Louise and I have pm'ed privately on this. I get little drabbles of conversation for her story. This time I'll just throw it out to the group. Louise, I hope you don't mind! I think the ending of the latest chapter felt a little abrupt (after all, they were kicking you out of the Internet cafe!) so a bit of closure came to me at 4:30 am.
EDIT: With the new chapter up, this doesn't exactly fit, but it was still fun to write so I am going to leave it here, for whatever...
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The three of them ate their supper in easy conversation, talking about this and that, the Red Stallion, the office, horses. As Ellery finished eating, he laid his utensils neatly across his empty plate and looked at Ennis. "Thank you sweetheart," he said. "That was delicious."
"My pleasure," said Ennis with a smile.
Dupree concurred. "I don't get good grub like that very often," he said. "Bein' single, ain't worth the effort t'cook for myself."
"That's what I used t'say," said Ellery. "Bein' alone..."
"Ya ain't alone anymore," said Ennis, surprising himself, a bit, with the intimacy of the comment in front of Dupree, but feeling it needed to be said.
"No I ain't," replied Ellery, smiling.
Dupree looked at the two of them, then stood up. "Let me help with clearin' the dishes," he said, as he gathered up the plates.