Page 170 of The Love Operation

Benedict: That should be your Halloween costume. You’d look hot.

Me: It’s not about being hot, you sexist jerk.

Benedict: Whaaat? It’s sexist for me to think you’d look hot in coveralls and a bandanna?

Me: Do you even know what Rosie stands for?

Benedict: WWII icon.

Benedict: Represented women in the workforce.

Benedict: Built planes, ships, changed history.

Benedict: Carried the entire American workforce on her back.

Benedict: Total badass.

Me: Okay, fine.

Benedict: HOT.

Me: Okay, maybe it is hot.

Benedict: See? I knew you’d come around.

Benedict: Apology?

Me: I gotta go. Getting paged.

Benedict: Uh-huh. Running away from the emotional stuff. Classic Rosie move.

Me: I’m literally saving lives.

Benedict: Same. I stripped wallpaper this week that was so bad it could’ve triggered a cardiac event.

Me: Tragic.

Benedict: No, the opposite of tragic. If you’re gonna use it, use it correctly.

Me: Oh, I used it right.

A few days later . . .

Me: I just finished. 9 hours, Benedict. 9 hours.

Benedict: I didn’t know it was medically possible to spend that long inside someone’s body.

Me: Only if you have really good stamina.

Benedict: Is that a challenge? Because it sounds like a challenge.

Me: I’m super tired. What do you think?

Benedict: I’m on my way over.

Me: Don’t you dare.

Me: Are you still at the house?