“What?»
The whole car ride had been awkward from the beginning; Marcus was just being weird!
Looking out the window, not saying a word, just taking a deep dramatic sigh here and there..
In other words, he was not his usual bubbly self, and it was starting to irritate me. Finally, I’m out on the road again to finish what I started. A mission was just what the doctor ordered! But here we are, driving in silence.
«Cat caught your tongue this morning. Or did you wake up with your laced panties in a twist?»
«NO! And ill have you know I don’t wear lace! »
«Yeah yeah, then what? This ride is worse than a family gathering for pandas who had twins that survived! Ge! »
He snaps around, looking at me like I suddenly grew two heads.
«Pandas are super fluffy and sweet, you know!»
«Yeah, sure. But they also usually give birth to twins; the mother
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