College-Cut Kill

“Mmm. Famished. Let’s find a place to eat and then go find a nice court to stay in. We’ll stay there until a sunny day comes along, huh?”

“What’ll thinkle peep, honey? It’s eleven o’clock in the morning.”

“Who cares what they think, huh? Show ’em the license.”

“Hunting, driving or marriage?”

“Hunting, of course. No, I’ll tell ’em we had to get married.”

“Then they’ll ask why.”

“Then I’ll say because you got me expelled from junior high.”

“You don’t look old enough to have been in junior high.”

She curled against me. “Just old enough to know better, hey?”

It was raining like crazy in Georgia and the sun was shining bright.