He walked right up to Jane with his hand out. Seeing no reason to lie, he said, “I do like her, a lot. Fortunately, Mike did it for her, verbally. She knew exactly how to play him, and he loved it. He saw Jane packing her car in front of Mike’s house, resisting the urge to go over there and kiss her. Then they’ll both come to us, that’s the move,” he said. “Hey Mike, can we talk?”
“Sure, you want coffee?” he asked, fixing his own cup. “Maggie!” he screamed in what almost sounded like horror. “Nah, I’m not in a mood for speeches. “You know, this summer has already shattered the person I thought you were,” she admitted. They had even managed to not speak at the office supply store that they worked at during college. “Yeah, actually, I thought we should go over our rules again,” she said sure of herself. I’ve been thinking more and more that maybe you and I weren’t supposed to be friends until now. She gave him one final lick before standing. She took a sip from it, not wincing at all, and stepped between his legs to put the glass back on the bar behind him. So, I found out like a week ago that he’d been seeing a couple other girls while
