i love Notting Hill, it reminds me of the first night DH and i spent together.
I had known him 3 days and he was going out with my housemate, but i knew she was just using him because he was a biker and she hung with the biker crowd and he could give her a lift on his bike. I knew she wasnt 'into' him iykwim.
they invited me to go to a bikers rally with them, and thier friend Brian. and i said that i would only go if i could sleep in the same tent as my friend, becuase i wouldnt sleep with a bloke that i'd only just met. i was really looking forward to the rally. BUT she was a bit of a freeloader and last minute she said that she didnt have enough money to go.
TBH i think that she expected me to pay out for her too, but i got pissed off with her and said that i didnt have enough for both of us. so she decides that she isnt going at all, and that i have to tell him that WE went going.
so he called round at the house and i told him that my friend wasnt going, and he siad, I hope you are still going? I said no, because he (and Brian) could be mad axe murderers for all i know and i wasnt going to go with blokes that i didnt know.
So he suggested we go out for a drink to get to know each other better, because he had already bought the tickets.
So i ended up going to the rally and sleeping in his tent. I was dead nervous that 'summat' would happen, though i had made it plainly clear that i want up for any monkey business.
he set up the tent, all gentlemanly, two sleeping beds, perfectly respectable, and we both kept our clothes on, I kept my jeans on because they were so tight, not even an ant could get in there!
Anyway it was freezingm and in the middle of the night i woke him up and said... I know that yo are going to think that i am dead forward, but i'm freezing, can i get in there with you?
so he joined the bags together and he lay on his back with me across his chest... Just like in Notting Hill, when they are in bed together, andhe is so happy.
All i could see in the dark was his beautiful smile.
in the morning, he had held me like that all night. and i thought ' whats wrong with me... why didnt he try it on' (contarty as usual)
but he is a total gent and i love him completely, but that film always makes me feel how i felt on that night.
that was 22 years ago [all misty eyed]