Noah works in tech support at a software firm. He gets a frantic call from Becky, the receptionist in Development, asking him to assist a new employee tackle his network problems. Jared is having a bad first day at work, and sounds unbearably cute over the phone, but Noah's been disappointed before.<br><br>To get away from the phones, he takes smoke breaks with his buddy Joel, Becky's boyfriend. When Noah sees a cute new employee, Joel's only too happy to help them hook up. Still, Noah doesn't want to write Jared out of the picture completely ...

Tech Support

Damn it. Between him and Becky, I won’t have any love life left. 


I watch as Joel stops the guy at his car, and they’re too far away for me to hear what they say but when Joel points my way, the guy turns around and looks at me. God. I duck my head so they won’t see how embarrassed I am. Just let me die already, please….


Behind me the door opens, catching me in the arm, and I turn to see Becky smiling my way. “Hey,” she sighs, exhausted from another day of work. She looks around warily. “Where’s Joel?” 


“Trying to get that guy’s number.” I point into the parking lot, where the guy still looks my way and Joel is laughing. Someone kill me now. 


Becky frowns. “He’s leaving me for him?” she asks playfully, but I hear the disgust in her voice. “Guess that means it’s just you and me tomorrow.” 


“He’s sort of asking for me.” I wish the ground would just open up and swallow me whole right about now. Is that asking too much?


Chapter 4