"I won't forget you," Alexis promised, blowing him a kiss. "I'll even save you some leftovers, if you're good!"(It's a good old southern word. He hollered across the holler.)
"Oh sure, move about quickly and unencumbered by such heavy books. Just remember fondly your pack mule when I'm gone from starvation and over exertion. " Dimitri replied dramatically as he followed along.
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Ashton growled as she balled her fists up again. She clinched her teeth and shook her head. Without a word, she turned her back to him and started get a few items to slip into a bag she'd found.
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Dyrus smiled unabashedly as he returned her hand to her lap and said, " My sentiments exactly."
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Allen meandered around the kitchen, poking through a basket here and a cabinet there before heading to one of the huge refrigerators at the end.
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With a lull in the conversation, Haley finally noticed they'd stopped and where they were. "Shall we get out?" She said, glancing around at the restaurant.