I called Olivier after I left Fabian’s flat, as I walked to the city centre to meet Kate for a late lunch. “Hello!” “Hey, sweetie.” “How were things Gena?” “Okay. I saw him and I didn’t break down or anything, so good, huh?” “No, seriously.” “It was ok. I know you’re going to think I [...]
Archive for June, 2010
What’s up?
Posted in Story, tagged Dora, Fabian, Olivier, phone on June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Cracked
Posted in Story, tagged Bruno, connection, cracked, dance, Fabian, music, Olivier on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I joined them in the living room with fresh coffee and biscuits, Fabian looked a bit disconnected, Bruno had got further on linear algebra and was on a monologue about lattice models. “Without being disrespectful to the models, I just think there are things we won’t explain logically in a relationship because they are [...]
Back for coffee
Posted in Story, tagged 3 tangos, Bruno, coffee, Fabian, flat on June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I got to the door, pressed Fabian’s flat button and announced myself: — “Gena.” — “It isn’t working, Gena. It’s five-” — “Five seven, six eight. I know the code, I just didn’t…” I didn’t want to produce unwanted familiarity and just appear by his door, but the fact that I had rang the bell [...]
Olivier’s mobile rang and he arranged to see a group of friends for coffee 45 minutes later, around the time I was supposed to see Fabian. One of his friends, Dora, was going to walk by his flat so they could walk together to the city centre. We had about 20 minutes to talk and [...]
