Gert turned around, leaning one arm on the handle of the shopping cart, and raised an eyebrow at him. "Since when do you need shaving cream, Captain Peachfuzz?"
"Oh--just sounded like you were going through the usual Halloween stuff."
"My boyfriend, the petty vandal."
"Petty?"
"And we're out of peanut butter..." Gert continued, ignoring him. "Plus we need some orange juice. And bread. And we're out of jam."
"Didn't we just get this stuff, like, two days ago?"
"Yeah, well, blame Molly and the fifteen peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches she's stuffed down my throat since then." Gert patted her stomach and winced. "I swear, it's like an elementary school cafeteria down here."
"Is she still cooking-crazy?"
"As cooking-crazy as you can be when you can only use the stove with supervision, yeah. I'm not really sure what's up with her." The purple-haired girl frowned. "It was kind of sweet at first, but at the rate this is burning through our budget she's feeding me all the way to the poorhouse."
"I think we're okay on food. We'll just have to start buying smaller sizes to save money."
"Your grasp of economics is a true inspiration," Gert said wryly. "Uh, it's not just a matter of the cost of food, though."
"Huh?"
She dropped her voice to a mutter. "You see this skirt? Last one that fits me."
"Aw, I like that skirt on you. You're dressed kinda like that old cartoon character, uh, Daria."
"Well, unless you want me dressed like Donald Duck, my butt needs to not get any bigger, capische?"
"Donald Duck? As in a sailor suit?"
"As in no pants."
Chase gave her a crooked grin. "You're asking me if it'd bother me to have my girlfriend walking around halfway in the buff all the time? Because you might be kinda barking up the wrong tree here."
"I'm serious, dammit! I don't want to have to buy new clothes. Or ask Nico to let these out."
"It's cool. I'll have a talk with her when we get back about too much of a good thing."
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