Page 64 of Fake it 'Til Christmas

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Winnifred: No, I’m talking about the fictional one in the movies.

Soren: Don’t play with our ficus.You better send me proof of life.

Winnifred: There, it’s perfectly fine.

Soren: I might order another ficus.

Winnifred: You’re trying to apologize with photosynthesis again.

Soren: I speak fluent flora.

Winnifred: What if I told you I bought a fake engagement ring for the photoshoot?

Soren: We’re not faking an engagement, Win.If we do, they’ll be marrying us during our stay in Winterberry.It’s like you don’t know our families.

Winnifred: They hate each other too much to want that in our future.

Winnifred: I told my cousin Nell that we went to a poetry reading.

Soren: You liar, stop making up stuff that’ll never happen.

Winnifred: No, YOU read poetry to ME.You wept.There was lighting.

Soren: Do I at least have a scarf?

Winnifred: You ARE the scarf.It’s a metaphor, Soren.

Soren: Did I mention I got an email from my grandma?She wants to knit us matching mittens—for you and our child.

Winnifred: You told her there’s no baby, right?

Soren: I told her you like sage green.

Winnifred: You need to stop the rumors.

Soren: I will when you stop telling people we Patrick Swayze at the local pottery shop—I don’t even know what that is, Win.

Winnifred: We’ll stream Ghost, but then we’ll have to do the video for our social media.

Soren: I’m starting to regret this relationship.

Winnifred: You love it.It’s the best you’ve had in years.

Soren: Can we take a moment to discuss our real future?

Winnifred: Fine, be boring.What happens if we actually pull this off?

Winnifred: Then we fake our breakup in January, and I keep the ficus in the settlement.

Soren: What do I get?

Winnifred: Emotional growth?

Winnifred: What if I forget this is fake?

Soren: Then I’ll remember for both of us.

Winnifred: Don’t you dare be tender with me.

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