Sherri and John had been back together for three months. Being a cross-country couple was difficult but they were making it work. It was around seven o'clock in the evening when John walked through the door of Sherri's house. Riley came up to her wagging her tail.
"Hey girl." He said petting her. "Did you miss me?" "Where's mommy at?"
"In the kitchen honey." Sherri called from the kitchen. John went into the kitchen. "Hi." She said.
"Hi." They kissed. "How was your day?"
"Good." "I got a creepy fan letter today."
"That happens sometimes."
"Yeah occupational hazard." "Dinner's almost ready."
"Ok." "Don't make any plans for nine o' clock tomorrow morning."
"Why?"
"I have a surprise for you."
"What did you John?"
"You'll have to wait and see."
"Well let's see, my birthday isn't for six months." "So it's nothing to do with that."
"Nope."
"Give me a hint."
"You're gonna like it, I hope."
She laughed. "You suck."
"I love you too Sherri."
It was eight o' clock the next morning. Sherri and John were drinking coffee.
"Are you gonna tell me what my surprise is?" Sherri asked.
"I actually got in yesterday." "I went and looked at a house." "I liked it." "If you like it I wanna put an offer on it."
"Are you sure you're ready to live together again?"
"Yes.
They went to go see the house. It was a huge place. It took John five minutes just to show Sherri everything. They were in the living room.
"What do you think?" John asked.
"I love it." "One thing tough." "I'm not getting rid of Riley."
"Of course not."
"Let's make an offer." "As for us, break out the cohabitation agreement."
"I already had one made up."
Within a day they got the call that their offer was accepted.
Three weeks later they were moving in. Sherri had just signed the cohabitation agreement.
"Are we putting this in the safe?" Sherri asked.
"Yeah, I'll do it." John said. He went down the hall to a room that was once again his home office. He unlocked the safe and put the agreement inside. He saw the black box with the engagement ring intended for Sherri. He still had every intention of giving it to her.