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Ruby: Elisavet told them you tried to buy me dolmadakia. Lol. She says you’re very handsome.
Vander: I am very handsome.
Ruby: You have a big head.
Vander: That, too.
I thought he was making a reference to his other head, and I didn’t know how to respond. If I called him on it, he’d tease me mercilessly. Did I want to head into sexual innuendo territory with him? I mean, obviously I wanted to, but should I?
Vander: Stop thinking.
Ruby: Don’t tell me what to do.
Vander: Can I see you today?
Ruby: Are you crazy? Were you not there last night?
Vander: Were you?
Ruby: Yes, I was the one having a panic attack.
Vander: Oh. I thought you were referring to afterwards.
Ruby: You’re very pushy. You’ve grown into your Greekness.
Vander: You better believe it. Better for you to just give in. You’re only going to exhaust yourself fighting me. Can I see you today?
I thought about him sitting in his house by himself and my heart broke a little bit, but if I met up with him, I’d get immediately sucked into his vortex. I wasn’t ready. Though, I admitted to myself that it was inevitable.
Ruby: Sunday is family dinner day. Amber and Alex are coming over.
Vander: Tomorrow?
Ruby: I don’t know.
Vander: Make a plan with me, Ruby-mine, or I’ll show up every day.
Ruby: Hang on! Let me think! I don’t have my planner with me. See? See what you do to me? I never forget my planner. Ever. I once had to take a phone call during a pap smear. You’re making me crazy. I can’t think straight when you’re around.
Vander: You think too much. Today or tomorrow? What’s it going to be?
Ruby: Let me text you later.
Vander: You’ll text me?
I heard the anxiety in his voice in my head.
Ruby: Yes. I promise. After dinner.
Vander: Love you, Ruby-mine. Talk later.
My thumb hovered over the keyboard. I didn’t know what to write.
Vander: Stop thinking.
Ruby: Fuck off!
Vander: I look forward to the time when I can punish you for your insolence.
