Sunday I was having an ‘off’ day. I had been dreaming of Michael and the dream was so vivid that it almost left me in tears when I discovered that he was not laying next to me when I woke up. Michael was my fiance. We were supposed to get married two years ago, but a fatal accident took him away from me. The day I heard the news was the day my world fell apart. I still miss him every day and find it still hard to talk about him. Lee is the only one here on the island who knows about Michael, all the others think that I am happily single.

Since I had such an overwhelming feeling of sadness I decided to go for a swim to clear my head. I went to the swimming pool and had a swim of three kilometers before I decided to go to the beach. On days like this I know it’s better for me to get out and do stuff, otherwise I just lay in bed all day being depressed. I ended up walking along the beach for ages.

Before I even had the chance to quietly eat my breakfast on my balcony this morning I heard the door bell. It was Pete and he had a big grin on his face. The first thing he said was: “So? ” And I responded with: “So what?” “I want to hear all about what happened between you and Lee last night!” I started to laugh, but said I wouldn’t tell unless he told me first what he thought of Annie and what had happened between the two of them because they seemed to like each other.

So Pete started to tell me that when Lee and I had gone for a walk they had chatted about a lot of stuff. They had been to school together, but she was a bit chubby and he’d never paid any attention to her. Now (years later) that she had lost the weight he thought she looked great. She was a nice girl and when he’d brought her home last night he’d given her a kiss on the cheek. And… they’re going on a date tonight! His eyes just completely lit up when he was telling me all this. And I was happy to hear that our little plan had worked out great.

Thursday morning after I finished the squad training at work Annie came up to me for a chat. That is nothing special, because a lot of members of the squad group like to come up to me for a chat and discuss their progress. But Annie had a special request; if I could put in a good word for her with Pete. Looks like Pete has got an admirer!!!

I thought this was great news, because for a while now he’s been trying to set me up with Lee, so now it’s my turn to return the favour. See how he likes that! Anyway, since I really like Annie, I decided to invite her to hang out with us tomorrow at the beach. That way she can have a chat with him herself. If things go well, I will make it my mission to set them up together.

I gave Lee a ring to let him know that Annie was coming as well. He knew who she was and said he didn’t had a problem with it. He asked if I was coming to the gym in the evening so we could work out together. I had been planning on going there in the afternoon, but I told him I’d be there. I thought it was a good idea to let him in on the plan as long as he promised not to tell Pete.