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It's Spring Break, for Meg, and while she could use her break to get further ahead in her classes (and certainly has done just that in the past), this year she is trying to make it an actual break.

Which is why this evening finds her curled in a comfortable chair, reading Jane of Lantern Hill, and drinking cocoa.

Just a quiet evening at the end of the universe, right?

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"Oh."

X looks startled again.

And, if you squint, cautiously pleased.

"That was good? For you."

Beat.

"I do not know what people do. For those."

She suspects movies may not be accurate.

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"It was very good, yes.

"We went to a play. And spent the day together and just generally had a very nice time.

"I think what people is . . . well, it depends on the people. We went to a play because we met at a play. I think that's pretty common, to . . . somehow acknowledge the way you met, or your first date, or something like that."

[cutting_edgex23]

"Oh."

X does not think about milkshakes.

"You like plays."

Beat.

"You have been to many?"

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Meg considers this.

"Many is probably a fair assessment," she decides.

"Do you like them?"

[cutting_edgex23]

"I have not been to one."

She cannot tell if that is a bad thing.

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"Would you like to, sometime?"

[cutting_edgex23]

X hesitates.

But --

"Yes."

She's not lying.

"It is okay if I do not like it?"

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"I think it's almost always okay to not like something."

It's not always necessarily okay to act on disliking it. But you don't have to like it.

"And not all plays are good, or likeable.

"So, sure.

"We'll make plans to go to one, and you can see what you think."

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"Okay."

X is an agreeable person in the right circumstances.

"It will be one that you like?"

She thinks this might be important.

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"Or one that I think I will like, if I haven't seen it yet."

And Waiting for Godot is right out.

[cutting_edgex23]

"Okay."

X sounds a little more hesitant about it --

But only a little.

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"It might depend on what's playing.

"If you check in San Francisco, I'll check in Montreal. It should be in the paper."

And French isn't a problem for either of them, right?

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Right!

X nods very seriously.

"I will look."

Beat.

"And I will report back."

She is good at making decisions, but informed decisions are better.

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"And we'll see what sounds interesting, and make the decision together.

"It can be your birthday present."

[cutting_edgex23]

"Oh. I -- "

She cannot say she forgot, because it would not be true.

"Okay."

Beat.

"Thank you."

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"You're welcome," Meg says.

"I think we'll have fun."

Even if they don't like the play.

[cutting_edgex23]

"Yes," X says.

That, at least, she is sure of.