The Presentation
                              by LRG

When she walked into the room, no one could help but to gaze upon her.
She was stunningly beautiful, and although not conceited, she knew it.
She was a delicate looking woman, with a thin, petite build, a fair
complexion, and the deepest blue eyes that you have ever seen.

She strolled across the room with confidence, but all that was about to
change. Today was her big day. Today was the day that she had been
preparing for, today was the day that she was to show what she was
made of, and she had taken painstaking measures to ensure that nothing
could go wrong, or so she thought.

The presentation was for a group of high powered executives, and she
knew that if ever there was a day to be on, I mean really on, this was it.
There was a chill in the air as she sauntered over to her seat. A ray of
sun coming through the window danced off her as if she were an angel,
and you could see the specks of dust in the light move aside as she
passed by. This was the beginning of what would be a very challenging
day, for she was highly sensitive to dust, and she already felt the tickle
starting to build in her nose.

The room fell silent and a feeling of anticipation filled the room as the
presentation was to begin in about 10 minutes. It was quiet, too quiet, as
she realized that it would be difficult, if not impossible to quell the urge
to sneeze as the sensation grew stronger and stronger with each second
that passed by. She wanted so desperately to leave the room, but she
couldn't for once the doors were closed, no one could enter or leave until
the presentation was over.

The atmosphere was not as she had planned it, for she was nervous and
feeling weak, and a cool chill ran up and down her spine as the air
conditioning  seemed to blow directly on her giving her goosebumps all
over her frail body, and churning up more and more dust into the air
around her.

Just then, she felt the sneeze building stronger and stronger as she
tried with all of her being to control it. Finally there came a point when
she realized she couldn't hold it back any more. Her eyes began to tear,
her nostrils flaring as the tingle in her nose had become fierce.  She
looked for a tissue, but to no avail as the sneeze took hold of her, her
head tilted back, her face scrunched up and her hands cupped as she
tried as hard as she could to muffle to sound.  Her breath quickened and
very quietly the sneeze built up, then ah ah ah chhhhhhhh. It was soft
and feminine with a slight high pitched build up fading to a whispered
release as a shiver came over her.

The man next to her leaned over, and in a soft whisper said "bless you" 
She looked at him and said, "thank you, I think it's the du du du du 
duchhooooooooo, dust, oh, excuse me"

They both smiled at each other as he handed her a tissue, but she knew
full well, that one tissue wouldn't be nearly enough for what was about
to come.  So far, her 2 sneezes were quiet and almost undetectable, but
just then, as if out of no where, one sneaked up on her. She had no time
to prepare, and out it came.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssshhhhhhhooooooooo
ooooooooooo. It was long and drawn out, and it was beautiful. The man
beside her said "wow, that was a real doozie wasn't it?"  Although she
thought she could sense excitement in his eyes, she had an awful feeling
that the whole room was staring at her, and then it started………

She felt it building, growing stronger and stronger , and she knew full
well that this was not just going to be one or two delicate sneezes. She
put her finger up to her nose to try to stop it, but the long build up had
already begun.  Eh  eh ah ah AH AHHHHHHHHH AHH 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiichoooooooo, ashooooo,  eh
etchoooo,  choo, choo, choo,  ah ah AHCHOOOO, aaaaaaaaaa 
iiiiiiiiiiiiiiittccchhhhhhooooooooo. Sniff, sniff, kchooooooo, chhhhhhhh,
mm choooooooooo, Her nose felt as if it was on fire, she just couldn't stop,
one right after another, she let out 7 quick sneezes followed by another
huge and drawn out sneeze.

Tchoo, choo, choo, huchoo, shoo, ashoo. Achoo, aah ahhh ahhhhhhhh
eeeiiishhooooo !!!

There she was, nose running, feeling weak from the sneezing fit, and
that's when her name was called. She thought that although there was
still a tickle in her noe, that at least now she could control it. She quietly
and descreetly blew her nose, and began to walk to the front of the room,
ha ha hiitchoooooo, oh, excuse me she said softly as she took her place in
front of the group.

Now she was in control. The tickle was fierce in her nose, but she knew
she could make it through the presentation without another attack.  She
introduced herself, and then went on with her presentation…"Ladies and
gentlemen, today is the day that tough decisions must be made, today is
the day that the future of this company will take a stronghold"  She had
the audience totally captivated, then she went on….." I have a few
projections that you will no doubt be impressed to see, with that she
reached into her folder and placed a transparency on the overhead
projector……

There she was, all hyped up and ready to perform, she switched on the
overhead, and the light hit her eyes, then…. Today we mu mu mu
aaaaasschooooo,  achooooo, oh excuse me, today we must shape our ah ah
hitchoooo   ehhhhchooooooo, ahhhchoooooooo,   eh eh eh
ehhhhhhhhishoooooo, oh my it must be the    the the      
aaachoooooooooooo, eh eh hitchooooo    ehhhhhishooooo

She stood there helpless, sneezing to the right, sneezing to the left, she
could barely control her motions, this was the worst sneezing fit she had
ever had

tchoooooo,  ehhhhichoooooo  ah ahhhaaaaa ehhhhhchoooooooo  sniff  I'm
sor so so sooooochooooooo    achooooooo      sorry, I ca can cachooooo     
achoooooo can't stop snnnn snn snnnnchoooooo       achhoooooooooooooo  
tchoooo     chooooo choooooeeee
aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhishoooooooooooo, sneezing, I can't  ta ta tachoooooo,
take this any  choooooo aaaaeeechooooooooo, anymore,

She ran out of the room, still sneezing as she left… iiiishoooo eh eh
ehttchoooooooooo       aaaaachoooooooo, as the doors closed behind her.

After a short while, the meeting broke up and there she was outside on
the front steps, her eyes filled with tears at the disaster that took place.  
 Her boss signalled to her that she was through, and that of course
devastated her,    I'm so achooooo achooooo,  sorry she said.

Her head down and tears streaming, and nose running, she was about to
stand up to leave when a gentleman walked up to her and said, "Miss,
that took guts, will you come and work for me at my firm?" He handed her
a business card which read "Claritan Allergy Relief, marketing division.
Her eyes opened wide, a smile came across her face, and she said, wow,
thank you aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhieshooooooooooo,   achooooooo,  excuse
me, thank you, they both laughed as he walked away saying, see you on
Monday

Hope you liked it

LRG