Drinkin' with the wife an' her daddy [quietlikehim] & [cantbewithhim]

[delmar_heir]

Mark drove to the liquor store behind Ennis' truck, whoopin' an' hollerin' and generally making a fool of himself, listening to the beautiful sound of tin cans trailing behind them. He knew he was tailgating poor Mr. del Mar, but he couldn't help it, this was exciting! Mark Hammel had done it, he'd taken a wife. There weren't nothing better than

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[quietlikehim]

She looked quietly over at her father, sensing the growing tension from his side and she felt herself stiffening just a little. "It wasn't." She murmured.

"Jen, can you excuse me?" She slipped out of her chair, grabbing the smokes as she moved around and opened the front door. Moving out into the grass, she lit a smoke and drew in a deep inhale.

[delmar_heir]

Mark moved to go after her, but Ennis held up his hand and so he kept his seat.

[cantbewithhim]

"Sorry," he said softly, nodding to Jenny before ducking out front to join his daughter.

"I shouldn'ta said that."

[bitunlikely]

Jenny looked over at Mark in confusion, the two of them now being the only ones left in the room.

"What happened? Did I say something wrong?"

[quietlikehim]

She glanced back at her father, "It's alright." She blew out a thin stream of smoke and handed him the cigarette.

"Figured if I got up, you would too and then conversation would be done." She shrugged casually, "You looked uncomfortable."

[delmar_heir]

"Naw, it weren't nothin' you said," Mark assured, leaning across the table to pat Jenny on the shoulder.

"I reckon Mr. del Mar jus' gets a lil' nervous sometimes."

[cantbewithhim]

Ennis shrugged. "It weren't that bad. You didn't have'ta do that."

[bitunlikely]

Jenny blinked, shaking her head.

"About?"

[quietlikehim]

She just shrugged as well, "It's fine, needed fresh air."

[delmar_heir]

"Well, jus'.. things I guess." Mark shrugged, wishing they would come back inside. Or maybe Jenny and he could ambush them outside...

Instead, Mark just settled into the corner of the seat, knowing there was somethin off but not knowing how to fix it.

[cantbewithhim]

Ennis sighed. Sometimes he wished Junior weren't so much like him, but how could he now when she was his only ally?

Stealing a few drags of her cigarette, he looked up at the moon and wondered if Jack were, too.

[bitunlikely]

Jenny shrugged, suddenly looking rather uncomfortable.

"Maybe I ought to go?"

[quietlikehim]

"We should probably go back inside." She glanced over after a moment, "And change the topic."

[delmar_heir]

"No, no, Jenny. I mean, not unless you wanna. We were us' gettin' t'know ya though, an' Mr. del Mar ain't never had friends before."

He threw her a discreet wink as Alma Jr. came back inside - he gestured for her to take a seat in Ennis' place.

[cantbewithhim]

"Uh, sorry 'bout that," he mumbled, putting out his cigarette and sliding in next to Jenny.

He still looked miserable, but that weren't anything new.

[bitunlikely]

"Why?" Jenny managed to throw in right before Ennis and Junior returned. She sighed, realising that it was now probably a question to go unanswered.

Maybe it was for the best, given the look on Ennis' face. She smiled up at him, trying to look reassuring. "Nice out there?"