Have you had a good day?
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Andrew
Well, it wasn’t a job synonymous with cheating I didn’t think, which was a start. I enlarged his picture again. He was good-looking – a little rugged around the edges, but I was surprised to find I quite liked that, not that my opinion mattered for much but I was sure Megan would agree. He seemed to have a good sense of humour, which I guessed would be good for Megan as she could be quite timid. He might just bring her out of her shell.
Hi Andrew,
It’s great to hear from you – you obviously have a lot more educating to do before the term is out!
It sounds and looks like you take good care of yourself. I bet those forearms give good hugs ;)
Although I’m a self-proclaimed ‘crap flirt’, that last comment seemed to type itself and though I’m not proud, I did indeed put the winky face.
Today I just worked and had drinks with a friend after. How about you?
Megan
I read it through and cringed a little, but as I’ve already admitted, I’m no expert at online dating and my task was merely to keep him warm for when Megan decided it was time to bite the bullet. I pressed send and finished my coffee.
As I was washing my cup, the laptop pinged. I placed the cup on the drainer and instantly went to investigate.
I smiled. It was Andrew again.
You’re up late! I’m a bit of an insomniac myself. Work keeps me busy and sometimes, I can’t switch off.
I was working today and had a pile of work to mark but I did get to go for a walk around Didsbury Park, which I sometimes do after a day at work. The classroom gets a bit stuffy with thirty children sat absorbing little pockets of my wisdom for a whole day.
We should get to know each other a bit more? Who knows, maybe you’ll even want to experience one of my legendary cuddles ;)
Oh dear – he’d winky-faced me back. Still, he’d soon be Megan’s problem.
Okay, so. Favourite movie, book, and song – go!
Andrew
x
Feeling the effects of the gin still dancing through my system, I thought I’d have a little fun.
That was quick!
Okay, if you like my answers, do I win a hug?
I had no idea what songs and books and things Megan liked so I went with my own. If anything ever became of the pair of them, she’d just have to keep up the pretence or I’d come clean and we’d laugh about it for years to come.
Film . . . I was a little torn. I loved Casablanca but when I was a child, E.T. was my ultimate favourite. I was also a sucker for Bridget Jones’s Diary. James had me into James Bond and Daniel Craig was a firm favourite – I’d even class Skyfall as one of my all-time best. Then there was The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump and Gladiator.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I typed eventually. It probably wasn’t very ‘Megan’ but she’d have said something like Notting Hill, which I loved too, but it wasn’t anything I’d expect Andrew to like – not that I knew him; shamefully, I was stereotyping. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was funny, gender-neutral, and had a powerful message about being honest!
I deliberated just as hard over a book. I loved the classics, but I was also a sucker for a young adult novel. I decided to go with my favourite modern books that I thought would be acceptable.
The Hunger Games trilogy, I replied. I knew Megan liked those too and she’d not stopped yapping about them when she was in the throes of Katniss’s daily struggles.
Choosing a song was easy; it was one that took me right back to my graduate training days, the days of drinking bottles of Reef in Wetherspoon’s on payday.
Mr Brightside, I typed with a smile.
How about you? I added before absent-mindedly wandering to the wine fridge and pouring a cool, crisp glass of white.
The laptop pinged again and I waltzed straight back.
Ooh, some good choices there. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest is definitely in my top ten and I did actually read the Hunger Games trilogy – great books, much meatier than my usual literary indulgence of Biff and Chip books!
As for the song choice, it’s like you can read my mind – best song ever.
I’d add Forrest Gump and Gladiator to the movie list though and book-wise . . . 1984 was great. I loved Moby Dick but am a real sucker for Stephen King and James Patterson.
I feel like I know you well enough now to confess, I’m partial to the odd Minions movie and I did really like Notting Hill (just don’t tell my mates or I’ll be forced to deny it).
I clasped my hand to my mouth before I laughed aloud and woke James up. I found myself really warming to Andrew despite him being so different to James, who was my usual type if I even had one. For Megan, he’d definitely do for now.
What foods do you like?
Andrew
x
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I don’t know what time I ended up going to bed, but I didn’t wake up until ten, so of course, James had already gone to work. I felt a little guilty for neglecting him and the house so I decided to surprise him for lunch. I knew he’d be too busy to go out for lunch so I packed a picnic hamper with his favourite foods and headed over to his office for an indoor working picnic. I even contemplated wearing nothing beneath my Burberry mac but shook the thought out of my head immediately, it was a step too far – if he was snowed under he’d reject me, and I wasn’t for going through the embarrassment of that again, plus there were a whole host
