(Cole)
I was back at my desk when I called Aaron.
He picked up on the second ring.
"Cole." A pause. "Everything okay?"
"Everything's fine," I said.
"Then what's going on?"
"I need to tell you something."
"Go ahead," he said.
"I'm going to propose to Lena."
The line went quiet for a moment.
Then Aaron laughed. Not at me. Just the particular laugh he had when something caught him off guard in a good way.
"Cole," he said.
"What."
"That might be the best thing you've said to me in years."
"Don't make it into something," I said.
"I'm not making it into anything." A pause. "How long have you known?"
"A while," I said.
"And you're only telling me now."
"I'm telling you now because I'm doing something about it now."
He was quiet for a moment.
"She's the one," I said simply.
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