Trevor arrived at Helen's place for their date at the same time as Helen came running up from the other direction. Trevor was hoping for good things to develop over the course of this date, and as far as he was concerned this was not an auspicious start.
"Trev, I'm so sorry," said Helen. "I was delayed at work and then the bus was late and I had to go to the shop and I haven't even started to get ready. I'm terribly sorry. Come in and sit down. I'll have my housemate come out and talk to you while I get ready. I'll only be half an hour, I swear."
"Make that sixty minutes, minimum," thought Trevor, far too wise to say so out loud. He resigned himself to small talk with her housemate.
"Bambi, are you there?" called Helen as soon as she had entered. Hearing a call from the front room, she stuck her head around the door and continued. "Trevor is here for our date and I'm not ready. Be a dear and chat to him while I get ready."
Trevor heard a sudden frantic comment from the front room, mentioning not expecting visitors and not being dressed for them. Supposed to be given warning of strangers in the house.
"You don't have to be dressed up. He's my date, after all. Just talk to him while I get ready."
Turning to Trevor, Helen all but pushed him into the front room. "Introduce yourself to Bambi. She's a dear. I'll be as quick as I can." Helen turned and rushed deeper into the house.
"Bambi, and she's a deer?" thought Trevor, amused, walking into the room. Looking around there was no sign of a Bambi, human or otherwise.
"Ah, Bambi?" called Trevor. "I'm Trevor."
"Go away," hissed a small voice. "I'm not dressed for visitors."
The voice seemed to be coming from an armchair, strategically placed before the TV. As Trevor watched some blonde hair and a pair of blue eyes peeped above the back of the chair and glared at him. Somehow, with that hair and eyes that blue, the glare was not exactly intimidating.
"Go away," came the repeated command.
Amused, Trevor strolled forward and around the chair, accompanied by a squeak of dismay from the chair's occupant.
Trevor nodded slowly, surveying Bambi. She definitely wasn't dressed for unexpected visitors. As a matter of fact, she wasn't dressed at all.
Bambi huddled in the chair, eyes pleading for him to go away.
Trevor smiled, enjoying the view. "Helen said you'd entertain me, and she's right," he said. "Dare I ask why?" gesturing to her lack of clothes.
"I'm home alone and it's hot. Why shouldn't I. You've had your sneak peek. Now go away."
Trevor ignored the extra comment. "No reason at all, not to," he observed. "I can assure you I'm not complaining. Is Bambi your real name?"
Bambi blushed and gave a mumbled "yes".
"Yes, she says, but not very convincingly," mused Trevor. "I somehow suspect that it wasn't the name she was christened with." He lifted an eyebrow, waiting.