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<\/a>Time to put said plan into motion. This is me being a responsible adult, and going after what I want.<\/p>\nWhich – of course – starts with a glass of wine. \u00a0What I want is wine.<\/p>\n
Following that, I began telling him what …<\/p>\n
Or maybe when she got up to go to the bathroom I asked Aiden out and we left before she got back.<\/p>\n Either way, we skedaddled.<\/p>\n Okay, that was actually pretty fantastic.<\/p>\n But, it was close to 2 in the morning by the time we kissed, and I had to work in a few hours. \u00a0We kissed again, and said our reluctant good-nights.<\/p>\n YEAH.<\/p>\n SUCK It, Trisha.<\/p>\n chapter 29…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Get On With It! And do you know what “getting on with my life” means, Aiden? \u00a0That’s right. \u00a0I’m coming after you. Well, right after work. \u00a0Go to work, get paid, stalk Aiden. It’s a valid plan. Time to put said plan into motion. This is me being a responsible adult, and going after what … Continue reading “Jeanette, Chapter 28”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[33,29],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ross","category-jeanette","tag-aiden","tag-first-kiss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1230,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/1230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hnefatafl.darncats.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>… okay, so other people want drinks, and that’s kind of his job. I don’t want to get him fired, after all. \u00a0Still, I can keep a conversation going when…<\/p>\n<\/a>… Aiden, I just want you … I SAID I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT …<\/p>\n<\/a>OH COME ON. Jeez people.<\/p>\n<\/a>After a while it did start to slow down at the bar as folks returned to the dance floor. \u00a0The new girl at work … whatshername … Trisha? … dropped in and had a few drinks too. \u00a0She seems nice enough, if a bit of a partier.<\/p>\n<\/a>Genevieve was asking about music or sports or something – something keeping my attention away from Aiden – when I spotted Trisha\u00a0trying to chat up my guy.<\/p>\nOh, no you don’t. \u00a0Your perky young ways are no match for my … er. Experience. I’m going to sit here all night, and wait for his shift to end. Eventually she gave up, conceding victory to my obvious captivating smile and bewitching\u00a0conversation.<\/p>\nHolding hands, we walked across town to the disco. I figured we could get out to someplace he didn’t work at, even if it was another dance hall and bar. \u00a0I didn’t want to tell him that this place had better food.<\/p>\nIt got late. We danced for quite a while, had a couple drinks, and some snacks. \u00a0And he just wasn’t … well, he just … wasn’t. \u00a0FINE. \u00a0Getting on with my life, right?<\/p>\n<\/a>Take THAT.<\/p>\n