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“Aw, look at her” I frown “She wants to go with us”

Xander bends and pets her “Sorry girl, not this time,” he tells her “We’ll be back soon”

She looks at us sadly but pads over to her bed and lies down, like she knows exactly what he said

“We should stop off on our way ho her some T-R-E-A-T-S” I spell out the word, because Prue already knohat that word ht this second

Xander smiles and swipes his keys fro e and to the driveway

He unlocks his truck and opens the passenger door foraround and sliding into the driver’s seat a second later

He grins over at ht we’d end up here”

“Married with a furbaby?” I ask, raising a brow

He laughs and puts the car in reverse “Well, that too, but Ion a date”

“Man, we do everything ass backwards” I laugh and bend down to adjust the strap of my heel

“I wouldn’t have it any other way”

When I look over at hi from ear to ear, and I can’t help but smile back “Yeah, I wouldn’t, either,” I admit

“You know—” he clears his throat “—I wanted to take you on a date long before this”

I lean ainst the headrest “Really? And as the first tiht about it?”

He shrugs and keeps his eyes on the road as we exit the neighborhood and head for the highway