Mrs. Grinch In Love

3. Catching up

“Yes, I am going there.” I whispered looking out the windshield and continued “Caleb’s bringing his fiancée and wants to introduce her to us.”

“Wow... He got engaged, that’s surprising.” He chuckled.

“Tell me about it, I thought he would die alone-“ Mini barked from behind, “-see, she agrees with me.” I giggled.

He laughed and we went silent after that; the silence was uncomfortable for me so I tried making small talk.

“How’s Alice doing?” I asked.

“She’s good. She completed her baking course and opened her bakery back at home.” He praised.

WOW.

She always wanted to be a baker whenever we had a girls’ night out. She would always bake fresh cakes to try out on us and dreamed of opening her bakery.

Speaking of food, my stomach grumbled, Mini bark. [I’m hungry too, sh*thead.] I shot her a look.

“I have some snacks in the glove box.” He chuckled.

I gave him a toothy grin and opened his glove box. There were so many things in it; charger, chocolates, pack of chips, condo- Oh, I blushed at that and a book.

I took the chips pack and looked at the book cover, ‘Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix’ before I picked the book out, shaking it in front of him.

“I didn’t know you were a nerd.” I teased.

“Reading Harry Potter doesn’t make you a nerd.” He smirked.

“Eh uh...” Giggling, I opened the page that had a bookmark and skim when one quote caught my attention.

‘Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect.‘

Hm.... Interesting.

I side glanced at Daniel, who was focused on driving. He came back, and it was a pure coincidence that we met today. Was it fate? I scoffed at that.

I closed the book and put it back. Before closing the box, I gave one more glance at the condoms. He’s a full-fledge guy, of course he carried that with him.

I tear the chips pack and took some out to feed Mini; she growled at me. [Thank goodness you came to your senses, I thought I was going to starve to death.]

I rolled my eyes at her. “You won’t die on my watch, relax.” I scoffed.

“What?” Daniel hesitated.

Shit! I forgot he was here, too.

He must think I’m a weird person talking to my dog.

So what? She talks with me too, and it’s not my fault that I can understand her.

“Nothing. I was talking to Mini...” I mumbled.

“I didn’t know you like dogs.” He glanced at Mini.

You know nothing about me.

“Yeah, I always wanted one but my grandpa never allowed saying that I wasn’t responsible enough.”

“And now you are?” He teased.

“No, but I live on my own, so no one can stop me from getting one.” I grinned. “As soon as I graduated, I got her.” I turned back and scratched Mini’s ear.

[And I was the one you found to ruin.] She scoffed.

“You should thank God for that, you ungrateful bit-“ I halted and glanced at Daniel.

He was staring at me like I lost some screws.

“You talk to your dog.” It was a statement.

“Yes...” I trailed off, “but she starts first.” I blurted.

He stared at me for a second, then burst out laughing.

How many times am I going to embarrass myself?!

Mini snort from the back seat. I glared at her.

“I-I... I’m impressed.”

I frowned my brows. “I know you are making fun of me so pl-“

“No, seriously I am. I haven’t met a girl as honest as you.” I blushed hard at that." besides it’s cool. When I was a kid, I used to talk to my goldfish and I don’t know how but I knew what she was saying." He explained.

I looked at him with wide eyes, then burst to cackle.

“You-You talk to a goldfish,” I chuckled. “What did it say when it did this?” I made a pouty fish face and moved my lips.

“You shouldn’t joke about people when you are one of them.” He mimicked.

“Dogs at least bark! What does fish do, huh? Make bubbles.” I giggled.

We argued for a while, calling each other stupid and idiot.

Who talks to a fish? At least Mini responds to me.

Suddenly, his car made a weird noise and slowed down. Daniel parked it at the side of the road. We sat still, then I turned to Daniel, who glanced at me with wide eyes.

What the f-

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