“Shit!” I hissed against his lips. “We reeeeeallyneed a condom.”
He sat up. “Convenience store. Two blocks away.” He was on his feet, pulling his shirt back on already, almost before he’d even finished the sentence.
I jumped up, too. “Why didn’t you say so?” I quickly pulled my clothes on and made a run for the door. Mike followed close behind me.
“Crap—left my car keys inside,” I said, as we were heading across the parking lot, and I started to turn around again.
“Got mine!” He dug in his pocket and pulled a set out, waving them in the air as he ran.
“Good. Good!” I followed him to his car, expecting to see his police car. I paused when I saw a very ordinary-looking Honda.
“Well, I don’t drive a police car all day,” he said, opening the car and climbing in.
“Aha! Of course.” I nodded as I got into what was clearly a man’s car. A can of deodorant lay on the floor by my feet, as well as an empty tin of energy drink.
“Uh . . .” He looked over at me. I could see he was embarrassed. “I don’t have many passengers,” he said defensively. “Well, not ones that aren’t criminals, and you’d be surprised how little they care about how your car looks.”
“It’s okay.” I pushed the cans away with my foot as we drove off.
The store really was only two blocks away and we could have walked. As soon as we parked, we both jumped out the car with a sense of urgency and then rushed inside, a little bell announcing our arrival. We ran up to the counter. A man was behind it and I immediately opened my mouth and started talking.
“Hi! Can we please have a box of—” I stopped talking when I saw the strange look that had washed over Mike’s face. He’d gone white and his eyes were as wide as saucers, as if he’d seen a ghost.Who the hell was he looking at?
