Fling Quotes

“You’re an idiot,” Preston says.

“Excuse me?”

“You’re an idiot, sir?” he tries again.

“Just tell me how much she likes Dave, Preston. I don’t have time for this girly bullshit.” Jesus fuck, am I going to have to resort to getting girl advice from my gay assistant? What the hell has my life come to? Sandra has turned everything upside down.

“She doesn’t like Dave. She likes you. She’s had a crush on you forever and I’m totally breaking girl code telling you any of this.”

“Then why the hell is she spending the weekend with Dave?” I ask, ignoring his girl code.

“But you know Sandy’s a nice girl. She doesn’t know what to make of a guy who fucks her in his office but never asks her to dinner,” Preston continues. Apparently girl code is over. “Women are complex creatures, Gabe. They think it means something when a man takes his sweet-ass time asking her on a date. They think it means you’re just interested in the sex.” He narrows his eyes at me. “Obviously that’s not the case here, as based on the way you look at that girl it’s clear you’re already half in love with her.”

I really am getting girl advice from my gay assistant

“Since you know everything, care to tell me where she went with Dave?”

“Marissa’s wedding.”

“Who the hell is Marissa?”

“Hello? She works here? In sales?”

I shrug. Still no idea who he’s talking about.

“You know, if you’d taken me up on my suggestion about briefing you on company gossip during Whisper Wednesdays you wouldn’t be so behind right now.”

I’m going to kill him before this conversation is over”
― Jana Aston, Fling

“Somehow human resources only assigns me gay men or women old enough to have birthed me. I suspect that’s on direct orders from Sawyer. Dick.”
― Jana Aston, Fling

“So let’s go,” I say, eyes on hers. She nods and stands; I want to hold out my hand to help her, walk her to the car with my hand on her back, but I’m conscious of where we are, surrounded by co-workers. So I turn and walk, leaving her to trail behind me until we reach the elevators. We pass Sawyer and Everly on the way out, Everly beaming smugly while Sawyer shakes his head and mouths, No. Dick. I’m tempted to flip him off but again, mindful of my surroundings, I ignore them both and keep walking”
― Jana Aston, Fling

“A few hours later I realize the quarterly meeting is still dull, but it’s moving in the right direction. It’s only been three months since the last meeting, but Gabe’s already implemented a few changes to make it more useful for everyone. We don’t have any surveys to fill out today—thank goodness—so I’m taking my usual notes and following along. Even Preston is awake and paying attention. Sort of.

“I have to pee, Sandy. I’m not gonna make it till the lunch break,” Preston whispers. He’s been fidgeting for ten minutes. I wish he’d just go already.

“So go,” I say in a low whisper. “We’re not captives.”

“You know I hate doing the walk of shame during a meeting,” he whispers disdainfully.

I shake my head. “For the hundredth time, that is not what ‘walk of shame’ means.”

“No one should be ashamed of getting it on with a hot stranger, Sandy. That is not shameworthy.” He shakes his head in disgust. “People should high-five in the morning and go home with their heads held high.”

“What do you suggest it be called then? If we as a society should be proud of our one-night stands we need to have a term for it.”

“I’m trying to get ‘walk of satisfaction’ to catch on, but it’s hard to make something go viral.”

“Uh-huh”
― Jana Aston, Fling

“You didn’t make it back to the party the other night,” Sawyer says, leaning back in his chair, eyes narrowed on mine.

“Yeah, no shit,” I respond. “I spent some time with Sandra,” I add when he just stares at me.

“Jesus, Gabe. I told you she’s not that kind of girl.” He sighs at me, actually fucking sighs, and leans back in his chair.

“What kind of girl is that, Sawyer?” I ask, annoyed.

“Temporary. She’s not a temporary kind of girl.”

“Fuck off, Sawyer. She’s a grown woman. Besides, you told me to go for it.”

”No.” He’s shaking his head, looking at me like I’ve lost my mind. “No, I said the opposite of ‘go for it.’ I think I used words like, ‘stay away from her’ and ‘employee.’”

“She’s your employee not mine,” I argue.

“You own thirty-five percent of this company, dumbass, that makes her your employee too.”
― Jana Aston, Fling

“Women are complex creatures, Gabe. They think it means something when a man takes his sweet-ass time asking her on a date. They think it means you're just interested in the sex.”
― Jana Aston, Fling