It had been a long time since I had seen Jack.
I had been away at my university and he at his. Thankfully now it was Winter Break and he was coming over to kick off New Years with me, which was tradition to compensate for the time that we had been away. I wasn't sure how I wanted to dress for the occasion even though we weren't doing anything but eating pizza and watching the ball drop on television. Even so, I still found myself wanting to be confident so I pulled out the only lingerie I owned and put it on with a cute sweater and jeans.
There was a knock on the door outside. Jack came in with the pizzas that he had picked up on his way and sat them down on the table. "Where are your parents?" He asked.
I shrugged. "Still in Florida. They're coming back some time tomorrow."
We locked eyes for what felt longer than normal until he said, "oh, hey, I left the wine in the car."
He walked back out to his car while I got some plates for the pizza. We put the wine on the counter and vowed that we would save it for midnight and then we could bring in the New Year as drunk as we wanted. I watched him help me out and nose through my cabinets. He was extremely tall, standing at six and a half feet tall, but something about his thin body was graceful. I blushed and realized that I was staring. Truth was I had been crushing on him for years.
We sat down in the family room of the house where the television was turned to whatever was on. Neither Jack nor I were picky about movies so when we found a romantic comedy was the only interesting movie on, he didn't complain. We had watched James Bond movies last year anyway.