Elementary.

In between arranging out night out last night, S said something that sounded suspicious to me. Well, not suspicious per se, but something didn't add up.

So, while we were out last night and with The Crowd in tow, I asked him outright:

"Who was the girl you were out with last night?"

He looked confused.

"Where did you see me?"

"Who says I saw you?" I replied.

He confessed to being on a date. It was an old friend from school. They'd hooked up in the middle of last year, lost touch again and bumped into each other at the cinema at Christmas.

They've been dating for about a month or so, he claimed.

That's annoying. S and CC were the only two people I know who could realistically accompany me to a speed dating night, and I extremely unlikely to go on my own. So S is now dating someone and CC is really not in a good place at the moment.

Still, it was the first time we'd all been out as a group in months, and I had a really good time. I should be at my sister's right now, but I fancy a quiet day in front of the telly. I don't get hangovers after a drinking session, but I do get lethargic from a lack of decent sleep.

Round and round we go.

It's Speed Dating tonight. I won't be going. GM is off doing his sport thing which, sadly, always takes precedence over anything else (especially now he's offloaded Sports Girl). S never replied to my message. That typically means he's not interested rather than he forgot or has something else on. One of these days I might actually summon up the confidence to go on my own, but I don't think that's going to be today.

Pondering.

USHW sent me a message a little while ago, pointing out a speed dating event. She's done that a few times for me, but I've not managed to book myself in as yet. I'm interested in attending one of these, but would really love some moral support. I'm finding it difficult to go on my own. GM has said that he'd go with me, but the nights tend to coincide with his sports hobby and that takes precedence. I'd suggest it to S, but he'd likely being his "proper" friends or simply not go.

I think I'll message them now and see - it's just over a week away.