Re: Quicklog, Marvel: Clementine M/Shane A
[She saw that disgust paint itself on his features, and she figured he'd thought right on Alexander. She didn't clarify and say she meant Jude, because she didn't think he'd consider that a whole lot better, even if she did. She and Alexander hated each other like the sun in summer, but Jude hadn't been no better at the end, had he? And his misunderstanding wasn't even fibbing; she'd been real crazy for Alexander when they were young.] Don't get ornery with me. You never looked. No cause for you to be fussed over it.
[His question about whether or not she looked, that took a surprising amount of thinking.] Never thought on it much. Folks come to me, and then I decide. But tears sound real boring, sugar.
[She grinned pretty.] You don't like touching? [She never had asked, she realized, but she went easy on him and let her hand go back to his shoulder. She moved closer some, just to sway, and she took to singing again.]