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Luke's Diner, October 6 (Monday)

There was a very strong smell of bacon in the diner today, probably wafting out into the street.

"What?" Lacey demanded of the staff. "Did you guys cook a whole farm's worth of pigs or something?"

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"Don't answer that."

Ten minutes later, though, she was munching delicately (or as delicately as possible) on a BLT as she scribbled up ideas for a new sandwich for the menu. She needed something signature.

Today's Special
Side of Bacon . . . with ANYTHING

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And mod the bacon. Everyone should have bacon-modding rights.

Biff had amazing bacon radar.

It was true.

Which was why he was at the diner putting an amazing dent in their bacon supplies today.

And you can still mod the bacon.

"Bacon with anything..." Murdock pondered as he wandered up and took a seat at the counter. "Does that go with chocolate cake?" he asked with a grin.

"How you doin' Lacey?"

"I did say anything," Lacey told him with a halfhearted attempt at dignity. "So, you know, if you wanted to have chocolate cake with bacon, who am I to stop you? How're you doing, Murdock?"

He just chuckled. "Well....maybe not. Not sure how that'll mix with frosting."

"I'm good. Barely have a limp anymore."

"Oh, I know! How about a tuna sandwich with some bacon on it?"

"Maybe little bits of bacon in the icing flowers," Lacey mused. "But they'd have to be dried pretty well or the grease would . . . tuna and bacon?"

"Yah, why not?" he shrugged. "A BLT; bacon, lettuce, tuna. How could that be any worse than chocolate bacon?"

Once again, the power of Murdock logic.

Murdock logic always kind of made Lacey feel like she was back in Dog River, minus most of the sarcasm. "You want the side of bacon with that, too?"

He considered that for a minute, then grinned. "Sure!"

Never ask him what he used to eat when he was a bit crazier. Bacon's a big improvement.

"Anything exciting going on? Got a boyfriend yet?" he smirked, waggling his eyebrows.

"A boyfriend? Me?" Lacey's laugh was just a touch too loud, with an extra dash of "oh shucks." ~~But she didn't wink at the camera, mmmkay.~~ "Now you're talking crazy."

"Of course I talk crazy." This was like a given to his way of thinking. Crazy man = crazy talk. Simple.

"And you didn't answer the question," he smirked.

He could play a matchmaker.

Right?

Quite possibly if Lacey realized what he was thinking, she'd be cowering in fear.

"Can't I just tell you all about my new sandwich ideas instead?"

Probably.

"How 'bout you tell me both?" he grinned, leaning on the counter a little. "Ain't people supposed to chit-chat in diners?"

Or you know, gossip.

"Yeah, but . . ." Look at Lacey flounder! "Not about the proprietor's personal life?"

Because that had ever stopped anyone before.

"But it's so much more interestin'!" he countered. "A sandwich is a sandwich, just with different stuff squashed inside. People are different all over."

That ... somehow makes sense.

"C'mon," he wheedled, "you can tell me. I won't tell nobody else."

"But Murdock, there's squirrels," Lacey objected. "Stupid rodents."

Someone was still bitter.

"Oh. Yah."

That got him.

"Write me a note?"

They could avoid spying rodents then, right?

"Murdock!" Lacey paused midway through getting ready to pour him a cup of coffee, her expression scandalized. "There is no one, okay?"

Wow. That kind of sounded a lot like Amy right there. The same protesting noise and all. Not that it ever stopped him either.

"Alright then. I just happen to know this guy who ain't got a girlfriend," he grinned.

"Well." Lacey sounded a lot like she was trying very carefully to formulate her words. "As much as I think it's sweet you're taking an interest in . . . in my not lacking for companionship, Murdock, I'm perfectly happy just the way I am."

Oh, look, there was that cowering in fear now.

Only not literally. Yet.

"Oh, I getcha."

Still, he was formulating a few ideas in his head.

This might not bode well.

"And no problem. I always like takin' an interest," he winked slightly.

Really, he shouldn't be allowed to try to 'help' people without supervision. Probably why he works best on a team.

Did he just wink? Was he trying to be flirty? Lacey wasn't sure what to make of that.

"What I'm saying is, you don't have to go out of your way to do it . . ."

"Oh, it'd be no problem," he assured her with a grin. "I'd be glad to help!"

Possibly he was still missing the point here.

"No, Murdock." Lacey's tone flattened out pretty abruptly, like . . . well, there was no metaphor to be had that wasn't all kinds of wrong to use given her companion's occupation. "I mean it. Really. You don't have to."

Awwwww. Where was the fun in that?

"Okay," he finally gave in, sighing just a little. "But if you ever change your mind, let me know."

Hrm. Maybe he could approach this from the opposite direction...

"Believe me, Murdock, if I change my mind you'll be the first to know," Lacey told him, and plunked a plate of fresh, hot bacon down in front of him along with the bacon, lettuce, and tuna sandwich (augh) he'd asked for.

[[*ahem*]]

"Great!" he grinned at her. "Always happy to help out a friend."

He picked up the sandwich, took a bite and chewed thoughtfully. "I knew it'd be good. Wanna try a bite?"

"No, no, no, no, no," Lacey said firmly. "That's really okay. Thanks, though."

Apparently Brent had gone on a staycation again, because Lacey'd put up a postcard that read "Greetings from ~~Dog River~~ the Bahamas!" Funny how much the Bahamas look like Saskatchewan in spring. All that canola.

This post brought to you by the fact that I totally cooked up an entire pack of applewood smoked bacon for breakfast yesterday. Hey, gluttony's a deadly sin . . .

*eyes Lacey and her new sammich pondering* heeeeee

Mwahahahaha.

ILU.

*mwwwwwwwwwwwah*

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