Chapter One
Fairmaiden typed a message to Compuking. "I can always count on you to make me laugh can't I?"
And Compuking answered her quickly. "It's easy to do that when I am talking to you. You always make my mornings brighter."
Angela Gray dressed as she talked to her online friend. Well, he was more than a friend in her eyes. And yet she wasn't ready to call him a boyfriend or even an online interest. She'd been burned recently and all she needed right now is a friend.
Still, standing there in her bra and panties it made her blush a bit to think of him talking to her while she got dressed.
"I have to go. Meeting a friend." She really did need to hurry if she was going to meet Jill for coffee before work. But if she could have stayed here a bit longer with him then she would have.
His answer didn't come right away this time. Funny, how you could guess at emotions from the way people typed online. She imagined him sitting there, disappointed she was leaving, and trying to hide it.
"Okay," he finally typed back to her. "I have to go too. To work. I need to get to work."
"LOL. Okay. Work it is then. Talk to you tonight maybe?"
This time the answer was immediate. "For sure."
The drive to the coffee shop near where she worked didn't even take her fifteen minutes but Jill was already sitting there waiting for her. Jill and she had been best friends since forever. If there was anyone who could give Angela a little female perspective on her online relationships, it would be her.
"So tell me more about this guy you've been talking to online." Jill leaned closer across the table at the outdoor café and gave Angela a curious look.
Angela shrugged a slim shoulder and took a sip of her cappuccino. "What do you want to know?"
Jill screwed up her face and said, "Well...duh. Everything." She giggled and Angela smiled at her antics. Her outrageous friend was just what she needed after a bad breakup and the demands of work and well just life in general. Dorian and his little-boy tantrums had really left a bad taste for men in her mouth. But that was behind her now. Tomorrow was another day as they say. And her friend was here to make her feel better. Even if she was trying to live vicariously through Angela's own recent online dating experiences.
"We haven't actually been talking as in voice talking, Jill. We've been communicating by text in an online chat room. He sounds like an interesting guy but I don't think it's going to go any further than what it is right now. He's…a friend."
"You mean like the kind of friend I am or the kind of friend you would take home if you had the chance?"
"Jill!" Angela was embarrassed, looking around to see if anyone was listening to them.
Jill pouted. "Oh come on. You mean to tell me if he wanted to meet in person you wouldn't go for it?"
Angela studied her friend for a moment, thinking. She and her online friend hadn't gotten to that part yet. It hadn't even come up. "Well...perhaps I would, I don't know. I don't really know if I'd feel comfortable doing that. He's just…kind of exciting, you know?"
"Hmm...well what if he wants to meet you? Couldn't you just meet somewhere there are a lot of people?"
Angela considered that. "I could do that, I guess. But we haven't even discussed meeting. Let's not rush it, okay? I don't even know his real name. He seems a bit shy about getting personal with me. He's just a sweet guy who wants to talk. Or he could just be a weirdo."
Jill snickered along with her friend at the joke. "Maybe, but what if he's not? What if you're missing out? This could be the guy. You know? The-with-a-capital-"T"? Tell me more about him. What does he do?"
"Didn't I tell you that already?"
"Yeah. But humor a friend who hasn't had a date in forever and tell me again."
Angela sighed and then went through the whole thing again about how he had told her that he owned an exclusive computer store in Sydney and lived in a spacious apartment and was a single dad who loved his
Fairmaiden typed a message to Compuking. "I can always count on you to make me laugh can't I?"
And Compuking answered her quickly. "It's easy to do that when I am talking to you. You always make my mornings brighter."
Angela Gray dressed as she talked to her online friend. Well, he was more than a friend in her eyes. And yet she wasn't ready to call him a boyfriend or even an online interest. She'd been burned recently and all she needed right now is a friend.
Still, standing there in her bra and panties it made her blush a bit to think of him talking to her while she got dressed.
"I have to go. Meeting a friend." She really did need to hurry if she was going to meet Jill for coffee before work. But if she could have stayed here a bit longer with him then she would have.
His answer didn't come right away this time. Funny, how you could guess at emotions from the way people typed online. She imagined him sitting there, disappointed she was leaving, and trying to hide it.
"Okay," he finally typed back to her. "I have to go too. To work. I need to get to work."
"LOL. Okay. Work it is then. Talk to you tonight maybe?"
This time the answer was immediate. "For sure."
The drive to the coffee shop near where she worked didn't even take her fifteen minutes but Jill was already sitting there waiting for her. Jill and she had been best friends since forever. If there was anyone who could give Angela a little female perspective on her online relationships, it would be her.
"So tell me more about this guy you've been talking to online." Jill leaned closer across the table at the outdoor café and gave Angela a curious look.
Angela shrugged a slim shoulder and took a sip of her cappuccino. "What do you want to know?"
Jill screwed up her face and said, "Well...duh. Everything." She giggled and Angela smiled at her antics. Her outrageous friend was just what she needed after a bad breakup and the demands of work and well just life in general. Dorian and his little-boy tantrums had really left a bad taste for men in her mouth. But that was behind her now. Tomorrow was another day as they say. And her friend was here to make her feel better. Even if she was trying to live vicariously through Angela's own recent online dating experiences.
"We haven't actually been talking as in voice talking, Jill. We've been communicating by text in an online chat room. He sounds like an interesting guy but I don't think it's going to go any further than what it is right now. He's…a friend."
"You mean like the kind of friend I am or the kind of friend you would take home if you had the chance?"
"Jill!" Angela was embarrassed, looking around to see if anyone was listening to them.
Jill pouted. "Oh come on. You mean to tell me if he wanted to meet in person you wouldn't go for it?"
Angela studied her friend for a moment, thinking. She and her online friend hadn't gotten to that part yet. It hadn't even come up. "Well...perhaps I would, I don't know. I don't really know if I'd feel comfortable doing that. He's just…kind of exciting, you know?"
"Hmm...well what if he wants to meet you? Couldn't you just meet somewhere there are a lot of people?"
Angela considered that. "I could do that, I guess. But we haven't even discussed meeting. Let's not rush it, okay? I don't even know his real name. He seems a bit shy about getting personal with me. He's just a sweet guy who wants to talk. Or he could just be a weirdo."
Jill snickered along with her friend at the joke. "Maybe, but what if he's not? What if you're missing out? This could be the guy. You know? The-with-a-capital-"T"? Tell me more about him. What does he do?"
"Didn't I tell you that already?"
"Yeah. But humor a friend who hasn't had a date in forever and tell me again."
Angela sighed and then went through the whole thing again about how he had told her that he owned an exclusive computer store in Sydney and lived in a spacious apartment and was a single dad who loved his
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