Breaking the Rules

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Chapter 12

Nothing exploded. I let out a breath I didn’t even realize I was holding.

“Device is safe.” Spike’s voice came over the headsets.

“Good job Spike. You too Thunder.” Greg said. “Let’s wrap this up.

I was leaving the locker room after shift and ran into Spike.

“Hey, thanks for the help out there.”

“You would have figured it out.”

“Not in time.”

I smiled.

“You want to grab something to eat?” He asked.

“Pizza at my place?” I suggested.

“Sure.” He replied and followed me out the door.

Half an hour later we were in my living room eating pizza. I was half paying attention to what I was doing. I was trying to figure out how to ask Spike where we stood after last night. After one slice I figured to just jump right in.

“Spike, can I ask you something?”

“Anything.”

“Where do we stand after last night?”

“I don’t know. Do you want to date?”

“Yeah, but what about the team rule?”

“Who says the team has to know? All we have to do is act professional at work and they wouldn’t know?”

“And if we get caught?”

“Then we deal with it then.”

I pretended to think for a second. “I’m in.

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