May 5
Dear Diary,
There's this woman at work. She does things to me. I don't know where she works, but sometimes she comes down to our department and hangs out with one of the graphic designers. About a month ago, I was going out to lunch, and we were both waiting for the elevator together. We smiled at each other – like you do when you know someone works for the same company but you don't know them personally. And she looked me in the eyes, a piercing, green-eyed stare, and said, "I really like your glasses." I think I stammered my thankyou and actually blushed. Then the descending elevator arrived and I think I pretty much ran into it and kept my eyes down.
The thing is, I don't think she was talking about the glasses, really.
Since then, I've seen her around about once a week. She smiles and says hello as we pass in the corridor, and I swear she walks past my desk on purpose to get to my colleague who's on the other side of the partition, which she never did before. And I'm sure she's just being friendly. So why do I feel strange?
How do I feel strange? Well, I feel a little 'hot under the collar', I suppose. Or nervous – like before a big job interview. And I don't know why.
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May 7
Dear Diary,
Who am I kidding? Of course I know why. I feel like she's coming on to me. I don't know why. You don't think she could be, do you? I'm sure she's just being friendly. I mean, it's not as if she's cornered me against the copy machine or anything, is it? OMG! I just actually saw that in my head, and I feel strange again. What is it with these feelings?
I don't know where they could be coming from. I mean, I don't like other women. Do I? I went to an all-girls' school, for chrissake. If I had feelings for other women, surely I would have found that out in the 7 years I spent there! But I didn't even have a crush on another girl, and that's supposed to be a normal part of growing up. No, I'm pretty sure I'm as straight as a die. No, Linda doesn't count. That was just pubescent body discovery; the "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" thing, taken a step further. Yes, we touched each other's clitoris with our fingers, oh, and tongues, but we were 12 for pete's sake! And we're still friends now. And I didn't even remember it until she drunkenly brought it up at Karen's wedding a few years back. So what if she said it was some of the nicest sex she'd ever had. Doesn't say much for HER love life, does it?
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May 13
Dear Diary,
I was having lunch in the food court today, by myself, with a book. She came and said hello and asked if she could sit with me. She wasn't pushy. She said that if I wanted to read my book, she wouldn't bother me. Well, I couldn't really say no, could I? I mean, it would have been really rude.
She's actually very nice. She's Australian. She's got the most wonderful naturally-curly brown hair. It looked really soft to the touch. Those piercing green eyes were staring at me again. It was quite difficult to take in what she was saying. I don't even know what we talked about, to be honest. I don't think I said very much, which is not at all like me. She said we should do it again some time and I heard myself agreeing. Well, she IS nice, and very pleasant to talk to. I think.
The tables in the food court are a bit small for two. Her knees kept touching mine under the table, and when she bent to get her bag, she touched my ankle. She apologised, of course.
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May 19
Dear Diary,
Some of us went out for drinks at that trendy hotel bar after work. It's the first time I've been to one of these after-work things. But J. said he didn't mind picking the kids up from school and getting dinner, so I thought, "why not?"
I was sitting on a bar stool talking to the graphic designers and other copywriters and she came over. Well, she is good friends with C. She kissed me on both cheeks like we'd known each other for ages, and leaned up against the bar next to me, propping her elbows on it. She kept leaning into me when she laughed. I thought I was going to fall off the bar stool if she did it any harder. Then she went round the other side of me as she'd got in a two-way conversation with T. And she put her hand on my thigh and leaned over me to get her drink from where she'd been before. She apologised, but her tits were practically in my face!
The thing is, and I probably shouldn't be saying this – hell, feeling it! – but it was quite nice. I don't know what the guys thought. I'm sure C. was grinning.