Too much, that was definitely too much, and I need to learn how to keep my thoughts to myself. There’s just thisimpulse inside me whenever I talk to Jade. Ineedto get a rise out of her. Iwantto feel her fire and stoke it higher and higher until it burns me a little. Like if her boldness singes me, maybe I’ll be imbued with a fraction of her confidence.
The reverberating silence on the other end of the conversation is loud, and it makes me itch to fill the void, to say anything to get her talking to me again.
Tieran
London is a big city, you know.
Jade
Very astute observation. Is that big brain of yours what scored you the position of fly-half?
We do have to be very strategic and analytical. So yeah, it probably helped my case.
Apparently, humbleness isn’t a requirement.
No, they actually encourage us to be insufferable.
Mission accomplished.
My many wonderful qualities aside…I’m concerned by your lack of leisure.
Stop thinking about it then.
You’re 27. That’s far too young to not be out experiencing life.
How do you know my age? Have you been stalking me?
Would you believe me if I said it was a lucky guess?
Not even a little.
Then yes, I did a light google search the day of the team meeting.
Creep.
Can you blame me? That particular revelation was a bit of a shock…
I guess I can’t fault your curiosity.
That curiosity, and my impulsiveness, rears its head right now.
Tieran
Is it safe to assume you may have also done your own internet search that day?
Those dreaded three dots jump on the corner of the screen, disappear, come back, and disappear again. When a response hasn’t come in the last couple minutes, I jump up and get dressed for the gym, my dog nipping at my heels.
My phone dings while I’m changing my shirt, and in my haste to finish getting dressed and get to my phone, I end up shoving my head through the sleeve hole, temporarily suffocating myself.
Finally free from the constraints of man-made cotton, I reach for my phone, feeling like an idiot when I see the text isn’t from Jade, but my sister, Charlotte.
Charles
Mum wants you to get here early.
Tieran
Why?
