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<span style="color:#800000">''' '' Author's Note: Many, many thanks to Terri for RPing this one with me. Thanks, Terri!'' '''</span> | <span style="color:#800000">''' '' Author's Note: Many, many thanks to Terri for RPing this one with me. Thanks, Terri!'' '''</span> | ||
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− | + | An excerpt from Peripatetica, by M. K. Sebastien, Engr. ret. | |
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Something of my thoughts must have crept into my expression, for she looked over at me and said, “I wanted to say….thanks…for the other night, too.”<br> | Something of my thoughts must have crept into my expression, for she looked over at me and said, “I wanted to say….thanks…for the other night, too.”<br> | ||
I didn’t miss the embarrassment that colored her tone, and was doubly glad I’d heeded my instincts and had kept my mouth shut.<br> | I didn’t miss the embarrassment that colored her tone, and was doubly glad I’d heeded my instincts and had kept my mouth shut.<br> | ||
− | "Don't mention it." I kept my voice light and non-committal. ''No big deal''. "You're welcome." I put | + | "Don't mention it." I kept my voice light and non-committal. ''No big deal''. "You're welcome." I put her feet on the console and leaned back. "Happy New Year, by the way."<br> |
She glanced at me and nodded slightly.<br> | She glanced at me and nodded slightly.<br> | ||
“I suppose it is, at that,” she said, sipping her coffee. Her voice was quiet when she continued. “You gonna be okay? Whatever he said to chase you off must have been a doozy.”<br> | “I suppose it is, at that,” she said, sipping her coffee. Her voice was quiet when she continued. “You gonna be okay? Whatever he said to chase you off must have been a doozy.”<br> | ||
Even in the midst of her own crisis, she wasn’t oblivious to others, and her concern for my hurts humbled me. I knew that weakness from me would be unwelcome for her, however, so I snorted and sipped my coffee, and kept my eyes fixed on the stars beyond the glass.<br> | Even in the midst of her own crisis, she wasn’t oblivious to others, and her concern for my hurts humbled me. I knew that weakness from me would be unwelcome for her, however, so I snorted and sipped my coffee, and kept my eyes fixed on the stars beyond the glass.<br> | ||
− | "He asked me to marry him. Settle down. Raise sheep. As if I'd say ''yes'',” I said and sat for a while, enjoying the silence and the company as I let my feelings settle. And covertly observed Nika some more. The other woman was slouched in her chair just as I, and likewise seemed content | + | "He asked me to marry him. Settle down. Raise sheep. As if I'd say ''yes'',” I said and sat for a while, enjoying the silence and the company as I let my feelings settle. And covertly observed Nika some more. The other woman was slouched in her chair just as I, and likewise seemed content fly without talking. <br> |
I sipped my coffee and thought again of what I’d seen that night in her cabin and something Mike said long ago came back to me. Should I apply it here or let matters lie undisturbed? <br> | I sipped my coffee and thought again of what I’d seen that night in her cabin and something Mike said long ago came back to me. Should I apply it here or let matters lie undisturbed? <br> | ||
''What's going on in that head of yours, Nika? Am I going to have to make the first | ''What's going on in that head of yours, Nika? Am I going to have to make the first | ||
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