Last night I was supposed to meet Lisa for a drink after work, but instead I took her home and was promised a drink at her charming local. It turns out that her real plan was to use me as a decoy in some kind of dodgy deal which I won’t describe.
When I arrived at Lisa’s house I was introduced to her best friend and flatmate, M. M was, as Lisa, shocked at my height and described me to her friend (on the phone) as a giant. We compared heights and she is very short, she only goes up to my nipples. She handed the phone to Lisa and went in the kitchen to get me some food – some kind of tasty rice flour pyramids with meat/seaweed filling, the kind that sometimes come wrapped in banana leaves. They were very good but I had no appetite and couldn’t eat the bun that she also gave me. While I was eating I overheard Lisa say to the guy on the phone “oh Darryn? he’s my boyfriend”. This was news to me.
M was very friendly to me, she is very outgoing, talkative and funny. After I had eaten the three of us went to the pub but it was closed and so M drove us to their favourite place in Sydney…City Extra! I used to eat at City Extra when I was a kid, and I always ordered the same thing: pumpkin soup. My sister and I would actually read the fake newspapers and laugh at some of the stories. Anyway we sat outside beneath some ineffective heat lamps and waited for service. Eventually we ordered our “coffee” i.e. the girls had hot chocolate and I had a peppermint tea. M told a lot of stories and Lisa looked a bit cold. They kept asking me if they were scaring me off – if they were trying, it didn’t work.
Afterwards I got home at about 11:56, just in time for Sonia’s birthday. I waited until midnight then busted into her room and sang her happy birthday. She liked it and I stayed in there talking until 1:30. Another late night. I am getting a lot of those this week.