9

I was gone for a week and left the relationship between Fox and Electra to develop on its own.

Electra gave me a summary of what they had been doing while I was gone, and it definitely seems they are doing well.

I would like you to get in the right mode for this, so please open this in a new window in your browser, turn the speakers on and leave it playing in the background while reading on.

Now imagine this being a romantic movie; this is the medley part

– the happy phase.

Upbeat calypso music playing in the background

Green trees and sunsets on the beach (except there is no beach)

Walks in the park on a chilly afternoon

Fox surprising Electra with small gifts

Dinner and wine with his friends, Electra joking and winning them over

Driving around buying small things at thrift shops

Laying in bed behaving like teenagers

Baking cake on a Sunday, making a small mess in his kitchen

Fox tickling Electra, Electra playing the innocent temptation

Tasting each others ice creams

Laughing together

Watching movies in the dark, snuggling against each other

Candlelit dinners, staring into each other’s eyes

Holding hands

So I guess right now all we can do is wait......

7

Wednesday was Electra's second date with Fox. He wore a white striped shirt and pretty nice jeans. She made it a point to check his teeth which were like perfect white pearls, and accidentally had a look at his crotch but couldn't draw any conclusions from it.
Things went well. Conversation was nice, they talked about their families and about his summer house on the coast and just about this and that. Again, he seemed to make an effort to avoid awkward silences and Electra found him a little hard to read. She couldn't tell whether he liked her or not (which of course he does, they all do), whereas she definitely liked him. Still, he seems quite "proper" and tidy and perhaps even mainstream, so that might be the catch? Or he might not be "proper", tidy and mainstream - it's too early to tell.
Their third date is tonight already. They are going to a comedy club this time.

Competition is tough for Fox at the moment though. Thursday night Electra had her first date with Popeye. They went to a bar and had some drinks and this is it:

He was cute, charming, more "troll-like" than in the photo (her words, I am not quite sure what it means. Come to think of it, she also said he reminded her of her grandfather...)
He was wearing wannabe-posh clothes but she could tell he was originally of - uhm, how should I phrase this - lower "social circumstances".
He looked at her a lot (and her cleavage) and asked her lots of questions. She told him she was also "dating" Fox, which he didn't seem too pleased to hear. Nice, white teeth. It was all very relaxing and fun, and he asked her why she is single, so she asked him the same. He said it's because he's picky, but she could tell he liked her.
He paid all her drinks, and just as she was about to order new ones, he said he was going to head home. This was at about 11pm, so he might be the sensible type.
All in all a good but short date, and she will definitely see him again. Perhaps on Sunday.

We've got ourselves a race.....