At the time, Jack would have thought Joe was the last one who’d ever fall for Liz… The rest was history. The big crash happened maybe two months later. Soon after that, D moved out of the dorm prematurely and then left for London – alone. Then Liz suddenly disappeared – back to Munich. And a few
Jack nodded. “I kind of figured… So, what are you going to do about that? Does Steve know what’s going on?” “Kind of. I mean – yeah, he’s seen some things. Enough to at least understand that I can’t live with her. He told me that. But she’s still his sister. So, I’ll have to see how to solve this –
When Sarah got to the restaurant she felt better. During the twenty-minute bike ride from home she had managed to push the dark thoughts about Joe and Sun and the whole mess to the back of her mind. D was already there, locking up her bike outside the restaurant. She looked up when Sarah pushed her
“Well, yeah, Sun had a bit much,” D confirmed with a little shrug. Sarah, for her part, was a little thrown off by D’s reaction. If what Jack had said was true – and it undoubtedly was – and Sun had hitting on Joe, while being drunk, it seemed unlikely that D would just shrug it off. Even if she ha
“We can have coffee at my place, too,” D offered. “Coffee sounds good,” Sarah replied from the living room. ~~~ Back at D’s, Sarah had sat down on one of the bar stools – the one Joe had sat on earlier – and was swiveling back and forth while watching D pour coffee into two cups. “Any news on the
Fixing Jack’s car had taken until noon. When it was finally running again, Jack had to hurry over to his parents’ house, because he was expected for lunch. Like every Thursday they had his grandma over from the retirement home, and Jack usually tried not to miss that. With nothing else to do, Joe d
In the meantime, I already need something from you: Can you please forward the presentation for the Swedes. I can’t find it and I think you had one of the last versions on your laptop. No rush, though, I don’t need it until next Thursday. Thanks and good luck, Steve Joe pressed Reply and sent bac
Downstairs in the kitchen, Sarah’s fridge had a lot to offer. It was a wonder the door still closed. There was leftover lasagna, all kinds of cheeses, vegetable soup, cut meats, some antipasti in glass jars and the leftover tiramisu covered with foil. Joe stared at the well-stocked shelves undecide
“Let’s try,” she whispered and moved her hand down to his stomach.“Okay,” he put his hand back ontop of hers and slid his fingers between hers.It took only minutes until her breathing slowed down and a slight twitching of her hand told him that she was asleep again.Listening to her breathing and
Joe woke up around three, feeling really thirsty.It took him a second to grasp where he was (not in the cabin anymore) and that he was not alone.The realization caused a flash of excitement.D was sleeping far on her side of the bed.He remembered how she had always used to do that. No matter how
He was going for a mind-sweeping kiss here – one that would swipe her mind of any reservations there might still be. Even if, right now, she didn’t seem very reserved anyway. But he’d rather be absolutely sure…His own reservations were all gone by now. And having her so close just confirmed that ke
Three minutes later Joe returned, a chocolate bar in his left hand and a glass of milk in his right.“I see chocolate,” D chirped with a greedy grin. She had sat up and was leaning against the headboard. “Come here…” Like a lazy princess she waved for him to come over.Stopping at his desk, Joe set
“I don’t wanna mess this up…” he said, his gaze on the bedcover beside her head, his hand tracing one of the lines in the pattern.“Didn’t exactly feel like you were in the process of messing things up,” she said softly and reached out to touch his face.“You don’t think so, huh?” He leaned into her
Joe pushed himself away from the windowsill.“Guess I’ve really earned a jerk medal,” he contemplated as he stepped around the bed to her. “I’m sorry I didn’t pick up.”“Mhmm,” D growled, trying hard to unwaveringly hold his gaze as he came closer. “And you’re hopefully also sorry that you didn’t ca
He shrugged and kept glaring out the window. This had become kind of a habit - turning his back on people and staring into space. It was a bad habit he had developed thanks to Liz. It just helped him focus or stay composed, and it made it easier to get through situations he would rather avoid altoge
What she had before her, was part of the job ads from Saturday’s paper. One of the ads had her company’s swan logo on it. It was the ad for one of the jobs in London.Joe had gotten up from the bed again and returned to his desk. He pulled out the chair and sat down on it backwards so he was facing
D was rising from the bed with the intention to follow him. Only that she was momentarily strangely overwhelmed by something. Something indefinable that affected her more deeply than anything had in a long time.When it only got worse once she stepped out on the landing, a moist wave from the bathro