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You’re so weird, dude.
Yeah. I also haven’t had my coffee yet, so whatever.
“Anyway, you don’t have to worry,” I say. “I didn’t use your toothbrush, just your toothpaste and mouthwash.”
She tilts her head, her smile fading as she studies me. “Huh. Interesting.”
“What?”
She shrugs. “You’re just as beautiful this morning as last night. Maybe more so.”
I bite the inside of my lip, having no idea how to take that. “Okay?”
“I have a proposition for you.”
Uh-oh.
These non sequiturs are really throwing me off, and without coffee, she might as well be spelling out some weird code in spaghetti.
Two noodles… no idea. Five more noodles… still no idea.
“How about we head over to catering right now and face the firestorm together?”
My heart stops as I stare at her. I must have heard her wrong. Those spaghetti noodles aren’t making sense.
“I’m sorry?”
“Everyone has to know we’re together by now, right? Check your phone. It probably blew up this morning. So let’s just get it over with and show them we don’t care.”
I shake my head. I’ve done everything I could not to check my phone this morning for that very reason.
“I’d rather not.”
“Val, we have to face this. It’s going to happen, so let’s just do it.”
I draw in a deep breath. I still can’t see myself doing that in a million years, but I suppose I should hear her out. I was willing to do it for my former parents who I hate, so I guess I owe it to the woman I love.
“Fine. I’m listening. What’s the proposition?”
She crosses her arms. “I just told you.”
“No, you said, we go to breakfast to confront everyone.”
“Yep.”
She lifts her brows. I furrow mine.
“Right. So a proposition means I get something in return. I do something ludicrous and absolutely unfathomable for you, and in exchange I get…?” I pause, waiting for her to fill in the blank.
“You get to be by my side as we face the storm together.”
I open my mouth to respond. Nothing comes out.
“So, I guess… yeah. That’s the proposition,” she says. “We freshen up and head over to catering to watch our lives blow up.”
“Um, that’s not a proposition, babe. That’s a command.”
“Oh. Well, then, I have a command for you.”
