Page 96 of Between Desire and Denial
“About as well as you’d expect.” Bane and Pink had a complicated history that none of us completely knew the specifics of, but we were aware of their love and extreme hate for one another. “Anyway, call me after your date. It’s going to be great.”
“I will. We’ll catch up then. It feels like forever since I’ve seen you.”
“You and Dimitri. You two are stealing each other from me.” She turned the corner, and Dex was there to put his arm around her neck.
“Looks like you’re doing just fine without us. Love you, and I better go because my Uber is here.”
I ran out in my wedges and hopped into the car. After ten minutes or so, Dimitri texted me.
Dimitri: Tell me you reconsidered your date.
Me: Can’t do that. In an Uber.
Dimitri: Send me the driver details and your location.
Me: Get real.
Dimitri: Don’t make me act unhinged and find a way to hack your phone.
Me: This is ridiculous. I’m on my way there already.
Dimitri: What place are you going to?
Me: A little bar I’m sure you haven’t heard of.
Dimitri: What’s the name?
Me: Rooster Rock. Dive bar outside of town where no one will see me.
Dimitri: That’s thirty minutes from our house if I’m speeding. Send me your damn location so I can track the driver.
Me: Fine. Sent. Happy?
Dimitri: No. You’re going on a date when you’re my girlfriend. Why the hell would I be happy?
Me: We’re CASUALLY dating.
Dimitri: Did it feel casual when my cock was so far inside you that I could practically feel your heart beating?
Me: What we say and feel during sex is sorta moot outside of it, don’t you think?
Dimitri: Is it really? Because I hope I knocked you up.
Me: Dimitri, that’s nearly impossible.
Dimitri: But still possible. And then I get you forever.
Me: People raise kids separately all the time.
Dimitri: So you’d keep our kid?
Me: I don’t even know why I’m having this conversation. I’m not pregnant!
Dimitri: We’ll see, Honeybee.
Me: Don’t be ridiculous. You’ve got engagements and people all around the world that you need to commit your time to.
Dimitri: What if the only one I care about committing to is in an Uber on their way to see another guy?
