SHORT FOR?
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Wally sat at his desk, munching on an energy bar, one of only two remaining. He had 15 after he restocked which meant 13 had been eaten in the course of one week. Hal had also been unusually energetic lately. He picked up his phone, giving a smile to his fellow CSI.
'I know you've been stealing my energy bars.' He thought for a moment thinking of a way to convey his high levels of displeasure with the intergalactic hero. 'Henry!' He ended it with two angry emojis before sending the message. He gave a firm nod. Calling Hal by his full name should do the trick.
He picked his phone up when it whistled, closing the manila folder. 'Who the feck is Henry?'
He blinked at the message. 'You are. I used your full name because I'm mad at you.' He sent before taking several swallows of his cooling mocha latte. He opened the folder again, going over the crime scene photos he'd snapped.
His phone whistled and he picked it up, giving the other CSI, who seemed to be hard at work, a sheepish grin. 'Hal is not short for Henry.' He is brow furrowed in bewilderment. It wasn't?
He thought, trying to come up with another guess. 'Hank?' He sent.
The reply came swiftly. 'Nope.' A toothy grin emoji proceeded the message.
What? Then what the Frappuccino was Hal short for? Harry? No. Harold? Nah, he didn't look like a Harold. Then it was short for something right? 'Hal…exander? Hal-exander!' He sent, proud of himself for thinking on his feet.
'Nobody is named Hal-exander,' came the reply.
He blinked. Crap that was so true, but he was not going to let Hal know. 'Tell that to my friend Hal-exander Smith.' Yeah, that was a totally believable name.
'Who's that?'
He cursed, coming up blank on a lie. Darn Hal. 'I think we both know I just made him up.' The reply was annoying, to say the least.
'We do.' Rotfl emojis followed the message.
Wally stared at the message with a confused brow. How the heck did this happen again? This conversation was supposed to be about him calling Hal on his energy bar thievery. How did it become about the Lantern's undisclosed full name? He glowered at the Lantern's high level of evasion tactics.
'Don't think I've forgotten about my energy bars Henry.' He sent. Oh no, he had not forgotten indeed. He had caught his potato chip thief and Hal's thievery would not go unveiled. For the sake of his cranberry-flavored energy bars, he would catch the Green Lantern in the act.
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