"University's a dead end. Over."
A deuce was thrown with a smile. Two points. Just needed some warming up.
"And, that's kinda, I dunno." No, he knew. "It's sucked. We put almost two years into that investigation and...," eyes drifted away. "The Seers just killed everyone. Like, literally, when we were this close." See this finger and thumb? That close. "It was a total grind, and spinning our wheels for so long."
Had Avis not liked her? From the beginning? He didn't think so, but that didn't mean it wasn't impossible. And it was totally plausible. Between Zoey treating people like retards and Asp beating her up all the time, it wasn't hard to imagine his Intervallutrix feeling like the blonde bombshell was just another chick that was going to step on her somehow.
Sometimes you're the only person that Sees the marshmallow.
But maybe not. It wasn't like the Great Frat Debacle hadn't made them all cranky. About everything. True Story.
"Oh, wait. Back it up. Baaaaaack. It. Up." A grin peeked out. "Did you just say Crowley's been chasing you? How long's that been going on?"
Now, that? That would be something. Because Striker, and butterflies.
Draaaaa-maaaaaa.