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An unmistakable excited smirk slips onto Geoffrey’s face. “A partner would be fucking ideal, but at this point, I will take what I can get.”
Partner?
Me?
The idea of working in management makes my skin crawl and teeth itch, yet the notion that I could own something seems to settle those nerves I’d rather ignore than acknowledge. Perhaps running an establishment the way that I see fit to the style I decide as opposed to one commanded by corporate overlords wouldn’t be so awful. Maybe that’s a key distinction between the two. Having the power in the palm of my hand to shift and change and rearrange rather than be told to remember “who’s in charge”.
I don’t know that jumping into a business venture with a total stranger is the most intelligent decision I can make.
But I don’t know that it isn’t, either.
Talking to Harper about the possibility seems like a good idea though. It’ll allow her to see that I am giving an appropriate amount of thought to my future – our future – and prove that I’m alright with discussing the more serious topics like my career as much as the less detrimental ones like hockey or hurling.
I meant what I said earlier.
I need her to look at me and see someone who brings more than his dick to this relationship.
That I’m not some little boy who needs a stand-in mother to hold his hand while he figures out how to grow the fuck up.
I need her to see that I’m a man.
A real man.
One that can hold his own despite his younger age.
And while I like to believe that won’t always be an issue, it’s impossible to deny that it is right now.
Hopefully, it won’t be for much longer.
Chapter 5
Harper
Isn’t one month too soon to meet a boyfriend’s parents?
I honestly don’t know.
My record of meeting significant others’ family members is embarrassingly low.
There was one time in high school thanks to prom, one time in college at Vlasta, which was inevitable because dating a hockey player – and I use that term very loosely – means going to every game you can and sitting beside the other people there to support them, and then of course meeting Daniel’s, yet that didn’t occur until after we were already engaged. He claims it’s because they live so far away – California isn’t exactly as close as Wisconsin, which is where I grew up – but truthfully, I think it’s because he didn’t think they’d like me.
On one hand I’m super fucking flattered he loved me so much that it didn’t matter what they’d think.
And on the other?
Why wouldn’t they like me?!
Am I too outspoken or abrasive?
Too shy?
Do I lack manners?
Is it a race thing?
Is it because I got a BA in business administration instead of something in the medical field?
Maybe my social class?
