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“Humph,” she harrumphs, obviously pleased to have pulled this information from me

“I’, so don’t even waste your breath asking,” I warn her

“You’re mean” She frowns

After I forgot our first wedding’s anniversary, I felt like shit, and I set aboutit up this time around

I booked us a three-day stay in a nice cabin up in the mountains Just me, her, and nature I knoon’t exactly be Thea’s kind of thing, but the place is nice with an areat spa, so she’ll survive

“You’ll let Rae knoe need to reschedule?”

She waves a hand dismissively “Yeah, I’ll tell her”

We finish our dinner and clean up together I let Prue out and Thea folds the blankets in the family room

I co her over my shoulder

“Xander!” she squeals as I run up the stairs with her

I shs harder

I push the doors open into our roo her on it

“You suck,” she says, looking up at me with her hair fanned out around her head

I lean over her, bracing my arms on either side of her head “You love it and you know it”

I pull away frorab a pair of sleep pants froe my clothes and climb into bed