He stood up and held something in his hand. Not a tool. Not a box of condoms. It looked like...
“Is that a CD?” she asked.
“It is.”
“I’d forgotten what they looked like.”
“It’s not just any CD, by the way. This is In Utero, Nirvana’s best album, their last album, and it is signed by Dave Grohl. I waited in the rain for five hours to get this CD signed. I listen to it in its entirety at least once a week.”
“Are you going to listen to it...now?” she asked, deeply and profoundly confused by what Nirvana had to do with this current discussion.
“Not unless you want really creepy mood music for the sex. I’m going to swear on it. It will make the promise legally binding. To me, anyway. So you hold it.”
She took the CD from him feeling both moved and amused by his sincerity.
Chris placed his right hand on the CD and raised his left hand.
“Go on,” he said. “I’ll make the oath.”
“Do you solemnly swear that you will not try to stop me from returning to Hawaii on November 1?”
“I solemnly swear that I will not attempt to stop you from returning to Hawaii on November 1. Wait. What day of the week is that?”
“Sunday.”
“Then I definitely won’t stop you from going back. That’s football day.”
“Good. Go Seahawks. One more—do you solemnly swear you won’t make it harder for me to leave than it’s already going to be?”
“I solemnly swear I won’t make it harder for you to leave than it’s already going to be.”
“Do you swear on this signed copy of In Utero that you, Chris Steffensen, will not make it weird for us?”
“I solemnly swear that I will not make it weird?
??except in the good way. Now can I please put my cock inside any and every part of you that you will allow me to get inside?”
“Yes. But no butt stuff today. I’m still jet-lagged.”
“I have no idea what jet lag has to do with your asshole and—I’ll be honest—I don’t want to know.”
“You really don’t.”
“Sex now?”
“Can I be on top this time?”
“If you insist,” he said with a put-upon sigh. Despite the sigh she saw the twinkle of amusement in his eyes.
“Should we, uh, get a room?”
“We have a room. I’m working alone.”
“You won’t get in trouble?”
“I don’t charge by the hour. Plus I’m actually staying here tonight while I work. Easier than commuting from Portland every day.”
“So we’ll make this your lunch break, right?”