Pros and Cons (Episode 3, I heart New Jersey)
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Barney sat looking at his computer for about half an hour, not really seeing the screen, his fingers hovering over the keyboard. The buzz of the intercom startled him and he realised that it had gotten dark outside while he'd been staring into space.
"Mr Stinson, unless there's anything else you need, I'll be heading off."
"Yeah," he drawled with false bravado, into the mic, "No problem. Sure." The line went dead and he tore himself away from the computer, twirling a pen in his fingers and letting it dance lightly across his knuckles.
She was going to Japan.
She was really going.
And it was probably his fault.
His brain seemed to get stuck on that thought. It had frozen and didn't seemed to be able free itself. Frustrated, he began to doodle on a sheet of freshly delivered GNB headed paper until he'd filled the page with nightmarish images. He tore off the top page, took a deep breath, and began to write.
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Barney sat back, looked down at his handiwork and rolled his eyes. The page soon joined the previous one in the trash can.