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“You sure?”
“Positive.”
Jack laughs and starts making it. Once we’ve both got our drinks, I’ve dropped my own cash on the counter, and Jack is off helping other customers, I turn back to Damien.
“Damien, how long have I known you?”
“A while.”
“Long enough for you to know that I don’t do anything without considering all of the options and possibilities.”
“Fair.”
“So, knowing this about me, why do you assume that I’m making a rash choice with Alex?”
“Truthfully?”
“Yes.”
“I think she seems fun.”
“Fun?”
He nods. “She seems like a fun girl and, well, you’re not.”
“I’m not a fun girl.”
He glances over at me.
“You’re not fun anything. I’m not trying to hurt your feelings, so I hope I’m not. It’s just that you’re kind of lame when it comes to relationships.”
I bristle. Perhaps I shouldn’t. I could consider what Damien is suggesting and I could give him the benefit of the doubt, but I need to consider the possibility that he’s right.
“I’m kind of lame,” I say slowly.
“And she’s not,” he tells me.
“What do you know about her?”
“Not much.”
“Did she fill out new hire paperwork?”
“No.”
“Did you send it to her?”
“Look, it kind of feels like I’m the one being interviewed right now,” Damien tells me. “I’m just saying that I think you need to calm down. I’m only going to be out for like six weeks. She’ll be fine. Just have her watch the instructional videos I’m leaving her, and you won’t have to worry.”
He turns back to his drink and takes a long sip, and all I can think is that I hope he’s right.
I hope I’m not making a huge fucking mistake.
We drink until the sun sets, and then we go home.
Alone.
BEATRICE AND I WERE the best of friends when we were little. We grew apart as we got older, but now I want to pick her brain. I don’t know that I want us to try to become best friends or anything like that, but I want to discuss who Alex is and what she means.
