Wolf goes on a date with Jack.
Despite everything Alex could think of it, Wolf and Jack had started dating. Even worse, the situation has been like this for several months. Several months of continuous 'splitting-up-and-getting-back-together'. And that night wasn't different from the others...
The couple (ill-matched, according to Alex) was going for a walk on the quiet street of London on a warm mid-spring night. Once they arrived on top of some stairs, a rose seller came near them:
"A rose for the lady, sir?"
"No, thank you", answered Wolf, eager to get rid of the seller to spend more time with his new sweetheart.
Alas, three times alas, it was the beginning of his problems.
Jack's temper, which was as bad as Wolf's, got immediately the better of her while she grabbed his hand so they could have it out.
"'No, thank you'? And you don't even ask me?" She said angrily.
Wolf sighed :
"Do you want a rose?"
"No", she answered without glancing twice at the rose.
"You see!" Wolf exclaimed, not really understanding what her point was.
Once more he tried to walk away and once more Jack prevented him from doing so.
"That's not a reason!!" Jack got worked up. Unlike Wolf, having a fight with her boyfriend in front of a total stranger didn't bother her. "You said 'no' without asking me if I wanted one."
Wolf was more and more lost:
"But you've just said 'no'!!"
"Ah no, I said 'no' afterward!" Jack corrected him.
"Who cares? You don't want one anyway", said Wolf, hoping to overcome any further contestations.
But he forgot to take Jack's temper into account.
"No, no, no! Who said I didn't want one before?" Jack wanted to know.
"You did !!"
"Ah no, I told you 'no' afterward!" Jack repeated. She then went on with her line of argument: "At the time when you said 'no', you still didn't know if I wanted one or not. And neither did I. And maybe I wanted one, but because you said 'no', well, 'yes' just couldn't come out of my mouth, who knows?"
"'Who knows', 'Who knows'? Well I don't", Wolf said angrily as he was getting worked up about that so ridiculous fight.
But Jack wasn't going to let go so easily:
"Well, when you don't know, you don't say anything, especially not 'no'!!!"
Wolf then thought he understood where she was getting at. After all, weren't women renowned for manipulating men so that they would spontaneously do what women wanted?
"Ok, all right. Give me a rose", Wolf requested from the still present rose seller as he was giving him a note.
But Jack surprised him by yelling:
"No !!!"
But Wolf was sticking to his idea:
"Ok, then; I'm buying the whole bunch!" Wolf announced and with that he gave more money to the rose seller who gave him what he wanted in return. Having no reasons to stay here longer, the seller walked away.
"No, Wolf! You didn't understand anything at all!" Jack disabused him. "No, you don't understand a thing. First, they are faded, and they don't smell nice, and you know tulips are my favourite flowers. You've known that for a long time, haven't you?"
She decided to lay it on a bit thick:
"How is it that you've always got it all wrong like this? I don't understand! Why are you always complicating things? You're not simple ! You are really not simple !!"
And with that, she turned on her heel and quickly walked away, leaving Wolf disconcerted with his roses.
He shrugged and started heading home. He then hailed a woman in her twenties who was walking by and gave her the bunch. He hoped this one would be more easy-going; after all not every woman was taking care of a fourteen year old teenage spy... who would be delighted to learn that they had once more broken up...
So, What do you think? Do you find Jack's line of argument is quite logical? Or on the contrary, you think she is being unfair? All reviews are welcome.
