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hunter_legend

A phone conversation

Jun 12, 2007 23:02

He was in a hotel room, nothing strange about that. Nothing more strange than how his life was strange and after twenty years, not much is strange anymore ( Read more... )

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iwenttomissouri June 13 2007, 03:13:50 UTC

Missouri pauses the DVR as she answers the phone; she's not going to miss a minute of American Idol, not even for an old friend.

"Hey John. You okay?"

hunter_legend June 13 2007, 03:18:14 UTC

"Just fine," he answers with a tired smile he's sure she can hear. "Just checking in. Letting you know I'm all right. Wouldn't want you worrying."

Beat.

"More'n you have to anyway."

iwenttomissouri June 13 2007, 03:23:18 UTC

"Well, that is my job. I can only read so much about the future. Or the present, considerin' the ruckus you get yourself into."

Her voice is gentle but teasing. She closes her eyes. Utah. He's in Utah. Not so very far away, but far enough.

hunter_legend June 13 2007, 03:26:02 UTC

"Wouldn't like me half so much without the ruckus," he says. "Otherwise, I'd just be another washed up mechanic with a lot of guns in the back of his truck."

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