Page 41 of The Interns

“You know, they have these things out there that look too pretty to eat,” he shared, trying to lighten the mood as they walked towards the door of their office.

She tilted her head curiously. “Too pretty to eat?”

“Yeah, I was looking all over for you earlier so you could tell me what the hell they were.”

She started to giggle at him, and briefly rested her head against his arm as she sighed at his discomfort with all things fancy and overly complicated. “We’ll make that our first stop then. I’ll do my best to figure it out.”

Their hands fell away from each other as they crossed the threshold and walked out to the party to celebrate the end of their summer together.

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Maya and Reed

August 1, 8:44 AM

Reed: did we drink house blend or french roast?

Maya: French roast. Good Morning to you, too. :)

Reed: sorry. good morning. do I have to add water to this thing?

Maya: You know you can ask Miss Patti how to work the coffeemaker.

Reed: i know

Maya: Go ask her before you break something.

Maya: Or hurt yourself.

Maya: Again.

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September 14, 11:03 AM

Maya: Trying to stay awake in Trusts and Estates. What’s going on with our case?

Reed: jonas hill is an asshole

Maya: What did he do now?

Reed: wants injunction to stop johnson’s patent app. says the tool isn’t his

Maya: WTF. I gathered all of the evidence against that claim. I scanned all the docs and e-mailed them to you before I left!

Reed: i know. got it under control ;)

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October 19, 10:25 PM

Reed: your phills are killing me

Maya: My who?

Reed: phillies just swept the braves in the nlcs

Maya: The what?

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