❝ A NIGHT out on the TOWN doesn’t sound too bad AT ALL. && considering i spend my entire SCHOOL DAY with old folks giving us all the stink eye, i should feel RIGHT AT HOME. ❞
( for a MOMENT he almost lets the dam SHATTER. he almost lets OBLIVION tumble out && tells her how bad he NEEDS this freedom, how his life is on it’s way to the grainy bottom of the OCEAN && there’s no lifeboat. he refrains. )
❝ it’s NOTHING to turn you nose up at, i’d say. see, but this’ll be different, because you aren’t the SUBORDINATE of these old folks. you could put them right in their places if you so desired.. ❞
( she’s already working through DETAILS of the night, managing her schedule and meal plan. she’s too OCCUPIED for her maternal instinct to kick in. though she notes a lapse in conversation. )
&& there’s a sigh as she lit another cigarette, eyes flickering at whoever came to tell her the news about this truce with the night creepers. ❛ just don’t expect a warm welcome from me. i’d rather die than having to kiss their asses. ❜
❛ i’m sure it’s just a FORMALITY.❜
she’s kicking at the ground, hating to be the bearer of bad news. she lits a cigarette of her own– call it a more SUBTLE rebellion. ❛ bet it’s just so the mayor can pat himself on the back. i hardly see them ENFORCING anything. ❜
❝did’ja buy a fish an’ forget it in the trunk?my sister does that all of the time. she’s pretty blonde, though. there’s no one useful in there though, night crew sucks ass. i’m the most useful person on the night crew, an’ as you can see, i’m off. the right direction is back to wherever you came from, an’ come back tomorrow when someone with a brain is on duty– a.k.a. myself. i’m back bright an’ early. eight a.m.❞
❝have MERCY on me. i’m just a shook up kid, have you no CONSCIENCE?? are you really gonna make me go home, and feel unsafe??i thought the whole reason cops became cops was to help people?? imagine if your SISTER was the one begging for some help. wouldn’t you want her to get it??❞
❝ JESUS —- you’re right. i guess i’m kind of ahead in latin anyway —- i’m not giving THIS up for STUDYING bullshit. god, i —- this better be WORTH it, lacey. ❞
( impulses have always been his KRYPTONITE, anyways. it’s not like he’s tarnishing a CLEAN SLATE. )
❝ OF COURSE it’ll be worth it. we’ll get all dolled up, and have dinner at somewhere FANCY, where old folks will give us the stink eye. it’ll be a night to REMEMBER. ❞
( she’d always been a sucker for theatre, luckily, she had neil around to INDULGE her. )
❛
She’s not dead, Lacey, she’s probably screwing
some homeless guy into giving her his spare change. Worst case scenario: she caught genital warts and
has lowered her self esteem enough to be a plus-size stripper which, by the way, is a road YOU seem to be
heading down as well. Swallow too many Hostess treats
this morning, Beth Ditto?
❜
❛you’ve got to be KIDDING. is this just some weird coping mechanism??people are worried about her, like a NORMAL person should be. i don’t know why you’ve got to be such a BITCH about this, and take it out on me– i’m not even that FAT. this is exactly why i’ve had to resort to hanging out with QUENTIN JACOBSON.❜
