Alright, I've had an idea.
And I'll be honest, I'm not really sure how good it is, but I've decided to go with it. Because I feel it's worth a shot. And I have to do it before Carly tries it, because she hasn't figured out that Ned is more interested in Sam than he is in her
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"Good choice."
I leaned over and grabbed Dirt Deeds Done Cheap out of the case in the dashboard and put it in. When I asked Arianna which one she would prefer, I had a feeling that it might be ACDC, and I'm glad it was. I haven't listened to this one in a while. Tom has been asking a lot of favors lately, and when he's in my car I catch hell for the classics. It shouldn't be that way, but he's like that.
The music took care of the silence for the most part. I would have said something to Arianna, but I didn't know what to talk to her about. She works at a bookstore, and that's interesting to me, but people probably ask her about that all the time. Sometimes, when you have to discuss your work repeatedly, it turns into the last thing you want to have to explain to someone you don't know very well. Its better that I just leave it alone.
"... Thanks again for this."
"Anytime." I glanced over at her for a minute, and then back at the road. "I mean that. I know we don't see each other a lot, but if you ever need anything, feel free to give me a call."
I like Arianna. So what if she has made a few bad calls with the historical figures. I can't imagine how she pulled that one off in the first place, and I don't think I want to know. She has a good personality. Carly has told me enough for me to know that she and Sam haven't had things easy. Its cool that she's become who she is in spite of that. Funny, smart, appreciative, and pretty unique.
Honestly, I just wouldn't mind seeing her more.
"What do you think of Joe and Ned?"
There's the end of that. If I'm honest with her, we're going to run into trouble here. And since she asked, I have to be honest.
"They're alright guys."
I get the idea that in their time they're regular men who ended up in a situation that they couldn't control. Here, they're impressive for what they fought for. I can see why people like their story, but they're people, just like the rest of us.
"I don't mind talking to them, but they don't belong here, you know?"
That was stupid. If she thought of it that way, she wouldn't be keeping them around. But she did ask, and it is how I feel.
"Its not real to them. All of this..." I stopped at the light and looked back to her again. "This will never been real for them. Its kind of a tease, and just..not all that fair to me."
What if they like it here? Then they have to go back anyway, and they know what they're without.
"But, I don't have any experience in time travel. That's just my opinion. ...Sorry."
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"They are."
One of them being a lot more than 'alright' as far as I'm concerned, but Dan wouldn't have that viewpoint. ... Unless... No, nothing's changed. I think I would know somehow. I would wake up feeling like everything's gone right to hell and want to kill things for the rest of the day.
... More than I usually do.
"I don't mind talking to them, but they don't belong here, you know?"
...
Oh.
"Its not real to them. All of this... This will never been real for them. Its kind of a tease, and just..not all that fair to me."
...
Well when he puts it that way...
But they're having fun here. And they know that they're going back soon, and Joe they likes me us anyway. It's... It can't be that bad, can it?
No, I... No, it's not.
"But, I don't have any experience in time travel. That's just my opinion. ...Sorry."
That was depressing.
"Well, no, I understand what you're saying..." But I don't think it's true. It can't be as bad as he's making it out to be, because then I've we've done something wrong by keeping them here, and Joe's they're going to hate me us.
"But it can't be as bad as that. I don't think they're that interested in staying, it's sort of just fun to them for a while." At least, as far as I've seen.
So it's alright.
Isn't it?
"I don't know." I'm not as smart as he is, but as far as I know, it makes sense. "I sort of thought it might be doing them a little bit of a favor, since they probably won't be alive that much longer. Something special before everything that's going to happen to them, you know?"
Why does he have to make it sound like anything else?
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