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back and take out my purse.
“What will it be?”
“You’re not buying my coffee, this is my treat.”
“It was.. It’s not now. I want to treat you. So, what would you like?”
“A cappuccino and I wanted a muffin.” he grins cheekily at me.
“Then I’ll get you a muffin, which one?”
“Double chocolate of course.” he smiles, taking a seat.
“Coming right up.”
As I walk to the counter, I can feel his eyes on me. As it’s hot, I decided on my favourite floaty white dress. I love white and it seems so does Daniel. He is attracted to me too, I can tell. But that’s okay, friends can be attracted to each other, men and women can be friends without having sex. Can’t they? We get the awkward explanations out the way then focus on everything that isn’t that. Daniel tells me he plans to do some work in the garden this weekend and wonders if I’d like to go over for a barbecue. I love barbecues so I don’t hesitate to say yes.
“One condition though.”
“What is it first?”
“I bring the Pimm’s .”
“ Pimm’s? I’ve never tried it.”
“Really ? ” He shakes his head and I laugh. How can he not have tried it?
“It’s the ultimate summer drink! You’ll love it! And if you don’t, well, you’re very strange.”
“Well I am very strange.” his face is happy today and that makes me happy.
I need to get some food for the week in, so I tell Daniel I’ll pick up some things and then go over. I have to fight my instinct to panic and freak out when he suggests, if I want to have a drink, he has a guest room I can stay in, save me getting a taxi home.
“I’ll bring my overnight things, thank you, Daniel.” I smile, swallowing down my panic.
“No thanking remember? Your rule.”
“Not gratuitous thanking.”
“Can it ever be gratuitous?”
“Probably not, let’s move on. Give me your address.”
He puts his address into my phone and we say goodbye, Daniel assuring me he has everything we will need for the barbecue so I don’t need to bring anything over, I will anyway. I head to my car and drive to the supermarket. I pick up everything I’ll need to make Pimm’s and after firing off a quick text to Daniel, I tell him, I’ve got dessert sorted, Eton Mess, perfect for the summer.
I unload all the shopping and get my bag ready, I have zero plans to help Daniel with the gardening, so I throw my kindle and iPad into my bag. When I drive over to the address Daniel gave me I smile. He has a beautiful home, an Edwardian style house with bay windows and a porch over the front door. It is exactly the kind of house I imagined Daniel having. His car is parked on the drive but there is space for mine. I park and get my bags out of the boot, I knock on the door using the big brass knocker and wait.
“Hi.” I grin when he opens the door.
He has changed, I guess he has started work on the garden like he said he would. He is wearing ripped, worn jeans that have green grass stains on them and a grey vest. I can see a slight sheen of sweat on his shoulders and arms and the vest is darker in places and clinging to his body. Ginny’s words come floating into my brain. You find him attractive? That isn’t wrong either. Yes. I find him attractive, so overwhelmingly attractive.
“You found me okay?” he steps back and holds the door hold open for me.
“Yes, no problems at all.” I step in and feel his hand close over mine.
He reaches and takes my bags out of my hand and carries them down the hallway and turns left into what I imagine is the lounge. The hallway is light and bright and there are photos lining the walls, Poppy as a baby, Daniel holding his daughter when she must have been minutes old. As I walk further into the house, I get my first glimpse of Poppy as a little girl too. In one photo, Daniel and Poppy are laying in a wicker lounge bed type thing, Daniel
“What will it be?”
“You’re not buying my coffee, this is my treat.”
“It was.. It’s not now. I want to treat you. So, what would you like?”
“A cappuccino and I wanted a muffin.” he grins cheekily at me.
“Then I’ll get you a muffin, which one?”
“Double chocolate of course.” he smiles, taking a seat.
“Coming right up.”
As I walk to the counter, I can feel his eyes on me. As it’s hot, I decided on my favourite floaty white dress. I love white and it seems so does Daniel. He is attracted to me too, I can tell. But that’s okay, friends can be attracted to each other, men and women can be friends without having sex. Can’t they? We get the awkward explanations out the way then focus on everything that isn’t that. Daniel tells me he plans to do some work in the garden this weekend and wonders if I’d like to go over for a barbecue. I love barbecues so I don’t hesitate to say yes.
“One condition though.”
“What is it first?”
“I bring the Pimm’s .”
“ Pimm’s? I’ve never tried it.”
“Really ? ” He shakes his head and I laugh. How can he not have tried it?
“It’s the ultimate summer drink! You’ll love it! And if you don’t, well, you’re very strange.”
“Well I am very strange.” his face is happy today and that makes me happy.
I need to get some food for the week in, so I tell Daniel I’ll pick up some things and then go over. I have to fight my instinct to panic and freak out when he suggests, if I want to have a drink, he has a guest room I can stay in, save me getting a taxi home.
“I’ll bring my overnight things, thank you, Daniel.” I smile, swallowing down my panic.
“No thanking remember? Your rule.”
“Not gratuitous thanking.”
“Can it ever be gratuitous?”
“Probably not, let’s move on. Give me your address.”
He puts his address into my phone and we say goodbye, Daniel assuring me he has everything we will need for the barbecue so I don’t need to bring anything over, I will anyway. I head to my car and drive to the supermarket. I pick up everything I’ll need to make Pimm’s and after firing off a quick text to Daniel, I tell him, I’ve got dessert sorted, Eton Mess, perfect for the summer.
I unload all the shopping and get my bag ready, I have zero plans to help Daniel with the gardening, so I throw my kindle and iPad into my bag. When I drive over to the address Daniel gave me I smile. He has a beautiful home, an Edwardian style house with bay windows and a porch over the front door. It is exactly the kind of house I imagined Daniel having. His car is parked on the drive but there is space for mine. I park and get my bags out of the boot, I knock on the door using the big brass knocker and wait.
“Hi.” I grin when he opens the door.
He has changed, I guess he has started work on the garden like he said he would. He is wearing ripped, worn jeans that have green grass stains on them and a grey vest. I can see a slight sheen of sweat on his shoulders and arms and the vest is darker in places and clinging to his body. Ginny’s words come floating into my brain. You find him attractive? That isn’t wrong either. Yes. I find him attractive, so overwhelmingly attractive.
“You found me okay?” he steps back and holds the door hold open for me.
“Yes, no problems at all.” I step in and feel his hand close over mine.
He reaches and takes my bags out of my hand and carries them down the hallway and turns left into what I imagine is the lounge. The hallway is light and bright and there are photos lining the walls, Poppy as a baby, Daniel holding his daughter when she must have been minutes old. As I walk further into the house, I get my first glimpse of Poppy as a little girl too. In one photo, Daniel and Poppy are laying in a wicker lounge bed type thing, Daniel
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