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“You wanna hear music, listen to your damn iPod”

“I told you my ear buds broke, but you couldn’t be bothered to stop so I could pick up a new pair So deal with it”

He sighed with utter exasperation “You can have the radio on if you find a country , puntastic drivel”

“And ‘Poker Face’ is what? Pure ht back

“Yep” Ava cranked the her

He turned it back down “You’re starting to pissis mutual”

How had they survived these last teeks?

Wait a second Hadn’t Chase told her he’d rarely made it past the teek mark with any lover? Maybe this was how he intended to end it By picking fights

But you started it Be the bigger person and let it go

“I wish I had your daht now so you could see your diva side, a side which you claim ain’t there, because darlin’, it sure as hell is” Spit Spit

That ser person “I wish I had ht now so you could see how ridiculous you look with your mouth crammed full of sunflower seeds,” sheirritating it is when you spit them out”

He smiled at her with sunflower seeds all over his teeth

“E Gross, Chase, shut your mouth That’s nasty”

“Now you’re just bein’seed cup

Great Nohen he spit out his spent seeds she’d hear a ping against the paper cup after the pa-tooey spitting sound

Next pee break Ava was buying barbecue-flavored CornNuts The crunch and the s?”

“Not until I need to fill up Why? You gotta use the bathrooain?”

“My bladder is different than yours Plus I’rabbed it and chucked it out theWhich he knew, if the smirk on his face was any indication “I want real food”

Chase snorted “Define real food”

“Soarden salad with spinach and arugula and butter lettuce, bursting with crunchy vegetables”

“You had a salad yesterday”

“I had chopped iceberg lettuce with a few carrot shavings and one cherry tomato—that is not a salad And since when is a cup of fruit cocktail topped with sliced bananas considered a side of fruit?”

“Since always I can pull over and you can forage for fresh crunchy greens in the ditch if you like”

“Oh shut up Noho’s being mean?”