Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 05:05:54 UTC
Coming in from outside, her arms full of Tori's toys and other things they'd left outside, Jeannie casts a quick look over at Jack and Ryan talking over by the living room windows. They're talking quietly, their expressions serious, but not antagonistic. That's something at least she thinks, hoping that conversation is going well. She wants to like Jack; she does like him, from what little she knows about him so far. But she has to admit, the main reason she doesn't want to find fault with him is because Chris has been so distant, they don't need something else pushing them apart. Not just for Ryan's sake either; she and Chris had been friends before she met Ryan, and she misses that friendship.
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, she can hear Tori chattering on excitedly, hear Chris' occasional question or comment, when Tori lets her have a chance to get a word in edgewise. At least it looks like one conversation is going well, she thinks, smiling to herself
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Re: Jeannie-Chris Conversationgeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 19:32:08 UTC
Tori looks from her mom to her aunt. "Are you staying, Auntie Chris?"
"Yes," Chris answers with a nod. "I'm spending the night here, like you. And I'll still be here in the morning and we can go out to the lake. In the morning."
After a quiet moment of what could be thinking, or could be stalling while she colors for a little longer, her niece accepts this answer with a nod and an, "Ok!"
Chris gives her a hug before she walks out of the room, then starts picking up all the toys and crayons that had been left behind.
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:33:31 UTC
"I think you're her new favourite person," Jeannie says with a small smile. She kneels, helping pick up some of the toys scattered across the floor as she listens for the sound of teeth being brushed. "I hope she didn't talk your ear off too much."
Re: Jeannie-Chris Conversationgeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 19:34:23 UTC
"No, she just had a lot to tell me about her day camp, her favorite tv shows, the neighbor's dog," she says, trying to list everything that seemed to catch Tori's attention. "I'm surprised at how much she's talking. Last time I saw her it was only a few words here and there and now, full sentences."
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:35:06 UTC
"Kids seem to age fast, especially in the first few years. It's like she was crawling, and then I blinked and she was running around the house," Jeannie says, smiling slightly. She's avoiding the real subject, she knows, but there are so many things she wants to ask, and she's not sure how.
Picking up a few picture books that had tumbled off the dresser, she says, casually, "Jack seems nice." He'd been fairly adept at not talking much about himself at dinner, too.
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:38:01 UTC
Jeannie nods. "It's been a while since you were here," she says, trying to not make it sound like she's guilt-tripping Chris for her distance. "So how did you two meet? You said he works for CTU, too."
Re: Jeannie-Chris Conversationgeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 19:39:36 UTC
"Yeah, I know." She doesn't bother with any excuses or explanations for that, instead quietly hoping she'd be able to see them more now that they knew about Jack.
Chris smiles. "At CTU. He was on an assignment and I was his case manager. We talked a lot, at first just about the case... things evolved from there."
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:40:06 UTC
"It must have been a pretty slow evolution, over a whole year," she says, still able to sound nonchalant when what she's really wondering is why Chris never mentioned him in all that time. "When did things get serious between you two?"
Re: Jeannie-Chris Conversationgeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 19:40:39 UTC
"Well, he was on assignment. That took priority, a lot of the time," she says with a casual shrug of her shoulders. "Not that long a go. Maybe a few months? He, uh... he and I are living together now."
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:41:13 UTC
That gets her attention, and she looks up at Chris, her hand frozen in the act of reaching for another crayon. "Living together?" It was such a large step for her, and considering they hadn't heard anything about Jack's existence before this...
"So you must know each other really well, then," Jeannie says, going back to picking up the crayons, her forehead furrowed in thought.
Re: Jeannie-Chris ConversationtheredshirtsFebruary 19 2007, 19:42:37 UTC
"Oh?" she says, wondering how long ago Chris had met them. Then again, his family could be in L.A., too, in which case it wouldn't be fair. "How did you get along with them? What kind of family does he have?"
Re: Jeannie-Chris Conversationgeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 19:43:54 UTC
"We get along pretty well, actually," she looks at Jeannie with a smile. "It's really just his daughter, her fiance and his young daughter. They live in the L.A. area and also work at CTU. So, I see them every day."
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, she can hear Tori chattering on excitedly, hear Chris' occasional question or comment, when Tori lets her have a chance to get a word in edgewise. At least it looks like one conversation is going well, she thinks, smiling to herself ( ... )
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"Yes," Chris answers with a nod. "I'm spending the night here, like you. And I'll still be here in the morning and we can go out to the lake. In the morning."
After a quiet moment of what could be thinking, or could be stalling while she colors for a little longer, her niece accepts this answer with a nod and an, "Ok!"
Chris gives her a hug before she walks out of the room, then starts picking up all the toys and crayons that had been left behind.
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It didn't seem like it had been that long ago.
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Picking up a few picture books that had tumbled off the dresser, she says, casually, "Jack seems nice." He'd been fairly adept at not talking much about himself at dinner, too.
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She was tempted to say more about the cabin but she realizes she's coming dangerously close to rambling.
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Chris smiles. "At CTU. He was on an assignment and I was his case manager. We talked a lot, at first just about the case... things evolved from there."
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"So you must know each other really well, then," Jeannie says, going back to picking up the crayons, her forehead furrowed in thought.
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"He was married before?" Jeannie asks, a little uneasily.
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