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Cafe Luke's | Friday | February 10

Bod felt an itch. It wasn't a physical itch but a mental one. It was something that he'd felt before and he knew from years of experience what that itch was. The bad thing was that the cure for that itch was far away and he had to work and couldn't do anything about that.

So, he helped cooked and he helped clean and he did everything he could to try and forget about that itch. The less he focused on that feeling restlessness and idle energy, the less he thought about catching a portal to Kansas as soon as his shift ended.

TODAY'S SPECIALS
Chicken, Sausage and Peppers
Mexican Pot Roast Tacos
Cheddar, Ham and Egg Casserole

Cafe Luke's was open.

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Bod was around to help, if needed.

Kate did not feel an itch of any kind. She did, however, have her head full of fresh memories of seeing her dad play in a rock band, and her ears were still sort of ringing, and she knew that with everything happening in the past few days, she kind of owed her boyfriend a all.

So, he was getting one. If that would just make things worse for him, well, she couldn't be held accountable, could she?

[Unavoidable SP brought to you by "gosh, LotR: War in the North sure is entertaining, we've been playing for about 10 hours straight", "lol I should be in bed", and also "hi, notifs are borked!"

But goddammit I wanted to ping in.]

The sound of his phone ringing made Bod jump a bit. He hadn't expected any calls and with the way he was feeling, he wasn't sure if he'd just blurt something out unintentionally.

Seeing who was calling made him both happy and nervous. He wasn't going to ignore the call though.

"Hullo?"

[And I apologize for just now seeing this as the notif didn't come until after I'd crashed!]

"Hullooo," Kate replied, and he could probably hear the smile in her voice. "How fairs my boyfriend on this lovely... whatever day it is over there?"

"It's a Friday and your boyfriend is...fine," Bod said after a moment to think about that. "You sound quite happy though."

"I'm just glad I don't have a hangover," she shared. "It was Dad's birthday yesterday. I think some people may have overindulged."

"Oh, send my best wishes to your father," Bod said, brightening now. "It's good to hear your voice. I was a bit worried after getting your texts that you were stuck in Tulsa."

"Yeah, Tulsa actually turned out pretty okay," Kate said, after a little pause. "I mean, the hotel was the shittiest, but I basically just got a little minibar wasted, and then Evan gave me a ride home."

A beat. "That's this one dude that's on my flights a lot."

"Evan?" Bod repeated, trying to remember if she'd mentioned him before. He couldn't remember the name. "And he's a decent fellow?"

Well.

He remembered Zach.

"Well, he's like thirty or something, divorced, has a kid ––" Who, for posterity's sake, it should be mentioned he had not actually presented as the kind of hellspawn the boy really was. "–– and sells, like, wind turbines or something."

She hadn't really paid attention.

"But yeah, he's decent. I mean, it was like a five-hour drive and he let me have as many bathroom breaks as I wanted."

"I'm glad you had a good companion to go with then," Bod said, nodding. He would have liked to be there, of course, but it was good to hear that she'd been with someone good.

"And what are your plans for today, girlfriend?" he wondered, shifting slightly from his place where he'd been leaning against the counter because, well, her voice was affecting.

"Nothing in particular," Kate replied, shrugging to herself. "I have a few days off because the storms fucked up the sched. So, I think I'm mostly gonna mock any family members with hangovers and just, I don't know, lay in bed all day in illegal pants."

Sorry for that mental image, Bod.

Bod actually groaned underneath his breath. He hoped she hadn't heard that. He really did.

"That...sounds like a wonderful use of time," he stammered, trying to fan himself with one hand while seeing images of her in those pants in his head.

"Doesn't it just?" Kate replied, smugly. Not because she'd heard the groan (she hadn't) but because it happened to be in her nature to be smug about getting to be lazy.

She had picked up on some stammering, though. "Are you okay?"

"I am terrific," Bod said which wasn't true but he was trying not to let on about what he was feeling. "Never better. I wish I could be lazy as well."

"Well, you're at work now, right?" Kate checked, taking his words at face value for now. "So, you can be totally lazy later."

"Indeed." And if this feeling kept up, he knew what he was going to end up doing and that made him blush.

And cough. Several times.

If Kate had actually been present, she would've been side-eyeing the hell out of him right now.

Oh well, she'd just convey that with her tone instead. "Okay, seriously, is there something going on?"

"Going on?" Bod repeated, shaking his head. "What makes you say that?"

"You sound weird."

She did not need much more than that.

"Do I?" He...had totally realized that, yes. "I apologize for sounding weird. I'm just...it's hot here at work today."

"Hot?" she questioned. "Isn't it like, February over there? Or do you guys just have a busted heating system or something?"

"It is but I'm also working around food that's being cooked," he said, using that convenient excuse. "I'm just a little warm right now. It does tend to happen sometimes."

Blergh.

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