"This reminds me of the last time the whole cast went out to eat. Do you
remember?"
Nina nodded.
"That was the same day Rob messed up his lines so awfully at the barricades."
"What did he say? I forgot."
Mark laughed. "He said 'Listen, my friends, I have done as I said. I have been to their homes; I have watered their plants. I will tell what I can.'"
Nina's eyes widened. "He didn't!"
"Would I lie to you?" Mark asked, smiling.
Seriously, Nina looked into his eyes. "No... you wouldn't lie to me..." she answered softly.
There was a moment's silence as Nina reflected on what she had just seen. Mark? She had thought of him as a friend. Just a friend. Could he possibly...?
"Do you remember when Rob's bridge didn't come down in time?" Mark asked suddenly.
"No! What did he do?"
"Well, it came time for him to jump and there was no bridge, so he just pretended to stab himself and collapsed."
"You mean he just did this," Nina mimed plunging a knife into her heart, "and fell over?"
"Yeah. We had some angry fans that day."
Nina laughed. "I can imagine. Oh! Once Drew – you remember Drew," Mark nodded. "Well, when Drew was playing Marius he came into Valjean's death scene and missed his line 'It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool. It's you who must forgive a thankless man.' He got off beat and ended up saying '...Fool! You must forgive a thankless man!' And John nearly laughed right onstage!"
"Once Andy was doing 'Master of the House' and said 'Two percent for sleeping with the mirror twice.' That gave us all some interesting images."
Nina laughed again. "Ew, it really does."
Mark glanced at his watch. "We oughtta go on. The next show starts in an hour."
"Alright then," Nina agreed, putting down her fork.
Mark pulled two twenties out of his pocket. "D'you think that'll cover it?"
"Oh, no. Let me pay for mine."
"It's my treat," Mark insisted.
"But-"
"Oh, great!" the man at the next table exclaimed. "Emma, I left my wallet at home! Did you bring any money?"
His wife shook her head. "What are we going to do, Zach? We've already eaten!"
Mark smiled at Nina and approached the neighboring table. "Sir, I couldn't help overhearing, and I'd like to help," he said, handing the man one of his twenty dollar bills.
"Oh, no, I couldn't-"
"Of course you can. I've got plenty." Mark laid the bill on their table.
"Thank you so much, sir!" the woman said before her husband could object again.
"We'll pay you back," the man compromised. "Where can we find you?"
"Don't bother," Mark replied. "It's only twenty."
As he and Nina turned to leave, the woman beckoned Nina over to her table.
"You've got yourself one good guy. Don't you let him go, hear?"
Nina agreed dazedly. Mark had just given twenty dollars to a complete stranger!
She caught up to him as he was paying the cashier. Mark handed the cashier the other twenty and pocketed the five he got back for change. The man came into a restaurant with forty dollars and left with five.
That woman was right. Mark was a good person.
Would Scott have done something like this?
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Ah, the gooey mushiness. Muahahaha Emma I put you with Zach! You know what Zach I mean. Heehee! THAT'S for never reviewing! Arrgh, take that! And that! And that! *runs away into the sunset, cackling disturbingly*
Sorry that update took forever. The day before I was to be ungrounded my computer broke! We just got it back, good as new. Yay!
Elyse3- The sweetness doesn't stop here! This fic isn't very long, but the sequel is! And I'm definitely considering a threquel. That's my new word, by the way. I plan to have it copyrighted.
La Pamplemousse- Whiner, eh? I can see that. If I were to give a girl a Mizzie name, I'd have to use Cosette. It's so much... prettier sounding than Eponine. HOWEVER, if you can call the kid something as cool as Nina, Eponine begins to look tempting. Never Fantine, though.
RoseMisr- Yes, ma'am. Multitasking was invented for my sake. Actually... no. But I'm about done with The Javvie Clause and nearly close to being finished with Beauty in the Beast. Legeo and Gimliet and Mizzies at the Park are just getting started.
eponine-meliara- The sequel is cool. But I have to finish this'n first. My threquel is lacking the ever-important "plot" element... hey, it's an idea turning into a work in progress.
namarie13- Sad now? Muahahaha it gets better. Worse? Sadder? Dunno, but it gets... moreso.
Nina nodded.
"That was the same day Rob messed up his lines so awfully at the barricades."
"What did he say? I forgot."
Mark laughed. "He said 'Listen, my friends, I have done as I said. I have been to their homes; I have watered their plants. I will tell what I can.'"
Nina's eyes widened. "He didn't!"
"Would I lie to you?" Mark asked, smiling.
Seriously, Nina looked into his eyes. "No... you wouldn't lie to me..." she answered softly.
There was a moment's silence as Nina reflected on what she had just seen. Mark? She had thought of him as a friend. Just a friend. Could he possibly...?
"Do you remember when Rob's bridge didn't come down in time?" Mark asked suddenly.
"No! What did he do?"
"Well, it came time for him to jump and there was no bridge, so he just pretended to stab himself and collapsed."
"You mean he just did this," Nina mimed plunging a knife into her heart, "and fell over?"
"Yeah. We had some angry fans that day."
Nina laughed. "I can imagine. Oh! Once Drew – you remember Drew," Mark nodded. "Well, when Drew was playing Marius he came into Valjean's death scene and missed his line 'It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool. It's you who must forgive a thankless man.' He got off beat and ended up saying '...Fool! You must forgive a thankless man!' And John nearly laughed right onstage!"
"Once Andy was doing 'Master of the House' and said 'Two percent for sleeping with the mirror twice.' That gave us all some interesting images."
Nina laughed again. "Ew, it really does."
Mark glanced at his watch. "We oughtta go on. The next show starts in an hour."
"Alright then," Nina agreed, putting down her fork.
Mark pulled two twenties out of his pocket. "D'you think that'll cover it?"
"Oh, no. Let me pay for mine."
"It's my treat," Mark insisted.
"But-"
"Oh, great!" the man at the next table exclaimed. "Emma, I left my wallet at home! Did you bring any money?"
His wife shook her head. "What are we going to do, Zach? We've already eaten!"
Mark smiled at Nina and approached the neighboring table. "Sir, I couldn't help overhearing, and I'd like to help," he said, handing the man one of his twenty dollar bills.
"Oh, no, I couldn't-"
"Of course you can. I've got plenty." Mark laid the bill on their table.
"Thank you so much, sir!" the woman said before her husband could object again.
"We'll pay you back," the man compromised. "Where can we find you?"
"Don't bother," Mark replied. "It's only twenty."
As he and Nina turned to leave, the woman beckoned Nina over to her table.
"You've got yourself one good guy. Don't you let him go, hear?"
Nina agreed dazedly. Mark had just given twenty dollars to a complete stranger!
She caught up to him as he was paying the cashier. Mark handed the cashier the other twenty and pocketed the five he got back for change. The man came into a restaurant with forty dollars and left with five.
That woman was right. Mark was a good person.
Would Scott have done something like this?
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Ah, the gooey mushiness. Muahahaha Emma I put you with Zach! You know what Zach I mean. Heehee! THAT'S for never reviewing! Arrgh, take that! And that! And that! *runs away into the sunset, cackling disturbingly*
Sorry that update took forever. The day before I was to be ungrounded my computer broke! We just got it back, good as new. Yay!
Elyse3- The sweetness doesn't stop here! This fic isn't very long, but the sequel is! And I'm definitely considering a threquel. That's my new word, by the way. I plan to have it copyrighted.
La Pamplemousse- Whiner, eh? I can see that. If I were to give a girl a Mizzie name, I'd have to use Cosette. It's so much... prettier sounding than Eponine. HOWEVER, if you can call the kid something as cool as Nina, Eponine begins to look tempting. Never Fantine, though.
RoseMisr- Yes, ma'am. Multitasking was invented for my sake. Actually... no. But I'm about done with The Javvie Clause and nearly close to being finished with Beauty in the Beast. Legeo and Gimliet and Mizzies at the Park are just getting started.
eponine-meliara- The sequel is cool. But I have to finish this'n first. My threquel is lacking the ever-important "plot" element... hey, it's an idea turning into a work in progress.
namarie13- Sad now? Muahahaha it gets better. Worse? Sadder? Dunno, but it gets... moreso.