24: The Contingency Plan

[ K A R A ] "What you got there?" Ryder's voice broke the silence. He just got out of the shower, and I was sitting on his desk with the paper and pen in hand. "New rules," I mumbled out as I kept on writing. "You and your rules," Ryder chuckled. "We both know we're just gonna end up breaking them anyway," I rolled my eyes at him. "No, we're not. We're gonna do this thing properly, like two responsible adults," I said. Ryder made his way over to me. He was wearing nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist. I had to look away before he noticed me gawking at him. "Can't we just skip to the part where we fuck?" he said lowly. "Ehem," I coughed. "New rule number one, we will be responsible and mature about this. Meaning we can't be reckless. We can't be doing anything that will jeopardize the well-being of our family. Hence we can't hurt the people around us, because if we do, we'd have to stop," "Mmhm," he said as if he was paying attention, but really he had buried his face in the nap