One Night In London (Pt 2)

So "J" was away coaching one of the guys on a 1-1 session. 4 of us, "M," "Sn," "St" and myself were left to fend for ourselves after the 5th guy left. "M" started the ball rolling by pulling some random girls into our group on the dance floor. He seemed pretty capable by himself, so Sn, St and I broke off to try out some of the stuff we've learned at the seminars (i.e. No Fear).

Sn was The Man. As we walked past these two girls (a blonde and a brunette) who were dancing with another buncha blokes, he just interrupted them, and pulled me into the group along with him, introducing me to the brunette. I took it that he was interested in the blonde, so I began talking to the brunette. The brunette (can't remember her name, sorry folks) was actually quite receptive...

She told us they were from Holland, and were here for a week on holiday (hmm, seems to be a recurring trend in London). She was visiting the blonde who was giving Sn a pretty hard time (she apparently told him that she can't speak English), and was just out to have a good time. I liked her, she was attractive, fun-loving and open to conversation. Nice.

Dunno what happened, but they left the guys they were dancing with and joined Sn and I (I didn't see St anywhere at that point). It has to be said, Sn is a tall, dark, handsome fella so all kudos to him. I ended up with the blonde who was definitely less friendly, and therefore less attractive... but Sn seemed to be getting along v well with the brunette, so...

To cut a long story short, I started well, but eventually bombed with the blonde. I got past her initial unfriendliness by being fun, but ended up buying her a drink (which is a definite "no" in the rulebook) at which point I've become one of the "other stupid guys in the club." Doh! Exited hastily. Tried a few more sets on my own, to varying degrees of success.

That's when I walked past "Db." He was in the middle of a 2 set, so I was just walking past to slap him on the back and say hi, but he pulled me into the set (Thanks Db!). He introduced me to the 2 Russians, and when he seemed to settle for the one on the right "Y", I fell into conversation with the one on the left "J."

I talked about them being sisters (which they apparently were... but actually, they weren't), read her palms, told her fortune, and just had a bit of a laugh. She seemed to be enjoying it (I didn't feel any resistance, unlike the other sets), and she seemed genuinely interesting too. Bit of a bookworm, not a clubber like her sis (at this point, I'm taking all this with a pinch of salt. This is London! And this is a club! And she's here!), and really uncomfortable in her heels. I managed to clinch her number! A first for me in the community!

Db was doing really well too. We swapped partners, and I danced with "Y" a bit (she was getting harrassed by this drunk fella, so I stepped in to help her out), she seemed to like that too. So Db suggested we all head out for some ice cream. Good move! 15 mins later "J" and i were feeding each other ice cream...

Db was my 2nd master that night. This guy was funny, cocky, and he was getting the girls to eat out of his fingers (he had got both their numbers before I approached the set!). He was holding hands with "Y," laughing and joking along the way. He led the way, and I couldn't be happier to follow. "J" must have felt peer pressure coz she was going along with this, but on me. I managed to kiss em both goodbye too!

On a more critical side, I don't think "J" was that interested in me. I asked her some general questions, and she clammed up (although she really opened up about work... how she dislikes it!). She was having a good time, as was I, but was more "along for the ride" than "wanting the ride" if you get my drift. Still, like I said in my first post... very educational!