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Gulity Conscience?

I seem to be noticing somewhat of a pattern with post-coital Forbidden.

Remember last time I positively shagged his brains out? Yeah. Remember what happened after that? (Hint – why hasn’t he called?)

So it’s Friday. A week since last Friday. I should add that the very next day, after I’d used and abused him, I texted a perfectly pleasant text enquiring as to whether he was still alive after his planned day of sailing (yes, sailing. I don’t get it either).

I am beginning to think that perhaps he didn’t survive it…

I refuse to text again though. Two texts would just be insane. And I don’t want to date him. It’s just sex. So I’m going to stop obsessing about it right about… now.

…okay now.

…okay, in a minute.

Ignoring the fact that Forbidden seems to have fallen off the face of the earth, I received a call from Flutey yesterday. You know… the one who’s IN LOVE with him.

Cripes.

So it goes like this:

Missed call from Flutey.

Crap.

Voicemail from Flutey.

Double crap.

“Hey Ritzi, hope you’re well! Give me a ring back when you get a minute, I need to talk to you about something”

 Fuckshitbugger. A few hours later, I managed to escape from the office (just in case she was actually preparing to tear me a new one). She picked up on the first ring. She’s terrifying like that.

“Hey stranger!” Okay, that doesn’t sound too bad. “I’ve got two things I need to talk to you about, one is business, the other one is pleasure…”

Oh fuck.

Turns out, the first thing she wants is to get tickets to a show. Big surprise there. I suggest she calls The Ex who is actually in said show so more likely to be able to do something useful there. Then we get onto the ‘pleasure’ aspect.

“Ah yes, well, I was wondering if you could tell me what you’re doing…” Sleeping with the man I love? Generally being a heartless bitch? “On 21st June?”

 Oh… she’s calling about my freakin Birthday?

“I’ve got it in my diary and we must confirm what you’re doing darling! It’s only three weeks away!”

 Is it? Cripes. I totally didn’t notice that. I was too busy sleeping with the man you’re in love with.

This stuff is not good for my nerves. Admittedly, I’m falling back on that old failsafe that Flutey is engaged, and she’s supposed to be over Forbidden. And it’s not like it’s serious.

I know. I’m not even convincing myself.

RitziCx

Round 2 With Forbidden Fruit

So, during the very long process of archiving my Ritzi’s Ladder from BCUK and moving it all over to WordPress at for my shiny new blog launch after the bank holiday, I just re-read my post about my last tryst with Forbidden Fruit.

Considering it’s been TWO MONTHS since the last time I got laid I felt, quite frankly, like I’ve been letting the side down. So much so that I’ve been living vicariously through Blondie and Irish and not actually bothering to pursue activities of a sexual nature myself – shocking!

With this in mind, I allowed Twinkle to bow out of our pre-planned theatre trip to see Betrayal at the Comedy (no comments about the aptly named play please – and DON’T tell Flutey) and invited Forbidden instead.

The play was miraculously short. So short in fact that I haven’t quite worked out what I think about it yet. Three characters, back and forth in time, here there and everywhere in the seventies (plus one minor moment back in the sixties), and none of them particularly likeable. Maybe that was the point.

Despite almost falling asleep on Forbidden’s shoulder toward the end, I managed to shake myself awake enough to suggest excessive amounts of alcohol (all of which were on him since he managed to show up one minute before curtain. Bloody actors) so we headed off to a pub which I have entirely forgotten the name of. It’s the local for Her Majesty’s Theatre… that’s about all I know.

Six vodka soda’s later (no wine – I’m dieting and it’s bloody annoying. I love wine.) and we’re engaged in a rather playful flirtatious conversation wherein I manage to display a remarkable amount of  wit despite the bar spinning.

It’s a strange thing, that I actually do like Forbidden quite a lot. He’s amazingly attractive (he’s let his hair grow again – all curls and bed headiness. Hot.), and when it comes to conversation we’re actually pretty good at it. I find myself wondering if maybe I could give the whole dating thing a go, but then that same old reasoning pops up when he reveals that he got up at half past one that afternoon, and this is not unusual. He makes money between acting jobs by gigging here there and everywhere, and living off savings from when his career is actually going well. This is just not a healthy environment for me to be in – I’m just to busy for this shit.

That doesn’t change the  fact that he’s FANTASTIC in bed. We got back to his (in Tottenham, where I have never been before and never wish to go ever again) and stumbled through the door, heading straight upstairs where he insisted upon showing me Geoffrey Rush’s apparently incredible performance in ‘Shine’. I hear it’s good, I’ll have to watch it again some time and actually pay attention, because literally the moment the opening credits began to roll, I found myself pushed back on the bed and thoroughly ravished.

He’s still into the 69 thing. Weird.

He’s also still into the wanking off with an audience thing, however this time I managed to get a decent hour of foreplay and plenty of multi-positional sex out of him before he brought that back in round two. But that’s by the by, because round one…

I apologise profusely to Forbidden’s flatmates. Hopefully I never will have to do that in person because I think I would die. I can’t help it! I’m vocal, so sue me! And the sex was really good!

This morning, I blearily opened my eyes to the world at 11.59 (that’s almost the afternoon for pete’s sake!) and amazingly felt neither hung over or gross. Comfy bed, snuggly man, bloody hell – how domestic.

So I made up a lunch date to get the hell outta there, and tubed it into town to the nearest Starbucks to get my caffeine on.

If I have any more of these fuzzy thoughts about Forbidden, please kick me. Or tell Flutey that I’ve now shagged the love of her life twice. Then she’ll do it for you.

RitziCx

Forbidden Conundrum

Well here’s a conundrum.

A few days ago, I got a text from Forbidden:

hey babes! How r u? :D want to catch up this week??? ;) lemme no when your free! Xxx

Appalling grammar and over punctuation aside, let us recall that I haven’t had sex since the Irishman, which was many moons past. Frankly, a bit of a tumble with Forbidden and his exhibitionist fumbling ways may just be what I need.

So I suggest he joins me for a spot of theatre on Friday (I’m original like that)

aw BABES! I’m away this weekend! You free tomorrow? Or Thursday? Xxx :( xx

No, and no. And please stop with the smilies.

Sigh. No sex for Ritzi then. Luckily, Twinkle is on hand to snatch up the other ticket, and then what do you know?

gess wot? I’m free on fri now!!! You still got that tkt babe? ;) xx

Actually I don’t. I do have a crazy contraption called a dictionary though…

Twinkle is totally up for sacrificing her ticket so I can get some. She’s cool like that. She’s also filling my flat with six – yes SIX – girls on a hen weekend on saturday so must stay in my good books.

What do we reckon? Ho’s over Bro’s?

I’m mulling. And I’m totally not texting mister punctuation back.

He can stew a bit.

RitziCx

Why Hasn’t He Called?

Oh Ritzi. Ritzi Ritzi Ritzi… have you not learned by now? Actors are arseholes! Sigh.

So Forbidden left me hanging after my last text yesterday. I shouldn’t really be bothered since it’s just sex and whatnot, but gosh darn it I am. It’s seriously bothering me that I’m bothered.

Today I found myself thinking… well, it’s Monday and he’s in a new theatre, they’ve probably been teching all day… he had a long drive yesterday… blah blah blah blah.

He’s just not that into you if… he’s not calling you.

I do find it disturbing that I’m repeating the mantra taught to me by a fictional character who thinks it’s okay to dump someone by post-it but I digress.

Perhaps I should read back my last post about how he had a slightly disappointing penis. Yes, that’ll do it.

Sigh… how annoying.

RitziCx

She Came, She Saw, She… Came

Well hello folks! I’m back in civilisation, a giant mug of black coffee on one side and a pain au chocolat on the other, recovering from a night of sexual whatnot with Forbidden Fruit.

Is it wrong that I feel no guilt whatsoever? I’m sure this will change when the news inevitably gets back to my friend who’s a bit in love with him, but for now I actually couldn’t care less. I’m either a bad person or I’ve literally had my morals shagged out of me.

So last night, I stepped into my wedges, pulled on cut off shorts and a gold knit (with a rather fabulous set of underwear not so hidden beneath) and hopped on a train out of London to – literally – the middle of nowhere. Apparently the theatre was just a short walk from the station, but considering my lack of direction and the height of my heels I decided to forego the healthy option and hop in a cab. Good job too! It was bloody MILES!

So I’m sitting outside the theatre, tapping away on my blackberry and out comes Forbidden with a big smile on his gorgeous face. I’m quite impressed with myself for not tripping over my own feet when I saw him.

Last time I saw him he had long (ish) straggly hair (a bit Aiden Turner-esque, mmm yummy) and was a bit scrawny, yet cute. THIS time, his hair’s been chopped off and styled into a sexy fifties quiff (for the show but whatever) and for the first time I notice what a PERFECTLY chiselled face he’s got. And his eyes… oh good lord those eyes. At this point I realised I was in serious trouble with this one. He’s the exact type of guy I always used to fall for – tall, cute, intense actor-y type… I thought to myself, if I manage to keep this ‘no-strings-attached’ I’m officially cured.

So after the show we went to the nearby Slug and Lettuce (where we got 50% off all drinks because he was from the theatre… hence a lot of wine got drunk)and snuck upstairs to the second floor which was actually closed… ooo how rebellious! A few hours later, we were sufficiently drunk and caught up enough to do some couch bound making out.

Forbidden makes out VERY well. The end.

In between the make out sessions, I was getting texts from Movie Man (the shame!) who keeps texting to ask how I am… since he thinks I’m still ill in bed, not in another county on a sex quest. Here’s the moment when I felt like a truly TERRIBLE person for all of 10 seconds:

‘If your feeling better tomorrow and just fancy chilaxing in a park or something just let me know. If not I’ll just catch you next week.’

ARGH!

So eventually, we get kicked out of the bar at the end of the night (which was probably a good thing because I was inches away from tearing Forbidden’s clothes off) and head back to his digs. Luckily, there’s been a bit of bed hopping going on and we’ve been left with the sofa bed in the living room.

For some insane reason, I managed to go to the bathroom and get changed into my super awesome oversized sleepy shirt while Forbidden made the sofa into a bed – for all the good that did me. The springs of the fold out matress had barely settled in place when I found myself thrown down on the bed, sexy shirt still in place but my knickers miraculously the other side of the room.

Of course, you all want to know about the cock. Don’t lie and tell me you don’t. Well, for someone as tall dark and handsome, I have to admit I was expecting bigger. Not that it wasn’t nice – as penises go it was a rather nice looking one, and I spent quite a bit of time getting to know it rather well. So preocupied was I with said job, that I didn’t realise I’d been manouevered quite expertly into the 69 position – oh yes, apparently people still do that.

Anyhoo, after “the best head” Forbidden had “ever had” it became apparent that for all his hotness and perfection, he’s still a man, and a mere ten minutes after shooting his load… he was asleep.

Great.

Early this morning, however, I found a creative way to wake him up and demanded some actual sex. Now, I’m not really a morning sex kind of person, I find the early morning light is not the most flattering, especially when you’re hung over and have mascara half way down your face, but I’d be damned if I’d sat on a train for forty five minutes and sat through two and a half hours of cheesy fifties musical crap for nothing. Forbidden, however, seems to be all about the morning sex, and bless him, he was rather determined to make up for falling asleep on me (literally… ON me) last night.

Three orgasms worth of making up, to be precise.

Now how do we all feel about masturbation with an audience? I, for one, am not much of a fan and don’t really fancy getting the old rabbit out in front of a man or anything… but Forbidden had other ideas. Apparently, it “really turns him on” when I watch him get himself off. Is this a bit weird? Or am I just harbouring slightly prudish tendencies? It was rather fascinating really, since I’ve never actually seen a man give himself one before. I was still a part of the action, mind you, but he was definitely they starring role in this show. I did, however, step into the spotlight when I sensed the curtain was about to come down, because in my slightly prone position I didn’t really fancy spunk in my hair all the way back to London.

And what did he do after this marathon?

Fell asleep again… of course he did.

Eventually I managed to elbow him out of bed long enough for him to pull on some clothes (and put on glasses – oh my god, that was just not fair. It was so sexy I nearly died) and take me to the station so I could get back to civilisation – and he could get onto the next city on his tour, and three hours later, here I am. With coffee. Ahhhhh.

Am I going to be able to shun the emotional attachment? Well, it’s tough to say at this point. There are only six weeks of the tour left and then he’s back on my West End doorstep… which can only mean trouble. For the moment though, I am safe in the knowledge that it could just never work. This is a man who – while perfect in every other way – likes to go to bed very late and have sex in the morning. I am a woman who likes to roll out of bed at 6am, drink 3 cups of coffee and spend an hour on my hair and makeup. There is NO time for sex in my morning routine.

So there you have it. That’s my reason for keeping it casual… and I’m sticking to it.

For now.

Can Food Poisoning Really Keep Me Away From A Booty Call?

Well I’ve been suitably absent for a few days folks, due to a horrendous dose of FOOD POISONING. I’m a frickin vegetarian! How can I get food poisoning? Geez, I curse you lettuce leaves.

Turns out, even with food poisoning, life does not stop. Thursday morning I woke up at 4 am and promptly threw up my guts. First I thought it was something to do with the excessive amounts of wine I’d drunk the night before at an Amy MacDonald gig at the Hardrock Cafe, but when I got to work and continued to hurl after every little piece of food I ate, I figured this was not normal.

It’s a sign of how mental my job really is that I was sent home ill at 11am, and I actually left at 3pm. Nice. The next day I dragged myself out of bed at 10 and struggled in for 11, but again I only lasted until 3. I wonder how many deadlines I missed by going home early? Geeez.

Anyway, despite a severe lack of food for 3 days, I feel relatively normal now, cue a timely text from Forbidden asking what time I would be getting in that evening to see his show.

Crap.

How can food poisoning make me forget the prospect of sex? As a result I’m unwaxed, slightly less perfectly coiffed than I’d like to be and had resigned myself to an evening in front of the telly with a box of pringles. Now… I’m not so sure.

I just shaved my ladyplace – painstakingly – in the shower, and after careful hand mirror examination it’s not looking too bad. In the dim light of evening I might just get away with it. My good knickers just came out of the wash… I’m just a hairdryer away from sex readiness.

Yet I’m still not feeling too hot… and it’s a long way to go for a shag. (we’re talking another county)

Do I go? Do I stay? If I go, there’s a chance of watching an incredibly dull show then getting some hot sex afterwards. If I stay… there’s a box of unopened pringles and the oddly attractive new Doctor on my telly box.

The next few hours are crucial folks… I’ll keep you informed.

RitziCx

Shakira McDonald

Howdy folks,

So I just got back from some crazy promo gig at the Hard Rock. Amy MacDonald supported by some Icelandic chic. Someone forwarded the invite to me a couple of days ago and I thought… why the hell not? It ain’t theatre but it’s still a free bar.

Turns out I did actually know a couple of Amy MacDonald songs… I just figured she was Shakira. Am I the only person crazy enough to get Amy MacDonald mixed up with Shakira? Apparently the hips don’t lie in scotland either.

So Twinkle and I went – along with her three giant bags after she’d been locked in a day of auditions since the crack of dawn – and enjoyed the free bar, and ate the free food, and bopped along contentedly to the support.

Then…

They wouldn’t serve at the bar until Amy MacDonald had finished warbling. 20 minutes into her set we high tailed it back to Charing Cross in a cab and snared ourselves some cocktails in Jewel on Maiden Lane.

I was slightly distracted, it has to be said, by my weekend prospects. Things have gotten a bit weird with Movie Man, you see. It might have something to do with the fact that I never replied to his email after he asked what evening my preference was this weekend. Or maybe I’ve just ignored him one too many times when running past his desk in a stress.

I’m sorry Movie Man… but my job affects million pound production budgets. Yours affects 30 second video edits. I’m allowed to get a bit stressed in my daily life and may forget that I once fell onto your cock from time to time.

I’ve been trying to coordinate an evening with Forbidden. I know, I know, it’s wrong and I shouldn’t… but I want to fuck him so bad I’m past caring. I suggested maybe I could come and see his show on Saturday night… and added that I had better get a damn good ‘show’ since I’m travelling so damn far to see him.

‘For you my love, it will be nothing but!’ was his reply. Ooo, cryptic. ‘Just come off stage so I’m really hot and tired’ I bet you are, you sexy man you.

I’ll keep you posted, I’m pretty sure I’ll get a shag in exchange for making the effort to go see this show.

Ps, is any one else currently having their subconcious brain fried by the terrifying sounds of BB11 right now? I may snap and disconnect the ariel if someone doesn’t turn that crap off soon. Geez.

Night folks, I’m off to have sexy dreams and whatnot about Forbidden Fruit!

RitziCx

Ooo, Crisis Of Conscience!

Well, what an unexpected weekend I have had. On saturday evening, I found myself at Bloomsbury Lanes Bowling Alley for my friends birthday, which was all in all a strange experience in itself. Has anyone ever been to Bloomsbury Lanes? It’s near Euston Station. Seriously, it’s like the place is going through an identity crisis. Half of it is a kind of underground bowling alley – kind of like how you’d expect bowling alleys to look if knocking down pins was suddenly made illegal. Then the other half of it is like a night club with exposed pipes and dodgy house music, with these weird bits of washing line hanging everywhere that people seem to use to hang up their coats… even though there’s a free cloak room… odd. Then, on top of all this, there’s a seating area that is laid out like an old school fifties diner, although there’s not a burger and fries in sight. All in all – WEIRD.

At half past midnight (yes, that’s right. HALF PAST MIDNIGHT) we started bowling. Having been up all day and ready for bed, I struggled to focus on where the lanes were, but once I had a few drinks in me (served in classy plastic cups) I was ready and raring to go.

Don’t ask me how… but somehow I managed to win. HOW?!?! I have no idea. I didn’t get a single strike, or even a spare, I was just consistently average. Considering I spent half the time wondering why there wasn’t a button on the back of the bowling ball to let go of when I flung it at the pins. Too much time on the Wii over Christmas, me thinks?

So after that and a half game of crazy bowling (where you get points for the most inventive method of throwing the ball) we went and sat in the diner-come-bar and enjoyed a few drinks.

Then suddenly, it was 3am??? How did that happen???

After much procrastination I finally staggered home at 4.30am, and promptly slept until lunchtime.

There is one teeeeeny tiny problem with my evening though. I found myself spending most of my evening chatting to NYE and another guy who we’ll call ‘Forbidden Fruit’. Herein lies my problem.

NYE is off limits, that’s understandable. Also, he’s not an actor anymore either, so gets me no points in Ensemble Bingo.

Forbidden IS an actor. And very hot. And flirted with me ALL night. And exchanged numbers with me at the end of the night in the guise of us both going to see a show we have mutual friends in. We’re not going to see it, it’s on tour. That’s too far out of the West End for people like me to comprehend.

‘Why is Ritzi deliberating this clear opportunity to tick a box on the Bingo Board?’ I hear you cry.

The simple fact that once upon a time my very best friend was inescapably in love with him.

She’s engaged (to a complete wanker but that’s another story) and he was in a relationship at the time so nothing ever happened between them, but if I even put the feelers out there to see if she’s still crushing on him… OUCH! WOAH! Where did my head go?! Etc etc etc.

See my dilema? There’s also the problem that he bears a striking resemblence to another of my past heartbreakers… so that probably wouldn’t end well.

Why oh why is life so complicated?

In other news, date is set with Tilted Trilby whose last text read – ‘So I’ve sorted out the early evening entertainment, why don’t you handle what happens later?’ Oh yeah, that’s right. Totally ticking a box this weekend.

Happy Monday!

RitziCx