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"Bad shrih-pitched voice

Sunny had yelled that at the nurse in front of the entire ER waiting room Loudly We repeated it forthat rong, we blaot old

It’s still funny I chuckle softly with a mouthful of scallop and nearly choke

Lennon’s eyes slide toward les with a s Lightning strikes It’s all happening Because we are both s on here? First peanut butter fudge, now this?

Just stay cal Eneh now and then I keep my eyes on my plate and try to act normal But when the third course co of laroup focused on tracking the location of the bartender, I pick up the next fork inand accidentally buht hand is propped on the edge of the table And it stays there, even when I snatch my own hand back

"Sorry," I mumble

He shakes his head dismissively "So many forks And why do we need two spoons? I already used one for the soup Are they backup spoons?"

"One pair of fancy chopsticks would have saved the," I say

"Aht him how use chopsticks The Korean kind, made of stainless steel

"What’s that quote from that martial arts movie Once Upon a Time in China?" I ask "Jet Li says it when he sees the Western place setting"

" ‘Why so ers on the table?’ " Lennon quotes

"That’s it God, you were obsessed with ," he says before taking a sip of water froht it was Bruce Lee"

"Bruce Lee was a god"

"Oh, that’s right," I say "You made me watch so many of those movies"

"And you liked most of them"

I did

Lennon picks at his braised la an awful lot of old Star Trek episodes, and not even the good ones All because soon"

It’s true Worf wasI still follow the actor who played him, Michael Dorn, online And I’ve probably seen every Worf meme on the internet "I’ else, Brett’s arm shoots out in front of me I’m forced to lean back while he taps Lennon’s shoulder

"Dude, are you seeing this?" Brett says