For Andrea, waiting for a phone-call was not as arduous a task as it had been for Keith.

It came on the second Saturday evening after they had first met, whilst Andrea was just waving off the electricity repairman, £225 shorter in flat funds, but with a powerful working oven.

On hearing it ring, she pounced on the mobile in her usual way and picked up the call just in time.

“Andrea Ford speaking.”

“It’s Keith.”

“Oh, Keith! I didn’t recognise the number…”

Andrea cursed herself silently for not adding Keith’s number beforehand. Perhaps the lady had not assumed that there would be anything more between them.

Keith read her mind.

“That’s okay, Andrea… Anyway, I was just thinking maybe we could meet up sometime. We could go to that nice restaurant we were at on Thursday again, if you want…”

Andrea stood in silence for a second. Was he asking her on date? Andrea didn’t know whether she really felt anything at all for Keith. And then there was the issue of the ex-girlfriend; did he still like her? People don’t just leave pictures of their former partners in coat pockets… Andrea knew that she wasn’t ready to drop everything for a man who could drop her for a previous lover. ‘Regrettable and un-reinforced rebound’ as Alexis would call it.

“A-Andrea? Are you still there?” Keith stuttered.

The lady looked to the newspaper left from the past two weeks, one particular ad in the couples section circled in red felt tip.

Her throat went dry.

“Y-yeah, I’m still here.”

Then she became more confident of herself; harbouring in on the little beauty she possessed and transferring it into words she knew he’d want to hear.

“Yeah, okay, I can meet up with you. Paolo’s Restaurant… Monday evening… 6:30pm. Is that okay for you? I have the day off on Monday so I’ll have the time to prepare.”

“Right, yes, I’ve got that down.” Keith responded eagerly.

The two said their goodbyes and there was a definite something in the air as Andrea put her phone down. Keith’s final words buzzed in her mind:

“It’s a date.”

Yes, but is it really?

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Title in the works- May be renamed 'Triangle', because I quite like the ring of that, but not on Protagonize. No, on Protag, it shall always be 'Gorgeous + Mysterious'!
A collab between ZillaGirl and myself, about a love triangle between Keith, Andrea and
'Mr. Hot Mysterious' (aka Lucas Gorge).

So Part One was about Andrea and Keith's relationship, and how they got together, and now Part Two has started, and Lucas wants to throw a spanner in the works and get Andrea all for himself!
xxx.

Any other ideas? Anyone is free to comment.

This is this original 'summary'. I needed to refresh and be ore concise.
Andrea has always dreamed of her perfect guy, but never trusted in newspaper adverts... not even the one she replied to. So, instead, she takes an interest in the first man who falls for her, little knowing whether her feelings are, in fact, just superficial.
Just when things with Keith seem to be going okay (they are moving in together) the man she's written in to turns up on her doorstep one day, revealing feelings in Andrea that she never knew were possible.
Who should she choose?


-Angel's personal notes:
To edit:
> Content: more and make sure it flows
> Andrea's personality; make sure it is consistent
> Grammar, spelling, and other housekeeping
> Keith and Lucas: opposites
> Lea and Lucas: similar

Andrea:
Not religious, suspicious, sharp, selfless (?)

updated Dec 22 '11 by SumnerzAngel