“Girls love my hair.”
“Girls love your hairproducts.”
“Julliard said we could ship jus’ based on my hair.”
That girl is the embodiment of that Will Smith & DJ Jazzy Jeff Song.
We’re talkin’ every single verse.
We’re talkin’ the extended remix edition.
“Yeah, I don’t think that datin’ someonejus’for their hair is a good idea.”
“Why not?” He asks as I turn left. “Dubs shipped a girl for like six weeks ‘cause they liked the same paint.”
“Dubs is definitely not a good player to call to the ice for the assist.”
“At least he dates.”
“We’reliterallypickin’ up my date right now.”
“Yeah, but she’s like the first one you’ve had since the trade that got you here.”
“Not true.”
“Not fake news.”
“I-”
“Let me cook.”
“Wh-”
“And,” he snaps with so much snark I wanna nut check him for his tone, “it’s obvs ‘cause you got no rizz, meanin’ you’re the last simp that should be poppin’ into the pod for a mic drop.”
“I hate everything you jus’ said.”
Bronny makes a mocking sympathetic face. “’Cause it’s true?”
“’Cause it’s further proof I –was in fact– born in the wrong fuckin’ decade.”
Not that I neededmoreproof.
My choice of tuneskies, bowties, and belief that romance didn’t die when rubbers were invented, demonstrates it enough.
Smoothly pulling my truck into Gilly’s driveway, I firmly point to his door. “Get out.”
“Whyyyyy?” whines the teen that’s got me questioning whether it was a good call to bring him along.
“First off,” killing the engine occurs, “it’s the polite thing to do. You’re meetin’ someone for the first time, particularly someoneimportantto the person haulin’ your ass all around town for the next few weeks, so it’s courteous to get your ass out of the vehicle and make that connection face to face, which is basic manner trainin’, somethin’ I see I need to reintroduce you to.”
Bronny pulls his lips to one side of his face but doesn’t argue.
“Second,” my head moves to maintain eye contact, “we let the driver’sdate– regardless of gender – sit in the passenger seat.”
“What if they didn’t call shotgun?”
“Standard bud rules are not valid in courtin’ situations.”
