BPOV
"You guys seem really busy?" I asked Jacob casually.
I hadn't talked to Edward today and I wondered if he was busy. I mean, usually we didn't talk much during the office hours, but we threw glances or smiles here and there... And we talked over texts or memes... But he didn't reply to any of my messages today.
"Oh man, don't ask!" He said, "We're going crazy with project Green grass, and Edward is making us crazier!"
"Oh... What happened?" I said.
"We missed some targets and the future plan is deviating from our original projection... And Edward is just at his absolute worst right now! He's asking for each and every small detail and just grilling everyone! You might not want to go near him if you care about your sanity..."
"Oh... Oh okay..." I said.
Oh, I guess I needed to leave him alone!
I stopped sending him any memes and messages!
And I didn't hear anything from him.
Absolutely nothing.
For the five fucking days.
Five days.
This was the longest it had been without talking to him.
I was... missing him even if he was right with me in the same office.
I wasn't sure if he was going to be busy during the weekend as well...
Should I ask him?
Yeah... I could tell him that it's okay if we couldn't meet this weekend...
"Hey... I just wanted to check if we're meeting tomorrow... It's okay if you're busy..." I smiled.
"Yeah, I'm busy," he said without looking up from his laptop.
"Oh sure..." I said, "That's fine... Maybe we can meet next weekend..."
He still didn't look up, so I continued, "Or maybe whenever you're free... It's nothing urgent..."
"I don't think next week would be possible either," he said as he finally looked up.
"I've been wasting a lot of my time lately instead of focusing on the things that actually matter..." he said coldly.
Why was he talking like this? I didn't get it!
"It's Angela's birthday tomorrow and I've some plans around that..." he said.
Oh...
Oh!
"And I want to focus on some of the charities I had set up in her memories, but not really focusing on... I think I need to regain my focus... I've been just fooling around since the last few weeks..." he said.
I was stunned.
I wasn't sure how many times he slapped me with those statements...
Fooling around?
He wanted to focus on things that really mattered...
He was wasting his time lately?
He softened his expressions as he might have noticed mine as he said, "I mean..."
"No, I get what you mean..." I said.
"Okay... Thank you for understanding..." He said as he shifted his focus back to his laptop.
Thank you for understanding?
Really?
"Of course," I said and left his office.
