Wednesday, May 19, 2004

charlie

when i first moved here a couple of years ago, i was doing some freelance work for the local branch of the company i'd been working for in the previous town. charlie was the secretary there, and i'd met her a year before that at a company conference. she seems less like the girl next door, more like her shy little sister. she has short reddish hair framing a pretty, freckled and bespectacled face.

ange had stayed behind for the first few months i was here, and i'd always flirted with charlie. we had lunch a couple of times, and then i innocently (?) emailed to ask her out one night. she replied that unfortunately she had a boyfriend, and isn't it always the way that when you wish you were single, you aren't. i emailed back that i had a partner, too, so totally understood what she meant about the inconvenience of being in a relationship when you fancy someone else.

at the time i wrote that email i remember thinking i'd just placed a deposit in the future fuck bank. it seems that the interest has accumulated in the ensuing years, and tonight i intend to make a withdrawal.

i emailed charlie two days ago, and somehow the fact that i'd recently broken up with ange slipped out. turns out her relationship finished recently, too. we're going to my favourite sushi restaraunt tonight. and then... i reckon to her place.

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