My Boyfriend Is A Geek ✔️

22: Quit thinking about your future kids

“I think we should analyze it from the perspective of love being toxic,” I heard Jack say.

“Really?” I echoed absentmindedly, eyes still glued to my phone.

“Ok, that's it!” It was only after Jack's mock angry outburst, that I stopped to stare at him.

“Lovers,” he mused, shaking his head in the manner of an old man talking about how the modern world had lost the essence of the ‘good old days.’  “Always so intoxicated by their emotions.”

“Alright, Jack, stop acting like some all knowing guru – we both know you aren’t.” He chuckled at that – after his initial protests of how he could totally be one. 

“Well, in layman's explanation,” he started, leaving me to make a face at the term: ‘layman’s.’ He, however, just threw me a sly grin. But a moment later, he was adding, “what I’m simply trying to say is that you seem to be missing your boyfriend.”

Huh?

Of all the things I thought he'd say, that was definitely the most unexpected. Hence, I couldn’t quite help from laughing – more from disbelief than humor.

I was missing my boyfriend? And it was pretty clear he was referring to Hawk. So, I was missing Hawk?

How ridiculous was that?

“Where did you even get that from?” 

“Experience,” he answered  simply. “I used to be the same back when I was with my ex-girlfriend. We spent so much time together, that on days when we didn’t, I'd just find myself peeking at my phone every minute, hoping to hear something from her.” He tittered softly at the memory. 

I, however, was set into a train of thoughts. Could it be that I'd gotten too used to having Hawk around? Yes, through these past weeks we'd known each other, we always spent a lot of time talking together. If it wasn’t physically, then it was through the phone.

But I guess I just didn't realize when we fell into that routine. I didn't realize when talking to Hawk became something I’d grown accustomed to. That would probably explain why I'd been checking my phone for the past few minutes now, hoping to find a message from him as usual.

But missing him?

No, that was absurd to say the least. If anything, I was probably just worried about him. I mean, I knew how much he liked Ria, so I was just hoping things worked out well in their study session today.

So, with that in mind, I said: “that’s not the case with me. I'm just checking to see how much time we've spent so far.” 

But while I wanted to laud myself for the ‘smooth’ cover up, one look at Jack’s knowing smile told me he didn't buy a word I said, which then left me with one more option – diversion. 

“Anyway, forget all that. What's up with you anyway?” I piped up. “You do know everyone thinks you're that one partner who’ll screw them over, right?” 

A chuckle escaped his lips at my question. “Gee Brooke, ever heard of subtlety?”

I simply shrugged. “But seriously, why do you always miss meetings with your partners?”

“My job.”

In the face of my confused stare, he added, “my boss is super strict. If I miss even a minute at work, he'll deduct my salary by a lot. And right now, I can't really afford that.”

Though he was seemingly casual as he spoke, I didn’t miss the way his face had lost its earlier lightness now. “I have everything planned out for how I plan to spend that money, and I can't afford anything being deducted. So, I always try to make it early – even if it means having to bail out on meetings. But I guess I just didn’t want to leave you hanging today, so here I am.”