She tossed her pencil onto her textbook with more force than necessary. She stared into his eyes. She straightened her shoulders.
"I'm going to be a firefighter," she said.
Aiden's blue eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas, "Seriously?"
"No." she snapped, picking up her pencil and going back to her work. She heard him sigh loudly and dramatically from above her.
"We'll make sure you have a good costume, Marley. Don't worry." Bree reassured, "We're going shopping on Sunday."
"I'm there. For my professional expertise, of course." Aiden spoke the words with false professionalism, "I'm thinking something short, something figure-hugging, maybe fishnet tights and-"
"Aiden Matthews." Marley interrupted him quickly, fury raging hot and fast in her blood, "You have two seconds to run before yo
