"I think I'd like to see you try," Gage stated, letting his eyes slide over Zoe in an amused manner. It was an ongoing gag with them though neither would actually ever act violently against the other. Still though Gage got amusement out of Zoe continuing to state that she had mad ninja skills. She was consistent.
And the fun times were over. Dammit. He knew he should have tried to drag out his teasing and vague comments. Being vague didn't work well when Zoe got her serious face on and that was what had just happened. Ugh. He let her drag him to the couch and get settled. He turned himself toward her, his hands already starting to ball up as he remembered exactly why he'd come to Luna Bay in the first place. He was still angry with them.
"Well you know I was taking some summer prep courses for the next quarter of school… One of those was a biology course." And this is what made him question his parents and not telling him. They knew he was going into the medical field, so they had to have guessed that he'd end up doing blood tests, DNA tests, genetic tests… Why would they think they could keep it a secret? "The blood work I did… It came back a little… different."