The Rendezvous

David shifted his position, "why do they have to make these chairs so bloody uncomfortable" he muttered to himself. He had come to the corner cafe to meet Jonathon and Jonathon was late. After looking into his dwindling cup of coffee, he surveyed the scene around him.  In one corner of the room an old man sat reading his newspaper, in another, two women sat gossiping, quite oblivious of everything that was going on around them. At the counter stood the looming bulk of the cafe proprietor, with huge arms and legs he resembled a sumo wrestler.

At 32 David considered himself still quite a catch, he was proud to be gay of course and had come out to family and friends some years before. Despite this, he felt incredibly lonely at times and after playing the field for some years now, he was looking to settle down with the right guy. David had worked for the supermarket chain BETTERCHOICE for about three years and had recently re-trained as a checkout operator, although he relished the challenge, he remained a little apprehensive about his new role within the company. The same could be said about his anticipated meeting with Jonathon, he was nervous and scanned the windows of the cafe, eagerly awaiting the sight of his new boyfriend. It had all seemed so different the previous night...........