[She scoffs.] It's not a battle. It's you agreeing with me because I'm right.
I don't want her baristaing for us. She can drink however much fucking coffee she wants, I don't care, as long as she keeps Delight fed. But this is our thing. It was my idea.
[He looks up at her again, this time to fix her with an incredulous expression.]
Um, I know I've apparently been giving off the impression to everyone, but I'm not an idiot. Why would I ever put you and Nick in the same room together, let alone working together?
[You're gonna have to share privileges here Emily this is a group effort. And he knows he should really just saying 'nothing', but...]
Uh, you got all annoyed at me for something I wasn't going to do to begin with?
[In reality that's barely a problem and most days he'd just ignore it, but it's just one of those days today where everything is more irritating than it should be.]
[He knows it was the only choice at the time and Nick doesn't seem to be holding a grudge, but the whole thing was a mess and he still feels guilty about it.]
It's... I'm just like... Nevermind.
[He can't figure out what he wants to say and it probably wouldn't help anyway, especially not with how close to so many other somewhat sensitive topics. So instead he takes a moment, then responds again.]
I'm not gonna be a jerk to her when she talks to me, but that doesn't mean I've just totally forgotten everything.
[Emily rolls her eyes and sighs heavily. This is the problem with goody-goodies. Sure, everybody likes them, but they tend to have a serious problem with telling people no.]
You need to toughen up before the world eats you alive.
[That is definitely not the response he's expecting, and something about it--the implication more than the words--on top of everything else going on just causes his already strained temper to snap; his eyes flash with anger, tone coldly calm.]
[Given she was actually feeling friendly affection for him just a second ago (which she will never admit, duh), she's not pissed at him for that. In fact, she's ... kind of proud. It's like watching a kid take their first shaky step or ride a bike without training wheels or some shit like that (she wouldn't know, she's not into the whole having babies thing).
So if he was expecting her to huff and walk away, what he gets instead is her smirking and giving a small hmph of a laugh.]
Not bad for a nerdbrain like you.
[And that's when she leaves, like she's dropping the mic and catwalking her way off a stage.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 06:52 pm (UTC)[Because he can't say he's too surprised to hear the knock. He's sitting on his bed, tapping away at responses on his phone.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 06:54 pm (UTC)Seriously, smartass? If you wanted to talk about it in private, you could've just said so.
[Not like she's scared of giving her friends shit when she's right. Which is always.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 06:56 pm (UTC)I don't actually want to talk at all, but I know a losing battle when I see one.
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Date: 2016-05-15 07:07 pm (UTC)I don't want her baristaing for us. She can drink however much fucking coffee she wants, I don't care, as long as she keeps Delight fed. But this is our thing. It was my idea.
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Date: 2016-05-15 07:12 pm (UTC)Um, I know I've apparently been giving off the impression to everyone, but I'm not an idiot. Why would I ever put you and Nick in the same room together, let alone working together?
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Date: 2016-05-15 07:32 pm (UTC)I don't want her working at all for us.
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Date: 2016-05-15 07:42 pm (UTC)Yeah, I got it the first time.
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:07 pm (UTC)As long as we're clear.
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:24 pm (UTC)[The most brushing off of brush offs.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:33 pm (UTC)What crawled up your nerdy ass?
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:38 pm (UTC)Uh, you got all annoyed at me for something I wasn't going to do to begin with?
[In reality that's barely a problem and most days he'd just ignore it, but it's just one of those days today where everything is more irritating than it should be.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:55 pm (UTC)Right, because you're not still buddy-buddy with her.
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Date: 2016-05-15 08:59 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I have much right not to be since I kind of shot her in the face.
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Date: 2016-05-15 09:07 pm (UTC)Given that was actually a shoot or get bitten situation, unlike others I'm sure we can think of, I'd say you're cool there.
[What the fuck is it with her guy friends and shooting people in the face. Or threatening to.]
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Date: 2016-05-15 09:24 pm (UTC)[He knows it was the only choice at the time and Nick doesn't seem to be holding a grudge, but the whole thing was a mess and he still feels guilty about it.]
It's... I'm just like... Nevermind.
[He can't figure out what he wants to say and it probably wouldn't help anyway, especially not with how close to so many other somewhat sensitive topics. So instead he takes a moment, then responds again.]
I'm not gonna be a jerk to her when she talks to me, but that doesn't mean I've just totally forgotten everything.
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Date: 2016-05-15 09:38 pm (UTC)You need to toughen up before the world eats you alive.
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Date: 2016-05-15 09:48 pm (UTC)Yeah? Fine. How's this, then: fuck off, Em.
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Date: 2016-05-15 09:56 pm (UTC)So if he was expecting her to huff and walk away, what he gets instead is her smirking and giving a small hmph of a laugh.]
Not bad for a nerdbrain like you.
[And that's when she leaves, like she's dropping the mic and catwalking her way off a stage.]