Around 9:00 last night, I had to call Ben and cancel our plans.
"I'm so sorry," I said. "I have at least two more hours of work. We're trying to get everything done by Thursday night so we can finalize it before the holiday weekend. I'm really, really, really sorry."
"It's okay," he said, sincerely. "You warned me this might happen. No apologies necessary."
"What are you going to do tonight?" I asked.
"Well, first I'm going to forward you the email that Shane sent me," he began.
"He emailed you?! What did it say?"
"A lot. You'll have to read it for yourself. And then I'm going to go to the gym, and cook myself a killer stir-fry, in that order. If you get out early and want to come by, feel free."
"I wish," I said. "But we're starting crazy early tomorrow, too. I'm basically going to swing home for a nap before going back to work."
"This new life of yours sounds awesome," he said sarcastically.
"Don't start. It won't always be like this. Just sometimes."
"Sometimes I can deal with," he said. "I'm diplomatic like that. Good luck tonight. Love you."
"Love you, too," I said.
I was DYING to read the email from Shane, but I had work to do. We spent the rest of the night getting the storyboards together, and by "the rest of the night," I mean we finished up well after midnight. I went home and crashed, completely forgetting about the email. This morning, as I tried to mainline coffee before jumping in the shower, I read it.
To: Ben
From: Shane
Subject: An apology
I'm really sorry about the other night, man. I knew it was going to be a disaster, but Naomi's headstrong. I'm not even into this stuff, really, but I realized years ago that my life is much better when Naomi is happy. I was never "dying to have sex with K." I mean, don't get me wrong, I wouldn't have said no if you guys were both into it, but I would have been fine either way. I don't expect you guys to hang out with us again, but I hope after this email we're at least cool.
-Shane
Not to be nitpicky, but I think Shane's email would have been a little more convincing if he'd left out the line about how he totally would have had sex with me if I was into it and Ben was cool with it. At the top of Ben's forwarded message, he said "I don't believe he's not into it, but I still feel like I should respond. What do you think?"
I wrote back that I thought he should thank him for the explanation and apology, tell him that things are as cool as they can be under the circumstances, and that, no, we won't be hanging out with them any time soon.
I think it's pretty interesting that Shane was the one to (no pun intended) make the first move post-dinner party. Naomi and I talked much more than Shane and Ben did, and I have yet to hear a peep from her. Not that I particularly want to. "Oh, hey K., super sorry I tried to have sex with your boyfriend while you watched!" Do you think one watches in that situation? Still so much to think about...
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