How Green Becomes Wood

[pandakatiefominz]

"She does already," Dark replied, sitting back and feeling completely at ease, "but I love it about her."

 

[BookKnight]

"Ah, love!" Alec sighed happily.

"Ugh. Love," Xander grunted, rolling his eyes.

The waiter came then to get their drinks orders and answer questions before leaving again.

"When are we going to return to the beach?" Alec asked, studying his menu with a speculative frown.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"I am two weeks away from having been married for a full decade of my life, I am allowed to enjoy the feeling of being in love," Dark said dryly before looking up to give the waiter his drink order. After he left he looked at Alec, "I am not sure. I do not know if we can go again this summer, but we can always go to Cooger's lake."

 

[BookKnight]

"Yes! That would be so great!" Alec agreed eagerly.

Xander nodded. "I like the boat. The boat is fun."

"I like the chickens," Alec mused.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"You can visit him almost any time you ask," Dark reminded them, "He loves having you over. Although anyone who visits is forced into the same drawling conversation about if he should adopt a goat or not. I believe I have had it six or seven times now."

 

[BookKnight]

"I think that means he should get a goat," Alec said with a nod. "I don't know what goats entail, but he has the perfect property for one!"

"Agreed," Xander snorted. "He'd make a good goat owner, I think. What do you tell him, Ba?"

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"I tell him the fact he has been debating this for so long can only mean two things: he wants someone to talk him out of it, or he wants someone to talk him into it. And if he wants someone to talk him out of it, he clearly does not actually want a goat. If he wants someone to talk him into it, it either means he does not want to have the goat, or he is scared of the responsibility, so what he really needs to decide which it is." Dark replied simply, "And every time I tell him this, he hits me and tells me I do not always need to speak like a King Soloman 'want-to-be.'"

 

[BookKnight]

"Wannabe," Xander said. "It's 'wannabe.' Like that earworm song."

"I wonder what kind of goat he'll get," Alec mused.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"Wannabe," Dark repeated, the word sounding completely wrong in his accent. "Is that better? Do you prefer that?"

 

[BookKnight]

"Yes," Xander said, forcing down a smile. "That's the right way. Say it again."

Alec nudged him hard. "Ignore him. Say whatever you like, Ba."

The waiter returned, took their order, and left to fetch the food, leaving Alec and Xander to "discuss" whether it should be "wannabe" or "Want-to-be."

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"Say it again," Dark repeated, putting on his American accent for it. "Do not throw in the towel. It is a piece of cake."

 

[BookKnight]

"Ba!" Alec gasped. "Are you hiding your glorious accent? Scandalous!"

Xander nearly doubled over laughing. "You sound like those British actors trying to fake it!" he snorted gleefully.

 

[pandakatiefominz]

"I go to the McDonald's to order a cheeseburger and a bebsi," He said, his real accent slipping back out when he said 'pepsi,' and grumbling, dropping his American accent said, "Shu, with your 'wannabe.'"