"Will this be okay?" Michelle asked, pulling a black skirt out of her closet. She was trying to decide on what she should pack, and Tony was making a small attempt to help her. He was lying sideways on her bed, half of her wardrobe spewed all around him.
"Sure. You'll give the squirrels quite a show." Michelle threw the skirt at him and he laughed. "Don't you have any pants? Or Sweatpants?" he asked, picking up several items off the bed and throwing them aimlessly behind him. Michelle hurried over to her dresser and pulled out two pairs of sweatpants and two pairs of jeans.
"Will these work?" she asked, chucking them in his direction.
"Is there a reason why you didn't pull these out first?" he asked sarcastically.
"Shut up. Just, go through that for me." she demanded, pointing to the dresser. "I've got a few more things I need to grab." Tony pulled himself off her bed and opened the bottom drawer of her dresser, pulling out two turtlenecks and a sweatshirt.
"'I don't have any winter clothes'?" he mocked, holding up his latest findings.
"I forgot about those!" she exclaimed. He chucked and tossed them on the bed. "Great. Thanks sweet!" Michelle gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before skipping into the bathroom, coming out with a plastic bag full of beauty products.
"Michelle, you won't need makeup up there." he joked.
"This is just some stuff for my hair. If it's damp up there I'll turn into a yeti." she explained. Tony laughed. He was completely dumbfounded at Michelle's comment. "Plus, I have dry skin so I had to pack some eczema cream." she tried to continue over Tony's howls. "Oh, be quiet!" she cried with frustration. Tony ran over and picked her up again, this time dropping her on the bed and landing on top of her. They both quickly grew serious and stared at one another for a moment, their faces only inches away, bodies pressed up against each other. They both knew that they needed to talk. There couldn't be any confusion.
"Michelle, I hope you don't think that I'm taking you away this week so that you'll sleep with me. That's not it." he explained, playing with several of her curls.
"Okay. But we really do need to talk about that." she agreed.
"I know. We will." he promised.
"Should I... umm… bring… protection? Just in case?" she asked rather nervously.
"No, I uhh… I took care of that." Michelle sighed and smiled, and Tony kissed her on the forehead. "Come on, let's get this stuff packed and get out of here. It's almost 8:30." he suggested, getting up off of her and grabbing the blue dress that hung on a nearby chair. "Now, da'ling, I think this would look absolutely dee viinee on me. Don't you think?" Michelle laughed and grabbed the red gown on the bed next to her.
"No sugar, this one will bring out the color in your eyes!"