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After each new episode (Monday), nbc_revolution will host a Revelation of the Week Post, to recap and discuss what we learned…or didn't learn but think we saw in the promo for following next week :: flails ::
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It's senseless.
And yet, the very definition of significant.
Partly, because she winds up at Bass' hotel room, too early in the morning for sense and decency (and age differences).
Mostly, because it was her who suggested going out for a drink first.
He had been just a name in Miles' address book (the digital age is something Miles represses), until yesterday, when he became a voice on the answering machine (that Miles doesn't know how to use), and now, as Charlie props herself up on her elbows to watch her stranger rid himself of his shirt she wonders who will care more.
Her father.
Her mother.
Miles.
Only one way to find out...
I don't know what this is...I didn't mean to write it this way. It just was. I think it's due to tiredness. Or deeper psychological issues.
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It's the squeak of the door that announces the newest patron entering the dingiest bar between state lines.
This one's a little young to be a hitchhiker, he thinks, when her eyes dance away from his to take in her surroundings. But he'd recognise the world weary slouch anywhere; has worn it himself a few times.
When she looks at him again, her smile is half shy, half daring, and he almost wants to invite her over, despite his better judgement.
Instead, he motions to the bartender for another beer, letting his eyes settle back down on the classifieds spread out before him.
So he feels more than sees, her approach him, swinging herself up onto the stool to his right. And he doesn't quite smile when she props her chin on her hands and peers down at the paper with him. For several moments they both study it in silence, before he can't help looking up ( ... )
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He talks about her a lot because she's always on his mind.
And it's really not like you can blame him, you know? People do stupid things when they're in love. And sometimes, Aaron thinks that he's just annoying everyone whenever he opens his mouth, so he learns quickly to not talk about her. He learns quickly that it's easier for people (and for his guilt) if he doesn't relive that moment every time he opens his mouth. The only time it's okay, he learns, is when Ben is drunk enough and they're both grieving about their wives.
But on this journey, there's no Ben. There's a drunken Matheson, but he's not the kind-hearted man that Aaron has come to treasure as a friend.
(And oh, she would have loved Ben. She would have loved his gentleness, the way he always listened to you when you needed help...)For a while, Maggie's there, listening to him. For a while, they share their secrets, admitting their reason why they are who they are. But then Maggie's gone so suddenly and Aaron is left with nothing but the silence ( ... )
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