George was nodding. "I'm sorry you don't even get an interesting story out of it," she said, impulsively. "I mean, you tell your friends you made out with a dead chick, it sounds like you're a mortician with a sick fetish."
Um. So much for the gallows humor. Now was a good time to pick up her very-neglected coffee and take a long, long sip.
"I get that it's huge," she said. "I mean ... if you need time, or whatever. We can just ..."
Hmmm. "You tell me," she decided.
If he wanted to just ... walk home, and think about it, or take some time off, or even say he was taking time off in order to sound polite when he bailed. That would kind of be totally legit at this point.
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Date: 2011-11-07 08:28 am (UTC)Um. So much for the gallows humor. Now was a good time to pick up her very-neglected coffee and take a long, long sip.
"I get that it's huge," she said. "I mean ... if you need time, or whatever. We can just ..."
Hmmm. "You tell me," she decided.
If he wanted to just ... walk home, and think about it, or take some time off, or even say he was taking time off in order to sound polite when he bailed. That would kind of be totally legit at this point.