[John looks out towards the patio with a thousand-yard stare.
He knows what Jim's doing. Half of him wants to take the beer and find a person, cat or something else to pretend to be distracted by. The other half of him wants to... he doesn't know what he wants, but he trusts Jim.
And he doesn't want him to leave. Not without him.]
Yeah, okay. Just remember what happened last time I drank too much around you at a party.
[It's a bad joke, and a warning, but he has to say something as they cross the room, anything to at least act like he's not on his way to an emotional execution.]
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He knows what Jim's doing. Half of him wants to take the beer and find a person, cat or something else to pretend to be distracted by. The other half of him wants to... he doesn't know what he wants, but he trusts Jim.
And he doesn't want him to leave. Not without him.]
Yeah, okay. Just remember what happened last time I drank too much around you at a party.
[It's a bad joke, and a warning, but he has to say something as they cross the room, anything to at least act like he's not on his way to an emotional execution.]