Deep breaths, Jeanette; you’ve got this.<\/p>\n I ran home to get changed into something nice, something fancy to match the evening, then met Kimberly at the front door of Chez Llama. \u00a0Kimberly gave her name at the front desk, and we were escorted to our table.<\/p>\n When the cheque arrived, we argued about it – good-naturedly, of course – and eventually I convinced her that my recent promotion left me with some extra cash and a reason to celebrate. \u00a0She reluctantly agreed, and insisted that I would let her pay next time.<\/p>\n I paid the bill, and we gathered our coats. As we were leaving, and with shaking voice, I invited her back to my place for the evening.<\/p>\n “Of course,” she said, smiling.<\/p>\n “I’d love to.”<\/p>\n chapter 19 …<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A first date, and more… I slept in until almost 11 on Saturday morning, and regret nothing. I likely would have slept longer, but the phone woke me. \u00a0Kimberly called, saying that she couldn’t stop thinking of me <blush!>, and we should spend the remainder of the day together. \u00a0I suggested the park for a … Continue reading “Jeanette, Chapter 18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[28,29,30,14,15],"class_list":["post-639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ross","category-jeanette","tag-chez-llama","tag-first-kiss","tag-first-time","tag-kimberly","tag-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1220,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639\/revisions\/1220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"11-14-16_1-24-48-pm\"](\"http:\/\/darncats.ca\/images\/clanross\/1-18\/parkhug.png\")
<\/a> I was good to see her again, but I was naturally nervous. An older woman, very interested in me? \u00a0This is not<\/em> where I thought my life was going.<\/p>\n<\/a> We hung out talking for a good hour or so, taking in the park, seeing other friends, and just getting to know each other more. \u00a0She did her fair share of flirting, which felt fantastic to be honest.<\/p>\n<\/a>A couple of games of chess, with some good conversation, and we’d decided to head over to the mall for some shopping.<\/p>\n Wait…. this<\/em> is where Landgraab works? \u00a0In a retail clothing store? \u00a0They’ve been waiving their money around, but she works here, and Malcolm works at the lab as a junior assistant. \u00a0They must be running into hard times.<\/p>\n We tried on a few things, but nothing really stood out as “me”.<\/p>\n Lolnope.<\/p>\n<\/a> I had this rather unflattering outfit on when I noticed Kimberly out on the sidewalk, texting on her phone.<\/p>\n<\/a>Apparently, she was checking her reservations at Chez Llama! \u00a0I had heard plenty of great things about the high-class restaurant, but had never had the chance to get in. \u00a0But, here we were, off on a real, honest-to-pete, nerve-wracking date, at the most expensive restaurant in town.<\/p>\n<\/a> Well… booth. \u00a0I guess even fancy expensive restaurants have seating for common folk.<\/p>\n<\/a> I had no idea what most of the things on the menu were, but I recognised wine. \u00a0I tried ordering the cardboardeaux, but Kimberly insisted on the more expensive wine. \u00a0Well, okay.<\/p>\n<\/a> Supper came, and it was the weirdest, most confusing looking dish I’d ever had placed in front of me. \u00a0But it tasted fantastic, and the wine was absolutely amazing. \u00a0It appears Kimberly knows stuff about wine. \u00a0I fear I’ll be spending a lot more on wine from now on.<\/p>\n<\/a>There was plenty of flirting as well, along with several suggestive statements, and an innuendo or two.<\/p>\n<\/a>Or three.<\/p>\nPlus dessert, and more wine. \u00a0Kimberly was thoroughly confused by the things she was tasting.<\/p>\n It was quite late when we got back to the house, but I was determined to see this evening through.<\/p>\n<\/a> “Would you like to … um. \u00a0Spend the night?”<\/p>\n After another drink of slightly<\/del> cheaper wine and some more conversation, I finally had enough courage to make my move.<\/p>\n<\/a> Woo! \u00a0The butterflies were still practicing their drum-line routine in my gut, but Kimberly was very patient with the time it took me, but it was the greatest kiss in my life. \u00a0She returned it passionately. I’m sure she was turned on by all the lab equipment in my living room.<\/p>\n<\/a> I was exhausted but eager. I motioned to the bedroom, and she returned my smile with a nod.<\/p>\n<\/a> Well then.<\/p>\n<\/a>AAAAHHHH! \u00a0Okay. \u00a0Okay! \u00a0I can do this.<\/p>\n<\/a> I’m sure everything… I just…<\/p>\nLet’s leave it there, shall we?<\/p>\n