i swear, baby, he means nothing to me

Legolas and I were hanging out tonight when he found out that I am an adulteress.  It is never a good feeling to get caught cheating.  I suppose the way to avoid those feelings is to not cheat in the first place.  I don't know what I was thinking, but I really just thought I wouldn't get caught.

He was sitting at my computer checking on something, when he found the incriminating evidence.

"What is this?!" he asked, accusingly, picking it up from beside my computer and brandishing it at me.

I paled, knowing there was no way I could talk my way out of it.  "Listen," I said trying to think of an explanation, "It's just that...."

He cut me off. "This is a thank you note from a dentist!  I can't believe you went to another dentist, Kristin!  Don't I mean anything to you?"

"You do! You do!" I protested.  "It's not from a dentist, anyway.  It's from an endodontist!  Right after everything with my dad I chipped my very back tooth, but of course I didn't feel like getting it fixed then.  I just got around to doing it now and I had to get a root canal to get it fixed.  I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

He was silent a few moments.  "You know that dentists can do root canals, right?"

"Yes, I do know that," I said, desperate to make him understand.  "When I lived in Utah my dentist did a root canal.  But my dentist out here said she didn't want to do it and I needed to go to the endo guy.  He was really nice.  It didn't hurt at all and it feels a lot better."

Legolas looked at me, piercingly.  "So, you went to another dentist first, before you had the root canal.  I see."

I knew I was beat now.  There was no way out.  "I know. I'm sorry.  It's not that I don't trust you - I do!  It's just that the dental school always takes so long and it's hard with my work schedule.  I'm really sorry."  He didn't say anything.  "Can we still be friends?"

He sighed.  "Kristin, you know I'll always forgive you.  It's a low blow, but you mean more to me than that other dentist.  Just... let's talk about it first next time and see if we can work something out.  It's doing better, your tooth?"

"Yes," I said.  "It was really hurting last week, which is why I had to finally go in.  But the endodontist got it all squared away and I'm feeling a lot better."

"Well," he said forgivingly, "that is what's important.  I'm glad you're feeling good.  Let me see it."

I let him look in my mouth and was grateful for my forgiving friend.

But let it be a lesson to you - you'll always get caught in the end if you cheat.