Total pages in book: 60
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 57876 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 289(@200wpm)___ 232(@250wpm)___ 193(@300wpm)
He had a love-hate relationship with the washing machine that I wasn’t ready to deal with yet.
In his mind, it was nearly barbaric and we were doing it all wrong. I wasn’t sure how we were supposed to be doing it because he didn’t have the English vocabulary to explain it, but we were basically going down to the creek to scrub the clothes in his mind.
He’d get over it eventually because he had a thing for claiming household chores and he’d only let the stupid machine freak him out for so long. But for now, it was my way of taking care of him for a change and I was going to enjoy it.
“You take very good care of me, my Theo.” Stroking over my head, he smiled and snuggled me closer against his body as he walked us into the bedroom. “Now I must take care of you, and according to the internet relationship advisors, I must make sure we have dates.”
Oh.
“Larry said he has a list from his human mate about appropriate options.” Jerker was working himself up again, but before he could get too far, I jumped back in.
“Well, Larry probably only needed a list because they don’t communicate as well as we do.” Oh yeah. I was a genius when it came to making my mate happy, at the very least. “You know how well we talk about things, so you weren’t worried.”
Nope.
He’d been frustrated and cranky.
But as he set me down on the bed, I decided not to mention that part. “And thank you for researching ways we can have a healthy relationship.”
I wasn’t sure the internet was the place to go for good advice about that kind of stuff, but it was cute that he was making sure he was doing it right.
“Should we go out to dinner? Oh, have you been to the movies?” He’d mentioned going on a few get to know Earth field trips, but he hadn’t mentioned the movies yet. “I think it’d be fun cuddling up to you in the movies.”
He went very still before his limbs went back to petting me. “Movie theaters are places of entertainment with a large screen where the same movies from the television are projected.”
Well, he knew what they were at least.
“Yes.” He didn’t seem like he understood the excitement, but he also didn’t seem like he hated the idea. “Or we could go try out a new grocery store together.”
He really liked doing that so I was surprised when he frowned. “I am not allowed to run errands on a date.”
That was interesting.
“I don’t see trying out a new grocery store as running errands.” Although, I could see why he did…the internet had told him it was. “I thought it would be fun to go to show you one of the expensive grocery stores. They’re different than the regular one we go to.”
Jerker looked like the world had stopped spinning for a few seconds. “They change depending on the price…the price of the food?”
Kind of.
“They change based on where the stores are located and how they want people to see them. There is one really big grocery store closer to work where everything is more expensive and that’s where the wealthy people shop. They have different brands and it’s huge.” It was also ridiculous, but I thought he’d find the differences interesting.
“That is.” He paused, thoughts clearly going either too fast or too slow. “That is very unexpected.”
I couldn’t decide what his reaction was, so I just waited and ran my fingers over the limbs that had gone very still.
“The brands of food products change?” He looked stumped by that one, so I nodded clearly. “Humans will pay higher prices to appear more…more special. I was not expecting brand changes as well.”
That was obvious.
“Do you want to go check them out?” I wasn’t sure if it was like a big research project to him or some kind of hobby, but he really liked the grocery store.
“No.” Shaking his head, he looked like he was pushing the idea to the back of his mind as he started petting me again. “Errands are not dates.”
He’d clearly read that entirely too many times.
But it was still early enough in the afternoon that we could do several different things. “How about we do a movie and then find dinner? After the date portion of our day, we’ll wander around the other grocery store before coming home.”
I thought it was a good compromise that even the internet would approve of, but he sighed and was back to looking entirely too thoughtful over the whole situation. “I am not supposed to wear you out before you start work again tomorrow. Sundays are for rest and readying for the week.”
Because the internet had said so.
Okay.
“We ran our errands already and we even got the laundry done. I’m ready for the week and we have hours and hours before I need to go to bed. We have plenty of time for us to do something fun and for you to satisfy your curiosity about the other grocery store.” Logic was helping the situation, so I kept using it.