Forward to the evening. H and I went for drinks and dinner. We had a nice time, although it was tough to remember that I love him while I was thinking about CEOs place. We had a really good time, anyway. Lots of flirting at the beginning. We held hands as we walked around, easy conversation. At the end of the evening I asked if H was taking the aubergine home for Xmas (to give him an opening to tell me something about her). He said no. I said that we were friends and should be able to talk about that if he wanted he. He just said she wasn't going with him. He's still with her, anyway, but I presume things are cooling a little. Later on again, I told him I wasn't angry with him for leaving, that I respected his decision and knew it must have been hard. That I thought he was brave to have done it because I don't think I would have been strong enough to.
As we were saying goodbye, H gave me a really long hug (he hasn't done that in a year). I hugged back and he said he'd call me next week. I said he didn't have to see me if he didn't want to, and he said he liked seeing me. He also said to me that he was going on the Bakerloo line home (I get the Northern). I said 'oh, are you inviting me to yours?' and he replied with 'maybe not tonight'. I said that sounded interesting and smiled. It was odd anyway- I know which line he gets home. Oh well.....
Today H and I exchanged a few e-mails. We also spoke briefly tonight- I had to ask for a bit of help with something. It was a bit strained but he initiated a bit of conversation, which was good. When I saw CEO this morning he said the first thing his builder had said to him last night was "Lucky B*stard" for having me. CEO said he'd said that I just work for him. We then talked a little about it and CEO said "Don't flirt with him or he'll fall in love with you and then he'll never do any work". So sweet.
Ummmm, and that's it. Thanks for reading all that if anyone made it through the whole lot. I don't think I have too much to say about it in terms of strategy. I'll just walk the line and see how things go on both fronts.
