"Afternoon, Nelson."
Foggy glanced over from the cup of coffee he was pouring. "Afternoon, Stahl."
"How's the research for Butler going?"
"Fascinating, How's Turner?"
"Thrill a minute."
Foggy took the opportunity to sneak a glance as Marci Stahl reached up to retrieve her stash of tea bags from the cabinet. A careful glance given that such an action would fall quite foul of the state's sexual harassment laws, something a law school graduate should be very familiar with.
"How's your bar reviewing going?" Foggy asked half into his coffee to avoid looking directly at his fellow intern. He was just grateful that Matt had stayed in the library. The last thing Foggy needed was a lecture from Matt on how he needed to just get over it and ask Marci out.
"Slow, mind numbing. You?"
"Same." Foggy sighed. He reached for the cups of coffee. "Better get back to Mr Butler."
"Later."
Foggy elbowed the library door open. He was surprised to find Matt wasn't at the table where they had been working. He set the cups on the table and went looking for Matt.
Foggy could hear a voice coming from several shelves over.
"Could we make it 6? I can't off work until 5." Foggy turned the corner to find his friend on the phone.
"Thanks." Matt said into his phone. "I know the area."
Foggy's curiosity was piqued. It sounded like Matt had a date but he hadn't mentioned anyone recently.
"Hey. I got us coffee."
"Great. Thanks." Matt followed Foggy back to the table.
"Figured you'd be enrapt in your playback." Foggy settled back in front of his stack of papers.
"Needed to stretch my legs." Matt reached for his headphones.
"Who was on the phone?"
"The phone?"
"I could hear you talking when I walked in."
"Oh, yeah. I'm meeting someone after work."
"Someone? A lady someone? Is there something you haven't told me?"
"it's nothing."
"Nothing. Come on, Matt, who is it? Is it that cute red head from coffee shop? She's been checking you out."
"No."
"It isn't a blind date is it? No pun intended."
"No. It's not a date. It's a business thing."
"Business thing? What kind of business are you into? You aren't freelancing as a hit man are you?"
"Ha ha."
"So?"
"So we have work to finish. I need to get out on time."
"What aren't you telling me?"
"Nothing, Foggy. Can we get back to work?"
"I don't believe you."
"It's nothing."
"Its a job interview, isn't it? You got a job interview and you don't want to tell me about it. Why? You think I'm jealous you already got an interview and we haven't even taken the bar. I'm not, I'm thrilled."
"No, you're not. I know you, Foggy. You can't hide your sarcasm from me."
Foggy grunted.
"Fine." Matt sighed. "I'm going to check out an apartment."
"That's the big secret? You got a line on an — oh, wait. It's an apartment just for you. That's why you didn't want to tell me."
"Look, Foggy"
"Yesterday at lunch you were wishy washy when I mentioned looking for a place cause you already had plans to find your own. Why didn't you just tell me?"
"Because I'm an asshole."
Foggy laughed. "Matthew Michael Murdock you are a lot things. You're disgustingly attractive, grossly fit, annoyingly smart and obnoxiously charming. But you are not, and as your best friend I'm the most qualified to judge this, an asshole."
"Except this time I am. I'm a two faced asshole. I've been looking a couple of months and I didn't tell you because you were going to be my backup plan."
"What? If I found something for us before you found something you were just going to stop looking."
"Pretty much."
"Why did you want to look for your own place at all?"
"Because I've never been on my own. First it was me and my dad, then it was foster care and the group home. After that I was in the dorms. Someone else has always figured out where I was going to live and eat, I just wanted to know I could figure it out on my own if I had to."
"That doesn't make you an asshole. Not telling me maybe makes you a jerk."
"I can accept that. I'm really sorry. Seriously."
"Apology accepted. Just don't it again. And I'm going with you."
"Foggy."
"It's not because I don't think you can do it without help. I know you can. But if this place works out then I have find my own place and if I end up with a Ass Wipe"
"You'll be hanging at my place and you want to be sure it meets with your highly sophisticated standards."
"Exactly."
"Then we better get busy because we aren't leaving until Perkins gets his research."