he asked me to try his drink, this vitamin C fruit drink. insisted.

the way he was watching me gave me the feeling this was a test.

i tried to remember if he drank from the rim or the straw but couldn't remember, so i drank from the rim, my eyes watching him watching me.

you didn't drink from the straw!

you were testing me!

yeah i was. and you failed.

did i fail, or because i knew it was a test, decline to be tested?

you're used to getting what you want, aren't you?

not necessarily.

really? you would say that when you want things you don't usually get them?

i think about it.

okay, fine. i usually get what i want.