Jim's probing. John's not entirely aware of it, but his dear old flatemate is being scoped out.
Defining "Friend"
"And that question is...?" John wanted this over with. He didn't feel comfortable around Sherlock's friend (friend? Was that what Jim was?), and it was chilly. He wanted to head for the comfort of Bean There and its smells of coffee, old books and oven-fresh pastries.
"What sort of relationship do you really have with dear Sherlock, Mr. 'Colleague'?"
Dear Sherlock? thought John, slightly irked. He found himself glaring at Jim's mauve tie. How close are they? Sherlock's hardly mentioned him.
"We're good friends, as well as colleagues," he said. "I go to crime scenes with him."
"I see."
Prompt was #14: mauve
Outrage of the Day: the editor for my article in the school newspaper changed two words in my article. With those two words, she made both sentences grammatically incorrect.
That I have better grammar than my editor says a lot about her. And that I actually edit the papers of more than half the editing staff (all friends, and besides, editing is fun) says a lot about them too.
Why didn't I try out for editor. Why, why, why...I mean, I know I have typing mistakes/grammar mistakes that are a result of me not checking my work, but that my own editor was unable to recognize something correct and made it incorrect...just not okay with me. Wonder if I can pull a coup d'état on the newspaper staff. :D
(I'm mostly kidding about this, it's not that big a deal. Just being a Grammar Nazi.)