02-25-2008, 09:00 AM
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Gosh, sorry for making you wait - I was grounded.
Again, he thought his own words sounded a bit strange. He almost made himself laugh, amused by the way he was still trying to impress her by sounding smart. He knew he had a logical way of looking at things, but tried so hard to get her to see this. It was difficult to figure out how to do so without sounding like an idiot. But this time it seemed he had won her over, as she continued to talk to him in her endearingly thoughtful way. "I don’t think so, either. " He really did wish their day at the shore together would last forever.
Her next question left him at a loss. He didn’t know what to tell her – he was not terribly adventurous, and he had an obligation to his father to stick around. He didn’t know how Phoenix would take it if he left as well. But seeing the world sounded like something he would have loved trying. In the end, he gave a half-answer. "Maybe… What about you?"
Again, he thought his own words sounded a bit strange. He almost made himself laugh, amused by the way he was still trying to impress her by sounding smart. He knew he had a logical way of looking at things, but tried so hard to get her to see this. It was difficult to figure out how to do so without sounding like an idiot. But this time it seemed he had won her over, as she continued to talk to him in her endearingly thoughtful way. "I don’t think so, either. " He really did wish their day at the shore together would last forever.
Her next question left him at a loss. He didn’t know what to tell her – he was not terribly adventurous, and he had an obligation to his father to stick around. He didn’t know how Phoenix would take it if he left as well. But seeing the world sounded like something he would have loved trying. In the end, he gave a half-answer. "Maybe… What about you?"