Re: Log: Jeremiah M+Hannah S+Jamie M+Si M
The house was big, huge windows, a lot of wood, the kind of place that probably echoed without furniture so why was it like all the oxygen was slowly squeezing out of the space in a trickle? Si asked about open and closed relationships and Jamie didn't know Hannah well enough to ask that kind of question? She didn't sound upset. But Jeremiah - Hugh - reacted like she was maybe a little, and the other girl clearly had been, and it all sounded like a fucked up mess with Jeremiah at the center. Okay, he got casual, Jamie was invested in the concept of casual but it didn't sound casual and neither had the guy when he'd been talking about his dream.
And okay. With a couple minutes he knew who the guy was. Which added other-level weird to the room, but also how could you even begin to think a guy going method couldn't do his own drugging? It sounded stupid, not naive and bad judgment but the guy was holding Hannah's hand like Hannah was the life-raft in this room. He threw a look to Si that was gratitude, because yes, he wanted a smoke break and Hannah stoppered the air-gap Si had been about to create and Jeremiah followed in like the issue was whether or not to leave the smell lingering in the room. Jamie's head followed the volley of conversation around the room until his head ached. His foot was tapping and he didn't notice.
"Yeah," Jamie said finally, to Si. "I don't want to make this place stink. It'll be quick," he said to Hannah now, who was concerned about the food, and he didn't know how to translate that into 'I'm sorry', but he was. Like, sorry for showing, sorry for reacting, sorry for all of it, he guessed?