"Laymon, Richard - Come Out Tonight" - читать интересную книгу автора (Laymon Richard)

"I wish."

"Can we ... you know, do it anyway?"

Sherry shook her head. "I don't think that would be such a good idea."

"I'm perfectly healthy. I won't give you anything. I mean, I haven't... Nobody since Bev. That was two years ago, and I've had regular checkups, so ... I won't give you AIDS or anything."

"I know," she said.

But she didn't know. Not for sure.

I'm not going to risk my life, she thought.

She said, "You wouldn't want me to get pregnant, would you?"

"That's not very likely, is it?"

"Likely enough, tonight."

He shook his head slowly from side to side.

"There's always tomorrow night," Sherry said.

"But I don't want to wait."

"The anticipation will make it all the better."

"I've already been anticipating it for weeks."

"I know, I know. Me, too."

If we'd just done a little advance planning along with all that anticipation...

"Just go to the store tomorrow," Sherry said, "and pick up a good supply of the things. Then come over to my place tomorrow night. I'll make us a nice dinner and we'll try again. How does that sound?"

From the look on his face, she knew that it didn't sound great.

"Just one more night," she said. "It won't kill us to wait."

"I know, I know, but... Whoa!""What?"

He suddenly laughed. "I'm so stupid."

"What?"

"I'll go to the store now! The Speed-D-Mart must carry condoms, don't you think so?"

"It probably does."