February drabbles - 23
“Of course, he’s just like his father,” she said. “Totally incapable of making any kind of decision. We courted five whole years before he acknowledged we might be a couple.”
“She’s like her mother. Runs into everything full-tilt. I wonder sometimes, does she really see so much further than everyone else or is it just show. She acts like the future eats out her hand.”
“But I knew he’d settle down one day.”
“She said she always knew.”
“Still, who asked whom?”
“She asked him, of course.”
“Figures. To tell the truth, I asked his Dad too.”
“Figures.” They smiled.
“She’s like her mother. Runs into everything full-tilt. I wonder sometimes, does she really see so much further than everyone else or is it just show. She acts like the future eats out her hand.”
“But I knew he’d settle down one day.”
“She said she always knew.”
“Still, who asked whom?”
“She asked him, of course.”
“Figures. To tell the truth, I asked his Dad too.”
“Figures.” They smiled.
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