"There is a car, so I guess it depends on how the traffic is, this time of day. I'm fine either way." Ellen was also fine with not being the one driving. Bonus to skipping around so much, probably.
She'd caught his bemusement, and, considering his precision with her language, guessed that it might be because of her speech - pronunciation, the brief floundering for a word, all of that.
But the glimmers of joy Peter was showing at merely the phone conversation, that made her smile. A lot. Even one-sided like this, she could hear the genuine affection flowing, and couldn't - nor wanted to - not be happy for them. And she knew that whoever was waiting at the end of this journey, she would be able to at least honestly give this - be graceful and nice, no matter how troubled herself, over the love the two men seemed to share.
The sense of humor tinging the older man beside her, too, made her rather look forward to the time with them. (Even if, yes, her thoughts did not quite leave Heru. But he had still been way too weak to awaken, and only gathering his strength slowly, too slowly.)
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Date: 2009-02-17 02:54 pm (UTC)She'd caught his bemusement, and, considering his precision with her language, guessed that it might be because of her speech - pronunciation, the brief floundering for a word, all of that.
But the glimmers of joy Peter was showing at merely the phone conversation, that made her smile. A lot. Even one-sided like this, she could hear the genuine affection flowing, and couldn't - nor wanted to - not be happy for them.
And she knew that whoever was waiting at the end of this journey, she would be able to at least honestly give this - be graceful and nice, no matter how troubled herself, over the love the two men seemed to share.
The sense of humor tinging the older man beside her, too, made her rather look forward to the time with them. (Even if, yes, her thoughts did not quite leave Heru. But he had still been way too weak to awaken, and only gathering his strength slowly, too slowly.)