"Declan, we've talked about this before," Peggy said to Declan, "they may have the same birthday, but they aren't necessarily twins."
Declan, Peggy, and Miranda were in Declan's office, discussing his newest case. Declan was convinced that two girls he had met a week ago, named Lisa and Laura, were twins seperated at birth.
"The birthday isn't all, Peg," Declan countered, "I mean, get this, when they were eight, Laura got into a skiing accident and broke her right leg. At the same time, Lisa gets a pain in her right leg that won't go away. She goes to the doctor and he says her leg is perfectly healthy; there's absolutely nothing wrong."
"It could have had something to do with her leg muscles," Miranda chimed in, "saying that she has a pain in her leg is a very broad description. It could be almost anything."
"Well, why don't we take a break and go out for dinner?" His two friends' logical reasonings had gotten him in a corner, so he thought he would change the subject.
"Let me guess, it's on you?" Peggy said with a hint of sarcasm, "I'll go get my purse."
"Let's get going," Declan said, ignoring Peggy's comment and glancing at his watch, "It's almost six-thirty."
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The three of them sat in a booth at Bill Knapp's, sipping on sodas and waiting for their dinners.
"I wonder what's taking them so long," Peggy said, twirling her straw around inside her glass, "it has to have been a half-hour by now."
"I don't know," Declan replied, "but I'm hungry,"
"You're always hungry," Miranda said.
"I'm more hungry than usual," Declan corrected himself.
Miranda took a ring off of her finger and started spinning it on the table.
"Where'd you learn to do that?" Declan asked.
Miranda shrugged, "I got bored during class,"
Peggy smiled, "It reminds me of when I was really little. I'd go to my friend Elizabeth's house. Her mother had this *huge* jar of pennies and we could spend half the day just spinning them on the floor."
On an impulse, Declan reached into his pocket and pulled out a handfull of coins and put them on the table.
"How is it that you're always broke, and yet you have a whole bunch of coins?"
Declan shrugged and tried to spin a penny. It fell flat on the table.
"No, Declan, you're doing it wrong," Peggy said as she grabbed a nickel, "it's like this," She spun her nickel and it traveled over by Miranda's spinning ring. Both the nickel and the ring were immediately knocked down.
Declan laughed and tried to spin his penny again. This time, the penny spun around a few times, but then fell flat on the table again. He looked up to see that Miranda had stood a row of various kinds of coins on end. He blew them all down.
"Stop that!" Miranda said, trying to sound serious, but showing signs of amusement.
Meanwhile, Peggy had five coins spinning at once. Some bumped into eachother and fell over or just stopped spinning, but then she just set them spinning again.
Miranda slid a quarter across the table and knocked three of the coins down. Peggy looked up and started laughing.
The laughter was contagious. Soon, even Miranda couldn't help herself.
"Are you having fun?" someone asked. All three of them immediately looked up. It was the waiter with their food.
"Yes," Declan replied as he gathered up his coins to make room for the food, "we like making our own pre-dinner entertainment."
The waiter smiled and started to set the dinners on the table, "Well, since we're running so late, drinks and desserts are on the house."
"Oh, great!" Declan's muffled words came through a mouthful of his sandwitch.
"Enjoy your meal!" the waiter said as he left the three friends to eat their dinner.
Declan, Peggy, and Miranda were in Declan's office, discussing his newest case. Declan was convinced that two girls he had met a week ago, named Lisa and Laura, were twins seperated at birth.
"The birthday isn't all, Peg," Declan countered, "I mean, get this, when they were eight, Laura got into a skiing accident and broke her right leg. At the same time, Lisa gets a pain in her right leg that won't go away. She goes to the doctor and he says her leg is perfectly healthy; there's absolutely nothing wrong."
"It could have had something to do with her leg muscles," Miranda chimed in, "saying that she has a pain in her leg is a very broad description. It could be almost anything."
"Well, why don't we take a break and go out for dinner?" His two friends' logical reasonings had gotten him in a corner, so he thought he would change the subject.
"Let me guess, it's on you?" Peggy said with a hint of sarcasm, "I'll go get my purse."
"Let's get going," Declan said, ignoring Peggy's comment and glancing at his watch, "It's almost six-thirty."
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The three of them sat in a booth at Bill Knapp's, sipping on sodas and waiting for their dinners.
"I wonder what's taking them so long," Peggy said, twirling her straw around inside her glass, "it has to have been a half-hour by now."
"I don't know," Declan replied, "but I'm hungry,"
"You're always hungry," Miranda said.
"I'm more hungry than usual," Declan corrected himself.
Miranda took a ring off of her finger and started spinning it on the table.
"Where'd you learn to do that?" Declan asked.
Miranda shrugged, "I got bored during class,"
Peggy smiled, "It reminds me of when I was really little. I'd go to my friend Elizabeth's house. Her mother had this *huge* jar of pennies and we could spend half the day just spinning them on the floor."
On an impulse, Declan reached into his pocket and pulled out a handfull of coins and put them on the table.
"How is it that you're always broke, and yet you have a whole bunch of coins?"
Declan shrugged and tried to spin a penny. It fell flat on the table.
"No, Declan, you're doing it wrong," Peggy said as she grabbed a nickel, "it's like this," She spun her nickel and it traveled over by Miranda's spinning ring. Both the nickel and the ring were immediately knocked down.
Declan laughed and tried to spin his penny again. This time, the penny spun around a few times, but then fell flat on the table again. He looked up to see that Miranda had stood a row of various kinds of coins on end. He blew them all down.
"Stop that!" Miranda said, trying to sound serious, but showing signs of amusement.
Meanwhile, Peggy had five coins spinning at once. Some bumped into eachother and fell over or just stopped spinning, but then she just set them spinning again.
Miranda slid a quarter across the table and knocked three of the coins down. Peggy looked up and started laughing.
The laughter was contagious. Soon, even Miranda couldn't help herself.
"Are you having fun?" someone asked. All three of them immediately looked up. It was the waiter with their food.
"Yes," Declan replied as he gathered up his coins to make room for the food, "we like making our own pre-dinner entertainment."
The waiter smiled and started to set the dinners on the table, "Well, since we're running so late, drinks and desserts are on the house."
"Oh, great!" Declan's muffled words came through a mouthful of his sandwitch.
"Enjoy your meal!" the waiter said as he left the three friends to eat their dinner.