Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Have you ever killed a plastic one?" Josh asked, spinning her again.

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
"No," Aly laughed, twirling around. "But I feel the need to remind you that plastic ones are not alive."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
"But they can grow really nasty fuzz if you water them," Josh said. "Um, I've heard."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
"Thought they were real?" she asked, trying to stifle her laughter.

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
"It had been a long campaign!"

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
"It's a good thing the people that voted for you didn't know about that," she teased.

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't on the ballot. I was just the brains behind the operation," Josh protested.

Then paused. "Okay, yeah, it would've been bad."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"Just have a monarchy, and all those problems are taken care of," she said. "Not that there's not a whole new set."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"All that inbreeding," Josh pointed out helpfully. "Soon they're too stupid to know real plants from fake ones."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Too true to argue against," Aly said with a sigh. "One of the old princesses of the Copper Isles threatened Alanna with an axe. ...not that she should know that yet."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Josh let out a low whistle. "Chalk that up to Darwinism. That girl is just too dumb to live."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Which is literally true," Aly agreed. "But that family was a little special. The rest of the monarchs I know are rather sane. Except for...well, yes."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 06:17 am (UTC)(link)
Josh hissed in a breath. "Eek. Didn't expect that ending to the story."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] tricksy-spy.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Aly looked embarrassed. "Err, sorry."

Re: UB40 - Red Red Wine

[identity profile] professor-lyman.livejournal.com 2007-04-15 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Josh leaned in and kissed her. "Not a big deal."