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Austin decided to keep his business voice as the talk on trains continued. "Well Miss Clarke, I am glad you feel that way. I'll have my people contact your people when the first snowfall hits." Did he have people? No. The only living creature he could call his 'people' was his owl. And she wasn't a real person. But it sounded fancier that way. He took her hand and shook it, as if they had finally closed on a long awaited deal. "We're so glad to have you on board." HAH. Train pun.
His voice turned back to his original as she made her decleration. "I have to admit that I am a bit under dressed today. But I promise that next term will be better." Aw man, he was going to have a suit and everything. Or was that too fancy? He didn't know. Better to be over dressed than under dressed. Like he was today. Oh well.
Austin put his hand on his chest, and gave a very shocked face. "Uh! My aching heart!" He really was about the dramatics. "I'll have you know that I won the award last term for cutest while making puns!" He really was pulling out all of the stops. There wasn't an award for cutest while making puns, nor was there one for being cute. But he would win BOTH. "Well, Daaaarrrling," He tried to mimic her accent. "Hate to break it to you, but I'm always funny."
Oh, he had people now? She wanted people! Did her family count as people? Now they did. Ophelia sat up a little straighter, knowing that she had people to attend to her and handle her constituents. Okay, now what was a constituent? That was another word her dad always said, and last time the little blonde asked what it meant he just meant partners. But partners could mean so many things. Business partners? Were constituents just like business people?
"I'll have my people wait for a phone call." Business voice was fun. It kind of made her feel grown up and a little cute. Maybe she would continue to use business voice, but be a little more emotional with it. Make herself still sound like Ophelia, but like older and cooler Ophelia. Like Ophelia that should wear sunglasses and leather jackets. Okay, it was happening. Nothing he could do about it now.
"You're not under dressed, you just reinvented the words fancy. I mean, it makes you an innovator. I mean, I obviously innovated the word fancy first, but you can set the boys trends or something. I mean, take over the fashion world and then the actual world. That's the correct was to go. That's the secret."
And he was funny all of the time. Nope. Nope. No and no. She was THE funniest person ever. That's why she got to take over the world. But, he was funny enough. He could be her jester and advisory committee. At least she would actually listen to him. Because he's smarter than her. He was smart and funny and sweet.... and shut up. Shut up. She just had a tiny childhood crush on him and not an incredibly big one that was kind of getting annoying. Uggh.
"Excuse me? You're talking to the funniest person you know. Those jokes on the Popsicle stick, they all come from me." The tiny girl was joking of course, but it was kind of what they did. It was like their thing. And it obviously was working.