Please note that this is meant to be read after Jeremy and Me and if you haven't read it yet, you can find it under Erotic Couplings. This story builds a little slower than some, but the ending will blow you away.
I called Jeremy later that week. I tried to catch him while he was on his lunch break, but I didn't have perfect timing so he was at work.
"Hey Beautiful," he answered easily. The sound of his voice made me a little giddy and I had to try and play it cool. "I can't talk long; I'm on my way to a meeting. But how have you been?"
"I've been good. Crazy busy, so I'm sorry I didn't have time to call you." I really was busy; I wasn't playing games with him. It's so high school, in my opinion.
"I know, I saw you running around yesterday. You looked really busy." His response was generic; he could have been talking about half a dozen people who worked on our floor. But I had been really busy yesterday, so it was somewhat personal too. I could tell he was in a public place.
"Anyway I was calling to see if you wanted to get together sometime this weekend?" I don't usually ask guys out, but since we had a history I figured it wouldn't be too forward.
"I'd love to. I have to work all day Saturday because of the concert, but I'll be free after. We could go grab a late dinner." It was just the response I was looking for. I was also going to be at the concert that the Department of Programming was putting on that weekend.
"That sounds great. I was planning on going to the concert as well, so we can just meet up a little after." At this point I was walking up the stairs to go to my office. When I reached the top I could hear Jeremy's voice and knew that I'd be approaching him. Just as I rounded the corner I bumped into the Director of Club Management, Jeremy's boss. She looked confused, as if she had been listening to my conversation, so I improvised. "Okay bye Mom, I'll see you this weekend. Call me tomorrow to let me know when you get here. Bye." With that I hung up.
Jeremy could see me now and played along as well. "Okay, bye babe, no I have to go. Call me later. Bye. Yeah, okay bye." He hung up the phone, as if he were trying to get away from someone he didn't want to talk to, even though there was no one on the line. I continued down the hallway to my office, passing by Jeremy.
"Hi Lydia, are you coming to the concert this weekend?"
"I was planning on it. My friends and I were gonna go, then my mom is in town so I'll meet up with her after for dinner. It should be a lot of fun."