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can do Aaron.
 I got a lot of work to do.”

 
    “You see, that’s
starting to really freak me out.  Since when do you stay late for work?”

 
    “C’mon Aaron, I have
things to do.”

 
    “I’m totally serious.
 I may sound like I’m joking with you all the time but I’m your friend and
of course I worry about you.  You cut your hair to a respectable length,
come in to work on time every day and leave after everyone else on a regular
basis now.  Not that there is anything wrong with any of that, but it’s
just so sudden that I wouldn’t be a friend if I didn’t at least ask.”

 
    Nick was tickled at the
thought of Aaron getting all concerned about him until he noticed that his face
was completely serious.

 
    “Wow.  You really
are serious.  Was I that bad of a slacker that me putting some serious
time into the business worries you.”

 
    “Umm, yeah a bit at
least.  And not just me.  Your mother called me the other day to ask
if everything was ok with you.  I told her as far as I know.  She
thought maybe some woman had broken your heart so you were retreating into work.”

 
    “Well her I understand.
 She’s always worried about me.  But you man, get real.”

 
    “Hey, no one can say I
didn’t ask.   I mean, it’s a total three sixty.  It’s like you
are going through a reverse mid-life crisis, if there is such a thing.  Instead
of buying a motorcycle and staying up all night drinking, you are really
getting your act together.  I shudder to think what’s going to happen here
when you really start applying yourself.”

 
    “Well, I figure it’s my
company but the people that work here have families too.  I want to do my
part for them.”

 
    “I understand man but
make sure you don’t burn yourself out.  You gotta find a happy medium.
 Go on a date or something.”

 
 
    “I’ll have time for that
once I get things in order like I really want them around here but thanks for
looking out.  I knew there was a reason I hired you on here.”

 
    “Oh, for moral support?
 Here I was thinking it was based on my title of IT Director.”

 
    “That too.”

 
    “Regardless, I’m calling
it a night so I’ll see you bright and early again in the morning I’m sure.”

 
    “Later.”

 
    Nick had never noticed
before then how much he had changed but it was definitely for the best.
 Today was different though.  He wasn’t there late because he had a
ton of work to get done.  He was there because he wasn’t able to get his
regular workload done and that was for one reason.  

 
    Donna.  

 
    Her smiling image popped
up front and center in his mind.  It had been a few days since he had
crossed paths with her last and she was on his mind.  He was so caught up
in her that he found himself going by the diner some mornings around the same
time, hoping that she might show up and he would have a chance to talk to her
again.  He knew it was kind of stalkerish and
definitely sad but she was in his thoughts so it was tough to let her go.
 The worst part was that Aaron could tell what he was doing and told him
to just let it go because there was no reason to think she was into him like he
was with her.  She didn’t even know him.  

 
    Easy for you to say.

 
    That’s how Nick felt.
 Aaron and Emily were celebrating multiple years of marriage and she was
pregnant with child.  Meanwhile he hadn’t even scratched the surface of a
good relationship.  He had dated, but nothing with substance.  What
they had was substance and that was what he wanted.  He walked up to his
office window and looked out the window at his city.  Before he realized
it, he had already begun thinking how great it would be to raise a family
there.  Moreover, Donna was the one that he saw himself raising that
family with.  He realized how foolish of a thought that was and quickly
scolded himself.

 
    A family.  The only
woman that I am remotely