Make It Worth My While — Zip Hoodie

The invitation arrives while you are having a perfectly good evening on your own. There is music you chose, something open at the right page, and no need to explain why you have moved the lamp. You like this arrangement. The person messaging you is going to have to make a persuasive case.

They do.

It begins with where they would like to take you, improves with what they have remembered you enjoy, and finishes with a sentence that suggests the venue is only part of their interest. You read the message again. This is a pleasing amount of effort from someone whose face you already find distracting.

You reply that you could be convinced. They say they were hoping for the opportunity.

The short zip hoodie goes over the top you already have on. You leave it open, like the dark frame around the color inside, and decide the evening can afford a change of scene. The book stays where you will find it. You are leaving a good thing for the possibility of another good thing, which feels like a much better reason than having nothing else to do.

When you arrive, they have remembered the detail you thought they might forget. You tell them this is going well. They ask whether you are surprised. You say you prefer to remain interested in the evidence.

They make room beside them. There is more evidence waiting.

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