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[fightugly]

You changed so much about what I thought of you. I realize now I didn't give either of us any time to process, I acted on emotion. I thought it was right, too.

But now? My heart is telling me that we both fucked up.

[frenchkissed]

I'm always gonna do the right thing, Anne. If you didn't know that, maybe you didn't know me as well as you thought you did.

Emotions... Yeah. Me too.

( emotions and flawed logic, but mostly the emotion that comes along with helping others. whatever that's called. )

Maybe we did.

( ding, fries are here. with a waitress that looks pretty apathetic to whatever conversation these two are having. she probably hears this sort of thing once a week. )

You think we're fucking up again? Now?

[fightugly]

Maybe I didn't.

[She only registers the food by smell. The waitress doesn't even make it on her radar, which is just as well. More people aren't what they need right now.

She steals a fry immediately.]

I don't know, Eddie. We're treading new water here.

[frenchkissed]

Yeah. Yeah, it's like meeting for the first time again, knowing each other like this. We really didn't know each other back then. You didn't think I was so reckless; I didn't think you were so rigid.

...

Hi.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Charles Edward Allan Brock. But you can call me Eddie.

[fightugly]

We were just kids.

[She tilts her head, looking at him, a small, weary smile appearing.]

Anne Weying. It's nice to meet you, too.

[frenchkissed]

We were, like, thirty.

I mean...

Anne, wow. Is that short for something?

[fightugly]

It feels so much longer than that.

No, it's just Anne. Why aren't you Charlie instead of Eddie?

[frenchkissed]

Do I look like a Charlie to you?

[fightugly]

You'll always be an Eddie to me.

[frenchkissed]

And you'll always be Annie.

( he eats a fry.)

For as long as you let me, at least.

[fightugly]

I've no intention of asking you to stop anytime soon.

[frenchkissed]

…

Annie.

[fightugly]

[She takes another fry and raises an eyebrow at him.]

Eddie?

[frenchkissed]

Being single’s not that bad.

[fightugly]

I'll use the time wisely. Try to work on myself.

[frenchkissed]

…

You think you’ll have time to squeeze in a favor for me while you’re at it?

[fightugly]

What's that?

[frenchkissed]

Keep in touch? Let me know how you are?

[fightugly]

Only if you do the same.

[frenchkissed]

And if you’re not too busy finding inner peace, maybe try to use your lawyer powers to get us off these murder charges?

Just an idea.

[frenchkissed]

Yeah, yeah… something about being the sacrifice at two psycho mutants wedding probably throws you from the case, huh?

[fightugly]

It kind of does, yeah. But like I said, I'll get people on it.

[frenchkissed]

Sweet.

It’s nice to have friends in high places.

…Because that’s what we are now. Friends. Friends who eat fries. That’s us.

[fightugly]

Friends. Friends is better than nothing, right?