Turns out the circus is pretty awesome from backstage. Well, I mean, the show was really good too, but there’s just something about being…”
“You’re rambling, get to the point,” I cut her off before we spent the whole evening here, listening to her recount her entire weekend.
“Right. So Luke is Noah’s brother, if you remember, and well I heard about what happened… with the kiss, and Priscilla, and the snake, and all that… and well. Luke is a really nice guy Daphne, and he sorta convinced me to help him.” She took a deep breath.
“You.Are.Helping.Him.Do.What?” I was ready to strangled her with my purse strap. If it wasn’t for the many, long years of friendship I had with this girl, I might actually try to kill her.
“He’s outside.” Two words, she said two very simple, typically innocent words, but the impact they had on me was like an atomic bomb in my chest.
“I’m going to kill you.” Those words, so much scarier in nature, didn’t carry anywhere near the disruptive power as hers had. I slumped down in the opposite chair.
“Don’t be mad at me please. You weren’t giving me any details about what happened and I was worried, so I confronted Luke the next day when he got back. He didn’t want to tell me what happened either, but well, I have my methods.” She smiled weakly.
“Still Carolyn, I just wanted to put that whole mess behind me. He’s just some random guy from a traveling circus! He will be out of my life in a week!” I didn’t want to be so cross with her, but this was none of her business! Why did she have to push me all the time?
“All I’m saying is you should listen to what he has to say. I think he would like to spend some more time with you, and as your best friend, I think you should at least listen. He’s really, really nice… I mean, like, well, he’d be good for you.” She stood up and came around the table to hug me. Part of me wanted to shove her away, the other let her comfort me.
She offered to go down stairs with me but I just waved her on. I wanted to clear my head a moment, plus say a quick prayer for like, a hurricane to swoop in and scoop him out of my life. All I wanted was a nice, heathy one night stand, something to get me back into the dating mood. Why did I have to meet Luke?
Oh well , I thought. There was nothing to do about it now except get this confrontation over with. I would go downstairs and listen to his bullshit, and then go home.
I could be back to my lefts overs and wine in no time. Wine! I could stop in and see Charles! That would be a good pick me up after all this mess. With a course of action settled on, I stood up and turned to leave. I nearly knocked right into my boss who was standing in the door way.
“Oh! Sorry, Mr. Kelly,” I offered. He smiled brightly like he had just won the lottery.
“Don’t worry! And please call me Peter,” he winked. It was a strange thing for him to do. It made his face look oddly misshapen for a moment. Like part of his face had been soaked in water for a long time and was terribly pruned. It broke through the stress I had bubbled up inside and I actually laughed. I sounded like a maniac; I need to get out of here.
“Have a nice evening Peter,” I offered and ducked past him.
“Wait Daphne,” he called. I was about a foot from the elevator, but he was my boss so I turned back. He looked so nervous that I thought he was going to be sick for a moment. There was a waste paper basket nearby, maybe I could toss it under him before he up chucked all over the call room floor.
“There’s something important that I need to ask you about,” he started. Oh no! Maybe he knows the Doctors note was fake! I panicked and backed up a few steps so I could reach the elevator button.
“I know it’s perhaps not the proper thing, us being co-workers and all. However, I feel we are both mature adults, and so you can handle the informality with which I ask this…” What was this? He was
“You’re rambling, get to the point,” I cut her off before we spent the whole evening here, listening to her recount her entire weekend.
“Right. So Luke is Noah’s brother, if you remember, and well I heard about what happened… with the kiss, and Priscilla, and the snake, and all that… and well. Luke is a really nice guy Daphne, and he sorta convinced me to help him.” She took a deep breath.
“You.Are.Helping.Him.Do.What?” I was ready to strangled her with my purse strap. If it wasn’t for the many, long years of friendship I had with this girl, I might actually try to kill her.
“He’s outside.” Two words, she said two very simple, typically innocent words, but the impact they had on me was like an atomic bomb in my chest.
“I’m going to kill you.” Those words, so much scarier in nature, didn’t carry anywhere near the disruptive power as hers had. I slumped down in the opposite chair.
“Don’t be mad at me please. You weren’t giving me any details about what happened and I was worried, so I confronted Luke the next day when he got back. He didn’t want to tell me what happened either, but well, I have my methods.” She smiled weakly.
“Still Carolyn, I just wanted to put that whole mess behind me. He’s just some random guy from a traveling circus! He will be out of my life in a week!” I didn’t want to be so cross with her, but this was none of her business! Why did she have to push me all the time?
“All I’m saying is you should listen to what he has to say. I think he would like to spend some more time with you, and as your best friend, I think you should at least listen. He’s really, really nice… I mean, like, well, he’d be good for you.” She stood up and came around the table to hug me. Part of me wanted to shove her away, the other let her comfort me.
She offered to go down stairs with me but I just waved her on. I wanted to clear my head a moment, plus say a quick prayer for like, a hurricane to swoop in and scoop him out of my life. All I wanted was a nice, heathy one night stand, something to get me back into the dating mood. Why did I have to meet Luke?
Oh well , I thought. There was nothing to do about it now except get this confrontation over with. I would go downstairs and listen to his bullshit, and then go home.
I could be back to my lefts overs and wine in no time. Wine! I could stop in and see Charles! That would be a good pick me up after all this mess. With a course of action settled on, I stood up and turned to leave. I nearly knocked right into my boss who was standing in the door way.
“Oh! Sorry, Mr. Kelly,” I offered. He smiled brightly like he had just won the lottery.
“Don’t worry! And please call me Peter,” he winked. It was a strange thing for him to do. It made his face look oddly misshapen for a moment. Like part of his face had been soaked in water for a long time and was terribly pruned. It broke through the stress I had bubbled up inside and I actually laughed. I sounded like a maniac; I need to get out of here.
“Have a nice evening Peter,” I offered and ducked past him.
“Wait Daphne,” he called. I was about a foot from the elevator, but he was my boss so I turned back. He looked so nervous that I thought he was going to be sick for a moment. There was a waste paper basket nearby, maybe I could toss it under him before he up chucked all over the call room floor.
“There’s something important that I need to ask you about,” he started. Oh no! Maybe he knows the Doctors note was fake! I panicked and backed up a few steps so I could reach the elevator button.
“I know it’s perhaps not the proper thing, us being co-workers and all. However, I feel we are both mature adults, and so you can handle the informality with which I ask this…” What was this? He was
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