A State of Jane by Schorr Meredith

Author:Schorr, Meredith [Schorr, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781620150733
Published: 2014-11-10T16:00:00+00:00

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I scooped out the insides of my bagel and tossed them in the garbage. I sat back down at our kitchen table and while spreading low fat vegetable cream-cheese on both sides, I said to Lainie, “So, I think that guy Andrew at work might have feelings for me.”

Lainie looked up from her bowl of potato leek soup. She opted to save the turkey sandwich I bought her for lunch the next day. “Really? What makes you think that? Did he say something?”

Shaking my head, I said, “Not exactly.” I paused while trying to find the best words to describe it. “It's just he's….well, he's a guy's guy, totally crude, and he definitely plays around. But he's so nice and patient with me. He's always telling me I'm better than these losers who keep blowing me off.”

Lainie got up and grabbed a large bottle of Snapple iced tea from the fridge and two glasses. After she sat down and poured us both a glass, she said, “I keep telling you the same thing!”

I smiled at Lainie, who had surprised me more than once with her pep talks. “I know. But you're my friend. You have to say those things. Andrew has nothing to gain by being sweet.”

“Do you like him?”

I tried to picture Andrew moving in to kiss me and was able to visualize myself leaning into him. “I never thought about it until now. He's my officemate and that could be awkward but, yeah, maybe I do. I don't know. It's worth exploring, right?”

Lainie smiled. “That's what dating is about Jane. Go for it. But don't get your hopes up.”

“I won't. By the way, how do your parents feel about Antoine? Is he the ‘eligible bachelor’ they had in mind? Have they reserved the church?” I joked.

Lainie shook her head. “The folks are still on a need-to-know basis.”

“Gotcha,” I said, taking a bite of my bagel. “Your secret is safe with me.”

After I finished eating and got ready for bed, I searched my closet for what to wear to work the next day. I wanted to wear something that made me look good but not like I was trying to look good. Maybe Andrew was right, playing with a guy's feelings wasn't the way to finding true love. Perhaps not all guys were assholes, and I was just looking in the wrong places.

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