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Luke's Diner | Friday

Bod was doing his level best to forget some of the events of the past weekend. He didn't necessarily want to forget Dorian because he was adorable but there were so many things associated with the boy that made him sad and he wondered if forgetting would be easier.

He wandered into work, still contemplating things but grateful for the distraction that work provided him. The cooking staff was already hard at work which meant Bod needed to catch up and get things ready.

Today's Specials
Chicken and Dumplings
Hurry Up Chicken Pot Pie
Carolina Gold Rice Pudding

Luke's was open!

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All you have to do is get his attention and he'll be happy to help you out with whatever you might need!

"Hi, Bod!" Ariel bounced in around lunchtime, eager to make her now usual pitstop at the diner, and was in a typically chipper mood while doing so. "What's cookin', good lookin'?"

Bod started laughing and looked down to hide the slightest hints of a blush that her words had caused. "I'm not actually cooking anything but thank you, Ariel. Hopefully the cooking staff approves of that compliment too."

"How do you know I wasn't talking to them in the first place, huh?" Ariel asked with a laugh.

"Well, you addressed me by name first so I assumed the following statement was meant for me as well," he said, coming over to stand near the counter. "Perhaps it was a wrong assumption of me, though."

"Nah," Ariel waved a hand, grinning impishly. "It wasn't. But, seriously, what is cooking today? Anything really good?"

"I had some of the pudding earlier and it was quite good," Bod shared, nodding. "It might not be good for an entree but it was very good for a pudding while I was prepping for opening. The staff was nice enough to make me one since I apparently looked rather dour when I came in."

Ariel tilted her head thoughtfully at the specials board. "How do you think," she proposed, knowing it was probably crazy, "the pudding would taste if I dipped fries in it? Although the pot pie sounds good. Why were you looking dour?"

She frowned a little at that part. She didn't like the sound of it.

"I had a bit of a rough weekend," he said, shrugging a shoulder and trying not to seem too down about it. "And I'm...not sure how fries would taste in the rice pudding. I don't think they could be awful though. It's sweet and salty and people like that, right?"

"Well," Ariel shrugged with a small smile, "I'm feeling adventurous. Let's give it a try. Maybe with a salad on the side or something."

Wait, was that actually something to suggest that Ariel might be trying to be mindful of what she was eating?

No, probably just freak coincidence.

Then her head tilted slightly with a look of concern. "Was it the kids?" she asked.

"More like the mother, I think," Bod said, scribbling down her order and handing it to the cook. "It was Kate. And her current dislike of me and everything I do made it difficult."

Ariel had mostly expected an answer like that, though she wished it would have been a different one. "How come she dislikes everything you do? You don't do many dislikable things, Bod. Unless you've got a secret double life or something."

And, just because she knew some humor had to be injected into the topic, she ducked down her head and fixed Bod with a Very Serious look. "Did you buy more hats, Bod?"

Well, that surprised a laugh out of Bod and he leaned against the counter to steady himself. "No, I didn't. I still just have the one and with the temperatures getting warmer, I don't know if I'll get many more chances to wear it. No, she doesn't like me because of how things ended. She thinks she's blameless and that I gave up."

Part of Ariel wondered if she shouldn't ask these sorts of questions of Bod, but, at the same time, she was thinking a lot about relationships lately, what with the kids making her think about what she had with Bruce and what she might have with some guy named Eric, and there was also the great big question about embarking on a new one, too, so she just went ahead, playing around with a straw.

"Do you think you gave up?" she asked, peeking over as she did so.

"No," he said and shook his head. "No, I don't. But there's only so much one person can take when he's been consistently and continually lied to for weeks and then finds out that the person he loves has gone behind his back and has been...doing things with other men. I didn't give up but I can't just let that go either."

Ariel's face went through an interesting chain of expressions there. First, sympathy with a little bit of sadness, followed by a little flash of guilt and worry, and finally her eyes stretching wide toward their limits at the revelation of that last little bit, which she'd have never in a million years would have guessed.

"Yeah," she said. "That sounds a bit more complex than just a matter of giving up."

"Kate assumed that it had nothing to do with me or us," Bod explained, shaking his head and frowning. "I don't understand how she can think that when I'm the one that loves her and I'm the one she's betraying. Obviously, we see things differently but I refuse to let her do that to me like I should be all right with it."

Ariel gave Bod a faint, encouraging smile. "I'm sure she still loves you, too," she said, "but in her own way. People are so different from each other; that's what makes them so interesting. But, yeah, sometimes they're just too different to really work...like that. But how's that phrase here go? 'There's always more fish in the sea?'"

Despite herself, she laughed a little at that. It was such a funny little phrase, but she liked it. For obvious reasons.

"She doesn't love me," he said and sounded sure on that. Resigned but sure. "But thank you for the encouragement. I'm hoping the trip helps ease my mood a bit. There's no possible way I can remain upset while in a tropical locale such as Hawaii, right?"

"You'd better not!" Ariel said, still bothered by the idea that Kate wouldn't love him, because it just seemed so unfathomable to her. Especially if...

...oh, man, it wasn't any of her business, anyway, and focusing on the trip sounded like a much better idea, anyway. "If I catch you being upset on a trip like that, you'll be in so much trouble, mister, let me tell you."

"How will you know if I'm upset or not?" Bod asked, snickering lightly. "What if I just stayed in the hotel room the entire time and read my books?"

He didn't plan on doing that but it was fun to tease.

"I'll knock on your door every day," Ariel vowed. "And if you're in there reading, I'll get someone to break in, drag you out, and throw you into the ocean!"

"And what if I'm reading outside?" Bod asked curiously. "I've gotten myself out of my room so that's good, right?"

"Reading outside will be acceptable," Ariel decided with a judicious nod of her head.

"You're so very kind," Bod said, reaching back to get her order of fries and rice pudding since it was up and ready to go. "What sorts of things are you planning on doing?"

"You mean, besides everything?" Ariel asked, looking far to eager for the prospect of dipping her fries in the rice pudding, even if the rice pudding wasn't as...pudding-y as she thought it would be.

"Well, I did assume everything but I meant anything specific you were especially looking forward to doing," Bod clarified with a smile.

"Lots of beach time," Ariel said easily with a nod, stabbing into the pudding with a fry. "And lots of swimming. I've missed all of that. The pool in the dorms is nice, but it's not even close to the same thing."

"I enjoy those things as well," Bod agreed, nodding, "but I tend to sunburn very easily because of my skin tone. I have to either lather up on suncream or just go out there clothed. I enjoy the beach but I'm hoping for other activities as well."

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