From Across The Hall – 25

“It’s not actually a date.”

“Sure sounds like a date to me,” Michael replies. Ruben regrets calling his older brother in an excited panic the moment he got home from work. “Tell me; how many other people are going to be working late there in the university by the time you get there?”

“I honestly don’t know.”

“Maybe he plans on having his way with you up against an easel,” Michael teases with far too much gleeful laughter in his voice.

“Mike—”

“Or maybe he’s going to find an excuse...