I didn\’t know how to respond. It was so unusual for me to feel sincerity in my peers.
Chris and I were the only ones left in the office. Everyone else was at the lead meeting or was just not there. I was moping about, twisting back and fro in my chair. A feeling of not wanting to leave. A desire to sit and get paid for nothing. Chris was on the other side, installing the drives on the new security servers. Suddenly, he looked in my direction and said, \”Guess what! Guess what!\”
Curious, I rose my head from my laptop where he had sent me yet another random message of babble. \”What? What?\” I asked with a grin, an eyebrow raised.
\”I am going to miss you,\” he replied and gave me this nostalgic look.
I knew he was sincere, but this was something that…so unusual for a truly platonic relationship. I sputtered out a response. I never thought I was special from everyone else especially if not in a relationship. But that\’s just lowering myself…