Seamus drove toward the campus to finish the last bit of paperwork and get his student card. The morning should have been peaceful, but the tension in the backseat was impossible to ignore.
Lulu and Diane sat side by side, both stiff, both glaring forward as if pretending the other did not exist.
They had spent nearly five minutes arguing over the seat beside him. He had ended the chaos by shoving both of them into the passenger seat so they would not arrive late.
What surprised him the most was how fiercely Lulu fought for the spot. She usually accepted things quietly, yet today she held onto the seatbelt like it was her last lifeline.
"Both of you," Seamus finally said with a long breath, "you do not have to fight for me. I am not going anywhere."
Diane folded her arms and shot him a look. "We do not know that, Seamus. You literally left me after sex and almost died somewhere else."
"Well, I apologized for that." He turned toward the campus gate as it came into view.
