8.

It's been so long and there has been so much happening so fast, I have just kept postponing writing here. But at some point, it has to be done, so here it goes.

I'll start with the simplest of it all - Popeye. After their date, Electra simply did not hear from him again. She figured since she also had Fox, she would leave it up to Popeye to contact her.
And he didn't. We really don't quite understand why, but I have a theory that he had also decided to leave it up to her. And as these "I wont make a move until she does"-things go... it became the end of Popeye.

So at least this makes it easier for me to keep up.

Fox has seen a lot of activity though.
Last time I wrote, they were going to a comedy club, and the same night, I had the pleasure of meeting him. I must admit, the event took place after me having consumed several units of alcohol so the memory of it is rather vague but he made a good impression I believe. He was polite and friendly and perhaps a little quiet. He said he had the previous model of the cellphone I am thinking about getting. This, for some reason, I remember.

Anyhoo - after the comedy club they both went to Electra's place. They had wine and talked and it was pretty romantic and intimate. The appropriate setting for kissing, but there was no kiss. Electra half-heartedly asked him if he wanted to stay the night. Not half-heartedly because she didn't like him, but because she somehow knew it wasn't the right time. And apparently so did he - he said no to her invitation and they both spent the night alone.
The next day he texted Electra, telling her he liked her a lot.

Some days later, Electra and I went for some drinks. It turned out that Fox was in a bar only a few buildings away, and so we went there to meet him. He was with collegues and the bar was totally packed despite it being only 9pm. It was too packed for me, so I went to meet some friends, leaving Electra in the company of Fox and his collegues. Drinks led to drinks, and drinks led to touching, and several hours later, they both went back to Electra's again.
This time he spent the night - but they did not have sex. His hands did not even move close to any parts of her body that might be consideres erogenous zones. The perfect gentleman. I am not sure if this is good or bad.
This was the first night there was any physical contact.

The next day, he took her out on a proper date. The real deal, nice restaurant and expensive food - paid by Fox. They then went to her house to get the things she would need to sleep over at his place. And then they went to his. And they had sex and it was ok.
And in the morning, they woke up and they had sex again. This time though, he just stopped. Apparently, after a while, he has rolled off her and said "It's so hot in here"."And that was it. No previous warning, no attempt to make it up to her. He just stopped.
Please, never just stop.
Electra felt a slight worry developing. Malcolm had had his problems in bed, and she just didn't think she would be able to deal with that again. If Fox also had problems, she might have to stop seeing him. He would have to be pretty damn perfect in every other way in order for a sexual malfunction to be accepted.

Some days later, they met and went to an art exhibition. Afterwards, they went to his place and watched a movie, and it was the beginning of a boyfriend/girlfriend weekend. Electra spent the night and they had breakfast and spent the afternoon in a nice jazz cafe, reading papers, listening to a jazz band and holding hands. And as in every romantic movie, when the couple is not yet sure how they feel about each other, an old man came over and told them how wonderful it was to see two such pretty young people so much in love.
In the evening, they had to be seperated for some hours as he had plans, but he came to her apartment in the middle of the night and stayed there. He was in a mood she hadn't seen before, so happy and confident - and this time, sex was great.
Electra was extatic; he didnt have any problems in bed after all! A great weight was lifted off of her shoulders.
The next morning they had sex again. And unfortunately her joy disappeared, as it was over after only a minute.

She is still giving him the benefit of doubt though, it will take more than a few mediocre lays to push her away.

So that's the current situation: Electra and Fox are more or less officially dating, and next weekend, she is invited to meet his friends - all couples. A very adult thing to do.

I believe I forgot to mention that their first date was on Valentine's day... so perhaps this one is meant to be.