Page 83 of June: Jess' Story

Alex

What are you doing?

Jess

With my life? Right now? Tomorrow?

Right now.

Right, of course. I’m watching a movie.

Which one?

Don’t laugh.

???

The Parent Trap.

Like the Lindsay Lohan one?

…yeah.

Why?

It’s my comfort movie.

What’s yours?

Top Gun

Ha!

Wait srsly?

And you told me not to laugh…

And then there were hundreds. And it was books, and things we saw throughout the day. And what we were eating until I realized I hadn’t gone out once the entire month of July, and I’d never been happier. I had unconsciously made myself exclusive to this man. A man I wasn’t entirely sure was feeling the same way about me as I was about him, but I figured you don’t text someone upwards of fifty times a day without being interested.

And then September came, and I applied for the job when he sent me the rec. I might not have had all the qualifications, but I had enough, and I could fake the funk if needed. But I was still surprised when I got a call to schedule an interview.September 25th.In a sick way, I was glad because I knew Alex would be in town for Amy and Tally.

Jess

My interview is the 25th. Was wondering if you’d want to meet up the weekend before?

Alex

Sure.

The response was maybe lukewarm, but I think he was just playing it cool. Because he then proceeded to text me a list of bars and restaurants we could potentially meet at. All the locations were near my hotel and the office where I’d be interviewing. It was cute.

And then he called me for the first time on September 16th. At first I thought he butt dialed me. So when I answered, I didn’t say anything for the first couple of moments.

“Jess?”

“Oh, yeah. Hi.”

He laughed. “Just checking that I haven’t been messaging with some rando for the last month or so.” Then I laughed.