Første date - Baptiste

Mauga had played the waiting game. He’d gotten to know everyone a little. Angela, Baptiste girlfriend, especially. She was a doctor, she worked with Baptiste who was a nurse. A job he did very well, Angela told him, like Mauga didn’t know that. Like she knew Baptiste better than Mauga. Like this woman could ever dream of knowing Baptiste as well as Mauga did.

What had really gotten to him however, was that is was Baptiste who had issued the ultimatum. It was Baptiste who wanted to marry her, and she had the nerve to be unsure. It wasn’t the right time. What was he doing, wasting his time on a woman like that?

Han gik afslappet imod Baptiste. Han havde holdt øje med ham på hans date… og nu virkede det til at de var færdige. Da den anden havde rejst sig og var gået, satte Mauga sig overfor Baptiste før han kunne nå at stikke af.

Han så på ham over sine solbriller og sendte ham et skævt smil ”hey buddy.”

Baptiste havde jo godt regnet med dette ville komme. Havde holdt øje med Mauga ud af øjenkrogen hele dagen. Havde snakket med hans partner, ikke Maugas normale type, og prøvet at regne ud, hvordan deres forhold var. Og nu var han her.

Baptiste sank en klump. Lyden af Maugas stemme og det velkendte kælenavn sendte både et stik af desire og uro gennem ham. "Hey". Han prøvede et afslappet smil

Mauga så ham lidt an "so, you are ready to get married?" det var ikke der han skulle have startet samtalen. But he was frustrated. And he needed to hear what was happening.

Baptiste blinkede og rynkede brynene lidt, det var ikke det han havde regnet med. han trak lidt på skuldrene. "Sure, looks like it" han rømmede sig. ".. And you're not?" ... right. This was going great ....

"Hah.. you talked to Lena?" spurgte han og kløede sit skæg lidt "no, I'm not quite there yet" han rynkede brynene og så mod Baptiste "so, why are you wasting your time on this woman if she doesn't want to settle down?"

Baptiste nikkede lidt. "Yeah, she seems .. sweet" han rynkede brynene lidt og så så overraskede på ham. "Ah" ... han trak på skuldrene. "Hrm. She's a great doctor"

"Right" Mauga nikkede og så ham lidt an "does that make a great wife?"

Baptiste trak lidt på skuldrene og skiftede taktisk emne. "What about Lena? Didn't really think that'd be your type?"

"Hm" Mauga rynkede brynene "no, she's a surprising one" gav han ret

Baptiste rynkede brynene. "But not someone you'd wanna marry?". Han så undersøgende på Mauga

"Guess that's what I'm here to find out" Mauga så imod Baptiste. If Baptiste was getting married and moving on....

Baptiste nikkede lidt. "Right .. so, why are you in doubt?"

"Just a little quick, she's all about excitement and new adventure. I think marriage is that for her" han tog en tår af sin drink "less about what comes after"

Baptiste rynkede brynene og så undersøgende på Mauga, var Lena involveret med banden? "And what comes after?"

"You know, the everyday stuff. Getting your day to day to work... the boring stuff, that gets exciting course you're with the right person. You become a team, when you'r winning, and when you're losing" han så ham lidt an

"Ah" Baptiste rømmede sig og nikkede lidt. "Yeah, you do"

"That's what you got with your doctor girlfriend?" spurgte Mauga og så undersøgende på ham

Baptiste trak lidt på skuldrene igen. "Yeah, we're a team sure enough"

"Hm" Mauga rystede på hovedet "only she isn't so sure, is she?"

Baptiste trak igen lidt på skuldrene. "Not an easy thing to be sure of"

"Doesn't sound like a good person to have your back?" sagde Mauga og så indgående på ham

Baptiste rynkede brynene lidt og trak på skuldrene igen, he seemed to be doing that a lot. "She's a great friend"

"Friends are nice and all" Mauga så undersøgende på ham "but do you marry them?"

Baptiste rynkede brynene og så undersøgende på Mauga. "Might as wel"

Mauga fnøs "might as well?" spurgte han skeptisk