“Enough of your bullshit. Done,” he states, then kicks my door shut and starts to walk up the snowy hill. I have no choice, but to put my arms around his neck. Even with his coat on, I can feel very muscular shoulders and arms. He is a big guy, my guess would put him at about six-two or taller.
“Please don’t drop me,” I say, hanging on to him but trying not to touch him at the same time.
“Are you kidding me? You weigh next to nothing. Don’t you eat?”
“Yes, I eat. You feel very big.” I immediately want to take back my words once I realize what just came out of my mouth. “I mean... I can feel your muscles in your shoulders and back.” Heat rises to my cheeks. I beg the universe to swallow me up.
He’s laughing at me. “Shit, you keep talking like that and I might drop you.”
“At this point, I don’t think I care. I just want this nightmare to be over.”
Finally, we get to the road and he trods over to his big, black pick-up truck that is now covered with a few inches of snow. The rate of snowfall is alarming to me. I reach over and open the passenger side door when we get close enough.
“Oh, my God!” I scream. “A wolf got in your truck!” I turn my head away from the hulking beast and bury my face into his neck.
“Calm the hell down! It’s just my dog. Are you always this crazy?”
“He’s huge!” I scream, not looking at the huge furry thing panting at us.
Eyeliner Sasquatch tries to put me in the truck, and I scream some more, kicking my legs out. “I am not getting in there with that thing!”
The guy holding me rolls his eyes and grinds his teeth, then starts yelling.
“Niko! Get in the back.” The dog whimpers. “In the back! Now!” The wolf-like dog relents and jumps into the back seat of the extended cab. Sasquatch puts me down on the passenger seat.
“Don’t be afraid of him. He’s not going to hurt you.”
I run my hands through my long hair, which is wet from the snow. “You and your dog are both scary. No offense.”
“None taken. Now let’s get out of here.” He starts to close the door, but I put my arm out and stop him.
“Wait! My purse and my travel bag are still in my car.”
“So?”
“I need them. All my stuff is in there!”
“Really? Are your meds in there, too?”