It had been a long day! Graeme put the key in the door to his one-bedroom flat in Islington, slipped off his jacket and dropped it on the floor next to the coat stand he hadn't used since the day he bought it. Stretching and yawning he made his way to the recently refurbished kitchen. It was a kitchen Gordon Ramsey would have been proud of. Pristine and shiny; lots of chrome and glass complete with state of the art cooker and central Island for food preparation. He must have every cooking device known to man, all unused and gleaming, even the microwave was spotless. He had grand ideas of cooking up mouth-watering recipes and holding dinner parties when he designed it, but never seemed to find the enthusiasm now it was complete. He hardly ever felt hungry these days, eating alone being a necessity rather than a pleasure it was easier to order in.
He helped himself to a beer and a pasty from the fridge. God, it would be nice to come home to a nice warm welcome, a kiss at the door, the smell of dinner cooking away, someone to cuddle up to in the evenings. He was so tired of living alone but it was difficult finding someone. He'd tried all the social avenues but most of his friends were in relationships. He was confident and quite happy to go out alone but, not surprisingly, women were a bit suspicious of men hanging around in bars. He couldn't get past buying them a drink and some light small talk. The speed dating thing had been a disaster. He'd chatted away nineteen to the dozen then had difficulty remembering any of the ladies clearly because he'd failed to ask them anything about themselves. A handful of them had expressed an interest but as those attending had appeared to him fifty/fifty moderate and minger he was pretty sure he'd end up with the latter so he hadn't pursued it. Various friends had set him up on blind dates, another recipe for disaster. They meant well but basing a date on the fact you like both people is unlikely to work; and it didn't! Graeme found being polite and feigning interest excrutiating. For him, the conversation had to flow. As a last resort, a couple of months earlier, Graeme had signed up to an internet dating site. It had been exciting to begin with, fruitless so far, but passed the time during the lonely evenings when there was nothing on TV.
He ambled through to the lounge, kicked his shoes off on the freshly hoovered, cream carpet and put his beer down on the computer desk. Reaching for the on switch he wondered if tonight would be the night he'd find her. He thought that every night! Graeme always tried to stay positive. Surely there must be someone right for him among the millions of single women out there. As the computer loaded up he stared out through the open curtains at the night sky. It was a full moon and the stars were particularly brilliant. He imagined there must be all kinds of people out there looking at that same moon. He ran his usual local search and there they were; the same old faces! Some he chatted to occasionally, some didn't appeal... Nope, no one new here.... he took a look at the new photographs; these girls wouldn't have been on the site for long so might not be involved with anyone yet.
Stargazer118 smiled back at him from under a fringe of thick blonde hair. He was unexpectedly stirred by the sight of her. He sent her brief mail.
Hello Stargazer, Have you seen the moon tonight? Just checking in to see how you're getting on. How are you finding this site? It would be good to hear from you. Rimmer 
Graeme was a fan of the TV show, Red Dwarf. As an ID it hardly competed with the Dark Strangers and Lone Wolves online but it was the first thing that came into his head at the time. On reflection, he wondered if using a euphamism for oral sex was really the best way to find a nice girl, but it was too late now. His thoughts returned to Startgazer and he wondered if she would reply quickly. Her profile would tell him if she was online. Bloody hell! he hadn't even checked her profile. For all he knew, she could be an tag wrestling lesbian. Such are the perils of being lead by the dumbstick he mused. Graeme was a fan of Ali McBeal; that Ling had a wicked turn of phrase, even if she was a bitch. He quickly clicked onto Stargazer's profile and read carefully ........
... to be continued ...
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misschief
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Oct 9 @ 6:55PM
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Anna had had a very busy week, she left her colleagues at La Boheme Restaurant after a wonderful meal and eating a rather exquisite and sticky Pavlova. She quickly dashed for the bus to take her home.
It was raining hard, Anna ran to the apartment and quickly let herself in.
She dropped all her things on the floor as she made a quick dash for the loo
and a fast blast in the shower.
The water was hot, the shower head was the size of a dinner plate and the
pressure was pelting on Anna's back as good as any massage. The quick blast
turned into half an hour, it was bliss.
Anna's Cello and Grand Piano took pride of place in her lounge. Anna sat on the dark leather sofa in her cream silk pyjamas with a glass of Shiraz and started to read her book, again. It was the book that her mother had bought her for Christmas two years ago,yet she hadn't managed to get past the second chapter. She decided 'positively' this time to put the book in the charity shop bag, she was never going to read it.
There were several messages on the answerphone but Anna ignored them, they
would probably be business related anyway and she turned on her pc as she thought she would take another look at that matchdoctor site. She read a few of the blogs, some were original and interesting, but none of the authors 'did anything' for Anna.
Then she noticed that her little red icon was flashing, she had mail, how exciting,
she had only signed up a week earlier and hadn't really bothered with the site apart from looking at a few of the 'currently online' members.
She only had one mail, maybe because she wasn't a fully paid up member which meant that her profile wasn't showing on the front page searches? What if everybody was a full paying member, how would they squeeze everyone on to the front page then?
Anna looked at Rimmer's profile before reading his mail. He appeared to be pretty cute and interesting, the profile was quite funny too and they had the same tastes in music and social activities.
Anna read the mail.
Hello Stargazer, Have you seen the moon tonight? Just checking in to see how you're getting on. How are you finding this site? It would be good to hear from you. Rimmer
Well considering it was a different night, she had no idea what the moon had been like on that particular occasion, she had no recollection of ever spotting the moon on that night either.
She checked outside the window and then replied to Rimmer's mail.
Hello Rimmer, I have just checked outside the window, the moon is there tonight aswell. It's white tonight and round. I am not getting on with this site at the moment, it's only my second visit, but I am not here for dating, I am here to write hopefully. Dating sites in general, I gave up on a while back, just not my scene, sorry. But I notice you live in the London area too, not many of us here 'across the pond!.' Have you noticed that it's mainly US members here? BTW I am close to The Angel of Islington. Stargazer118
Anna clicked the send button, then took a quick look around matchdoctor, the site was pretty vast. She read the blog rules and decided to write her first blog.
Poem
Behind that smile that cheeky grin
There is a sadness lies within
But in her heart she feels the sun
A new day has just begun
Behind those smiling eyes it’s true
There is a person sometimes blue
But in her eyes she sees the sun
Enough to recognise the fun
Behind the laughs and silly stuff
There are sometimes she’s had enough
But in her thoughts she senses sun
Another happy day all done
©2007 All Rights Reserved.
Anna finished her glass of wine, poured another and put on the new CD of her current favourite singer, Corrine Bailey Rae. Then she checked to see if Rimmer was online.
................to be continued..................
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EternalFlame
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Oct 9 @ 8:43PM
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Are we finally going to find out the end of this story??? 
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goatman
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Oct 9 @ 9:13PM
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Very encouraging story, full of hope and promise.
It wonderful when two people find each other.
Look forward to the continuation of the story.........
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