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[toblameforit]

Sherry did, of course, do a background check.

"Andy Wright, age 24, graduated cum laude from Bethlem College in South Dakota with a BA in Creative Writing. No criminal record."

Tony was not impressed.

"Licensed bartender. Works in coffeeshops a great deal, as well. Published several poems in a few magazines around the country."

He shouldn't have been surprised, either, and after the initial shock he wasn't.

"Did you expect me not to? Her work isn't bad, though I think she relies on her allusions a little too heavily."

But now, if he's going to email her, he should probably get that out of the way first thing. He sprawls out in bed with his laptop and starts typing.

Subject: so hi
From: tonys (dcxvi)
To: awright (gmail)

Hey,

Sherry totally did do a background check. :( Sorry. It all checks out, though, so that's good I guess.

Anyway. If you seriously want to talk, I think I seriously need to. But like I said, I don't want to freak you out or anything. So... I dunno.

Coffee sometime?

-Tony

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[toblameforit]

"Yeah, you're on target there," he says.

"Honestly though... I'll be okay. I mean, even if you can't find me somebody. I'll be okay."

[self-espresso.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. I know you will be."

[toblameforit]

"Like, not great," he clarifies, "but okay."

[self-espresso.livejournal.com]

"Again, speaking as the anxiety-ridden bartender: okay is nothing to sneeze at. Be nice if we could at least make it to good, though."

[toblameforit]

"Sometimes," he says, thinking of Sherry. Both Sherries.

[self-espresso.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes it'd be nice to make it to good, or sometimes okay is nothing to sneeze at?"

[toblameforit]

"Sometimes good happens."

Are you d'awwing yet?

[self-espresso.livejournal.com]

Andy grins. "Yeah, it does."

[toblameforit]

He smiles across the table at her.