The Negotiation - a Blog Post by sexyldy1000

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2/7/2019 4:08 am

The Negotiation

She walked through the doorway and stopped in front of him. She was so close, only inches away and he could feel the warmth of her body as her essence filled his nostrils.

“If I tell you that I want you to kiss me, will you?” she asked, looking up into his eyes.

“If you want to kiss me because you are desperate, I’ll take a rain check,” he responded.

“I don’t do rain checks. This is a take-it-or-leave-it offer. And for the record, I have wanted to kiss you long before today.”

“Oh stop it. You are just being emotional,” he requested.

She took a step backwards. “For the record, I am not being emotional. I know exactly what I am doing,” she fired back at him.

“Damn it. Don’t do this,” was his frustrated response.

“Forget it. If you don’t want to go to bed with me, just say so and I promise I will stop bothering you,” she called over her shoulder as she started to walk away.

“Wait! You don’t understand,” he called out to her.

She hesitated and turned around to look at him and said, “What exactly don’t I understand?”

“The future. I simply can’t offer you one.”

“What are you trying to say? Do you have some terrible illness?” she queried.

“No, it’s nothing like that. It’s ….complicated.”

“How complicated? Are you gay?” she asked in disbelief.

“No!”

“Do you have a wife and stashed away somewhere that I don’t know about?” she asked.

“No. Of course not. It’s nothing like that. I have a lousy track record when it comes to relationships. They never last long and it’s always my fault. I don’t want any misunderstandings between us. I can’t make you any promises about a futue.”

“Ah.. So you have commitment issues,” she stated.

“Yes. Something like that,” he admitted.

She thought about it briefly and then nodded once. “Okay.”

“Okay? That’s all you have to say?”

“Yes. I am good with your issues if you are good with mine.”

“Your issues don’t begin to compare to mine,” he warned.

“Oh, so now we are comparing issues?” she accused him.

He stood there shaking his head incredulously. “This isn’t a conversation, it’s a damn negotiation,”

She raised her eyebrows. “Oh really?”

“So let’s get this straight. You would be okay being with me, knowing I have a lousy track record?”

“I will put my lousy track record up against yours anytime,” she said defiantly. “However, it must be monogamous for both of us, while we are involved together,” she stated.

“Agreed,” he immediately responded as he knew he couldn’t bear the thought of her with another man. “Anything else you want to negotiate?”

“Nothing comes to mind. Sounds like we have established the terms and conditions of a relationship.”

“So now what? Are you going to whip out a contract for me to sign?”

“What?” she angrily responded.

“Geez. Talk about taking the romance out of things.”

She hesitated for the briefest of moments. “You started it.” she accused. Her voice was harsh with indignation, anger and yes, maybe even pain.

“Me? You are the one who wanted to compare issues” he shot back. “I can’t believe you are trying to make this my fault.” He moved closer to her. “Damned if I will let you put all the blame on me for this fiasco.”

“First you accuse me of taking all the romance of our relationship and then you call it a fiasco. You are right! Whatever happens between us probably won’t last very long, not at the rate we are going, so I suggest we get started before it fizzles out completely."

She closed the short distance between them, clamped her hands around his shoulders, stood on her tiptoes and kissed him. It was a kiss fueled by the energy that had been charging the atmosphere between them for almost 3 months. It was fueled by frustration, anger and desire.

“To hell with our issues and the future,” he said against her mouth. ”All I care about right now is tonight.”

“Yes. Tonight works for me. It's a start,” was her response.

Would you get involved with someone who couldn't offer any kind of future with you?