The Aussie (Part 2)

"Just as an afterthought, if things don't pan out as swimmingly as you hope, feel free to call for a cheer up coffee."

The words of the Aussie when I told him it wouldn't be appropriate to go on a second date as I'd started to see the Ex-husband again.

Well things didn't pan out as swimmingly as I hoped and a month later, and after a couple of cocktails with the girls, I find myself asking whether the offer of a cheer up coffee still stood. It very much did and a few days later I find myself waltzing around the Science Museum with the Aussie on our second first date.

It was decided that we'd meet at Victoria station and head over to South Kensington together. The day arrived and I turned up wearing my favourite jeans and boots along with a cool black and white striped top with turned up sleeves. I admit, I was a little nervous but was looking pretty good, hair was straight but bouncy and thanks to a period of lenting, skin was looking all fresh and lovely. I hadn't seen or spoken to the Aussie for over a month and it all felt a little like this was a blind date despite meeting previously back in April.

We headed over to the museum and all the while the conversation flowed nicely. As we headed into the museum it was clear that a Saturday was going to be a busy day for scientific learning. The museum was busy but it was fun too. It was hard not to feed off the children's enthusiasm in there and hey, who doesn't like Launchpad?

We spent a good couple of hours in the museum where there were a few flirtatious smiles and fun conversation. I was glad I'd contacted him again.

After the museum we sat and had a coffee al fresco in South Ken. We proceeded to chat away about our families and home life, when we both moved to/back to the UK, what we liked about London and other possible future dates. I felt really comfortable with him and was definitely up for another date.

Our afternoon had to come to an end as I had dinner plans with family so after our coffee, the Aussie dropped me back off at Victoria. Now, on our first date we left it with a quick kiss on the cheek goodbye. I wasn't quite sure what was going to happen, essentially this was a first date again but that doesn't mean that one can't enjoy a good snog. However, it did feel slightly more reserved than previous dates with previous boys and as it came to that point, we kissed on the cheek and hugged goodbye. Now don't think I'm disappointed, it was really nice and it meant that the snog we did have whilst shivering infront of the river two days later was all the more special...