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Intro, Part two

It was Thursday night, Timothée, Valerie, Noah and I were drinking wine to celebrate the first day of spring while ending a game of poker. This is how Thursdays were spent ever since we graduated from undergrad, and I prayed everyday it would never change.

I begin to stand on the small coffee table and say, "Sit down everyone, I have a grand announcement!"

"Aspen get off the table, its only 7 o'clock and we all work tomorrow" Valeria rolls her eyes at me, knowing how dramatic I can be, even though she's the theater major.

"C'mon on down Asp and tell us the news" Timothée reaches his hand up to me and flashes his sweet little smile, the only thing I'd ever oblige to, anything for my Timmy.

"Well- I have finally done it. I have booked an alleged vip tour tomorrow. That or Gwen is fucking with me" I smiled and sipped on my glass making my next poker move, "Oh, and full house"

"What! Asp that amazing with who? Does this mean you will get a job there? Not that they wouldn't offer you a job there anyways" Valerie squealed dropping her hand, letting me see she have all the wrong cards in the beginning.

"Really! Dude thats crazy, you'll be at the MET and I'll be at MOMA we will be the best duo" Noah said rising his glass "To all of us, But especially Asp!"

"Cheers!" Says Timmy, "Cheers to spring!" We all echo.

"Congrats my dear Aspen" Timmy said nodding his glass towards me, "Thank you Mr. Chalamet"

"So- whom is this lucky vip?" Valerie said, I could see her mischievous eyes knowing she probably wants an autograph if it was an actress or someone from broad way, it was something she asked for often.

"Well oddly enough, its that billionaire guy Terra? I know his last name is Terra." I say sipping my Merlot, knowing I should know his name if his my first ever VIP tour in the museum and his day is in my hands.

"Holy shit no way, if Oliver and Brice were here they'd be flipping shit- thats their like, science god" laughed Noah.

"Thats crazy, I'm so happy you've been interning there forever and we're almost done with grad school it will be perfect!"

"Thank you guys, I know this isn't like... crazy big but I'm so excited" I look at my friends so adoringly, four years of undergrad and three of graduate school, this is something only a lucky person like me could have.

"Front door is getting unlocked, must mean uncle Theo's home, which means we should probably put Noah's remaining weed away" Timothée says as he pushes the dime bags towards Noah, completely ruining our chips.

"Hello my children what paraphernalia is on my coffee table, and is that my wine Timmy?" Uncle Theo says inching towards our table, smelling the air.

"It was a special night uncle, on the cusp of graduation, dearest Aspen Cornelia Canlis has gotten her first vip tour at the museum" Timmy claps and transitions into an excuse "Which explains Noah's weed on our coffee table."

"Holy shit, no way who? When? How rich? Angelina Jolie? Give her my number" Timmys uncle Theo grabs the bottle of wine sitting down and takes the joint out of Noahs mouth, heavily focusing on me.

"No, I wish. Its that big tech guy, something Terra" I said still not really knowing his first name, but only he is rich, smart, and according to Gwen handsome.

"Aspen, listen carefully. Whatever you do, fall in love." Theo says blowing smoke from his mouth.

"Excuse me?" I say, knowing Uncle Theo was peculiar but this was absurd.

"And that is when Valerie and I dip, goodnight uncle Theo um keep the joint?" Noah and Valerie walk out waving goodbye and thanking Timmy and Theo whilst shoving his weed and wrappers into his jacket. As per usual, they leave without helping us clean to hook-up acting like we didn't know.

"Goodbye my sweet honorary nephew and niece until we meet next Thursday" Uncle Theo bows and curtseys, and I don't how this man is a professor.

"Okay Miss Aspen, is this real or that hot girl in the archives playing you again?" he says smoking the joint still and sipping wine from our friends glasses.

"I believe real, I know it seems small but this could be a sign" I smile looking at this guy who is my professor but also a friend.

"Im telling you, fall in love with him the man is a genius." Timmy laughs and I look at my best friend knowing how different he is from his uncle.

"I will try my very best" Uncle Theo is now in the kitchen putting the joint out and walking to his bedroom.

"Thank god, that man is hot! Goodnight my mini proteges, graduation in a month!" And with that Uncle Theo closes his room door down the hall way leaving me and Timmy with a typical Thursday night mess to clean.

"Wanna take organizing the chips and I'll clean cards up?" Timmy nods and we begin cleaning and organizing this poor coffee table that also had wine stains from many Thursday nights before.

"His name is Evan Terra" Timothée says stuffing the poker chips in the case.
"Ah, I knew it began with an E. What does he do exactly?" I ask peeking at Noahs hand, noticing he was definitely gonna lose.

"He builds rockets or something, his family owns a pharmaceutical company, and he is very involved with the environment." Timmy isn't making eye contact with me and he's focusing on organizing the chips into the case.

"I wonder what he wants to do at the museum then, he sounds busy. Glasses?" I say pointing at the left over wine glasses, and as per usual Timmy is one step ahead and grabs the remaining.

"I mean I suppose to look at the art silly" he laughs looking at me walking to the kitchen sink turning on the water rinsing whatever Uncle Theo didn't finish off out.

Now its just him and I. In his scared condo with his uncle just like every Thursday cleaning up our mess. And I wouldn't change it for the world.