Fangirl Down

Your impenetrable darkness just comes naturally.”

“Sort of like your brightness.”

“It sounds like you’re speaking from experience, Whitaker. Exactly how many women have you sent to therapy?”

“No idea.”

I’m not being seen on national television with a guy who looks like he just survived six months in the Amazon.

“What now? A kidney?”

“Maybe later,”

“Then leave.”

“Oh, don’t worry. I will.”

He didn’t move an inch.

“Are we really pointing out each other’s flaws, because I don’t think you have that kind of time on your hands.”

“Tell me the important things on your mind,” he said in a lower tone.

True, fangirls didn’t quit. They were loyal to the end.

“Belle, you in there?”

Belle.

Including green-eyed optimists who made him wish he could win again.