057 - THANK ETHAN FOR THIS

[major_west]

[In frenzied sort of handwriting, which has since been scribbled out]

Billy, are y--

[Annnd he never finishes what he's writing, because he's run off thanks to Ethan]

[Edit: Several hours later]

Well. That was excessive.

Comments

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

You're not a twat. You're fantastic.

I'm glad it wasn't you either, I mean, I got to see your post so I didn't think it might be you, but I'm really glad it wasn't anyway.

I mean, after that port, when you... you know, with the aliens? I was devastated.

1/3

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

2/3

[major-west.livejournal.com]

...

3/3

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry you had to see that.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Hey, don't apologize for being a good person Henry. I just meant...

I don't know... like, that you shouldn't feel like a "twat" for worrying about your friends. Cause I'd worry about you too.

He kind of loves you a lot right now! But has no idea what to say D:

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I--

Thank you.

OH WEST!: BILLY LOVES YOU TOO <3

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Hey, you're the one who just did laps of the barge trying to make sure I was all right.

Thank you!

[major-west.livejournal.com]

At the very least, it was quite a workout.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Oh god, laps, working out, and now I'm getting flashbacks to the high-school flood again!

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Stunted intelligence aside, that wasn't such a terrible flood after all.

1/2

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, you enjoyed all that running around in circles, so speak for yourself!

2/3 - I LIED!

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

...

3/3 - And now he's thinking about the good parts.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Although... Yeah, actually most of it was kind of good.

He has no idea what he's implying here

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I still enjoy most of those things from that flood.

Strikes readable if you squint!

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

...You still enjoy me having an awkward teenager crush on you?

OH!

You mean running! I see!

He squinted and became embarrassed

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I--

...ah--

Yes! Running!

Billy's going to pretend he didn't write that and move on very quickly!

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess there's no accounting for taste.

Pthh. Running.

You can't tell, because we're on a journal? But I just totally rolled my eyes in contempt.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I see your contempt and raise you an obscene gesture.

But you can't see it.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

I respond to your invisible obscene gesture with a vague sense of intangible disapproval, which you couldn't see even if you were here!

[major-west.livejournal.com]

You must have taken lessons from my mum.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Very funny.

You're a Major! I bet your family was really proud of you.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

...in a way, they were. They weren't happy about my bachelorhood, but--

[Looonnnng pause]

They were-- I miss Well. Family.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

...

I'm sorry West. I guess we didn't really get that far on the whole, "talking about home" front, did we?

What were they like?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

No need to apologise, really.

They--

They were the sort of people who planned their children's lives out before they even settled on any names.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Ah.

And your plan involved settling down with a nice girl someday?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I never told them about-- certain things.

Anyway.

What were yours like?

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Never really knew my mom, she left when I was younger so I was mostly raised by my dad and my grandpa.

They were nice, it was a nice upbringing. No excuses there for turning evil.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Well, I wouldn't call you evil.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Hey! I'm very evil!

You're going to ruin my reputation!

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I'll call you horrible, if it'll make you feel better.

You're very horrible.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

... How about dastardly?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Fairly dastardly, but quite fiendish.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

A true friend indeed!