Free Textual Encounters: 2 by Morgan Parker Page B

something like 12 bedrooms at this place. If you’re up for some time away, I would love for you to come as my guest.
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    3:33pm:
    I’d be lying if I said your explanation of Rachel and Christine didn’t make me feel super special.
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    Jake
    3:34pm:
    It should. Because you ARE special to me. No, you are precious to me. Essential. That’s the whole point.
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    3:34pm:
    Jake, I don’t deserve you. You’re patient. Way more patient than you should be.
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    Jake
    3:35pm:
    I just want you to love me. And I’ll do anything to facilitate that. Patience is easy. I’ve got lots of it if it means you’ll love me someday.
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    3:36pm:
    Jake, you don’t want my love. I’m a young woman, stuck in med school for an eternity. You and I are at different stages in our lives. I couldn’t possibly give you the things you want.
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    Jake
    3:36pm:
    You already give me everything I want. And more. And once you love me the way I know you can, it will all be absolutely perfect.
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    3:38pm:
    Here’s a question.
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    Jake
    3:39pm:
    Ask anything.
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    3:39pm:
    Do you want kids?
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    Jake
    3:40pm:
    Someday. I’m not in a rush.
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    3:41pm:
    What if I don’t want any at all, like ever? Or what if I want them yesterday?
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    Jake
    3:42pm:
    YOU are the worth the compromise, either way. You’re worth any compromise.
     
    3:47pm:
    Are you ok? Still there?
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    3:48pm:
    Jake, you are too kind to me. I’m not special enough for your love.
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    Jake
    3:50pm:
    LOL, sure you are. So, are you going to come to Cape Cod with me this weekend or what? We can talk about what makes you so special during the long car ride up.
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    3:51pm:
    Let me make some changes to my schedule. I’ll let you know later tonight.
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    Jake
    3:52pm:
    Am I seeing you tonight?
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    3:53pm:
    LOL, not a chance. I need to get my shit together. Clear my head of all things Jake.
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    Jake
    3:54pm:
    Bad idea, Katie. I’m not a doctor or anything, but you need me in you. In your head that is. That’s my professional advice.
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    3:55pm:
    Actually, I’m ALMOST a doctor and I can tell you that you’re in my head way too much. Like a headache. I need to get rid of you, at least temporarily so I can get on with my day and life.
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    Jake
    3:56pm:
    I didn’t know you fantasized about me so much.
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    3:57pm:
    LOL. Not fantasizing. Just thinking.
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    Jake
    3:58pm:
    Anything erotic?
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    4:01pm:
    No, not generally. Not anything I’d admit to you.
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    Jake
    4:01pm:
    Then what kind of thoughts are troubling you?
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    4:02pm:
    They’re the kinds of thoughts where I try to figure out how I fit in to your life and how you fit into mine. Those are the most troubling of all. Because I can’t see the solution.
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    Jake
    4:05pm:
    Don’t let them trouble you. And don’t think too hard about these things. We will work. I’ll make sure of it.
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    4:08pm:
    And if Christine shows up again? Looking to get you back? Then