Tugging Reins: Part Four
“Okay,” she finally squealed, “enough of that. Move on to something else, Chuck.”
“Chuck?” Chris asked, confused. Why couldn’t she just say his name like a normal person?
She nodded upward to the speaker, now playing some wordless tune that seemed familiar but he couldn’t quite place. He paused, running his sweaty hand over his close-cropped hair and scratching his scalp as he tried to recall it.
“It’s the Charlie Brown Christmas song,” she laughed. “You know, from the TV special that they play every year.”
Oh. Yeah. He guessed it was.
“I know I shouldn’t,” she admitted softly, “but I kind of love that goofy, bobble-headed movie.” She shrugged and laughed to herself. “ ‘And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid,’ “ she intoned, imitating that blanket-carrying character.
Sore afraid? Were those the words? Really? And who would have thought the Grinch of Cover To Cover would even know that?
Chris just shook his head and smiled, marveling at her. He’d give her sore afraid.