Are You The One?

Brit told him she wished she could help and about organizing a book drive back home for the local elementary school when the library closed. She asked him about the children’s hospital and his face lit up when he spoke about all the children that they helped that otherwise would have been turned away due to not having insurance. The more he talked the more Brit warmed up to him. He wasn’t what she thought.  She realized that what came off as arrogance was actually concern for his sister.

She was lost in their conversation when her cell phone rang startling her.

“Hello?” she answered.

“It’s them,” she mouthed to Cliff.

“Yes.”

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“Is there anything earlier than that?”

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“Yes but I’m almost seven weeks and…”

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“Yes that will be fine I guess. Thank you.”

“What did they say?” Cliff asked.

“They can see me on Friday the twenty-eighth,” she said with a frown.

“But that’s almost two weeks? Twelve days away? That’s insane your appointment was today. That seems like a long wait,” he replied.

“Well apparently when I called the first time they were able to squeeze me in. Now they’re booked.”