Chapter 14: Friends…with Benefits
by hannah
December 17th, 2009
Sex, Life, & Hannah::Volume 1, Spring Season (Chapter 14)
14. Friends…with Benefits.
“We decided to be…friends,” I say to Jack, holding the cell phone between my ear and shoulder as I type an e-mail to one of our sub-contractors about how, yes, he has to provide paperwork showing that all of his employees have work permits.
Jack guffaws. “That’ll be a disaster. You can’t do friends. A few weeks ago you were in love with the guy. Remember?”
My J key is sticking, so I start pounding on it. “Hey, you told me it was lust, not love—remember?”
“I know it’s lust, but you still want love,” Jack says in that you’re-totally-delusional tone of voice. “I know you.”
I give up on the J key, and decide to sign my e-mail with just Hannah. I lean back against my chair and swivel around. I spot two window washers risking their lives in the name of corporate non-streak shine.
I know Jack’s right, even though I’m not going to admit that to him right now.
Jack takes my silence to mean he can start going on about himself. Something about how his friend Adam told him he wasn’t on the invite list to this year’s Memorial Day bash in Lake Tahoe. But all I can think about is my new “friend”…Mr. Smyth.
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