At least Henry doesn't have baggage he's dragging behind him tonight. That doesn't shake the alarmed expression on his face when he enters Milliways Bar for only the second time in his life.
"All I wanted to do was go to work," Henry mopes, pushing up his glasses with one finger.
She's never met this guy before in her life, but she already knows something is really wrong with him.
"You'd rather go to work than the bar at the end of the universe? Unless you have a job as, like, a porn star or chocolate taster or something that's really wrong."
"Meade Publications, the largest incorporated publishing house in the country." Beat. "Have you ever read MODE magazine? I work principally for their finances."
"God, I'd kill to have a budget like that for shoes- well. I mean, I guess I could, but being my own boss does not mean getting to expense anything I want, right? Or... does it?"
"Oh, no," Henry insists earnestly. "Everything has to be very well documented, even though some of the editors-in-chief like to play games with the Accounting department. We'll catch them though."
Almost overly proud.
"They always underestimate us just because they're better tanned."
"All I wanted to do was go to work," Henry mopes, pushing up his glasses with one finger.
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"Seriously?"
She's never met this guy before in her life, but she already knows something is really wrong with him.
"You'd rather go to work than the bar at the end of the universe? Unless you have a job as, like, a porn star or chocolate taster or something that's really wrong."
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"It's only my third day, and I need to be on-time; I'm still probationary."
As an addendum, "I'm a CPA. Chocolate tasters get paid next to nothing."
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Lilly smiles politely at him.
"Where are you accounting at, then?"
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Lilly frowns thoughtfully.
"No, I can't say that I have, but it sounds kinda vaguely familiar. Fashion or something?"
It's mostly a guess. What else would a magazine called Mode be about, really?
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"I hope so, or else the $25,000 they spent on Prada shoes for the month is grossly inappropriate and I'd have to report them."
Hahahah.
Hah?
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Someone said the magic word.
"God, I'd kill to have a budget like that for shoes- well. I mean, I guess I could, but being my own boss does not mean getting to expense anything I want, right? Or... does it?"
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Almost overly proud.
"They always underestimate us just because they're better tanned."
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"Anyway, I'm kinda my own accountant, so."
She shrugs.
"Not much point in catching myself out."
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"I never introduced myself, I'm sorry -- Henry Grubstick, pleased to meet you."
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Lilly flashes him one of her more charming smiles. He's kinda dorky but oddly likeable.
"I'm Lilly Kane, DeadNeptuneCaliforinaEarth2005."
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