She Wants Me to Cheat

I wasn't really sure what to expect as I walked into my apartment. My girlfriend Lara said she had something serious she wanted to discuss.

My brain defaulted to the worst possible news, she was leaving me. I had felt her drifting over the last few months. She seemed distant, wasn't as invested, conversation was hollow, the writing was on the wall. Pretty disappointing potential outcome, but life will go on.

So I walked into my apartment without any real plans to fight for her. I wanted to know why she was distant, but I wasn't about to convince her to stay with me.

You can imagine my surprise when I walked in I heard her humming and cooking in our little apartments kitchen. I was additionally surprised when she called out to me, "Love, is that you?"

"Yeah," I said glancing at my watch, 8:32 p.m. it was another late night at work.

She walked out of the kitchen into our main walkway and greeted me with a brilliant smile. Lara was 5'2" with tan skin and auburn hair that flowed down to the middle of her back which was loose and slightly frazzled. She was beautiful with delicate features and smooth, soft, perfect skin. I would be lying if I said that was the first thing I noticed about her tonight though.

She was wearing one of my hoodies, it swallowed her but left plenty of her smooth legs to be admired, that was all she was wearing. At least as far as I could see.

She bit her lip as she noticed me eyeing her up and down, "I hope you're fine with re-stirred stir-fry for dinner because that's what I made you."

"Sounds perfect," I said as I took off my coat and hung it on the rack by the door. Now it was her turn to look me up and down. She always said I looked good in a suit so I guess she was happy with my job requiring it, I work at a law firm that handles everything from tax law to criminal litigation.

Once she realized she was staring she blushed and twirled around before going back to the kitchen. Her twirl revealed to me that she was in fact just wearing my hoodie, so maybe it was not bad news she had to talk to me about.

I went into the kitchen where Lara had set up our stir-fry dinner and it was just perfect. Not the food, Lara is a good cook but she's working with leftovers for dinner, but Lara herself. She was back to her old self. The distance that had appeared between us was gone and the conversation flowed I hadn't realized how much I missed having her.

Then Lara cleared her throat saying, "About what I wanted to talk to you about."

"Right, what's up," I asked.

"I've been thinking about our relationship," oh boy, here we go, "and I want to change things a little." She was nervous, like she didn't know how to broach the subject.

I took her hand, "Just say what you're thinking and we'll talk about it."

She nodded and said, "Okay, I, I want you to cheat on me."

What?