“How’d you two meet?” Champ asks, patting me on the back. Shauna looks like she’s about to launch into her gym explanation, so I bust in with, “Funny story. She was choking at a restaurant, and I stepped in with the—” Fuck, what is that called? “—hug of life.” Good enough. “She told me she’d do anything for me for saving her life, and I said the only earthly thing I wanted was a date with her. We’ve been glued together ever since.”
