The Third Date 01: Clueless of Cotham - Sex Stories

The Third Date 01: Clueless of Cotham

... to let the girls pick people for me. I really have crappy taste: three times I've ended up with gay guys!"

"Er... how? You're obviously all woman!"

"Um, thanks! Well, the first was Jordan. We were like the only two in our friendship group that didn't have partners so we just... kind of... fell into it so as to not be spares. Crappy reason I know. He claims he didn't know he was gay at the time: he only came out at Uni. Still, it's no wonder we'd only actually had sex six times the entire nine months we went out."

"Christ on a bike! Six times! That would be a normal week for me with my ex," she said.

I gaped.

"Oh that's cute. Sorry, does that shock you?" She raised her pierced eyebrow at me quizzically. That was a cool look, it suited her.

"A little. I guess. Lucky you."

"Well, not so much now. I've been single for a good few months, and starting to feel it. How long has it been for you?"

"Oh, I don't know. Two years, maybe?"

Her eyebrows went through the roof.

"It's not an issue. I find my fulfilment elsewhere." I found myself blushing, and about to admit more than I wanted. I quickly covered. "I love my job."

"What do you do?"

"I do soundtrack work for films and TV shows."

"Really? Wow! Anything I might have seen."

"Um. I did part of the soundtrack for the latest Attenborough."

"You're kidding? That's amazing!"

"Yeah," I blushed, "I mean, my boss did most of it. But I had over an hour's worth of sound across the whole series ...

... soundtrack. The bit with the puffins..."

"Oh yeah! That was the viral video, wasn't it?"

"Yeah."

"Oh my God, you're practically a celebrity! How did you land that job?"

"Bar work!"

"Huh?"

"Well, I worked as a barmaid over in Clifton while I was an undergrad. One of the regulars, Paul, was... well, he still is... a BAFTA winning sound artist and editor. By sheer fluke, he was showing a video I'd scored to a friend, praising the soundtrack. I got up the courage to tell him I'd done it, and that it meant a lot hearing he'd liked it. He then invited me to come and do some work experience with him, which led to a part-time job, and now I'm there full time. It's great because I love music and playing, but I hate playing live. But this way I get to play with sound all day. It's wonderful."

"Wow! Well, well done you for taking the initiative. It's amazing how many great opportunities come to bar workers!" she said, flashing me an odd smile I didn't quite know how to interpret.

I scooped out some more of the guacamole. It was delicious.

"How'd you know I was veggie?"

"I remembered. You came in with some friends a couple of weeks ago. Three girls."

"Oh yeah. My housemates. Wow! I'm amazed you remember."

"Ah, yeah, odd things lodge in my brain sometimes."

"Funny, because, and I realise this sounds bad, but I don't think I've seen you in here before. I mean I'm in here at least 3 times a week for coffee and I live just down the road and I'm sure I'd ...