"No, I didn't. But it just doesn't seem right to use your dishes and leave a mess for you alone to pick up later. Especially since I can help you do them now."
"The difference?" She wasn't looking at him, she was concentrating on getting some of the sticky food residue off the plate. "Oh, you know. The idea hitting a convenience store at 3 AM to get a coke and a candy bar if I wanted to. The idea that... you know what? There probably isn't much difference. I just wanted to come home, that's all. Back to the States. I may go back again someday, I just - well. Yea." Wow, if that wasn't a cop-out on conversation, she didn't know what was. She took a quick glance to the side to see if he was listening intently, and his eyes were on the silverware he was drying. Good, so maybe he wouldn't notice much if she changed the subject?
"I was young and the world was wide" she quoted. "I'm not so young, and the world isn't as wide, or as warm as I thought it would be back then. That's all."
Slowly her fingers separated his hair into locks, and she carefully began to brush out each one, sliding her fingers down his hair as she went. "I don't know about you, but I'm not in the mood for something hard or fast right now. Sing me something different?"
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"The difference?" She wasn't looking at him, she was concentrating on getting some of the sticky food residue off the plate. "Oh, you know. The idea hitting a convenience store at 3 AM to get a coke and a candy bar if I wanted to. The idea that... you know what? There probably isn't much difference. I just wanted to come home, that's all. Back to the States. I may go back again someday, I just - well. Yea." Wow, if that wasn't a cop-out on conversation, she didn't know what was. She took a quick glance to the side to see if he was listening intently, and his eyes were on the silverware he was drying. Good, so maybe he wouldn't notice much if she changed the subject?
"I was young and the world was wide" she quoted. "I'm not so young, and the world isn't as wide, or as warm as I thought it would be back then. That's all."
Slowly her fingers separated his hair into locks, and she carefully began to brush out each one, sliding her fingers down his hair as she went. "I don't know about you, but I'm not in the mood for something hard or fast right now. Sing me something different?"