Dinner

After Lisa leaves, you and Kerry get dressed in silence, before heading out to the car waiting outside. The ride to the restaurant is quiet, as you and Kerry sit in the back of the car, staring out the windows on each side. Kerry seems nervous, and she's barely said a word since the conference room, even when you 2 arrive at the restaurant.

You get the lobster while she opts for a salad, and you order one of the more expensive wines on the menu, all on the tab of Kerry's advertising firm. There is no talk of business, or any talk at all, as both of you eat. It's fine for you since you're famished and it's a great meal, although it seems Kerry doesn't have much of an appetite, picking at her salad with a fork. You ask Kerry if she wants to share dessert, and she just shrugs, so you order a cheesecake, telling the waiter to bring 2 spoons.

Once dessert is here, you offer Kerry one of the spoons.

"How did you..." Kerry starts to say as she takes the spoon, then she looks around the restaurant to see if anyone is listening. Nobody is, and your table is some distance away from the other diners. Being mayor has its perks. Nonetheless, Kerry lowers her voice. "How did you know about the gym?"

"What about the gym?" you ask innocently, although the smug look on your face says otherwise.

"Yesterday," Kerry bites her lower lip, unsure if she should continue. "In the gym..."

"Yeah?"

"After my workout, in the shower... I... there was a..."

"What?"

"You said, in the conference room just now, 'Just as good as fucking the invisible man in the gym shower yesterday.' Didn't you?" Kerry asks.

You push the plate between you 2 closer to her, nodding for her to have some dessert, and she reluctantly does so. "Does that mean anything to you?"

Kerry thinks about the question for a while, then grits her teeth and nods. "Yes."

"Please elaborate."

She takes a deep breath as she summons the courage to share the story. "I was in the shower, and writing suddenly started to appear on the glass door. Then... I felt his hands on me, then his lips on mine. I couldn't see him, but I could... I could feel him. The next thing I knew, I was jumping into his arms and we just..."

"What?"

"Made love in the shower," Kerry says, surprised by her own choice of words. You grin and reach across the table for her hand. You look into each other's eyes, and Kerry lets out a quiet gasp of realization. "You're him. Your lips. Your touch. Your... That's why it felt so familiar just now."

"Just as good as it felt yesterday."

"How did you do that? Why me? The meetings today, was that a coincidence? I have so many questions," Kerry says, both confused and excited.

"Woah, slow down. There'll be plenty of time for that. But first, I'm ready for round 2. Are you?"

Kerry nods eagerly.