We’ve been in the Valley, Toluca Lake, for four hours looking at apartments with Casey’s parents and a woman from a rental agency that Casey called, who seems to be in her mid-thirties with great tits. I fucking despise the Valley. I’m standing in the living room of the third place we’ve looked at today. Casey, her mom, and the rental agency lady are in the bedroom. Her dad’s standing with me.
He says, “So how’d you propose to my little girl?”
I try to remember exactly how we became engaged. I can’t. I only vaguely think Casey invited me over to fuck and then somehow we were engaged without fucking.
I say, “I got down on one knee.”
He says, “I figured you for a one-knee man. That’s how I popped the question to her mother, too. One knee’s the best way to go. It’s not too creative, but it gets the job done and it’s classy. Things like that are important moments in a woman’s life and they should be classy.” He pats me on the back, then says, “You know, Casey’s sister just had a baby. Do you think you guys’ll have kids pretty soon after you’re married?”
I can’t remember what Casey told me I was supposed to say but I think it was something like, “Yeah.”
He says, “That’s great. That’s really the only way to do it. Start your family early, then when you get to be my age you have some time for yourself. Not that raising kids is all bad or anything, but trust me, when you hit forty-five you can barely stand your wife, let alone kids running around the house. But don’t get me wrong, marriage is a wonderful thing.”
Casey, her mom, and the rental agency woman walk in from the other room. Casey’s mom is pointing at the walls, saying, “You could do some amazing things in here. There’s so much light. Really, this would make a great family area. And that little half bedroom would be perfect for the baby. This place is absolutely perfect.”
The realtor says, “It really is perfect for married couples just starting out. The last tenants were a married couple and they were here for two and a half years, and now that they have their third baby on the way and a little more money in their pockets, they’re going to buy their first house.”
Casey says, “I can’t wait till we can buy our first house together.” Then she hugs me. I wonder if the rental agency woman would do a three-way with me and Casey, or if she’d just suck my cock if I stopped by her office one day.
Casey’s dad says, “Well, do you guys think this is the one?”
Casey says, “I really like it.”
Her dad says, “Then you guys should get the ball rolling—no time like the present.”
Casey says, “I guess you’re right. What do we need to fill out?”
The rental agency woman says, “Well, we can start getting the paperwork in order, but it really depends on when you’d want to move in. The current tenants officially move out in a couple of months. I don’t know when the big wedding date is for you guys and how that fits into your plans, but that’s the soonest they could be out.”
Casey’s mom says, “I can’t believe we never even asked when you’re getting married.”
Casey says, “Well, we wanted to have some time to plan it out and everything, but if we need to be ready to move, I guess we could move things up.”
Casey’s mom says, “I’ll help you plan everything. It’ll go like clockwork. You can still have a beautiful wedding even in a few months.”
Casey says, “Would you really help me plan it, Mom?”
Her mom says, “Of course. I know exactly how everything should be.”
Everything else either one of them says becomes a high-pitched ringing in my ears. I think about Alyna and wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t gone over to Casey’s house that night to fuck.
Later as we’re eating dinner to celebrate the paperwork being started on our new apartment, I look at Casey’s dad and try to picture myself at his age, visiting my daughter who’s forced some guy into a marriage he doesn’t want. I wonder if Casey’s dad really wanted to marry her mom. I wonder if there was a girl like Alyna for him. I wonder how many times a day he jerks off. I wonder if I’ll still jerk off when I’m his age.
When we’re finished with dinner I offer to pay and her parents let me.