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“My life,” I sigh, not even looking back to see the look on his face at my pain in the ass brother.
Five
NOAH
“Then the little punk says, ‘Is this how you talk to all your roadside pullovers,OfficerNoah? Skirting the line between inappropriate behavior and the law’ and waves the ticket at me.”
“You upset because he was right, or because you’re the worst? You couldn’t get a date on your own if your life depended on it it seems.” Miranda stops at the stop sign to wait for an old man with a walker to cross.
“You really need to stop underestimating me. I have a foolproof plan to get her to go out with me.”
“Are you going to beg? Please don’t.”
“No. I have this.” I show her Lexi’s license I accidentally forgot to hand it back to her.
“You’ve embarrassed yourself enough for one day.” She chuckles, driving off. “Let me hook you up with a date before I laugh you out of town with this sorry attempt at having game.”
“Miranda, Miranda, I got this. By the end of the day, I’m going to make you regret doubting me.”
“I doubt that. And I thought you weren’t that interested after you found out who her family was.”
“Who doesn’t have some unsavory characters in their family? From what my aunt says it seems like her mother is not in their lives much.”
“Hmm,much.” A disturbing the peace call comes in and we turn in that direction. “On our way.”
“You said it yourself I don’t have to marry her. All I’m going to do is go out on a date with her.” I tap my hand on the dash. “Her brothers didn’t seem so bad. Nothing I can’t handle.”
“Mhmm.”
“What?”
“You can stop trying to rationalize it. You want to go out with this girl despite your better judgment.”
The downside of a partner who knows you so well. She can see through my excuses. I shouldn’t want to go out with this girl. Seems like a lot of trouble, trouble I’ve tried to stay away from. She could be more excitement than I need in my life but I think she’s cute, and she seems fun. The short encounters I’ve had with her she’s made me smile more than anyone else I’ve dated.
“If you do get that date, I hope it’s a great one-and-done deal.”
“Why?”
“Call it woman’s intuition.”
“Tell your intuition to take the day off. I know what I’m doing.”
“Sure you do.”
* * *
Lexi
“Shauna, can you get off my couch and use a napkin? You're getting sweet and sour sauce all over it.” She is such a mess. I just cleaned this place and she comes in to help mess it back up again as usual.
“I’m allowed a break. I helped you clean.”
“Throwing your empty soda bottle and candy wrapper in the trash can isn’t helping. It’s what you should do when you're a visitor. It’s what you should do period.”
“You know I might start siding with Drew, Debbi Downer.”
“Sometimes you’re worse than my brothers. Bite me.”
