Timeless

n.

"Yeah, I guess... I mean ... I'm just... "

He was obviously struggling to explain himself, but I helped him with that. "I'd like that actually. I think that's a sweet idea, and we have to take what we can get, to be honest. And.. yeah." I smiled to myself. "I like that idea a lot actually. Because I like knowing that you're there... out there somewhere."

"Yes, exactly that's what I thought," he agreed with me. "Just let me know when you want to go to sleep. I don't want to keep you awake longer than you should be awake."

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine. I was actually considering making myself some food..."

I could hear him chuckle at the other end. "Food? You're hungry at odd times."

"I'm not actually hungry, but I feel like eating, you know?" I tried to explain myself, glad that I could hear him laugh softly. There were few things that I liked more. He had the most adorable laugh.

"Fair enough," he told me. "What are you going to have?"

"You can't seriously be interested in that," I chuckled.

"Well, what if I am? I like to know what you're up to. I know it's strange, you don't have to tell me that."

"It's not strange," I assured him. "It's sweet. But I don't know what I'm going to have yet. It's a spontaneous decision usually, in situations like this I try to see if anything catches my eye, you know?"

"I guess I can imagine," he told me, quite obviously amused by our conversation.

I just smiled and picked up my phone so I could take him into the kitchen with me. I loved that he wanted to be as much a part of my life as it was possible with our situation. "Maybe you can help me decide," I suggested.

"Sure," Brian agreed. "Tell me the options, I'll see what I can do."

Smiling, I opened my fridge. "All right, so... I have vegetables.."

"Ohh exciting," he teased.

"Shut up," I chuckled. "I also have leftover dinner... some cheese .. Chocolate, milk, eggs, some.. uhm... Blueberry jam.." I placed the phone down before I opened one of my cupboards. "There's also pasta and various other things but to be honest I don't feel like cooking anything."

"Well then I think there are two options. Be healthy and have some sort of vegetable, or be unhealthy and have some chocolate.."

"This time of day there's no question. You can always be healthy again for breakfast."

"So... you're having the chocolate?"

I nodded and got exactly that from the fridge. "Yes, exactly."

"Good choice," he agreed with me. "I definitely see your point there."

I popped a piece of the chocolate in my mouth and hummed in approval. "I'm glad you do," I mumbled before I returned to my couch with my phone in one hand and the bar of chocolate in the other hand. "So tell me, what have you been up to tonight?"

"Not much," he said. "I've just been reading and listening to the radio basically. I know, don't say anything, it's a very exciting way of spending a Friday night, yes. My friends have been teasing me about that already. But of course what I didn't tell them is that I was hoping you'd want to talk again."

"Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who ditched her friends tonight," I told him honestly. It was true. I had been a little worried that I was the only one making something bigger of this whole thing, but I wasn't. He seemed to feel the same, or at least similar about this situation.

"You're not, don't worry. And I mean, it's not like we're locked up at home all alone. We have company. Just of a different kind than most people think. When I said that I didn't have time tonight they all assumed it would be because I had plans with a girls, if you get what I mean.."

I chuckled and nodded. "Of course I do. How could I not? And ... that's partly true. You do have plans with a girl. Just not in the way they think, because that's impossible."

"Just my luck," he teased. "The only beautiful and genuinely nice girl I've met in a long time is stuck in another time or universe, or something like that.."

"Tell me about it," I agreed. "It sucks so much. I keep wishing that you really would live in Australia because that's just hard to do, but another year is impossible"

"It really sucks," he summed up both our feelings.

"Yeah. To be honest, it's starting to feel a little like one of those long distance relationships but without any perspective whatsoever."

"Well if you ever need someone to pretend to be your boyfriend, I'm here. I'll be your Australian long distance boyfriend."

I chuckled and nodded. "That sounds like a deal," I agreed. "Can you do an Australian accent?"

"Oh dear," he laughed. "It's not exactly what I'd call one of my strengths... sorry. Just tell them I emigrated to Australia or something, to flee the English weather."

"That's a very good idea. Very believable actually. Alright. I think we have a deal." I smiled widely and lay back on the couch. I plugged in my earphones again because it brought me a little closer to Brian.

"Good, good. I like that," he replied, sounding just as amused.

Both of us were aware that it was just silly talking, but actually if I could make that come true somehow I didn't think I'd hesitate for long.

"So how is the chocolate?" He asked, obviously wanting to change the topic.

Which was something I was really grateful for. "It's very good. It's expensive chocolate, for special occasions."