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Really? That's nice of you. Most people would stick to hoarding what they'd gotten for themselves.

[dogs and cats can't exactly go shopping for themselves, not even here. or can they?]

It's not? [she looks surprised] I was always told that was a terrible thing to do.

Yeah by people who were the first woman.

[He shrugs, handing her the glass.]

Like I said, I'm the worst person to be asking about all this.

[Because in his mind what's better than one lady? Two ladies who are fighting over you. Ego boost to the max.]

[she can't help it, she goes into a fit of giggles at his first comment. she's not laughing at him, not at all, but it flies in the face of everything she's been taught. it takes her a moment to be able to be steady enough to take the glass.

once she does and gets over her giggling, she grins and says] That's a bunch of nass, you're my friend and I trust you.

Anyway, me being the other woman wasn't the only problem. Mother found out and [she adopts a posh, snooty expression and tone of voice] mother disapproved.

[Sure but he's like ten years older than her, and he joined the force to get laid. His Tinder profile is absolutely him in uniform holding a gun. This is not the guy who has good relationship advice. But he's trying.]

Okay for starters; you really shouldn't trust me. Not with this, just.. in general.

And secondly, the people who make the rules for dating or whatever, are always people who got fucked over in their last relationship and want everyone to be miserable. So you definitely shouldn't be listening to what "everyone" is saying.

Which is probably your mom too.

[there is no Tinder in the 30th century, but if she had a profile, it would probably be of her in the angora sweater/black skinny jeans combo she's wearing now]

You've always been honest with me and you're good to me. I know you have a--a past, but that doesn't matter. Not to me. What matters is how you are here.

[she giggles] Maybe. But Jo and I. . . that's just not done on Bgztl. Most marriages are based on social standing and family backgrounds. [a pause] My mother ignored all of that to marry my father and it made them both miserable.

[He makes an unconvinced sound, but they're not here to talk about what a traitor he is.]

Wait did the future go back to Victorian times where you have arranged marriages and shit?

That's balls.

Fuck that noise, do what you want.

[she's convinced, so there]

No, no, it's just what's done on my home planet. [a slightly bitter tone] I didn't have anything arranged for me, despite my "royal" blood because my father was Terran, not Bgztlian.

I did do what I wanted. I did a lot of what I wanted. I'm just wondering if we did it all too fast. We only knew each other two months.

And that's bad I take it? I thought the future was all about unity and peace and such?

[Why do people's heritages still matter? He's not impressed.]

Then it sounds like everything is fine then. What do you think the problem is? Fast is bad?

To the great houses of Bgztl, the ones who'd been nobility, the ones who otherwise would've been lining up to marry their sons to me? Yeah, it's bad. And it is, it's just that--that every planet still has its own customs.

I don't know. That's the problem. Do most people fall in love in two months?

Eugh. That's kinda creepy that a bunch of parents are all antsy to get their sons to get with you.

[Or it's creepy to him anyway.]

I've never been in love, but from what I've heard, when you know, you know. I don't think there's a timing thing.

[it isn't creepy to her. it's to be expected] Well, you can sleep easy because they weren't. Eager to marry their sons to me, that is. My Terran blood was enough of a deterrent.

...you think so? Because even towards the--the time I was brought here, he hadn't broken up with his girlfriend. And we were close. Really close.

Ah.

[This dude is thinking ahead, he even has a backup girlfriend just in case.]

Did the girlfriend know?

[in all fairness, people from Rimbor generally don't do committed relationships of any kind]

She sure did. Hated my guts, too. Which I guess I can understand.

I think that's normal. I feel like I'd be pissed if the girl I was seeing had a boyfriend on the side.

[Maybe. If he was getting some he might not care.]

Did he say anything about ending it with her.

I think just about anybody would. Anybody not from his home world, at least.

[...he eventually got some. but she made him wait and work for it]

He said he was going to, but I don't know for sure if he ever got around to it.

[Good. Make him suffer.]

This sounds less like 'going too fast' and more like making him choose once and for all.

[she did. she didn't actually give it up until the night before the White Triangle attacked Earth]

It's still kinda both. On Bgztl, we have long, involved courtships where you don't even think about kissing until six months in. But with Jo, everything was so--so fast, like whirlwind fast. I got so caught up in it, I didn't stop to think.

Well that sounds like torture.

[No wonder everyone is cranky and invading each other; they're all so sexually frustrated their nether regions are going to explode.]

Do you regret it? Because if you don't, then it seems like the right decision.

It's just the way things are done. My mother didn't pay attention to them and my mother paid the price.

[social ostracism and a daughter who wasn't good enough for any of the great houses of Bgztl, something that was considered essential for entry into society or politics]

...I do and I don't. I wish he'd been more clear with Spider Girl, that being with me meant he couldn't be with her. But I don't regret him.

Just cuz she regrets it doesn't mean you will. Everyone's different.

[And parents are always trying to impart shitty life lessons on you.]

Then it sounds like everything worked out? Kind of?

I guess. She's so. . . so bitter about everything. And obsessed with keeping up appearances.

[it was a little less imparting and a little more browbeating]

Yeah, but can you fall in love with someone and still be with someone else?

Only if he's also not in love with her. I don't think you can be in love with two people at once.

[Though like he said, he's never been in love, maybe you can? Movies seem to say otherwise though.]

Maybe he was waiting for you to commit to him so he could end it with her. Like keeping her as a backup.

[Sometimes guys are total douches.]

No, he's not. He says it's only physical, that she went after him.

[she believes that he's right, that you can't love two people at once, but she's a romantic at heart]

That could be it. I didn't actually [she blushes bright red] ...sleep with him until the night before the Daxamite attack. Hadn't ever done that before.

[sometimes they are, but she'd like to think this time it wasn't]

Then there shouldn't be any problem ending it with her to be with you. Just ask him.

[You know, when they're not stuck here in this place and she's back home with him. He looks away, yeah that's not.. what he wants to hear from someone he assumes is like nineteen. He feels suddenly really old.]

If he waited that long then he's in it for more than the sex.

[this is an idea that had honestly never occurred to her]

...I can do that? I mean, yeah. Yeah, I can do that!

[as soon as she gets home. whenever that will be. assuming she's still alive in the first place. she's afraid that it's a pretty big assumption]

Waiting two months is a big deal for guys?

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