Page 83 of Love Unavoidable
“With what?”
“With Sadie. What’s the deal? You said earlier you’re not with her.”
“I’mnotwith her.”
“But you want to be.”
I shrug, which seems to be my answer of choice lately when I don’t feel like saying anything.
“Oh, come on, something is going on. I could cut the tension between you two with a hacksaw, not to mention she said something about you being on a date.”
“I told her I had a date tonight,” I say.
“Why?”
“To piss her off. She’s living with me.”
“Whoa, that escalated quickly,” Spence smirks.
“In her own room. She’s renting a room. We are roommates.”
“Roommates with benefits?” Spence waggles his eyebrows when he says it.
“No benefits.” I sigh.
“Can I ask her out?”
“No.”
“Why? No benefits means nothing’s going on. She’s beautiful, that douche bag back there doesn’t stand a chance, and I fucking love that cute little southern accent.”
“It’s Texan.”
“Huh?”
“The accent is a Texan accent, not a southern accent.”
“Isn’t Texas south?”
I close my eyes and try to breathe. I’m not in the mood for this right now.
“Texas is south of us, but it’s not considered one of the states that comprisesthe south.”
“Huh. Who knew? Well then, which states arethe south?”
“Didn’t you go to high school?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, didn’t you learn anything?”
“No.”
I laugh. “The south is Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana.”
“New Orleans is in the south?”
“Yes.”
