Chapter#1
"So how was last night?" Claire said with raised eyebrows.
Despite the lift that her camera girl's voice offered Roxanne still sulked, her palms folding delicately under the cup of her chin.
"Fine."
"Don't tell me." She said as she was changing out a tape from one of the camera's. "He didn't."
"No." Roxanne huffed. "He didn't."
They sat there in silence for a few seconds before Claire spoke again.
"Well I don't know what Megamind's deal is. That lingerie looked amazing on you."
"Thanks, but I don't think Megamind is big into lingerie."
'Or maybe he's just not into me.' She mumbled under her breath.
It had been two years since Titan's defeat, and one year since they officially started dating, but Megamind and Roxanne had yet to consummate their relationship.
"Don't sweat it." Claire said with a wave of her hand. "Just talk to him."
"I have." Roxanne said in a frustrated tone, meeting her gaze.
Roxanne took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment in regret.
"I'm sorry." She said reaching over to Claire. "I didn't mean to shout."
She shrugged her shoulders but kept her eyes intently focused on the camera.
"I'm just frustrated. I don't know what to do."
"Hey." Claire pulled away from her camera hearing her voice crumble with distress.
"It will happen when it's meant to."
"And when is that? When we are both too old to even know what sex is?"
Claire looked over her shoulder at the clock that hung on the wall. It read 5:00PM. "Hey why don't we have dinner tonight? Just you and me?"
Roxanne lifted her head for a moment and met Claire's face with a small smile. "Thanks." She reached into the folds of her purse and pulled out her cell.
"Let me just send a quick text to Megamind."
Claire nodded and put the camera back into its case.
"Ready?" She said after Roxanne put her phone away.
Claire nodded and then they left their office, greeting the busy traffic of Metro City.
"Sir I don't think this is going to work." Minion said puzzling over the flashing computer screen in their liar.
"It has to Minion. Keep trying."
"Keeping trying sir."
Minion pulled away for a moment and turned his watery gaze to Megamind. He couldn't help but notice the purple blotches and heavy weights that pressed against his friend's green eyes.
"Sir, are you all right?"
"Yes." Megamind said as he stared intently at his own screen.
"Are you sure sir?"
His teeth were now gritted and he rubbed at his hefty temple.
"How did last night go?" He asked when Megamind didn't respond.
"Horrible Minion. Just horrible." Megamind threw his arms in the air and then sank into his office chair, which rolled from the weight of his lean frame.
"She seduced me."
Minion couldn't help but chuckle at his friend's assessment. From what he knew about earthling's, which grantit wasn't much he did know men didn't associate horrible with being seduced, especially from a beautiful woman like Roxanne Richie.
"Did you try talking to her?"
"Of course not." Megamind spun circles in his chair while still rubbing at his overlysized blue head.
"So, you didn't tell her the truth?"
Megamind stopped spinning, his back now facing his friend.
"I can't do that."
"Sir she's going to find out eventually. You know how smart she is."
"Yes." He said with a small breath. "I know."
He turned to the clock which read 5:00PM. Waves sloshed in his stomach. Of course, he was happy that Roxanne would be home soon, but he was so ashamed. Last night he ran out on her wearing the blue lingerie that she had no doubt purchased for their one year anniversary.
He turned away when he felt his phone vibrate beneath the folds of his leather suit.
He opened it and exposed the small screen.
'Dinner with Claire. Be home later. XOXO Roxy.'
He took a deep sigh of relief. His long fingers delicately caressing the screen.
At least he would have time to come up with a plan.
Despite it being a busy Friday night Roxanne and Claire got one of the best tables at FruDumere. It sat window side. The soft kiss of the late sun pouring in from their window, which overlooked the Brooklyn Bridge.
Roxanne looked up from the view and smiled when Claire came over carrying two margaritas' in her hands. She placed on in front of Roxanne before putting the other one in front of her.
"Ok. So, spill it girl."
Roxanne was private. She usually didn't discuss personal things with coworkers, especially her sex life, but in only a year's time Claire had become a good friend to her.
She took a deep breath and curled a bit of her short black hair behind her ear.
"Don't repeat what I tell you. I don't want anyone at work to find out."
Claire placed one hand on her chest above her heart and the other raised just above her head.
"I promise."
Roxanne sunk closer to her, closing the space between them so none of the other patrons could hear.
"So, after dinner we started making out, and then I pulled him into our bedroom."
Roxanne fiddled with her hands, as she usually did when she was engaged in deep conversation.
"I had everything set up. The candles. The wine."
Claire nodded urging Roxanne to continue.
"Then I excused myself to the bathroom where I put on the lingerie you helped me pick out."
Roxanne took a deep breath and looked around to make sure no one was listening. Satisfied she continued.
"Then I came out. He just froze and ran away."
Claire chocked mid sip on her margarita, causing some to leak back into the glass.
"Are you serious?" Claire said after a few seconds of silence. "He just ran out on you?"
"Yea. He ran out."
Claire pondered for a moment, lost in thought. Then she returned with a snap of her fingers.
"What?" Roxanne said staring at her friend.
"Maybe he's just afraid."
Roxanne laughed and tssked into her drink before taking a sip.
"Yea right. The man fights villains every day. You really think he's scared of having sex with me?"
Claire shook her head and opened her mouth to speak, but paused for a moment while the waitress brought their order over.
After she left Claire continued.
"No, I think he's afraid of not pleasing you. Maybe he just doesn't know what to do."
Roxanne stared down at her food, twisting her spaghetti onto her fork.
"Have you ever tried talking to him? Explaining how things work?"
Of course. Roxanne thought. He wasn't from this planet and his parents had died when he was only days old. Megamind was smart, obviously, but how could he know something that he was never taught? Minion could have had the talk with him, but maybe he was just embarrassed.
"That's a great idea." Roxanne said with a beam to her voice. "Maybe you're right. Maybe he's just nervous."
"Poor thing." She finished with a pout.
"Poor you." Claire finished with a laugh.
The evening ended with the two girls laughing over their pasta and drinking the rest of their margarita's.
Megamind twiddled his thumbs and watched the clock intently.
8:30. She should be home soon. He thought.
He rose, turning when he heard the click of the door.
"Megamind?" Roxanne said with a light tone.
He rushed over and wrapped his arms around her open frame.
"Hello Darling, did you have a nice time?"
Roxanne nodded and tucked a bit of hair beneath her ear.
"Yes. It was nice."
Roxanne walked past him and sat on the couch. She smiled, patting the empty seat next to her.
"Can we talk?"
He nodded, but wouldn't meet her eyeline as he sat next to her. Clearly still embarrassed over last nights events.
She reached down, pulling his face to meet hers.
She melted, seeing how vulnerable he looked with his big green eyes.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry."
He shook his head and pulled her hands away from his chin to hold and caress them.
"No darling. You don't owe me an apology. In fact, I owe you one."
He took a deep breath and faced her.
"Megamind you don't have to apologize. It can be scary. Especially if you don't know what you're doing."
"Wait. What?" He said cutting her off and releasing his grip.
"Listen. I remember what it was like to lose my virginity. It was terrifying."
He shook his head stopping her thoughts long enough for him to interrupt.
"Yes, I'm a virgin, but I know what I'm doing. Minion had the talk with me when I was 11."
He shrugged his shoulders. "Though he thought it was pointless I'm glad he did."
"Wait? What?" Roxanne stood and had her hands on her hips. "So, it's not that you don't know what you're doing?"
"No." He said with a laugh and rising with her. "Of course not. It's that we aren't compatible."
He pressed his fingers against his lips, seeing the white veil that fell against her olive face.
"I didn't mean that we aren't compatible."
"No." She said wiping at her cheek and reaching for her purse. "I think that's exactly what you meant, and you know I think you're right."
She knew that Megamind wasn't always great at social skills, but to say that they weren't compatible. It was too heartbreaking for her to hear, and ripped open every insecurity that she had about their relationship. She already thought she wasn't good enough for him.
"Roxanne, please. Just listen that's not what I meant."
He reached for her but she pushed away from his grasp.
"I meant that our bodies aren't compatible." He said just as she reached for the handle, blocking her escape.
She paused, turning back to him. "Meaning what exactly?" She said with a tremble to her voice.
He turned his head down before he spoke, and didn't meet her when he did. "It's our genetic makeup." He said with a sigh. "Sex with me could kill you."