Post by theforgotten on May 23, 2019 16:08:35 GMT -5
THREE HOURS AGO
"It's done."
"You did it? Like, you for real did it? Hang on..."
"It's right here. I didn't close the window after I clicked Publish."
"Oh, right..."
Ross is at least not wearing a hoodie in Florida during the beginning of summer, instead opting for a basic blue Mega Man X T-shirt. Ariel's wearing the full-torso version of her LFL Philadelphia Bellas jersey. Both are sitting somewhere in a cafe in Miami, outside, where they can jack free wi-fi while Ariel buys them a couple sandwiches.
"I am Groot...I am..."
After turning the laptop around and sliding it to Ariel, Ross eyes his Cuban sub. And by eyes, I mean he picks it up and bites a third of it off in seconds, barely chewing and swallowing.
"How long has it been since you ate...?"
Already done sipping on his Cherry Coke too clear his esophagus, Ross stops just long enough to answer before biting back into the sub.
"Sunday morning. I'm fine."
"I really, really wish you would learn to take care of yourself. Seriously. You're not on the streets anymore, and you're not gonna be back out on the streets anytime soon. That part of your life is over."
"Like I haven't been doing that all my fuckin' life? Look, we can argue about this whole 'mother' complex you have with Hayley and I, or you can see that I just took you up on your offer."
With a loud, submitting sigh, Ariel closes the laptop and begins answering Ross. Not yet looking up at him, because she is puting everything back into a carrying bag, she is laughing and shaking her head.
"I was joking, I didn't really think you'd take me up on this."
"Too late now."
"Fine. The car's yours. ONLY yours. Understand?"
"Yes, Mother."
Ariel looks up, to see an entire footlong Cuban sub turned to crumbs, dust, and the contents of Ross' stomach.
"What...did you just eat....did you just call..."
The grin on Ross' face could not possibly be any wider, even if he were Max Kael.
"I am Groot."
And Ariel could not be any more aggrivated than if Chelsea LeClair won the OCW World Championship.