Saturday, September 25

A friend from college, Micah, had just begun dating a friend from temple, Sarah. Interestingly, they also met because of Anna. 😉 This day was the first time my friend was visiting Beth Hallel since the news that they were dating. During the service, I leaned over to Daniel and whispered, “Do you want to ask Micah and Sarah if they want to have lunch with us afterward?”

“No.”

He was so resolute in his monosyllabic answer and he offered no explanation at all for his certainty. I was so taken aback by this that I didn’t dare question him further.

After the service, we chatted with Micah and Sarah. Daniel explained that we would have to go to the area near his work because he had to meet a coworker and get some computer thing from him. I protested a little that we were going so far away from lunch. I was already starving. He reassured me with “It’s only 30 minutes.” Suddenly I remembered his admonition to “Just go with whatever I say for the next few months.” I stopped protesting and decided to just go along with the plan.

So we said our goodbyes to Micah a Sarah and headed out to the car. We saw Elad and Danny and a few others on our way and stopped to chat. While Daniel talked with some of the other guys, Elad asked me how I was feeling. I had just gotten over a cold which he knew about so I told him I was feeling much better. He smiled a little too much and talked a bit too little. I asked him if he was okay since he was acting so strange. He laughed and nodded and hugged me. Then he looked me in the eye and with none of his usual teasing flirtaciousness and told me, “I just…I love you and I’m happy.” Now I started thinking he was moving away or something similar. When I expressed this to Daniel in the car, he didn’t say much about it. I couldn’t believe he wasn’t more curious as to why Elad was acting so strange.