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And now on to the chapter for our favorite lawyer…Joanne Jefferson.
My Name Is….
The only sounds in my office are my furious scribbling and the low-volume music playing on my stereo. So many cases, so many papers to sign, and not enough time to do it. But they all must be done, and they all must be done properly. No slacking off or half-assing it.
Hours have passed since I left the house this morning and came to work. My sub-conscious knows it's about lunch time and I'm hungry but my mind is completely focused on what I'm doing. As soon as I find myself tuning out the world, my phone beeps. I groan and press the button.
"Yes Steve?" I ask my assistant.
"Sorry to bother you, but Maureen is on line one."
"Wonderful." I said rolling my eyes. "Thanks Steve."
I straighten up and pick up the receiver, placing it to my ear.
"Hi honey."
"Hey baby!" she exclaims, her loud and energetic voice killing the quiet mood of my office.
"Hey you hungry? I got Mark and we're going to lunch at the Life. You wanna come?"
I sighed. Poor Mark.
"I wish I could but I have way too many cases to work on today." I said, absentmindedly arranging the pens in my pencil holder in height order.
"Aww come on Pookie…." God that nickname. It's cute sometimes….sometimes.
"Sorry honey I can't today. I'll make it up to you later. I promise."
"Humph. You better." I could tell she was pouting. I smiled; she was so cute when she pouted.
"Love you." I said, ending our conversation.
"Love you too." She said, and hung up.
Now that she mentions food I really am hungry.
"Steve." I say, pressing down on the intercom.
"Yes Joanne?"
"Could you get me a sandwich or something please?"
He laughed. "Turning down lunch with your girlfriend I see."
"Oh shut up." I mumbled.
He laughed more. "Don't worry. I'll get you something."
"Thank you."
I love Maureen, more than anyone else, but sometime she can be a bit over dramatic. Sure there are times when I love joining in on her fun with her friends but there is a time and place for everything. I never had so much fun than I did two Christmas's ago after Maureen's protest on the homeless. We'd only been together a few months, she'd only dumped Mark a month ago, but we were happy and to me it's all that mattered. At the time I didn't care who this Mark person was or what he meant to Maureen, I just cared that he was out of her life. Of course the instant I met him I thought differently. We became fast friends and that night after the show, we all went to the Life Café where Mark led a little protest of his own, supporting and celebrating bohemia. Before I knew it, I found myself dancing and showing off with Maureen, laughing and singing right along with everyone else. Shouting, "La Vie Boheme!" when I am in no way close to being a bohemian, compared to Maureen or Mark or any of the others. But that Christmas changed everything for me. It changed a lot of thing. I was with the woman I loved, and I was now part of this group and before the following year was over, we'd all become a family.
Nowadays life if just filled with work. Every now and then we all go out or we hang out at Mark and Roger's loft but those days have become rare recently.
I know I'm no where close to becoming as bohemian as them.
No Day But Today………
Right, those words that Mimi used to get Roger. The principle that they all follow.
No day but today huh?
Living each day as if it were your last.
I may not be bohemian….but I can live a little can't I?
"Here's your sandwich Jo…"
"Steve…"
"Yes?"
"Call Maureen…tell her I'm going to meet her at the Life Café."
My name is Joanne Jefferson, and I'm a lawyer.
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