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 Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:58 am
He waves absently. "The court sent him there."
"But I didn't do anything."
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"Mmmm maybe!"
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"What?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:01 am
"Tom said Sparrow's father dropped the charges."
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"Take meeeee."
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"We probably seem horrible. I didn't mean to shoot you in the foot, though. I was just afraid."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:06 am
"Tom?" More glaring. "What did you do with Thomas?"
"He's fine."
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"Okaaaaay. This way!"
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"Hmph. That's also why I shot at your daughter. It wasn't even my gun."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:08 am
"He even had pancakes this morning. .. Wait, don't change the subject! Is it true? Did Sparrow's father drop the charges?"
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Follow!
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Sigh.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:12 am
"No. He didn't."
"Could he?"
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"I'm going to have pineapple on mine."
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"I shouldn't have even gone there." She looks for a place to sit.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:16 am
"Why would Tom say that?"
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"Pineapple? Ew."
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"Can't go back now." He pulls a bottle of medicine out of a cabinet, then hands it to her. "Here. Take one of these."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:18 am
"He probably misunderstood. He is just a kid."
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"What will you have?"
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She sits and stares at the bottle. "What is that?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:23 am
"He seemed convinced."
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"I dunno. I like cheese and olives."
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"Pain medicine. It's the same medicine I gave Angie."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:24 am
"As I said, he misunderstood. We can go to the police with this if you would like."
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"Mm, I guess that's okay." They enter a small pizza parlor.
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"I will bear the pain."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:30 am
"I would like to speak with Sparrow's father."
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"You can get pineapple if you want."
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"Suit yourself. Can't say I didn't offer."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:33 am
"Return my wife and son and I'll consider arranging it."
Richard shakes his head. "We can arrange that. He didn't mind visiting."
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"I will! You'll just have to pick them off." She orders zee pizza.
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"It just seems suspect."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:44 am
"Right."
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"Okay." Smirk.
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"It's fine. I'm not out to get you."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:46 am
"I wouldn't go near there if I were you."
"Why not?"
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"Let's sit here." She tugs at his hand to lead him to a little table by the window.
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"Forgive me if I can't make myself believe that."
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:08 am
"He's probably just trying to scare you."
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"Okay." To the table!
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"Whatever." Shrug.
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:11 am
"Really? Richard, you may have been living with that girl on Babel, but down here people still see things differently. How would it look to them?"
"What am I supposed to do?"
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"I heard daddy should be home tomorrow."
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"This is unbearable."
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