Colleagues | Jesse Klaver x Rob Jetten | English

Part 1

-Rob-

I hear someone humming next to me. It takes me like a minute to realize what I was hearing. I open my eyes and see a half naked body next to me. The blanket covers the persons hips. Ah, it's Owen. I met him a few weeks ago at a bar. And we decided to sleep together. Just for fun you know. Yesterday he came by my place and we somehow ended up (again) in my bedroom. I don't mind it. Since I broke up with my ex boyfriend 3 months a go, I am still in a need of some physical contact if you know what I mean.

I slowly crawl out of bed and put my pants back on. I think that I need a big coffee. My watch shows me it's 9 am. Yesterday Owen and I went to bed at like 1 am. It is Tuesday and I have to get to work at 11 am.

I make myself coffee, breakfast and take a quick shower. While I put on my jeans I give Owen a small kiss on his forehead and he mumbles. Quickly I put my blouse and blazer on and get to my bike. I always go to work with my bike. It just makes me feel good because of the fresh air and the sun shining on me while I bike.

"Goodmorning Jetten!" I hear a deep voice greeting me. It is Mark Rutte, my colleague. "Morning Mark!" I greet him back. Hmm, I'm in a need of coffee again. Luckily we have a big coffeemachine in the hallway so when we are debating, we can go for a quick coffee while still following the debate. I fill my cup with a latte macchiato and walk towards the big hall where we discuss. When walking to my place I see my colleague sitting at his desk. Right across mine. "Jetten" he greets me. "Klaaf" I greet him back with a small wink. Jesse Klaver is my colleague and good friend. We regularly go for coffee or lunch when we're at break.

Our workday starts. Mark introduces which topic we will discus today. We have half an our to create a statement and present it to our colleagues. Many hours, many discussions and a lot of coffee goes by and it is dinner time. We have to work untill like 12 pm in the evening. I look in my documentbag for my salad. I thought I packed a salad right?

"Are you looking for something?" Jesse asks. "Yes! I thought I packed a salad for dinner but I guess I forgot it at home. It probably is still laying on the kitchen counter" I chuckle. "A salad for dinner?" Jesse laughs loudly. "Come on Jetten. Let's go grap some dinner in the city. We have a 1 and a half hour break." Jesse's brown eyes look hopeful into mine. My heart skips a small beat. "Uh sure!" I say. We both pack our stuff and walk towards our bikes.

"Where should we go eat?" I ask Jesse. "Hmm I don't know. Martino's maybe? That Italian restaurant by the beach?" He suggests. "Yeah alright. Let's do that"

We bike to the restaurant while laughing and talking. Jesse is a fun guy. Quickly after that we are enjoying our dinner. Both pasta's. And again we laugh a lot together. I think our humor is at the same level which makes things so easy for us to laugh about. Jesse wants to take a sip of his water but bursts out laughing. I love how the corners of his mouth make his cheeks get big. He has such a cute smile! And his lips have such a beautiful color of red....

Wait what? Did I really think that?.....