UCS
"Um...well, I think it's unfixable."
I know Xander was speaking to someone else of the espresso machine, but the irony, and the timing of it, wasn't lost on me.
*~*~*~*~*
"Maybe having you say something is all he wants."
I wish it was that simple. But no, that isn't all Ethan wants. I can't give Ethan what he does want. -- (Can't, or won't?) Maybe even I don't know what that is any more. It amounts to the same thing in the end: precisely nothing.
I think he'd let you have a say in it. He'd let you have a whole speech, Giles."
I'm sure Ethan would. The longer I went on, the more ridiculous I'd look when Ethan told me to mind my own business at the end of it. If we were together, I would have a say. This was hardly the first time Ethan and I had similar discussions. It was the first time I seriously considered it as an alternative.
"Work calls. I'll come by afterwards to see you. I have something for you... Bye!"
Xander disappered into the store-room and I asked for a paper cup to take the rest of my coffee to go. I left a very generous tip (that I really couldn't afford) on the counter just to let the owner know Xander hadn't been bothering me at all.
I know Xander was speaking to someone else of the espresso machine, but the irony, and the timing of it, wasn't lost on me.
*~*~*~*~*
"Maybe having you say something is all he wants."
I wish it was that simple. But no, that isn't all Ethan wants. I can't give Ethan what he does want. -- (Can't, or won't?) Maybe even I don't know what that is any more. It amounts to the same thing in the end: precisely nothing.
I think he'd let you have a say in it. He'd let you have a whole speech, Giles."
I'm sure Ethan would. The longer I went on, the more ridiculous I'd look when Ethan told me to mind my own business at the end of it. If we were together, I would have a say. This was hardly the first time Ethan and I had similar discussions. It was the first time I seriously considered it as an alternative.
"Work calls. I'll come by afterwards to see you. I have something for you... Bye!"
Xander disappered into the store-room and I asked for a paper cup to take the rest of my coffee to go. I left a very generous tip (that I really couldn't afford) on the counter just to let the owner know Xander hadn't been bothering me at all.