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Apr 18, 2009 23:54

Jordie,

It's been weeks. Are you still willing to call a do-over?

Simon

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walk_ins April 20 2009, 02:35:59 UTC

Wednesday at seven-thirteen.

Jordie has heavy, dark circles under his eyes.

He's sitting in a booth, smoking. A slice of pie is in front of him, untouched.

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 02:48:43 UTC

The door opens and Simon steps in, scanning the tables.

Catches sight of Jordie, pauses a fraction of a second, and heads in his direction.

walk_ins April 20 2009, 03:04:40 UTC

Jordie glances up when Simon gets closer.

He exhales, and taps into the ashtray. "Ni hao."

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 03:13:53 UTC

"Wei."

He slides into the seat opposite Jordie, and doesn't say anything for a moment.

("You look terrible" does not strike him as a wise thing to say.)

walk_ins April 20 2009, 03:16:43 UTC

"Pie's good," he says.

(His is still untouched.)

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 03:37:23 UTC

"Maybe I'll have some."

He doesn't make a move toward the menu, yet.

walk_ins April 20 2009, 03:40:06 UTC

Jordie inhales, tilts his head back, exhales smoke.

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 04:03:46 UTC

Quietly: "Kaylee sends regards."

walk_ins April 20 2009, 04:06:57 UTC

Without any inflection: "How much does she know?"

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 04:14:18 UTC

"Only that you had trouble sleeping, the night you stayed with us." Equally level. "She attributed it to what she already knows. I didn't give her any reason to think there was anything more to it than that."

walk_ins April 20 2009, 04:17:52 UTC

Jordie nods, and taps into the ashtray again.

"Well." And now it's a little acerbic. "What's new in the life of Simon Tam?"

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 04:34:46 UTC

"Not very much. We're moving into the last unit of the class. Hard to believe it's nearly over."

He's not going to bring up the most recent events. Under the circumstances.

"And you?"

walk_ins April 20 2009, 04:43:06 UTC

"Stopped getting coffee in the morning." Which translates to not getting up until midday, staying up until all hours, not eating right, and smoking too much. Jordie doesn't care. "Aunt Tildy's started bowling."

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 05:02:43 UTC

Simon's gaze drops to the table, and he tries to disguise it by looking at the menu.

He can't very well say I'm sorry to hear that about the first thing.

"Is she enjoying it?"

walk_ins April 20 2009, 05:05:00 UTC

"She seems to be." He blows a smoke ring. "She's not very good, she says."

simon_doctor April 20 2009, 05:16:56 UTC

"Well, some people enjoy games even when they're not very good at them."

He taps in an order for the pie. Why not.

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