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"You kind of rescued me on my bad date, I'd say," she says, grinning at me. "And that kind of meant a lot to me. Even though it led to me in your bed. I mean, I think we both wanted it. You didn't rescue me from the date just to get me into your bed, did you?" She raises an eyebrow and I shake my head.
"It wasn't even on my mind," I say honestly, then I pause. “So yes, I thought about sleeping with you, but I wasn't thinking about sleeping with you when I said, 'Let's leave the restaurant.' You know what I mean?"
"I do," she says, grinning.
"And you know what? We’re here, let's have fun. Let's not think about Elisabetta and all the bad decisions she's making tonight."
"Exactly. We have some bad decisions that we should make ourselves."
"Oh, yeah? Like what?"
"Like what we're going to do after this dinner."
"You mean you're not just going to whisk me off to a hotel or your apartment?"
"No. What would be the fun in that?"
"I can think of a million things we could do that would make it fun." She grins at me and I chuckle.
"You're a good friend, you know that?"
"Thank you," she says. "And you are too."
"Wait."
"What?"
"Are you saying that I'm not an absolutely horrible person?"
"I'm saying that you're not an absolutely horrible person. And I'm also saying that I redact the comment I made recently.”
"What comment is that?"
"Where I said that you weren't my friend."
"I don't remember that."
"Well, I kind of said we weren't friends with benefits because we weren't friends. But even though you're my boss, you've also been a really good friend to me. You listen to me, you take care of me. I just wanted to say I noticed that and I appreciate you."
"Oh no, you're not getting all emotional on me, are you?"
"Don't worry. I'm not going to start looking at engagement rings again," she says with a quiet laugh. "I don't want to scare you off a second time."
"You didn't scare me off."
"Uh-huh. You weren't about to have a heart attack that morning?"
"I don't think I was about to have a heart attack. Maybe a stroke." I laugh. "Especially when you started asking me my monthly salary so you could figure out how much of a ring you could get."
"That was hilarious," she says. "You should have seen your face."
"Yeah. Well, I'm sure you had fun with it." I lean back in the chair so I can stare at her and she smiles back at me. I'm not really sure if I'm supposed to be feeling the happiness that I'm feeling in this moment. I'm not really sure if I should be enjoying the camaraderie that we're experiencing. I don't really know what you're supposed to talk about or feel when you're in an arrangement like this, and I guess I don't really care because this is the most alive I've felt in a long time. This is the most at ease, open, and happy I've felt.
"You know something, Skye?"
"I know many things, but I'd like to know what you're about to tell me."
"You've made me question myself and my life goals more than anyone else in my life ever has. And for that, I thank you."
