#Chapter 55 – Negotiations

“Oh!” I says, and then I give Kent a big smile. I’m excited, after all. “Out, actually! Daniel just came by and asked me if I want to go to dinner.” Kent smiles at me then, just raising the little corner of his mouth. “The black, then,” he says, nodding towards a little minidress still hanging in my closet. “That’s better, for a city dinner.” I considers the dress, which is really just a scrap of fabric. I pull it out and look it up and down. “You don’t think it’s too…” I say, hesitating and looking up at him, a little embarrassed. “Well, slutty?” Kent laughs a little at this, leaning against my door frame. “The whole point of going to a chic restaurant in the city is to wear a dress like that and make your boyfriend jealous when all the other men stare at you. That’s why a dress like that exists.” I look back at the dress then, surprised and a little excited. I had never thought about it that way. I sneak a little glance at Kent, then, still leaning there in my doorway, wondering