At age 26, Lavender doesn't have anything she wants. She has a crappy job, a crappy family and an even crappier boss. But one thing in her life is perfect: her boyfriend.
But one day she gets a random text from a stranger telling her to grow up, thi...
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"Thank you." Mrs. Kelmer says when I hand her the lunch I brought for her.
"Can I go to lunch now?"
"Yeah."
As I reach my desk to take my wallet, I get a call.
"Mrs. Kelmer's office."
"Here's a guy to see you." Its Roma from reception.
"Okay. I'll be done there." And like I thought, Jer is standing there waiting for me when I get down.
"Woah, Lav!" he says when he gets a good look at me, holding me at arm's length. "You look..." he gulps. "...sophisticated."
I'm wearing aa ivory white shirt and the bud-green flare pants he chose for me. I smile at him at the compliment. "You don't look bad yourself." He's wearing a well fitted salty blue Hawaiian shirt and khakis.
"So, shall we?" he asks and takes my arm in his and we walk to a café of his choice. It's called Mitron's. It's an Indian place and the aroma I get when I get inside makes my stomach lurch in hunger. How did I work so close to this place and never know about it?
He orders for me, but I don't mind. I look around and like the interior. Its decorated with colorful tiles on the floors and bright walls.
"So?"
"So?" I deadpan.
"How's life?" I'm about to answer him when he continues. "Wait, no, how's life without boyfriends?" he says boyfriends with a sardonic tone.
"It's fine." I can't help but match his sarcastic tone.
He smiles at me, but his tone turns serious when he speaks again. "How are you?"
I raise an eyebrow at him. "I'm fine. Really." I add, when I see his mood shift. "Hey what's wrong?" I ask after an awkward beat of silence.
"Uh...its just..." this is one of the things I don't like about Jer. Getting things out of him is just such a struggle. He hats confrontation; like me; and so, him trying to tell me to grow up was a big step for him. But that also means getting him to say serious things or his true feeling is like fighting in WW2.
