I didn't think the champagne would go with dinner.
[It was an unfair question and she knows it. Really, it's the product of frustration-- she knows something is wrong, just not what; and knows enough to know she can't ask. Maybe they should just avoid the holidays, every year.
It doesn't much matter what they are or aren't to one another-- seeing him drunk and miserable is more than she can stand. She invited him because she didn't want to worry about the alternatives.
She invited him because she doesn't want to be alone.]
I asked because... I wanted you to come over.
[She sounds just as tired. It's a lame and hopeless answer, but she's not certain she has a better one. She doesn't know what a better answer would be.]
no subject
[It was an unfair question and she knows it. Really, it's the product of frustration-- she knows something is wrong, just not what; and knows enough to know she can't ask. Maybe they should just avoid the holidays, every year.
It doesn't much matter what they are or aren't to one another-- seeing him drunk and miserable is more than she can stand. She invited him because she didn't want to worry about the alternatives.
She invited him because she doesn't want to be alone.]
I asked because... I wanted you to come over.
[She sounds just as tired. It's a lame and hopeless answer, but she's not certain she has a better one. She doesn't know what a better answer would be.]