Lovin' Blue (2011)
“Michael walked over and turned down his stereo.
“Oh, no, you didn’t,” Eden retorted as she looked out and beheld a beautiful, if hot, August day. “Not admonishment from the brother who was MIA for a week before letting his family know he’d flown the country coop.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was then, this is now. I tried to reach you all day Sunday and yesterday, too.” Michael paused. “Couldn’t reach Jansen either.”
Silence.
“Are you and Jansen dating?”
Pause. “Yes.” Why do I feel like I’m talking... to a parent instead of a sibling?
“C’mon, weed,” Michael said with a sigh. “Then again, on second thought, you know what? You’re a grown-ass woman. You’re no longer the little sister who needs protection from the bullies on her way home from school.”
“Are you saying Jansen is a bully?”
“When it comes to J-Dog, I don’t think it matters what I’m saying.”
“Not as long as he keeps treating me the way he has, as a perfect gentleman.”
“He’d better, ’cause I know where he lives.MoreLess
“Oh, no, you didn’t,” Eden retorted as she looked out and beheld a beautiful, if hot, August day. “Not admonishment from the brother who was MIA for a week before letting his family know he’d flown the country coop.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was then, this is now. I tried to reach you all day Sunday and yesterday, too.” Michael paused. “Couldn’t reach Jansen either.”
Silence.
“Are you and Jansen dating?”
Pause. “Yes.” Why do I feel like I’m talking... to a parent instead of a sibling?
“C’mon, weed,” Michael said with a sigh. “Then again, on second thought, you know what? You’re a grown-ass woman. You’re no longer the little sister who needs protection from the bullies on her way home from school.”
“Are you saying Jansen is a bully?”
“When it comes to J-Dog, I don’t think it matters what I’m saying.”
“Not as long as he keeps treating me the way he has, as a perfect gentleman.”
“He’d better, ’cause I know where he lives.MoreLess
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