Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but Oz.
I was finally done with school forever, no more late night studying for LSAT's, exams or the bar. With everything out of the way I am now on a plane to Las Vegas to visit my best friend. He convinced me to spend the summer out there before I dedicate the rest of my life to law. I never thought that the guy I grew up with, that I got into so much trouble with, could afford to fly me out to Las Vegas for the summer and rent me a car too.
"Ladies and Gentlemen we will be landing in a few minutes, please return your trays to the upright position and please buckle up" the flight attendant said.
As we landed I got really nervous, I couldn't wait to get off the plane I practically ran over the other passengers. As I was waiting in baggage claim for my stuff my phone went off.
"Hello? Hey sweetie what's up? Yeah I just landed, nope haven't been there. Aren't you coming to pick me up? Good I thought I was gonna have to talk to the car rental people. You know how they are. So when are you picking me up? You're already here? Where are you? Oh right you can't come that close. Ok I have my bags now where do I go? Ok see you in a few"
I followed the signs and the directions Greg gave me and came face to face with a very tall young man with dirty blond hair and his trade-mark smile.
"Greg! It's so good to see you" I said jumping into his arms.
"Oz! I can't believe you're here. It's been too long" he said returning the hug.
"So where is your car parked?"
"It's on the other side of the doors."
"So what have you been up to for the past eleven years?"
"I'm not telling you anything till we are at the restaurant" he said
"Why?"
"Talking now will ruin everything then we won't have anything to talk about later."
"Good point"
We drove in silence to Greg's apartment where I dropped off my bags and stuff; then we headed out to the restaurant. The restaurant was small, reminded me of the diner's along rout 17 (a/n for the jersey people out there); the waitress took us to a booth and then gave us a few minutes to decide.
"Are you two ready to order?"
"I'll have a taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a hard roll please with a glass of water no ice."
"I'll have a cheeseburger medium well and a coke please."
When the waiter left I turned to Greg, "So what have you been up to?" I asked anxiously.
He told me that after he was accepted to Berkley he moved out there with his father to get situated. He was undecided his first semester, couldn't decide between chemistry and physics, but decided on chemistry. He graduated early because of all the classes he took; instead of graduating in 1997 he graduated in 1996. During his last year he interned as a lab-tech for the SFPD then got a job there after graduation and satyed with them for three years. He was then referred to the Las Vegas police by his boss and became a lab-tech for the LVPD CSI section. He's been there for about five years now and is convinced he is in love with a co-worker named Sara.
"Wow that's very interesting Greg, I never thought you'd be where you are today."
"Yeah well it's nothing, now tell me about yourself miss soon to be the best lawyer in the world" he asked between bites of his burger.
"Well after your left for college I still had a year left of high school, I completed it with flying colors, though my class rank was not where I wanted it to be but my GPA was more than I expected. I applied to three colleges and got into two. I was going to go to the one but saw that Social Work wasn't a major so I ended up going to Seton Hall, majoring in Social Work with a minor in History. I took my LSAT's and somehow got a very high score. I applied to Seton Hall Law School and was accepted immediately and for fun I applied to Harvard Law and was accepted. There wasn't a doubt in my mind that I was going to go to Harvard. So I went and graduated in the top 15 of my class, got a job at the office for which I did my Pro Bono work. After working there for a year I moved back to Jersey so I could take the bar and practice law in my home state. I've been working there for the last two years and was completely board and unhappy. I gave my two weeks notice to my boss and then you called and saved my from a boring summer that would have consisted of going down to the shore and renting a house for the summer and being by myself."
"Wow" was all he could say
"What can I say? we are both over achievers in a way"
"That's true, you know me too well. You forgot to mention that guy you told me about last time we talked, what was his name Dave?"
"Danny, and no I didn't mention him because we are seeing each other anymore." I said getting upset.
Seeing the tears form in my eyes, Greg apologized and dropped the subject.
We finished our meal in an uncomfortable silence then headed back to his place for the night. When we got there Greg's cell phone went off.
"Hello? Hey, not much, just got back from the restaurant with my friend Oz,the one I was picking up from the airport. Yeah I guess I can come in. Be there soon" he said and hung up. Turing towards me with his puppy dog eyes, "I have to go in to work. One tech called out sick and I was off today, do you mind being alone?"
"No its ok I was going to tell you that I wanted to sleep, I guess the jet-lag is catching up on me."
"Ok umm you get the spare room, I didn't get a chance to put anything on the bed but it's all in there. Sorry but I really have to go" he said and grabbed his keys and walked out the door.
So there it is......Please review :)
