orangetoughguy | log post II

[Fsssssttttsssssss. That's the sound of someone using some kind of machine to take the bolts off a wheel so he can remove the tire. He catches Saya's voice at the tail end of the process. Up goes a floppy haired head before Freddy gets to his feet.]

I'm here.

[Where the hell that scrawny kid is Freddy doesn't know.]

Need help? [Regardless of the answer he's already wiping his hands off in case she needs them.]

[She sees Freddy come towards her and she offers him one of the bags, just so she's less loaded down and can take her coat off]

I went to order some new battery casings, and ran some errands on the way.

[Fashion-related errands]

I was hoping you could help me anyway, if you're not too busy.

Sure. I'm on wheel maintenance.

[That's all, he says like it's no thing cause to a grease monkey it really isn't. So Freddy takes one of those fancy looking bags. He's careful not to bump it (too much) against any of the stained surroundings.]

[Once her coat is off and hung up, she shifts her weight quickly, her heels clicking on the cement of the Garage - it's just a habit that she has, before she takes one of the bags from Freddy and takes it over to a nearby worktable to set it down]

You know where the hospital is, yes? Do you know Doctor Robert Chase?

[Okay this is already getting interesting.]

Yep. I know'im.

[She takes a box out of the bag and sets it on the table]

I need you to deliver this to him for me. I would do it myself but I have paperwork to go through and I would like to get it done before the weekend.

[. . . . . .]

Ain't this a little backward?

[She pauses to look at him and tilt her head]

What do you mean?

You givin' him nice crap.

[When you already take the guy out for joyrides in the sports car. You try seducing Larry but you don't make a single pass at me. You know, that kind of stuff. Surely by now Saya can appreciate Freddy's candidness?]

[She can and she does]

Are you saying he should be giving me nice things?

Yeah? On a doctor's salary? Come on.

[At least that's how it works in his world.]

He can give me nice things, if he chooses to. He chooses not to, just like he chooses not to sleep with me.

[This is said matter-of-factly, not any other way. Oh Saya.]

Oh. [Oh] Okay. I'll drop it off.

[Weird....] You want me to give him a message or somethin'?

Tell him that if the size five doesn't fit his girlfriend properly, he should send them back and I'll change them for a better fit.

Wait wait wait.

[No see cause now he has to ask.] You're gettin' him his gifts for his girlfriend?

It's like getting a man a gift of lingerie.

So...you're gettin'im a present for'im cause he wants to see his girl in'em?

[Oh God now he has to peek but Freddy won't do it yet, not unless Saya clearly grants him permission...in the office anyway.]

[She nods, which is almost unusual for her, she's not that demonstrative]

I'm told she's quite young. I don't think she knows how to pick out shoes that a man like Robert would find attractive.

[Does this count as watercooler gossip??]

Whoa what? How young?

[Maybe?]

Significantly younger than me.

[Pause]

Young enough that I would consider her a girl.

[Well now this is a tough one because they say you never ask a lady her age but Saya is no typical lady and Freddy, well, Freddy is Freddy.]

How young are you?

[Better than how old right? Right.]

[She doesn't take offense anyway]

Twenty-six.

[Good thing they're practically the same age. Now Freddy's thinking significantly younger, hm. Time for a quip.]

You ain't givin'im these cause if he gave her nice wine or somethin' he'd get busted are you?

[There's a pause and almost a smile. It's not telling if it's a word game, right? Right? There are ways around secrets]

I'm just pleased she can buy her own cigarettes.

[It's okay Saya because the cigarettes throw in a wild card. Freddy doesn't take Chase for the type to date a smoker. It could be fact or simply a turn of phrase. Either way, too bad that makes him think she's in the sixteen year old range. Damn 90s.]

Ooooookay. Anyway I'll get these to him. When do you want'em dropped off again?

log post II

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