Getting Over It

Today is the day that my husband is releasing the most terrifying thing that I don’t want to see. A pterodactyl. Gil runs into my room.

“Janet, I have something to tell you.”

“Me too. I’ll go first I---’

“No, I’ll go first. What I have to tell you is more important than your nonsense news.”

“No it’s not. There is a term, called ‘Ladies first’.”

“I believe it’s ‘Scientists first’.”

“You’re a cryptozoologist. Not a scientist.”

“Same thing!”

“Not a chance!”

We pause.

“This is ridiculous. I got therapy for my fear of dinosaurs,” I say.

Gil widens his eyes.

“I was going to say that I’m not doing the experiment anymore. You said I shouldn’t do it and… I didn’t,” he says and pauses. “I’m going to bring back a megalodon instead!”

That’s not a dinosaur, so that’s ok.

We kiss.