“Yup, but I didn't want to go full
load right out of the box, and regis-  
tered for just one, Intro to Animal    
Biology and Physiology.”               
     “Very appropriate,” I said, “but  
didn’t you already take that one?”     
     “I did, but I could use a         
refresher, and besides, I can also     
audit it now, and that's what I'm going
to do for the next couple days,” she   
said really fast, like she was fast-   
forwarding to the good part.           
     “Now! Tell me what the hell       
happened today!”                       
     I did, and she had a lot of       
questions, especially about the money, 
but I said, “No, we have to talk about 
what happened this morning first.”     
     “Are you having second thoughts?” 
she asked and put a plate in front of  
* me and another one right across the    
table.                                 
     “No way. Nothing in the world     
would make me happier. We've been going
together for what, eight years? I can't
see any downside to this.”             
     “Halloween will be our Ninth Anni-
versary.”                              
     That's right, I thought, and      
wolfed down another fucking delicious  
meal. Beth was right, and I might be   
biased, but this was the best meal in  
the world.                             
     “Babe, how can you top yourself   
like this every night?” I said and     
shoveled another spoonful into my      
mouth.                                 
     She laughed, and we spent the rest
of the meal talking about those nine   
years, and that worked its way around  
to deciding on a day.                  



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