I personally believe Patch scared the pants off normal, and it took off running for the far side of the world.
Becca FitzpatrickAnd you would have lost. We were surrounded. He threatened your life, and he would have made good on that threat. He had you, and that meant he had me, too.
Becca FitzpatrickShouldnโt you be working instead of fraternizing with customers?โ I choked. He smiled. โWhat are you doing Sunday night?โ I snorted. By accident. โAre you asking me out?โ โYouโre getting cocky. I like that, Angel.โ โI donโt care what you like. Iโm not going out with you. Not on a date. Not alone.
Becca FitzpatrickI'm not the distraction in the room.' 'Oh? And what might be?' -Nora & Patch (PG 242)
Becca FitzpatrickMy mom's coming home soon," I said. "We should go to your place." Patch ran a hand across the shadow of stubble along his jaw. "I have rules about who I take there." I was getting really tired of that answer. "If you showed me, you'd have to kill me?" I guessed, fighting the urge to feel irritated. "Once I'm inside, I can never leave?" Patch studied me a moment. Then he reached into his pocket, twisted a key off his key chain, and slipped it into the front pocket of my pajama top. "Once you've gone inside, you have to keep coming back.
Becca Fitzpatrick