"I'm not interested. As you can see, I still have a lot of work to do." I tried to walk around him.
He placed himself in front of where I would swipe the key card. "I'm trying to make up for yesterday."
"Sorry, a birthday only happens once a year. Try again next year. Or don't. I don't care."
"I'm sorry okay. I got you a gift." He reached into his pocket and grabbed out a diamond bracelet and strapped it around my wrist. "I wanted to take you to dinner today."
I almost turned to him. My fridge was empty and I had was a single ramen packet. With the work I had to do, I wasn't ready to go get groceries but I could grab something.
"Okay, where?"
Jared smiled. But it pained me that I saw the online version of the smile first. He put his hand around me and started to lead me down the stairs.
"I'm not properly dressed."
"Don't worry. We'll be around friends."
I shrugged his hand off. "Friends? Who? Will Sara be there?"
"Listen, not everything is about Sara okay. It's Kimberly's birthday. We're both her friends."
"I think we should reschedule."
So, he couldn't show up for my birthday, but he expected me to show up for his friend's.