[Given that it's Beck he perks up almost immediately.]
Hey. [He looks a little tired as usual but there's an easygoing grin all the same.] The optimistic answer is "not much" and maybe I like that answer a little better.
[She pulls away carefully, even though the hug is nice. It's a little weird to talk when she can't see his face, especially now that the conversation is moving in this direction.]
I don't know about that. I think you would have handled it.
Ah...yeah. One of the people anyway. [Let's not talk about that.] It leapt at my face, Beck. I barely had time to react. Don't sell yourself so short when it comes to something like this.
You know...evening with a hot girl, something fun and relaxing...I'm sort of into that kind of thing, you know? After last week's insanity I think an evening getting to know each other again's not a bad plan.
No, no it's not that. It's just...y'know. Happiness can be fleeting and all that. But I guess there's always one timeline where everything works out. That's the one I have to focus on more than ever, and the one all of us should be working for.
Mm...I like the idea of yours? Your bed's nicer than mine. [They're the same damn bed because they're in the same hotel, but details.] What've you got in mind today for our next adventure?
I can't believe there's a difference. [Just like I can't believe YOU'RE DEAD, I HATE YOU, I HATE THIS!!!] But I'm starting to think you actually like me kinda tied up.
...but I'm down. It makes it a little more intense when I can't actually touch you.
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