“Maybe.”
“One person, though? Committed?”
“Yes,” Gage replied.
“Kids?”
“No. Definitely not.”
Sharon nodded and said, “Me neither.”
“Cool.”
“I want to get married, though,” Sharon added.
“Okay.”
“City or country?”
“City. You?” Gage asked.
“I live in one now, and I kind of hate it. I was thinking about moving into the country somewhere or the suburbs, at least, and having a nice, small house with just me and my wife, working remotely and skipping the whole traffic and a lot of people scenario.”
“I love the city. I live just outside of one now because it’s too expensive to get any closer, but I’d take a nice apartment or condo in the city any day of the week.”
“How do you feel about pansexuals?” Sharon asked.
“I feel pretty good about them.” Gage smiled at her. “Any reason why you’re asking?”
“Yes, because Iamone.”
“Cool.Idon’t have a problem with it. Doyoucare that I’m gay?”
“No.”
“Okay. Then, cool,” she repeated. “So, besides the marriage thing that I don’t care about either way, we’re kind of good, I think, right?”
“I guess,” Sharon replied. “Can I be honest with you?”
“I think that’s the point of this whole week.”
“I’m attracted to you,” Sharon stated.
“That’s good. I’m attracted to you,too.”
“But I don’t know about a relationship.”
Gage liked the sound of that in part because she wasn’t really looking for one, but it also hurt a little because it meant that Sharon didn’t see her as someone she could be in a relationship with. She cleared her throat because she hadn’t expected to be dealing with her own feelings this week, and definitely not right away like this.
“Can I ask why? You can say no.”
“I have always kind of been drawn to the idea of being with an older woman, and I think you’re younger than me or close to my age, at least.”
“I’m twenty-five.”
“Twenty-seven.” Sharon pointed at herself. “And I think there’s an attraction here, but I don’t know that I want it to go anywhere outside of this week. Is that mean to say, especially right after we met? I just feel like I want to be upfront about things as much as I can this week.”
“No, I prefer honesty,” she replied. “And I think you’re hot, ifI’mbeing honest. If you want to keep doing the cards, we can, but I’d be fine throwing them out and us doing something else; even if it’s only tonight and just to enjoy ourselves. I’m a pretty direct person in general, so I’ll be direct with you now: I’m totally interested in us having sex tonight, having a little fun, and forgetting about it tomorrow if we want.”
