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There is a Chase, in the bar, with a book that he is only pretending to read.

It's difficult to pay full attention to a book when one is keeping a wary eye and a half out for certain daughters and certain fathers-in-law-to-be that one has to make certain apologies to or risk certain...something.

If your name just happens to be Angela or Jack, you might want to just happen to stop by the booth.

And if your name isn't, you're certainly perfectly welcome to stop by anyway.

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[agirllost]

She receives the kiss with a slight blush.

"Whatever you want."

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He orders hot chocolate for both of them. Because...why not?

"I talked to Angie."

[agirllost]

"Hot chocolate? You spoil me," she leans up to kiss him lightly.

"I'm happy to hear that, she seems so much better, doesn't she?"

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The conversation with Angie has left him a little worried, or else he'd be joking with her. When he kisses her back, it's just a little deeper than normal, for comfort.

"She seems more confident," he says, which makes him happy, "but she's still...y'know, she wants to go back home. I guess I can see how she'd get homesick and feel cooped-up here after a while."

[agirllost]

She'd notice, except that she's enjoying kissing him, and it's been a long time since she's felt passion.

But his next words kill whatever feelings she was starting to have. "I know, when I think about how...none of this is really fair to her."

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"She worries so much about school, and disappointing us...I don't think I could ever be disappointed in her. I mean, temporarily, yeah, if she totaled a car or snuck out of the house and got in trouble or something, but...never permanently, for anything big. Do we do something to make her so scared of it?"

[agirllost]

"I don't know," she says after a moment. "We've...kind of not asked about the future."

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"I just...can't really imagine."

His arm around her shoulder tightens.

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She's remembering their fight and a few things are sticking out.

"I can't either - I thought not knowing would be best, but the not knowing...the questions hurt."

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"If we just knew enough to not do whatever's making her unhappy...would that really be changing the future too much?"

It's a dangerous question to be asking, especially for him. But it hurts to see Angela unhappy.

[agirllost]

She looks up at him, thinking about her answer, and coming to a decision.

"I don't think so...I can't...really see how our relationship with Angie could effect all that much about the world."

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"Right. It isn't like...before. And why would the Bar bring families in together if we weren't allowed to work stuff out and then go back outside?"

[agirllost]

"That would just be cruel," she agrees. "I...really like it when she smiles."