Posted by Anthony St. Clair on oneword July 28, 2005 06:19 AM
Her apparent fury cracked into a smile when she finally just stopped intonating, stopped nuancing, and just came out and said it plain. "No, we can’t fool around tonight, I’m on my period!"
"Oh," he said. "Why didn’t you say so? Do you want me to go get you some chocolate instead?"
"Um… yeah."