Presents opened on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?
-Tristian
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Subject: Quick question: Angel or Star
Morning. You?
-Holly
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Message received
Subject: Quick question: Angel or Star
I’m the one asking the questions, Ms. North.
Eggnog or Apple Cider?
-T
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Subject: Quick question: Angel or Star
Ooh, that would depend on the occasion.
Cider with dinner. Eggnog while sitting in front of the fireplace with a book.
-Holly
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Smiling into my coffee again, I feel optimistic for the first time in weeks. Who knew all I needed was a little rapid-fire holiday questions sesh over a dating app?
Message received
Subject: Quick question: Angel or Star
You’re being tied up. Is it with tinsel or Christmas lights?
-T
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And…this is where he loses me. My heart plummets into my stomach, immediately uncomfortable with the question. It’s clear to see it has a double meaning, and it makes me shift in my seat. Do I reply? Ignore it? What’s the protocol here?
It feels like I’m moving in slow motion as I click the reply button and type my message, deleting it several times before I finally hit send. Nothing I say will be adequate to what I am feeling, but maybe he didn’t mean it in a weird way?
Of course he did. Either way he meant it would be weird.
Subject: Quick question: Angel or Star
…what?
-Holly
