I wrote this some years ago, yet again another find from my old files, he was one of the most gentle men i have ever dated and just the thought of him makes me smile, this is our 1st meeting
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He was so shy!!
One day a couple of summers ago, one of my girl friends asked me if I would like to go a party that a friend of hers was having. You know, the usual type in late summer, an afternoon spent in the garden with a barbecue, lots of beer, wine, loud music and good people.
I said I would love to go. She quickly replied, "Oh good, Nicky will be pleased." I thought nothing more of her response and the following weekend she picked me up and we went off to the party.
The sun was shining and it was a day that you expect to get on holiday in some far flung destination, not in the U.K. Due to the wonderful weather and the relaxed nature of the party, I was wearing a sleeveless lilac coloured top with matching loose fitting shorts. The party was in full swing when we arrived. Everyone seemed friendly and the atmosphere was very relaxed.
Women sat drinking wine and chatting among themselves on the grass. The guys stood by the barbecue, drinking beer and commenting on how well the cooking was going and which football team would be the best next season.
As the afternoon turned into evening and everyone began feeling the effects of the alcohol, people were soon flirting left right and centre with each other. Suddenly, looking around the room at the women, I turned to my friend and asked, "Who's this Nicky who will be pleased that I am here?"
She leaned over and said quietly, "See the guy standing next to the kitchen window? That's Nicky".
I looked round to see this cute guy looking toward me and smiling. He must have heard me say Nicky. So Nicky was short for Nicholas not Nichola.
I asked why he would be pleased and my friend said that he had seen us out one night. He had asked her all about me, said he would love to get to know me and asked if I would be coming to this party.
Now this puzzled me for a moment. I asked her why he had not been over to chat if he liked me. She said he was very shy and was afraid he would freeze if he spoke to me. Never having come up against this situation before, and feeling the effects of several glasses of wine, I immediately took it as a challenge and asked my friend to introduce us.
She stood up, went over to him, and in a moment returned with Nicky. The poor guy looked frightened to death. As he sat down, I said he could relax as I did not bite. This guy was tall, tanned, had sun streaked hair and had the bluest eyes I had ever seen. How could someone so good looking be shy?
My friend had introduced us, gave each of us a short life history of the other, then winked at me and went off into the house. I asked him why he had really wanted me to be at the party. As he blushed and sipped his beer, he said that he had been attracted to me from the first time he had seen me but was frightened that I would say no.