Title: Idle Time: Part Four
Author: Angela
Rating: G
Summary: These boys just have too much of it.
"Mulder or Scully?"
"What the hell kind of question is that? Like there's a choice."
"Like, who would you rather have a beer with?"
"Oh. Scully, definitely. Mulder'd be too busy trying to convince me my bottle cap is a UFO. The guy's a nut."
"He was a pretty witty guy. I don't think I could talk to a chick who dissects bodies. What if something got caught underneath her fingernail?"
"She wears gloves, genius."
"Well, yeah. But still."
"Apple juice or orange juice."
"Now, Hobbes, you know what they say about apples and oranges..."
"Yeah, yeah. Answer the question."
"Apple juice. Orange juice bothers my stomach."
weird look
"What? I have a sensitive stomach."
"Yeah, so sensitive you had to scarf down that chili dog in ten seconds instead of eight."
"I was hungry."
"They make low acid orange juice, you know."
"Me and my apple juice are just fine."
"Alright. I'm just saying, you're gonna need that vitamin C one day, partner."
"Cats or dogs?"
"Dogs. Cats use you, then they leave you for some old lady with blue hair and orange lipstick."
"Bad experience, Hobbsey?"
"Yup, three of 'em. I'm telling you, cats are the most ungrateful creatures on the face of this planet, my friend."
"Agreed. Ernest Hemingway or Ray Bradbury?"
"Hemingway. He didn't need fancy schmancy adjectives. He told it like it was. I respect that."
"What's wrong with fancy schmancy adjectives?"
"They're cover ups."
"Of what?"
"Lack of talent. If you really know what's going on, you don't need to spend half the book describing everything."
"Or maybe all the words just confuse you."
"Or maybe you need them because you're not creative enough to use your imagination."
"Or maybe you're just boring."
"Or maybe I'm gonna leave you here with all this paperwork."
"But you should enjoy this. There's no fancy schmancy adjectives."
"Smart ass."
"Your tur– aw, shit, my pen's out of ink. You have another one?"
"Blue or black?"
"Blue."
"Tough. You're getting black."
"Great. Now the 'fish is gonna complain because I used two different colors. Remember how he yelled at me last time?"
"Them's the breaks, partner."
"Fine. T-Mobile or Sprint?"
"T-Mobile."
"It's because of Catherine Zeta Jones, isn't it?"
"That might have a little something to do with it."
"You like those commercials, don't you?
"Mmm, Catherine-hey! Gimmie back my pen!"
"I knew that would distract you."
"That was sneaky, Fawkes. Veeery sneaky."
The End