When Annie and I were first dating, we were trying to save some money, so we'd often eat in, at my apartment or hers. The general rule was that she'd cook, and I'd do the dishes. Occasionally, there'd be a role reversal, since I liked to try my hand at cooking now and then.
One evening, at my place, we'd just finished eating a chicken-and-pasta dinner I'd made. We were sitting on the couch having a drink, and Annie wanted to watch something on streaming TV. I suggested we watch later, as the kitchen was a mess. "You can do the dishes later," she assured me, which was odd given that it was her turn once I'd cooked dinner. She elbowed me gently in the ribs, which made me spill some of my beer onto my lap. She laughed.
"You're in trouble," I said, grumpily though my annoyance was mild.
"Do something about it!" she challenged, nudging with her elbow again, though this time stopping short of causing me to spill my beer.
That surprised me. What did she want me to do? I put my beer on the end-table and patted her thigh. Annie was wearing jeans. She pressed against me while still holding her drink, a margarita I'd mixed for her. She's rather petite, 5'3" to my 5'10." Her long brown hair hung over my arm. She pushed her weight against me a little more. And then her margarita spilled onto my lap.
"What are you doing?" I said, getting exasperated now.
"What a mess," she said, looking at me closely. "What are you going to do about it?"
"I'm going to get changed," I replied, taking her mostly empty glass from her hand and putting it on the end-table next to my half-filled beer mug. My tone grew a little sterner. "Meanwhile, you're going to clean up the kitchen, and only then are we going to watch the show you want."
"No," she said sweetly, putting her hand on my groin, which quickly started to bulge. "You're going to get changed,
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