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nonchalantly.
    “Did you even hear what I said?”
    Jack sighed. “It’s been a bit of a transition. The pace is a little slower, and the people here seem to be nicer than the people back East.”
    “Like the apartment?”
    “Sure. It’s a nice roomy bachelor pad. What’s not to like?” Jack briefly smiled at his friend.
    Dylan chuckled. “You can’t fool me, dude. What’s up? Why have you been so off lately?”
    “Off?” Jack asked, a little confused.
    “Yeah, off. You haven’t been in your usual mood. You homesick?”
    “You know what? That might be it.” Jack immediately accepted the suggestion thrown at him.
    Dylan looked at him, an annoyed expression on his face. “Seriously. You haven’t been hanging out with me and Alex like before.” He pouted comically. “We used to be the three musketeers and now we’re the two creepers hitting on chicks.”
    Jack chuckled and picked up his cup of hot coffee, tugging a little on his collar. The sun was shining a little brightly for lunchtime, but there was a nice breeze swiftly blowing through the picnic tables at the cafe. He wasn’t hot, just a little suffocated in the suit and tie he was forced to wear for work. He turned to look out to the sidewalk where people were walking.
    “Hey, Jackie!”
    Jack turned around to look at his old friend. “Hey, Celeste!” He stood up to give her a bear hug.
    “You started eating without me, I see,” Celeste scolded, giving him and Dylan a playful stink eye. “Hi, Dylan. Nice to see you again.”
    Dylan winked at Celeste. “Hey, gorgeous.”
    “Still a big flirt.” Celeste tsked. She slid into the seat right next to Jack as he held it out for her. “Thanks for meeting me here for lunch.”
    “Of course. Anything for my girl,” Jack replied. He called the waiter over and asked for a menu.
    “I’ll just have the eggs benedict and a coffee with cream, please,” Celeste ordered before the waiter could hand her a menu.
    “Well, I’ll leave you guys to it then. I gotta go back to work anyway,” Dylan explained, standing and setting a few bills on the table for his food. “See you back at the office, Jack.”
    Jack nodded, and with that Dylan walked off smoothly, keeping step with a beautiful, raven-haired woman in a pencil skirt and black stilettos. Jack silently chuckled.
    That guy never takes a break.
    He turned to Celeste to see her staring at Dylan’s form walking away, shaking her head in amusement. “That guy’s game never ceases to amaze me.”
    “Tell me about it. He’s never lost a conquest.”
    “Oh please,” Celeste replied, eyeing him accusingly. “You’ve been there right beside him getting your own whistle wet.” She laughed and moved to the seat right across from him.
    Jack merely shrugged sheepishly. The waiter brought Celeste’s order and filled their glasses with water.
    “So, you’re probably wondering why I called to see you,” Celeste began, cutting the silence.
    Jack smiled. “You just couldn’t stay away from me. I knew you’d come around,” he teased. He loved Celeste. She was pretty, petite, had beautiful eyes, gorgeous hair, and a wonderful personality to go with it. But his love was purely brotherly. He had kissed her at one point at NYU, but it had just felt strange, incestuous. They had promised to keep their relationship as strictly friends.
    Celeste laughed and shook her head. “Always with the same story. I can’t catch a break with you!” she joked. “Well, I have a big announcement to make.”
    “Your breasts?” Jack teased, earning a kick to the shin. “Ouch!”
    “Not quite,” Celeste replied, reaching out to grab Jack’s hand from across the table.
    He reflexively met her hand with his and immediately felt something odd on one of her fingers. He looked down and noticed the glittering diamond ring.
    “He asked me last night!” she announced excitedly, wiggling her fingers.
    “Congratulations! Lucky bastard beat me to it,” he teased, clasping