expectation

Hey, drop the attitude, will you? I was just trying to explain things. I’ll still worry and you know that. … ass.

I know you were, I’m sorry... I do know that. ...And I’ll still worry about you too.

But I want to, I just can’t. Which is why I’m .. breaking up this .. whatever it is. You just what?

Yeah, I get it Dean. I understand. I said never mind. Don’t worry about me. Remember?

Oh. Nice to meet you, Gio. Do you have a favorite animal?

Am I suppose to have a favorite animal?

What? 

That’s my name.

Cats are North America’s most popular pets: there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of households in North America own a cat. Which is pretty awesome. 

Why the hell do you know that?

Hey. Wanna hear the fun fact of the day? 

Let’s hear it.

I know, I know. It’s… Gio, no. It’s not that I don’t want to or anything I just – it’s too much when I have enough to deal with, you know? But I .. I want you around. I mean, we can hang out, but… we can’t sleep together.

Uhm. Yeah. I know. I understand yeah.. If you don’t want to do that anymore, then we don’t have to.. I just uh.. Yeah. Never mind.

And you do too. We both have things to fix. Yeah, I know. Some things I can’t help but this … I have somewhat control over. But I can’t.. really help that I worry.

It’s okay to worry. But if you don’t want to have to deal with worrying about me.. Then I guess that if I’m not around.. Then you won’t worry as much..

Good, good. Because it’s serious. And… and I can’t really.. I need to fix my own shit first.

Yeah. Yeah, you do. I want you to make sure everything is okay with yourself, before you worry about other things, okay?

Yeah, well, I didn’t think much about it until –.. well, until I thought about it. So we can’t.

Okay uhm well.. I guess I can understand that.

I have. You could get fired.

I didn’t think that you worried about that. But yeah, I could.

Well, I’ve … I was thinking. I’ve been thinking. And I can’t. We can’t.

Okay. Seems like you’ve been thinking a lot.

Look, we uh… we need to talk.

Oh yeah of course. What’s up?

Good, that sounds like one of the better ideas you’ve had. You can call him and ask. He should have time for his nephew. You don’t see him that often. I’m sure he will. That’s true. Very true.

I can have good ideas when I want to. I have a lot.. Just not ones I share. I mean I haven’t seen him in over a year, and only talk to him once a month. Wow... Now I’m really thinking that I need to go see him. Now I feel like an ass for not seeing him.

Well, then you really need to talk to him, princess. Go visit him and tell him all the things you haven’t told him. It’ll do you good, I swear. Yeah, but I thought you knew that by now.

I am. I am going to talk to him. I’ll just have to find a good time to see him. He’s a pretty busy guy. I feel like he will enjoy seeing me though... I do know that. But it’s always great to hear it again.