Page 70 of Faking the Shot
Valentina: Go take a cold shower. Be a good boy and fuck yourself while thinking of me.
Kaden: Look at you being bold and shit, giving me orders. Let’s not forget who’s in charge here, baby.
Valentina: Me obviously. Have a good night, Kaden Crawford and don’t do anything stupid with your image while I’m not there.
Kaden: You know why this sucks so much?
Valentina: No, but I’m sure you’ll be telling me soon enough.
Kaden: I have two away games after tomorrow’s game at home, and I won’t see you for a few days. Can you come to the bar after the game?
Valentina: Sorry, I can’t. I’m heading to my parents’ tomorrow—I’m trying to avoid Jacob and Noelle’s next invite to New York. I love their friends, but I always feel like the third wheel. See you when you’re back but know you’ll be missed, and like I said, behave.
Kaden: You’re too cold and cruel. This would be a good time for you to drive back to my place and have dirty sex with me.
Valentina: Nice try, but I’m going to pass. You have to go to bed and wake up early.
Kaden: Fine, you win this round, but next time I see you, I’ll have you pinned against the wall and I’ll bury myself inside your tight cunt.
Valentina: Just make sure you have condoms or it is a no go.
Kaden: Out of curiosity, when did you stop using condoms with your ex-husband.
Valentina: Why is that relevant?
Kaden: I’ve never gone without condoms or have had a long relationship. But you make me want to go without them, you know?
Valentina: I’ve never gone without condoms either. Steve and I agreed that we would stop using them when we were ready to deal with the risk of not wearing them.
Kaden: STDs?
Valentina: We were monogamous, so of course that wasn’t the concern, it was pregnancy. Neither one of us was ready for children.
Kaden: So if we go bare?
Valentina: We’ll have to have a real conversation prior to that. We’d exchange blood tests to ensure neither one of us has an STI, agree to be monogamous, and then discuss what would happen if the pill doesn’t work and I end up pregnant.
Kaden: That’s too clinical and . . . mature, I guess.
Valentina: It is reality, Kade. We need to smooth the relationship out and figure out what we want before we take the risk.
Kaden: Would you want to have my baby?
Valentina: We’ve only met a few months ago, Kade.
Kaden: Yes, but I don’t see myself wanting to fuck anyone else.
Valentina: And who says romance is dead?
Kaden: I’m serious. You’re the one spinning my world upside down, Valentina. I’ve never felt this way about anyone else.
Valentina: That’s a big statement coming from someone who barely knows me.
Kaden: I know enough. I know that you challenge me, that you make me think about more than hockey and headlines. I know that I’d rather spend my nights watching The Matrix with you than going out to bars or parties. And I know that I want you.
Valentina: . . . You’re impossible, you know that?
Kaden: Yeah, but I’m your impossible.
