Someone should just stop me
Robert answers his phone without looking at who is calling. He rarely does, since he would always answer it anyways.
"I miss you," is the first thing Jude says to him. Robert waits a beat before easily replying.
"Miss you too. And your 'tache," he says, trying to keep the tone light, like he's just talking to any other co-star. Only Jude isn't any other co-star.
"Waiting another week to see you will be impossible," Jude says, all serious and Robert understands. He doesn't like what it means, but he understands.
"We both know that's the best we can do with our schedules," Robert says and he almost feels like he is talking to a child, trying to explain why you can't have a cookie before dinner, only that metaphor makes Robert uncomfortable, because he thinks it means he is a cookie.
"Yes, well, bugger that," Jude says and Robert hopes Jude hasn't done something stupid, like rearrange his schedule to see him. Work should come before pleasure, is what Robert has learned from his many tortured years in show business.
"Jude," he says warningly and Jude laughs.
"I'm not an infant you know? You don't have to scold me," he says and of course he can almost read Robert's mind.
"Hm, no you are not. But that still doesn't mean you aren't reckless," Robert tells him. He waits another beat though, before dropping his tone down and into something more serious. "I'm glad you called though." And he can almost imagine the impish grin Jude has on his face right now.
"I do miss you. And your many talents," Robert says, his tone going back to humorous, "But I must be off. Love you my darling Judesie!" Robert and Jude both laugh as Robert's ridiculous tone. They say their goodbyes and hang up.
Only now, Robert knows it's true, waiting another week to see Jude will really be impossible. Luckily, Robert thinks he might have an opening in a few days. It just might take some rescheduling. And Robert doesn't think Jude will mind if he's being kind of hypocritical, not when he's employing his own multitude of talents.