Day 53: In Which He Seeks Assistance With The Female Mind
Jack watched from the corner of his eyes as his younger cat continued to hop in and out of the dusty exercising wheel. Lucky for him, Ashley seemed interested in the contraption, not letting a whole weekend of hard work, and three hundred dollars (plus shipping) go to waste, and made him company as he worked from the balcony.
As he waited for his new batch of photos to upload, he decided to kill some time by Zooming one of his fellow workmates.
"Hey, Toothy," Jack greeted as Toothiana's bright and smiley face showed up on the screen. "How's the most beautiful woman on the planet doing today?"
The woman laughed, twirling a lock of hair around her finger. "Alright, Frosty boy. Out with it: What do you want?"
Jack gasped, placing a hand over his heart and feigning a pained expression. "Lady, you wound me! Can't a guy just call his favorite HR rep just to catch up with her life?"
"So now I'm your favorite? You should've kept that in mind every time you made me file one of those tardiness notices."
He laughed, leaning back in his chair. "I really miss you eating my ass out every goddamn morning, Tooth."
"First of all, I hate that expression. Second, I miss you too, buddy." Tooth placed her chin on her hands and smiled at him. "We should totally brunch together once this whole mess is over. And before you say anything, I mean the avocado toasts and mimosas type of brunch."
"It's a date. I'll even pay, how about that?"
"You sure know the way to a girl's heart."
He lowered his voice. "You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours?'
"That's how we roll, isn't it?"
Jack laughed before straightening up and putting his serious face on. "Speaking of helping each other out, can you do this little thing for me?"
"As long as it's not against company policy."
"Don't worry, it's not work-related. I just need you and your beautiful big brain's input on something."
"Why do I feel like you're making fun of me and my beautiful big brain?"
"I would never! You know I love your nerdy brain!"
"Listen here, mister, you will watch that sass if you know what's best for you. And you know what, Jack—"
He dropped his head back as he half-listened to the woman's neverending rant. With his vision upside down, he watched as the neighbor's door slid open, and for a moment, he could've sworn his spirit left his poor body.
"Elsa! Hi!" Jack jumped on his feet at the same time as he snapped his computer shut. A second later, he realized that he had just snapped his computer shut, and that made him cold sweat for a whole different reason. Oh, he was gonna hear an earful for that one… "Shit!"
"Did I interrupt something?" Elsa asked with a deadpan expression.
"Nope. I was just, you know, boring work call…"
She hummed. "Is that so?"
"Yeah. I should go inside… check on the other cat…" he mumbled, hurriedly collecting his things.
"Of course."
"Ashley! C'mere!" He held the squirming kitten under his free arm and practically flew inside. "Later, Elsa!"
As soon as he was out of her sight, he picked his phone to call Tooth again.
"Hey—"
"DID YOU JUST HANG UP ON ME, DUDE?"
Jack pulled the phone away from his ear with a frown. "I had to! Sorry!"
"What the hell is going on, Jack? First, you call me being all creepy and offering to pay for brunch, then you say you need help—"
He groaned, sliding a palm down his face. "Just listen for a moment, will ya?"
Jack waited, but there was no reply.
"... Tooth? You there?"
"I was listening!"
Prompt by chocolatiew: pet names and female coworkers.
