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[redwinekindofgirl]

"It's Julie Cabernet! Leave a message."

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[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Julieeeeeee

[redwinekindofgirl]

Oh my god whaaaaaat.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

I want to ask you something.

[Absolutely not apologetic about spamming your inbox]

[redwinekindofgirl]

[Yawn...]

Mrrgh. Okay. I'm all ears.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

You ever been in love?

[redwinekindofgirl]

...

[Julie's quiet for a minute while she straightens up. Whistler can't know that the question stings.]

Once. His name was Perry.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Um, how did you know you were in love with him?

[redwinekindofgirl]

I... don't know. I just knew.

[She pauses for a moment.]

Look, Irwin... Do you mind if I don't talk about him? He didn't die so long ago and I'm just... It's hard.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Oh...

[A long quiet]

...Sorry. I didn't mean to...you know...

I'm sorry.

[redwinekindofgirl]

... it's okay. You didn't know.

[Even saying out loud that Perry is dead is strange. It makes it more real, when she tries not to spend too much time thinking about it.]

But... Why are you asking? Do you like someone?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[Is he going to answer that? No. But for once its less because he enjoys being evasive and more because he hasn't figured out the answer yet]

George was asking questions about that sort of thing. On the network.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Oh, yeah, I saw that.

[She didn't answer, for much the same reason as she doesn't really enjoy talking about Perry.]

But what about it?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

I just wondered, you know, how do people know?

[redwinekindofgirl]

[Julie falls silent. She's thinking about it, and maybe if she tries to answer without thinking about Perry too much, it won't have the same sting.]

I guess... you just do. When you're with someone and they make you happy. When they make you want to be better. When you are better... because they're with you.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

I see...

or...well...I hear

[redwinekindofgirl]

Come on, why are you asking? [He has asked some weird questions in the past, but this is a new one even for him.]

Got your eye on someone?

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Good one

[He saw that pun, Julie, He appreciates it.]

And...I dunno. It's not that simple.

[redwinekindofgirl]

It's only as complicated as you make it. Trust me on that one.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

Then maybe. I dunno. Possibly.

Never mind. You should go back to sleep.

[redwinekindofgirl]

No deal, Irwin. You woke me up for this, so talk. I know where you live.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[Radio silence.

Your move, blondie.]

[redwinekindofgirl]

[The silence lasts about three minutes, and then--]

... Oh my god, I'm coming over. I'm going to wake your neighbours up banging on the door and tell them you woke me at a weird time asking weird questions.

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[He's not falling for that one, Julie]

[redwinekindofgirl]

I'm getting up.

[There are some definite getting-up sounds, and she calls from some ways away from the phone.]

Put on some pants, Irwin!

[whistlewhilstyouwork]

[Well lucky for her he's already wearing pants as he was awake tinkering with some of his inventions-in-the-making.

But even so he doesn't truly believe she's going to bother coming all the way over here. She's just trying to get him to break first.]