She keeps asking me where we're going." "Yeah," another voice said. It was Shane, pulling up a chair beside Claire. "Girls do that. They've always got to be taking the relationship somewhere." "That's not true!" "It is," he said. "I get it; somebody's got to be looking ahead. But it makes guys think they're-" "Closed in," Michael said. "Trapped," Shane added. "Idiots," Claire finished.
Rachel CaineYou're dead," I repeated. "So why are you in my dream?" He raised the bill of his olive drab ball cap with one finger. " Good question. Morbid, isn't it?" "What?" "Dreaming about dead peolpe. Creepy. You ever see a therapist about that?" "I'm not -" Even in dreams, I couldn't win an argument. Even when he was dead.
Rachel CaineNobody's cut out for this town," Shane said. "Nobody sane anyway." "Says the kid who came back." "Yeah, kind of proves my point.
Rachel CaineDon't we look suspicious, the three of us just sitting here in the car?" Borden asked. We'd look a lot more suspicious if we were all three making out in the car," Jazz said. "What?" she added, when Borden turned and gave her a wide-eyed look. You have no idea what kind of happy place you just took me to." Shut up.
Rachel CaineI justโwe were talking, and we fell asleep. I swear, we didnโt, umโโโ โโYeah, youโd better not have ummed.
Rachel CaineWhat's possible?โ - she asked โAnything,โ he said absently. โBut thatโs not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. Youโre in good time. I need an extra pair of hands.โ โAs long as I keep them attached,โ she said, which earned her a startled stare. โThe things you say to me, youโd think I was some sort of monster.โ -- Myrnin and Claire
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