The Single Life; Season 4 Episode 4

Tim and/or Veronica?!

Veronica headed to the airport to retrieve Jamal for his bi-monthly visit. This trip was supposed to be a bit different, as his friends were coming to Charlotte to meet Veronica, and she was going to bring hers along as well. Jamal thought a friend get-together would be a great time….that is, as long as the friend wasn’t Tim, the human Eeyore. 

They headed back to Veronica’s place to take a dip in the pool, and were joined by Chloe, Veronica’s daughter. She and Jamal really seemed to be bonding, mainly because of their closeness in age and obsession with viral videos. They then set out to meet up with Jamal’s guy pals and do a “pedal bar”, which is an activity where you pedal a bicycle while drinking and talking at a portable and probably very bumpy bar. ( Drinking your calories and working them off at the same time? Genius.) Jamal mentioned to his friends that Veronica happened to be besties with her ex, which was met with both shock and awe. They couldn’t understand the concept of being friends with an ex-partner (Though they hadn’t met Tim yet, and didn’t understand that one does not give up that sparkling personality so easily). 
After “leg day”, they decided to hit up a stationary, more traditional bar, where Veronica was joined by her friend Eve and of course, Timiny Cricket (He will always look like Jiminy Cricket to me). 
Right out of the gate, Tim began asking Jamal questions regarding a possible move to Charlotte, which of course was what Veronica had hoped would happen so the two could end their long distance relationship. Jamal admitted he didn’t really see that happening any time soon, and the line of questioning became more and more intense. Jamal immediately got defensive and rude, to the point where he and Timiny Cricket both hopped out of their seats to get in each other’s faces as they yelled. 

All Timiny was trying to do was be Veronica’s conscience and voice of reason…. 

 

Brother John:

John set off to San Antonio where he planned to meet up with his new lady-friend, Meghan. He seemed to forget all of the boring stuff like deodorant and a toothbrush, but luckily remembered the vibrators and other necessary gadgets. He went into great detail about all of the various functions and variety of the contents of his “bag of tricks” in way too much detail. Meghan arrived the following morning at the hotel, as the two headed up to the room, only to emerge later that night for dinner.

They sat down at a nice restaurant, with Meghan obsessively touching her 10 gallon cowboy hat because, Texas. Mehgan wanted John to know that she had a timeline in mind for their relationship, and was hoping they’d be living together within 6 months, (The current length of their relationship).  John couldn’t imagine jumping in and moving to Meghan’s house (Especially since he’d have to leave the spare bedroom at his brother’s house where he was currently couch surfing. I’m sure that would be “hahd” to do, as he’d say).

Though John was sure he wanted to be in a serious committed relationship, he was hesitant to jump into things (I’m guessing he was thrown by the wicked cowboy hat and eyelin-uh). 

 

Chantel:

It seems the Chantel crew had descended upon Giannis’s side of the island. Chantelerella’s little mice helped her get all done up so she could attend the royal ball (aka meet up with the sleepy-eyed guy she met a few episodes ago at a bar). Chantel arrived at the restaurant, half naked in a dress that looked more like a dance recital costume and with “Black Swan” eye makeup, as Giannis stood by waiting. The two struggled to make awkward conversation, mostly about mispronunciations of Greek words and football. 

They then took a stroll around the old Venetian village, where he asked if Chantel would ever consider moving abroad. Though the thought hadn’t crossed her mind, she recognized that she did really like the food, and would possibly consider harvesting the Greek dollar. After breathing next to one another on a public bench, Chantel asked Giannis to drive her home. 

The invigorating conversation continued with such highlights as “Do you like driving fast?” and “I like spending time with you”….the chemistry was off the charts. Chantel used her newly contrived provocative “When in Greece” voice to dare Giannis to drive his car “really fast”, which she was hoping would earn her a “Yaaaassss, Queen” from her crew when she recounted the story later. Can’t wait to find out next week if they managed to have a goodnight kiss, or if she lost one of her neon pink heels on the cobblestones, ran out of time getting back and consequently turned back into a lemon (Because they’re in Greece, and I think they are more plentiful than pumpkins).  

 

 

Miss Debbie:

Debbie reflected on her date with Russ last week, but unfortunately reported that Russ was very troubled by her Osama-laden past. Since that prospect was dead in the water, she turned her sights to online dating once more, where she came across Ruben; A more age-appropriate, Cuban version of Osama. Debbie agreed to take a trip to Miami to meet her new Latino love interest. Before she departed, she made a quick trip to the CVS to grab a few essentials, the likes of which may or may not be in Brother John’s bag of tricks. She was accompanied by her overprotective son, Julian, who was very concerned with his free-spirited mother’s judgment and insisted he go with her to serve and protect. 

Debbie agreed to let Julian come-with, but was looking forward to some alone time with Ruben the Cuban. May they have at least one trip to Pollo Tropical in their future (If ya know, ya know).