"I think we deserve a special prize for that," Gemma said, laughing with Colin. Although Colin found it slightly odd to complete the stranger's dating questionnaire, he understood that Gemma was helping a friend establish a locally focused meetup group. He believed it was the kind of enterprise worth encouraging and aimed to put a positive spin on the results of his and Gemma's responses. "Scoring zero is fantastic," Coli...

I caught up with Naomi halfway down the Main Street of the village. "I thought you were walking slow," I said as I caught up with her. "You took your sweet time, Tommy Dunne," she said, "what's a girl to do when she's starving?" "Derek, he's like an old woman sometimes," I said. "All is not lost, though, Naomi, I got to check you out from a different angle." "Did you, now?" she said. "And what's the verdict?" "Let's just...

I took a quick shower and washed every sign of Linda from my body. I dressed in fresh clothes and jumped in the car. It was a little past 11:15 when I reached the checkout in Kings of Artane, a litre of milk in one hand and a box of Leonidas Chocolates in the other. I got a pack of cigarettes and handed over my card to the shop assistant behind the counter. I arrived at Anita's house five minutes later and knocked softly...

I was walking out of the bathroom when Pam squeezed by me, kissed my cheek, and closed the door. This must be part of the training. I went to wake up the coffee pot. When I returned to the bedroom, Pam was propped up on her pillow, the covers tucked under her tits and looking wonderful. “Is Madam ready for coffee,” I asked regally. “Yes, please. I shall take my coffee now,” Pam waved her hand like a monarch. I brought our...

"OK, I'll give you that one," Julia said with a smile. Julia's challenge to Mick to talk her into bed without a single tired line or cliche had been one he had been keen to accept. However, he knew his limitations, and when Julia asked him to explain his plans to entertain her, his brisk walk into his kitchen surprised her. Mick had never imagined his coffee mug or the recently bought treat for his dog would have proved t...

As Sonia tapped on her window and waved to her neighbour, Angus, she saw him stop and return the gesture with a smile. She guessed she would never know what had made her stand in her window and flash her breasts at him, but as a means of getting to know someone new, it had certainly been successful. Seeing Angus reminded Sonia that the messages they exchanged had quickly become the highlight of her day. She had also been...

With my car in for a service, I was working from home, catching up on reports and assembling project elements. At 10:15, I’d had enough of the office work, so I walked up to Shantalla and ambled into The Coffee Drop. “Fuck! We’re honoured this morning, Sandra,” Sami, who was working that day, said. “What’s that, Sami?” Sandra’s voice crackled across the air from behind the coffee machine. “Tony, the dreamboat, Harris just...

I hadn't visited The Coffee Drop in over three weeks. It was with an anticipation, bordering on dread, that I pushed the door to enter the shop. It wouldn't budge. I stepped back, thinking the shop was closed. The lights were on and the interior was brightly lit, a film of condensation covering the bottom half of the big shop window. A green sign hung from a rubber suction cup stuck to the glass of the door. "Come In We'r...