My instant messengerpinged while I was rewriting an injunction on Thursday morning.
Patrick:Got a second
Shannon:Yep
Shannon:You’re welcome to walk down the stairs and have this conversation in person. People still do that.
Patrick:Can’t. I’m on a conference call with the Castavechias and their interior decorator, who might be one of the horsemen of the apocalypse.
Shannon:Please tell me Andy’s doing the talking
Patrick:Yes.
Patrick:What have you heard about Thanksgiving?
I glanced at the clean crockery on the corner of my desk. Matt dropped the dishes off earlier, and thanked me for the butternut squash pies. Apparently, Lauren ate half of one for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning, and the others were demolished before the holiday bowl games ended.
Shannon:That my pies were best in show
Patrick:Not going to argue that
Patrick:But there’s more to the story. Sam brought Tiel
Shannon:That’s still happening?
Patrick:Oh yeah.
Shannon:I got some texts from Lauren and Andy. They said it got a little tense.
Patrick:That’s a good assessment. I wouldn’t say it went badly, but I wouldn’t call it good either. There were some uncomfortable moments. She might just be socially awkward, in which case, they’re a good pair.
Shannon:Uncomfortable how?
Patrick:My gut says she’s a nice girl but she was really prickly.
Patrick:She said some unusual things to Lauren and Andy.
Shannon:How drunk were you?
Patrick:Only a little. I can’t remember exactly what she said, and all in, she was pretty quiet, but when they left, we all looked at each other and we were like, wow. That was really fucking strange
Shannon:Maybe you could tell me what made it so strange…details never hurt anyone.
Patrick:She kind of bit Nick’s head off. And she yelled at Lauren.
Shannon:About what?!?
Patrick:Lauren invited her to lunch.
Shannon:And she yelled at Lauren about that?
Patrick:You should talk to Sam. Find out where his head’s at. See about getting him an appointment with that counselor.
Shannon:I thought we weren’t kicking hornets’ nests anymore…
Patrick:Talk to him. He’s not going to talk to me and I’m getting nothing out of Riley.
Patrick:Let him bitch about something. That always opens the floodgates.
