Aaron, Della and the Power of Persuasion
The winter was dragging on and the relentless snow was generating a laundry mountain of mammoth proportions in Aaron’s dormroom. The semester was waning and with it, Aaron’s resources. He looked at the roll of quarters on his night table and his mouth watered at the thought of the delicious Macdonalds meal he could bankroll with that coin. He had checked his Terrier card balance on the student website and found that his balance read $1.99.
Suddenly he had a brainwave, Della Rawlins lived in the Tower. They had twenty washers and driers. Could she be doing laundry today? Using his powers of persuasion, he might be able to con her into allowing him to piggyback onto her laundry load. Stuffing a duffel with dirty clothes, he dashed down the stairs and across the quadrangle toward the Tower. Luckily, he spotted his “mark” throwing clothing into a washing machine. Knowing that most successful negotiations depended upon a confident approach, he sauntered over to the machine next to Della and turned on a charming smile, “Hi Della, fancy meeting you on laundry day,”
“Oh, hi,” Della said, reaching for her detergent, “How’re you ?”
“Great! Whoa, you’re not gonna use that detergent are you?” he asked, indicating her box of no name suds.
“Yeah, Why?”
Reaching for someone’s box of cold water detergent, he said,”Well this stuff does a great job, is easier on the environment, and costs less per load. Why don’t we try it out?”
Adding his own clothes to the half load Della already had in the machine, Aaron said, I’ll bet you’ll be amazed!”
“Slick,” she thought, hiding a grin, but she had to admit, it was kind of sexy watching her lacy panties and his boxers tangling together in the wash.
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