“I’m lucky too,” I whispered.
Naturally, we spent the next two days mostly naked. We were making the ultimate commitment, starting a family. It felt more permanent than saying “I do.”
I turn the record player off and look at my phone. I’m obsessively checking it, waiting for Jacob to text me. Instead there’s a text from Alicia asking me to call her.
“Hello,” I say when she picks up.
“Hey, I’ve been working so much, I need to get out. Let’s go to dinner and get drinks tonight?”
“Um—”
“Are you gonna tell me that you’re busy sitting in the apartment alone?”
“Well, I was writing…” It wasn’t a total lie, I wrote a little bit, first thing in the morning when I was still at the house, before I came to the apartment.
“You have to write all night long? What’s going on with the show, by the way?”
“It’s going superfast. They’re shooting the pilot episode.”
“That’s amazing! But I know you, you need a break. Let’s go out.”
“Alicia…
“Oh my god, you’re about to tell me something. You’re seeing someone?”
“Yeah, I knew you would know. Not just seeing him, we’re, like, getting serious.”
“Oh no, Dani.” She sounds disappointed.
“What?”
“Getting serious? Youjust—”
It’s irking me that she’s not happy for me.
“Don’t, Alicia!”
“How did you meet him?”
Very quietly I say, “It’s Jacob.”
“What?”She literally hangs up the phone, then immediately texts me.
Alicia: I’m coming over. Be prepared.
Me: No, I have plans. We’ll talk later.
Alicia: Whatever.
Still no text from Jacob. I text him…
Me: Hey, what’s on the agenda?
No response. An hour later…
Me: Hello?
An hour after that…
