Have you moved?
Me
No. Why?
Will
I’m standing outside your apartment door, and no one is answering. When I asked one of your neighbors if you still lived here, she looked at me blankly.
Me
Ah, you likely spoke to Mary. She forgets everything. Plus, I’ve only met her twice. Why are you there anyway? Our meeting isn’t until tomorrow, and it’s at the First Line offices. I’m out right now.
Will
Where are you?
Me
At the store, grocery shopping.
Will
Don’t get anything for dinner tonight.
With a loaded shopping cart, I stare down at Will’s random text.
Me
Why not? I’m literally about to pay for a whole week’s worth.
Will
Because I’m taking you out tonight to celebrate.
Me
…
Will
Duh. It’s your birthday tomorrow, isn’t it? Plus, you get to work with me, so that, in itself, needs to be commemorated.
Also, working on your 21st birthday is dull and should be illegal.
Me
I have a ton of work to do tonight.
Will
So? Do it afterward. Didn’t you ever pull an all-nighter in college? I did. And not just because the librarian was hot.
Wait, scratch that. Of course you didn’t. You were the annoying one, asking the professor to bring the deadline forward.
I’ll hang out with Mary while I wait for you to get home.
Forty minutes later, I’m hauling multiple grocery bags out of the elevator and trying to balance everything in my black work heels when Will appears in front of me, wearing a crooked grin.
