It was already getting late as I glanced at the clock.
"9:30..." I thought to myself, "He was supposed to be here over an hour ago... maybe something's wrong."
I sighed to myself and stood from the cashmere sofa, then preceded to trip over the book that I had just laid on the floor a few minutes before. I grimaced at my injured ankle and gingerly picked up the Kama Sutra that Jay and I had bought yesterday. I sat the sex book on the oak table in the living room and walked slowly to the kitchen. I stood on the cold linoleum floor and as I was deciding whether I wanted to open the refrigerator to get a snack or pick up the phone to call Jay, my cell phone rang. My heart jumped as I sprinted back to the living room and dug it out of my new Prada purse.
"Hello?" I panted as I sat down on the comfy couch.
"Hey darlin!" His voice chimed at me from the other end of the phone.
I crossed my legs on the couch and frowned, "You were supposed to be here over an hour ago... I was worried! Where were you??"
The silence that followed told me that he was trying to think of an excuse.
"I... I had to work late babe, I thought I told you that yesterday."
He sounded exasperated at the very thought that I was suspicious of him.
"Whatever you say Jay... dinner's cold."
I used the very coldest voice that I could muster hoping that he would noticed how displeased I was with him.
His voice immediately warmed, "I was just hoping you'd still want to hang out tonight... if dinner's cold, I'll take you out! I mean, it IS your birthday after all!"
It had slipped my mind that I turned 24 today, it hadn't been much of a birthday what with work and all.
"I don't really want to go out tonight Jay... but I'll tell you what, why don't you stop by Tommy's burgers and pick us up something to eat? Maybe salvage what we have left of the night?"
"That sounds like a plan, any requests?" He asked innocently.
"Onion rings, please" I said in a sexy voice.
This was our game. We had a love/hate relationship. We were completely different in so many aspects it was hard to believe we'd been together for the better part of 3 years.