Chapter Twenty Page 18
Bennett: Sorry about Cybele making you pass out. You caught that that part was all her fault, right?
Cohen: Unnerstan’able. I’m drinking less’n I did when we usedta hang out. Guess iss’ made a difference. Got a whole “have a better relash’ship with m’daughter” five-point plan. Good stuff.
Bennett: Yeah? Good luck with that.
Now that you’re awake, do you want me to call you a cab? You must have an executive penthouse or two within driving distance. And I haven’t had time to set up a guest room here. Been working more than I’m used to, ever since I got out of Congress.
Cohen: Whaa — you juss’ got me into your bed, and you’re already kickin’ me out?
Bennett: . . . You know what? No! I’m not falling for it this time! I know you just say these things to keep people off-balance. Probably learned it in some How To Make Profits By Intimidating People course. The double entendres, all the flirting-as-a-joke, the eye-catching sexy poses — well, I’m on to your game now! So it’s not going to throw me off any more!
Cohen: I, uh . . .
Cohen (thinking): I wasn’t doing a “pose” on purpose. Somebody’s subconsciously adding extra sexiness to this scenario.
. . . and I’m not 100% sure the somebody isn’t me.
Cohen: What if it wasn’t a game?
Discovering that your crush might like you back be like
Thaaat… is one of the more interesting things you could say, Cohen. Leading that poor chap on when you (currently) have no intention of fulfilling that obligation, how could you.
But of course, we knew these guys had the hots for each other a couple hundred pages ago anyway.
well, to be fair, Cohen doesn’t know if he has any such intention, which is better than being certain you don’t. Still not a great idea, but at least it’s a “let’s find out,” not a “I’m just messing with him”
Whoa. Bennett is HOT without those glasses. Now I’m having strange fantasies about cute Stephen Colbert.
Looks like Cohen is catching on. Wonder what he’ll do?
The “Next” button here links to Chapter Twenty, Page 41, which I don’t believe is the intention. The next page is available (through direct URL editing), but you might want to address this anyway.
It’s not 41, it’s 4/1, as in April first! I always do an April Fool’s Day page when there’s a scheduled update on that day.
Oh my goodness. The shipping energies are off the charts on this page. (I wonder if the April Fools page will reflect on that…)