I ignore her, because we have this argument all the time.
“What kind of pizza do you like?”
“Anything with meat. I love meat.”
I laugh as I find a meat lovers one and add it to the cart.
“Mozzarella sticks?”
“Hell yeah!”
I check out. “Should be here within the hour.” I go back to the Uber app. “Uber says five minutes.”
“I’m already waiting downstairs by the front doors.”
We make small talk while we wait for the car, and stay on the phone until she pulls into my driveway. I make sure the door is locked after she comes inside.
“This is cute,” she says as she looks around.
“I haven’t changed it much since my grandparents died.”
“I feel like it’s all very you. Very homey.”
“Thanks.” I walk deeper into the house. “So, you can sleep on the couch if you want, or I have a spare bedroom, but it’s filled with boxes and there’s no TV.” I open the door to show her. “And the sheets probably need to be changed because I haven’t washed them in a long time.”
“I’m fine with the couch so we don’t have to go through the trouble of changing sheets.”
“I don’t mind. It’ll take me five minutes.”
She waves me off and drops onto the couch, grabbing the remote.
“Can we find a scary movie to watch?”
“Are you kidding?”
“I wasn’t, but I can see why I should have been.” She turns the TV on then hands me the remote.
“You can pick something,” I say as I sit on the couch.
“No, I was going to suggest a rom-com and realized that was a bad idea too, so whatever you want to watch is the safest bet.”
I roll my eyes and take the remote to scroll through the options.
“Oh, have you seen this before?”
“The Greatest Showman? No…”
“It’s a musical, but it’s amazing.”
“I like musicals.” She shrugs, pulling her legs up to tuck beneath her. “Oh, Zac Effron! Count me in!”
I click on the channel it’s playing on, but it won’t start for another fifteen minutes or so.
“Do you want something to drink?”
“What do you have?”
We get up and go to the fridge to browse.
