From hotel meeting to Dinner Date
After the first time, which completely exceeded my expectation of a date with a Secret, a follow-up soon followed. The idea that I was not in the target group was unfounded. Is that precisely the strength of a Secret Agent? To be able to adapt to every person and situation? The fact that it was also her very first time made it that we were both very tense. A bull's-eye in terms of match-making resulted in, ultimately, a relaxed date.
In the months that followed, several meetings took place. Each time a little longer to have more time for the small talk, but also to have a relaxed conversation on a personal level. The latter had a lot of added value for me anyway, to have a connection on that level too. Each time just in the hotel room, hidden from the outside world.
After each encounter, the temptation to not just be confined to the hotel room grew. How nice it would be to have something to eat together somewhere. Secretly, it would also be great fun to walk down the street with her and make everyone think she belongs with you, just for a little while. Unfortunately, I couldn't choose the hotel myself and the atmosphere around Schiphol remains a bit business-like. Then you face a new challenge......Where is it nice, cosy but also intimate? Where can I go without being seen? Where can she go without running into someone she knows?
Where there is a will, there is a way and so the opportunity arose to have the venue in our own hands for once and choose a nice hotel in town, the Amrath. For dinner we ended up at Incanto, Italian which we both love.
The whole preparation towards a date and the accompanying emotions have not changed, sometimes the doubt, but the excitement prevails. Only difference, I know who is coming is that I am incredibly looking forward to seeing her again. We meet at the hotel. Her clothing style perfectly matched with mine. Casual, stylish yet a touch sexy and always that happy smile on her face with a sparkle in her eyes.
Despite the fact that it was 99.9% certain that neither of us would bump into anyone here, you still go in thinking that 0.1% is going to come true. Almost as exciting as first meeting to walk into a public place together. Wanted to be gallant but “You go first” she said...a few steps behind me to be able to tell her own story upon recognition. Your eyes scanning the whole room like crazy and when “the coast is clear”, the tension sinks a long way and we relaxed at the table.
Apart from being a Secret Agent, she knows a thing or two about wine and that's where the sommelier met his match. Still makes me laugh a bit, can still remember both that man 😊. The wine choice was good, the food delicious and the company perfect. For an October evening, it was still very mild outside and instead of retiring, we walked a bit and sat for a while on the terrace watching the Amsterdam scenes or the Rembrandtplein (The beautiful weather, by the way, is something typical for any date. Summer or winter, the sun is always there).
With only ice left in the glass of Gin-Tonic, you look at each other and know it's time to go. Where she dresses casually, I also know there is always a surprise. Curious in the Uber what she has come up with for me this evening. The room made cosy and then when she walks up to you with that “different” smile, stands in front of you, smells that well-known perfume........The perfect ending to another step in my experience with a Secret Agent. Lying down together for a while and chatting about the evening. Often fantasising together about what else would be fun to do together.
The inevitable moment always comes too soon. Making sure all her garments go with her again and after a firm hug, she goes through the door. Walk with her for a while through the maze that is certain parts of the Amrath and then she is gone again.
The adrenaline keeps the sleep away, contemplating what I have experienced so far and the evening surpassing the previous one. The excitement and also some stress that is ultimately outweighed by another excitement and the time you get to spend with a Secret Agent. That time that takes me into an environment and in the company of something and someone very different from my normal life. It produces very different conversations, different questions that are asked that give different insights, make me think again. And yes, if your conversations are no longer just superficial then you also encounter yourself sometimes. This Agent also knows how to remove other layers.
This story, this evening is far from the last. What else is possible?
No idea how others experience it, but I like the time at the bar, in a restaurant, on a terrace or just wandering around town as much as the intimate...
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