Funny Thing About Him: Jeff

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I wake up early before Jeff or any of the others do. I get a pen and paper and scribble a note, and then I tape it to Jeff's forehead while he sleeps.

Then I go to work, and as I'm doing my stupid dead-end job, Jeff calls me.

"Hey, y/ n," he says.

"Did you get my note?"

"Uh, yeah, of course I did. You taped it to my forehead."

I laugh out loud. "Yeah, that I did."

"So when are you coming home? I have a few ideas as to what we could do," he says.

"Oh?"

"Yeah. We could do whatever you want."

I smile. "Oh, I'm confused."

"What're you confused about?"

"What's the special occasion?"

"You're the girl and you don't know?"

"Know what?"

He chuckles. "Yes, well, it is our one year anniversary."

"Oh! Oh my God, I'm sorry!"

"It's fine," he says. "Really, it's fine. I forgot too, the guys reminded me."

I smile. "I can't wait to come home."

"I can't wait for you to come home," he says. "So I'll let you get back to work."

"Okay. See you soon."

"I hope so. Bye."

We hang up and I go back to work. This is going to be a slow, slow shift ...

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