A Nice Quiet Space
      • Nine
      • Not Fields Afar
      • The Note
      • On Briarwood Roof
      • One-Two Punch//Delivered
      • One Way Ticket
      • Out of Limelight
      • Parallel You
      • The Passenger
      • Perfect
      • Physical
      • Pitch Count
      • Polaroid Manipulations
      • Portrait of Genevieve
      • Pretty Dresses, Petty Thieves
      • Pretty, Ugly
      • Proposal
      • PurgaStories
      • Red Chair to Mars
      • Reentry
      • Return to Fine Arts
      • The Ride of a Lifetime
      • Run-Run Runaway Caboose
      • Saturday
      • Secret Game Workshop
      • Shadows
      • Signals
      • Slideshow
      • Slugger
      • The Small of Her Back
      • Southpaws
      • Spelling Bee
      • Spring of Summer
      • Starry Night
      • Stewart Survives the 7th
      • Stuntgirl
      • Stopover
      • The Stowaway
      • The Super Secret Planet Finder
      • Tail of the Lake Monster
      • Team Bus
      • Telephone
      • Tow Me
      • Turret
      • Usherette
      • Varsity
      • Veranda Nights
      • Wicked Curves
      • We
      • Where's Your Faith?
      • You
      • You Kill Me
  • Suit to Kill, Slip to Thrill
  • Prayers Answered
    • Postcards
    • Pitch Count
    • Where's Your Faith?
    • Spelling Bee
    • You Kill Me
    • Cruisin'
    • Casey's Comeback
    • Archives
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