banter

I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy."Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what isstrong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, Iam convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.

Mislabeled the sign,_ a cocky voice called from the door. __hould read __oggie Daycare_ with the number of pups packed into this place.

You heard Alanna. Someone__ got to be on you at all times._ His dark eyes glinted with a hot sort of mischief, his double entendre clear as day.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'd be up for hearing about the one-eyed chick," Vida said with a shrug. "You are atually the worst person I have ever met," Chubs said. "And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I__ not the one who kissed you in the bathroom. In case you__e thinking I forgot about that, or somehow missed it, or ___ind of hard to miss,_ Ian agreed. __our lips, mine. A distinct smacking sound. Yup, that was me kissing you. Still, it was short__uickly over and done. A kiss good-bye. The subtext was I hope we don__ die, but if we do, it was nice meeting you. Not at all like that under-the-dock kiss._ He paused. __he one where you jumped me. The first time. So far._ He narrowed his eyes at her, much the way she__ done to him. __aturally I__ suspicious. Did you intentionally leave my clothes behind?

Why does it not surprise me that you talk during sex?

This is what we, in the con business, call making a spectacle of ourselves. Let__ try to avoid that from now on.___xcept [_] Mr. No-Sex-in-the-Bathrooms is going to describe two probably drunk people who staggered in. Plus, he thinks I__ a prostitute. We can double down on that by _ She stopped him, glancing back into the store throught the big plate-glass windows. Ian looked, too, and sure enough, the clerk was still watching them warily.__erfect, she said, and the made what was, absolutely, the international two-handed gesture for sexual intercourse. She then added a couple of exaggerated hip thrusts, saying, __ want to make this absolutely clear, because this guy__ kind of an idiot._ She then rubbed her fingers together, after which she held out her hand, palm up, as if to say Pay me.Ian cracked up. __hat__ actually kind of scary. Sex with a mime. Do I have to pay extra to make sure you don__ do the trapped-in-a-box thing while we__e doing it?

As Ian popped the lock and opened the car door, he turned to Phoebe. __an you do me a favour?__he immediately stepped toward him, fully embracing their new mature relationship. __f course.__an looked pointedly over his own shoulder and said, __ell me the truth. Does this car make my glowing ass look fat?__he__ naturally followed the direction of his gaze, but now she looked up, hard, into his eyes. And she smiled back at him despite herself. She even laughed. __ou__e an idiot.___hen things get too serious, I get a rash.__he pointedly looked back down at his nether regions, despite the fact doing so made her blush. Still, she spoke coolly, dryly. __ot on your ass.__f Ian believed in love, that would__e been it for him. Instantly. Enthrallingly. Eternally. Instead, he just laughed. __hank God for that. See if there__ anything remotely clothinglike in the backseat or the trunk.

I figured it was probably best for me to leave that bicycle back there for a real emergency.

Here, you drive," Erik said."What? Why?""In case we do have to start shooting; I have a badge and you don't," he explained."Fine. But for the record, I'm a better shot than you are.""For your information, I was the youngest kid awarded the rifle shooting merit badge in my troop," Erik said, holding the wheel as she climbed across him."Is that supposed to impress me?""Just enough to get you back into my bed." She took over the gas pedal and Erik slid out from underneath her."It takes more than fancy shooting," she said loftily, making a sharp turn.Erik was thrown against the door. "Would you warn me before you do that?""It's a car chase!

_ now that I__ stuck here for an undetermined amount of time, it seems beyond foolish not to let me help._ She took a bite for emphasis. __ou could at least let me make you a sandwich,_ she added balefully through her mouthful.__hat was me being respectful of your law degree,_ Ian said.

_I_ boil it." Joseph entered last, closing the door behind them. "Last time, you burnt it."Connor glared at Joseph. "We were attacked! What would you have me tell the Abenaki? 'I cannae fight just now. I'm makin' candy. Would you like a wee taste?

Cal opened another cabinet and removed a bottle of anti-inflammatory tablets, placing them on the table in front of her along with the ice pack he snagged from the freezer.She glanced at him, suspicious. __hat__ this?_ __he drug I offer to all of my victims to make them more compliant. It__ ibuprofen,_ he said when she glared at him. __t__l help with the pain and hopefully keep the swelling down. As will the ice. Do you need help taking your boots off?___o that it__l be more difficult for me to run away when you bring out your collection of shrunken human heads?___ow you__e catching on.

Go figure, that happened to be his same style of flirtation as well__nnoy her half to death until, before she could stop herself, she confessed her deep darks and bonded with him to a degree she never had before.

I glanced back to Yanni to see him smiling at us. "You two can stop being so cute now." "Well, Spencer can," Andrew deadpanned. "I, unfortunately, am cute all the time." I laughed. "It's true. He is.

As my laughter faded, he shot me an amused glance. "You should laugh more often. It's far less nauseating than your speaking voice." "That may be the nicest thing you've ever said to me." "Don't let it go to your head.

I don't have a reason to lie to you. Not now.' Jace's gaze remained steady. 'And quit baring your fangs at me. It's making me nervous.''Good,' Simon said. 'If you want to know why it's because you smell like blood.''It's my cologne. Eau de Recent Injury.' Jace raised his left hand. It was a glove of white bandages, stained across the knucles where blood had seeped through.

Feeling a little calmer?_ she asked, leaning against the desk again.Dax snorted. __ellow as anything. I__ ready to curl up and take a nap now. Don__ mind if I purr.