You don't understand how much I hunger for you, long for you. With a yearning stronger and more enduring than Atlas I think about you day and night. Call it an obsession, a craving so fierce it hurts. The mere thought of you sends desire slithering down my spine, curling my toes. Imagine my reaction when I smell you, inhale your intoxicating scent, knowing the sweet ecstasy you'll bring me. Now I'm here. And you are too. Oh, how I've been dreaming about this moment for so long. It seems like forever. When I get you all for myself, I'll dissolve into blissful oblivion. And I know I make you melt too when I hold you and caress you with my tongue. Gently at first, then with increasing gusto. I can't control myself around you. And you certainly can't fight back.

Either of you.

You see I want you both. I can't seem to choose. Though you are both so different, like night and day, black and white, ying and yang. But you both make me feel so good, so amazing. Maybe I can have you both. I imagine it, picture it, feel it. I am the master of my fate, our fate. A wry smile slides across my face.  

But I should choose, or I'll pay– I've paid dearly before. Oh, lord in more ways than one. It seems the more I want, the more I pay. The devil himself chuckles, ready to deal me in.

This is madness.

Jessie leaned heavily against the counter, gripping it tightly, a dazed look in her eye. She touched her lips gently with the tips of her fingers, an image of a woman who clearly lacked self-control. Her hair was a disaster and she wore loose cotton pants and a sweatshirt. She looked like she had just rolled out of bed. Tanya glared at her with disgust. 

"Ma'am!" Tanya repeated herself. 

"Huh?" said Jessie

"I said, 'do you want sprinkles on it?'" Tanya shifted her weight in irritation and snapped her gum.

Jessie struggled to focus. She couldn't believe it. After all that deliberation, she found herself staring greedily at the butter pecan. Too late. "Actually, could I get hot fudge on the scoop of vanilla and caramel on the scoop of chocolate." She gave Tanya a weak smile which wasn't reciprocated. "And sprinkles too." Jessie added hastily. 

Tanya rolled her eyes and rang up Jessie's order.