Shuffle Week: Dude, Honey

Prompt: Put a music player or CD on shuffle – use the first word of the first song, paired with the third word of the third song in your story.

Source: (I kid you not) "Dude Looks like a Lady" by Aerosmith and "Draw the Line" by Aerosmith - "dude" and "honey"

Response:

He looked down at the other boy with a condescending smile. "Dude, honey, that just might be the crookedest line I have ever seen."

"Don't call me honey!" The younger boy clenched his teeth, looking down at his drawing.

The line drawing was definitely skewed, but since the lines were all skewed at the same angle it actually did not make much of a difference.

The older boy patted his seething companion on the head. "Don't worry about it, honey, we've all drawn crooked lines."

"Honey" looked like he would have very much liked to bite his fingers off.