"You two are really awesome together."
Otis jumped a little. He and Rufus often had very deep conversations, but it usually didn't happen this early in a car ride. Otis was riding with him on a beer run into town in one of the old cars they had stolen. Otis just looked at him.
"I...I'm really gad to see you so happy. She's good for you, man."
"Mm...Stresses me the hell out sometimes..."
"Huh?"
"She..." He sighed. "She's a doctor. She could run the gamut of anyone she wanted. So why me? I mean...God, she's fucking hotter'n hell, too."
Rufus snorted. "Fuck yeah, she is..."
"Watch it."
"Mm. You know her better'n I do. But you really think she would be happy with anyone else?"
"What do you mean?" Otis ventured a glance at R.J.
"She's really special. You know that as well as I do. She's a one in a million. You really think she'd settle for some old Joe Shmoe? She needs someone different and exciting and exotic, but that's...I dunno, domestic? at the same time. She likes that about you. And she also likes that you feel like home to her."
"Did she tell you that?"
"...Yeah."
Otis smiled. "Sounds like somethin' she'd say."
"She's so good for you, Otis."
"The fuck do you even mean by that?"
Rufus sighed. "When I first met you you were...You were so fuckin' mad at the world for the way it chewed you up and spit you out. You were so, so fuckin' angry. But she really mellowed you out, man. We're all seein' more of you. Not just the pissed off albino. Otis. And I like him a lot better. He's not as much of an asshole."
Otis snorted.
"When're you gonna get married?"
"Whoa, what?"
"Come on. You're never gonna leave her. Why not?"
"Aaahhh..."
"Come on, Otis. You've been together two years."
"Yeah. So? That shit's just a piece of paper. Doesn't say nothin'. Besides, I don't even have a legal name."
"Mm...Yeah, that's right."
"...Besides, I love her so much more than that, anyway."
"Ugh. Don't go sappy."
"Nah. Just statin' a fact."
She had to choke back tears, lying in the backseat of the car. She had planned on surprising them when they started up the car, but she had decided to wait until they got to where they were going. She was extremely thankful she had. She knew Otis and R.J. were really close, and often talked about things he wouldn't normally. But this was gold to her.
The boys continued their conversation, some of it making her roll her eyes so hard she thought she saw a fifth dimension.
They pulled into the parking lot of Red Hot Pussy Liquor, and she sat up in the back seat. "Hey, guys!"
She had never seen such horror on either of their faces, or heard two grown men scream so loud in her entire life.
