[Now that he's sitting down, he takes out one of the boxes and hands it over to April, though he claims the small bag of chips he stowed away in there for himself. He munches on one, swallows, then says,] Just a mechanics course. I'm taking it for work, and I guess Will wants to be able to keep up all his boats for himself.
[He's carefully referring to Will only in the present tense. There comes a time when Jaime does give up hope, but he at least tries to wait it out a few days.]
[Jaime doesn't know April very well. She seems hard to get to know, everything expressed in a bored sounding deadpan, and that's something Jaime just can't seem to figure out.
But he can try to roll with it, which is why he says,] Yep. That's why I'm only eating the chips.
[ Yeah, she is the kind of person that says 'FYI' instead of for your information. Life is hard. But she's more accepting for that answer than anything else he might have said. Well done, JJ.]
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Date: 2015-11-04 06:44 am (UTC)[Now that he's sitting down, he takes out one of the boxes and hands it over to April, though he claims the small bag of chips he stowed away in there for himself. He munches on one, swallows, then says,] Just a mechanics course. I'm taking it for work, and I guess Will wants to be able to keep up all his boats for himself.
[He's carefully referring to Will only in the present tense. There comes a time when Jaime does give up hope, but he at least tries to wait it out a few days.]
Is he taking more than one class?
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Date: 2015-11-07 11:41 pm (UTC)[ She gives a small shrug as she gets into her food, not quite up to her normal sarcasm level today. ]
Giving. I mean. I don't think he's got anything left to learn except how boring fishing actually is.
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Date: 2015-11-09 12:06 am (UTC)[After a few too many things overwhelmed him, the peace and the silence had been a soothing balm to him -- and, it seems, to a few others as well.]
I guess he's found a lot of people who think it's peaceful too, if he's giving out lessons all over the place.
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Date: 2015-11-11 11:38 pm (UTC)[ The food is suddenly getting looked at suspiciously. ]
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Date: 2015-11-12 06:15 am (UTC)But he can try to roll with it, which is why he says,] Yep. That's why I'm only eating the chips.
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Date: 2015-11-15 04:27 am (UTC)[ Yeah, she is the kind of person that says 'FYI' instead of for your information. Life is hard. But she's more accepting for that answer than anything else he might have said. Well done, JJ.]
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Date: 2015-11-15 05:39 am (UTC)On second thought, you can keep him. I don't think I can pull off booty shorts.
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Date: 2015-11-19 11:41 pm (UTC)[ And it's a funny enough image she can appreciate it a little bit, even now. ]
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Date: 2015-11-20 03:29 am (UTC)[He assumes that April is, rightfully, in first place.]