Spreading the news

[nica_hepcat]

WHO: Nicam tag Katie and whoever else might be around
WHEN: Thursday afternoon
WHERE: Katie and Chester's house

Nica spent her school day talking to Lynn about what had happened at the camping spot, and about the dead man who wasn't dead, and then wouldn't die. She didn't talk about it with anyone else; she hadn't seen Rex or she might have flirted with him again, poor guy. He was nice ... And there was Juice, but she would go see him later and give him all the gory details. Literally, gory details, complete with blood and ichor. She didn't know exactly what ichor was, but if anything she'd ever seen was ichorous, it was poor Stu.

Anyway, it crossed her mind that maybe not everyone she knew and liked in Pleasantdale had heard about what happened. So, on the way home, she stopped off at Katie and Chester's house, hoping that Katie was around. Books clutched firmly in her left hand, she knocked at the front door.

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[max_ine]

"Wellll... no one's asked me."

Maxine set the potatoes and container down, then looked at the ladies sheepishly. "Buttt.... I was thinking about asking someone."

She looked away, before mumbling his name. "Eric."

[katherine_the_great]

"The mechanic guy?" Katie commented, moving over to start preparing potato salad. "He seems nice enough, I suppose."

[nica_hepcat]

"Yeah, he's really a great guy," Nica said. "I like his accent. He doesn't have a sweetheart that I know of."

[time_goes_by]

"You should ask him." Janie said "That would be wonderful, if you two went there together. Especially if he doesn't have a sweetheart."

[max_ine]

"I know he doesn't have a sweetheart," Maxine said, then took a deep breath. "He lost his family in the war. Like I lost my Joe."

She looked down at her hands, where she still wore her wedding ring. "I've been missing Joe a long time. But-- well. This Christmas, Eric came to my family dinner with me. He fit right in with everyone. And we get along good as friends it's just-- I'm a little nervous about the whole business."

[katherine_the_great]

"Well, it's not like you can just keep hanging out with someone and not telling them how you feel about them," Katie advised. "The worst he can say is 'no thank you. He's British. They're polite."

[nica_hepcat]

"Yeah, you gotta let people know how you feel about 'em," Nica said, but she frowned a little, too. "It's not good to just keep things bottled up."

[time_goes_by]

"I'm sure we'll see both of you there together." said Janie "And smiling"

Well, she hoped so, anyway. Maxine was a nice lady, and she liked to see nice people in situations where they were happy.