A Little Too Familiar: an Uncanny Romance Novel

"Ready or not here we come" I said, grabbing his hand, both of us stepping through the doors like we did both things-- together.

Mama Ami, arms wide, send a flock of pigeons searching towards Eva.

"I want to hold your heart in my hands, whelp"

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"I didn't know you cared, dad. You've been practicing that line in prison?"

he growled and I gave him an air kiss and a saucy wink, because fuck that guy.

"you take that food back and I will not be responsible for my actions." :Lou

The next few days it only escalated. It went from sack lunches to reusable lunch totes with our names embroidered on the side.

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Van complained about cold feet one morning and now we all had matching slippers,again with our names on them.

And the familiar always,*always* was an animal.

"bad day?"

She nodded glumly,resting her chin in her hands.

I scooped up the next batch of cookies onto the sheet. "Hot tea bad,got chocolate bad, or shot of tequila bad?" When she didn't answer right away,I added,"entire bottle of tequila bad?"

Her smile was small,but it was there. "Tea I think."

Either way, by the end of the week, I realized I'd done a fair job memorizing her work schedule and picking up on her habits. For example, I'd realized that Lou had a sweet tooth. Was that why I was currently making cookies with the help of two ferrets?

Maybe.. Okay,yes.

The soft yellow of his shirt looking good against the deep Brown of his skin. if I had worn that shirt, I would look sickly. Some pale people could pull off yellow, I wasn't one of them.

Surprised, I sidestepped, trying to read her body language. Was she just desperate to hand off the fledgling? I would be the first to admit that I didn't always read humans well. Animals make sense. People... don't.