The Blind Date.

[Cyrus]

Julian woke up late - not too late to get to work though, he thought glancing at the clock beside his bed. Lana was gone. He felt a momentary panic, which subsided as he realized she must have gotten up early and hadn't wanted to wake him up. Still, he wished he could have seen her off.

Julian pulled himself out of bed. He put the kettle on and wondered absently what he should have for breakfast. He noticed the notepad on the coffee table and smiled. There, in the center, was a lipstick kiss just like the one on the napkin with her phone number that Lana has given him on their first date. Julian wanted to call her now, but wasn't sure if she was at work already. He decided to text instead.

"Good morning," he texted, "I hope you slept well." He added a smile and a heart and hit send, and then sat down to a breakfast of toast and marmite.

[scorpionsting]

Lana had returned home to shower making a note to wash Julian's shirt and return it later. She had the morning off and decided she would meet Bethany for coffee and do some shopping. Bethany had been texting her since last night. Mostly block capitals and excessive exclamation points, but she hadn't text back yet.

When her phone buzzed again she saw it was Julian. Lana blended an apple and ginger smoothie and picked up her phone to text back.

"I slept very well. I'd never been so happy to be so exhausted." She added a wink to be cheeky.
Lana's phone buzzed almost immediately. "OMG!!!!!! YOU DIDN'T!!!!! YOU GO GIRL" to her horror she had text Bethany by mistake.

Lana put a hand to her forehead. She hadn't intended to tell Bethany anything other than she had a nice time and that Julian was a gentleman, but now she was stuck. Flustered she text Julian. "I had a great time. Hope to see you soon X"

[Cyrus]

Julian noticed Lana's message in between bites of toast. Well, that seems a little brief, he thought. Lana was just probably not a very touchy feely sort of person, he realized.

Finishing breakfast Julian showered, got dressed and hurried out of the apartment and to work, pausing only to respond to Lana with a heart emoji. He felt good this morning; he felt great. He couldn't wait to see Lana again, soon. Deep down, he also was looking forward to the next time that she would find herself deserving a quick trip over his knee. Of course, hopefully she wouldn't need it - and then again, maybe he hoped she would. He tried to clear his mind a bit - it was time to work, and besides he knew that he shouldn't *want* to punish Lana.

[scorpionsting]

(OOC: I don't know if I sent you a message or not but I built the Discord here's the link if you want to move there.
https://discord.gg/Kz4mh6)

(OOC: If not thats fine too, I figured we can have Julian bump into Lana and Bethany at the coffee shop)