Idolatry

Later, still lying tangled together on her couch Cole said “now do you believe me?”

Win smiled “I guess so” she said.

“You guess so” he said rolling her back beneath him. “Clearly my performance was lacking. We’ll just have to keep trying until you’re convinced.”

Win laughed as he kissed her throat and his hands moved between them. “Okay I believe you” she said.

Cole lifted his head and grinned down at her “good” he said “but we’re still doing this again” and lowering his head, his mouth fused with hers as he set them off on a lesson in their rightness once more.

From that night on, Cole and Win were inseparable. They spent every day together at the office and every night in her bed. In her mind, Win had drawn Cole back to earth, well mostly. She was still a little in awe of him and had trouble believing he wasn’t going to wake up one day and wonder what on earth he was doing with her. But she did her best not to dwell on that.

It was four months later that Cole returned to a question he had asked once before. “Are you ever going to tell me what Win is short for?”

Win sighed. “Why does it matter?”

“Because I like to know things about you” he said with a grin. “I want to know everything about you.”

Win just looked at him.

“Please?” he said

She searched his eyes for a minute and sighed. “If I tell you, you have to promise not to laugh.”

“Okay” he said.