Algy
designer
I've been here since twenty past, but I'll pretend this glass of water just arrived. How was the bus, or did you walk it?
Chapter 2 · Month 1 · The First Dates
The First Date
A first date that runs out of things to say at 8:40
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Penny
teacher
Bus, because it rained at ten past and I don't own a decent umbrella. You've been here fifteen minutes, Algernon, the water's gone flat.
Algy
designer
Flat water's fine, I know every waiter's name here now. Do you always plan the walking, or was today a one-off?
Penny
teacher
Honestly? I cried in the station toilets on Tuesday over a laminated timetable. So yes, I plan the walking — it's the only part of my week that behaves.
Algy
designer
That's the most honest thing anyone's told me in a bar, and I've been in this bar a lot. I'd have cried over the timetable too — mine's just three buses and a guess.
Penny
teacher
Well, that's two of us who can't organise a bus between us. I'll have another glass of the red — and so will you, because we're apparently staying past nine.
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