He downs the whiskey fast as anything, then shoves the bottle and glass as far away from him as possible. The look he shoots one of the waitrats suggests that he would like the evidence removed ten minutes ago, please.
"Do you have a favorite holiday?" she asks. "I like Christmas, too. And Easter. And the Fourth of July, because there are fireworks, even though the noise used to scare me when I was little. And Valentine's Day. And Thanksgiving, which is always near my birthday and sometimes it's on my birthday so sometimes we don't have school on my birthday and sometimes we have to have my party early or late because people have other plans for Thanksgiving."
Clearly, this needs to be remedied.
"Hi, Dean!"
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Shit. Anna.
He downs the whiskey fast as anything, then shoves the bottle and glass as far away from him as possible. The look he shoots one of the waitrats suggests that he would like the evidence removed ten minutes ago, please.
"Hey, kiddo."
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And grown-ups sometimes have drinks.
Unless you drink lots and lots and lots, or drink and then try to drive, it's okay.
"How are you?" Anna asks.
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Dean's a damn good liar when he has to be.
Even now.
(Maybe especially now.)
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"I've missed you. I haven't seen you in a while.
"But now you're back.
"And it's almost Halloween at home. Which is one of my favorite holidays."
Though, to be fair, Anna has a lot of favorite holidays.
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"Back and better'n ever, that's me."
Wait. Halloween?
"Yeah? Guess a lot of people really like it. You got any reasons why?"
Dean is not a fan.
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"And . . . the candy is nice, too."
Just between her and Dean.
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But he won't.
"You gonna wear the pointy black hat and all? Because I'm thinkin' you're missing the warts. And the green skin."
What? He's seen the Wizard of Oz.
Shut up.
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"But I don't want green skin. Or warts.
"Do you think that's okay?"
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He's helpful like that.
"You got a broom to make up for it?"
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"But it might be hard to carry around all day."
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What?
It'll totally double as a weapon if the need arises.
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"Maybe I could find a small one.
"Are you going to dress up for Halloween?"
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"Yeah, I don't think so."
Seriously.
No.
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A lot of grown-ups don't.
"Do you have a favorite holiday?" she asks. "I like Christmas, too. And Easter. And the Fourth of July, because there are fireworks, even though the noise used to scare me when I was little. And Valentine's Day. And Thanksgiving, which is always near my birthday and sometimes it's on my birthday so sometimes we don't have school on my birthday and sometimes we have to have my party early or late because people have other plans for Thanksgiving."
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Has he ever --
Well. Okay.
He can give her this one.
"Fireworks're pretty cool. You ever set any off yourself?"
"With supervision."
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