“Just working and waiting for my girl to get back from her latest trip.”
“Sounds like fun,” I deadpan.
He laughs.“It’s not, but I thought lunch with my buddy would make it better.”
“Lunch?Today?”I glance at the clock.
“Today or sometime this week.Dinner is also good.Lymric comes back to town Friday.”
“I’ll check my calendar,” I tell him.
He snorts.“What do you have going on?”
“I, uh, I met someone.”
“What?”he asks excitedly.“What’s her name?Where did you meet?”
“There’s a problem.”
He sighs.“What did you do?”
“Nothing!”
“What happened?”
“I was at the market last night, and she came up to me and asked me to be her date for this wedding she’s going to.”
“Okay, going good so far.So, you said yes, and then what?”
“I said I’d think about it.”
He groans.“What the hell is wrong with you, Rune?”
“She said it was fake,” I interrupt before he can go on.
“Okay, not ideal.Why did she need a fake boyfriend?”
“I don’t know.She said something about not going to another wedding as the only single person there.”
“Huh,” he muses.
“What do I do?”
“Do you like her?”he asks.
“Yeah.”
“Okay, so say yes to her offer.Go as her date, then convince her it should be a real relationship.”
“And how do I do that?”
“I don’t know, man!Treat her right.Show her what it would be like if she were your girl, and maybe it will change her mind.”
“All right, I can do that.”
“What’s her name?”
I smile.“Jem.”