What Angela Wanted to Discuss

Daniel ran a brush through his short, straight, black hair, which he had inherited from his Indigenous Australian mother, as he looked in his main bathroom mirror. Like everyone else, the SAV-2 virus had reduced his physical age. He saw the six-foot-tall, borderline chubby, black guy with dark skin he had been in his twenties. He had long since come to terms with the fact that the Mitchell men tended to lean a little chunky, while the women never had to work to look like the curvy, sexy models that could give a young Sofia Vergara a run for her money in the looks department.

His father’s family had been in Texas since before the Civil War, and Juneteenth freed them.

Daniel wondered what Angela wanted to talk about before the game. He was not the DM, so there was next to nothing she would want to talk about relating to her character unless she wanted to change the mildly adversarial relationship between his dwarf cleric and her half-elf rogue. The two of them had always liked the way their characters pretended not to like one another while always being the first to jump to the other’s aid.

He made sure that he was presentable. Dan put on his current favorite t-shirt and jeans. The shirt was black with a cartoon DeForest Kelley dressed in armor and a caption that read, “I’M A BARBARIAN, NOT A DOCTOR!”

He was restocking the mini-fridge in his game room with the group’s favorite soft drinks when the Ring app on his phone buzzed. He looked and saw video of Angela fidgeting at the front door. The way that she was rubbing her thighs together made Dan think that she needed to use the bathroom before they talked about anything. Dan closed the mini-fridge, leaving the unloaded drinks on the floor next to the appliance, and quickly crossed his largish house to let Angela in.

A huge smile blossomed on Angela’s face when Daniel opened the front door.

“Thank god you were willing to see me!” she exclaimed. Her right hand was rubbing her crotch through her black yoga pants. Her left hand was alternating between both of her ample breasts. “I think I’ve been exposed to that new virus. I know that it’s a lot to ask, but please take me.” Angela then gave Daniel a passionate kiss.