Casey wonders how the news will go over. He has a pretty good idea.
All the excuses he gave before (it's too big, too busy, too expensive, too unsafe, no place to raise a child) will be thrown back in his face and topped off with a bitter accusation: what's in New York now that wasn't there when the Late Night offer came in?
He'll come up with some reason why it's different now. They'll both know it's a lie. She'll scream and yell and then gladly start making arrangements because New York is still where she wants to be.
Casey nurses his celebratory beer, in no rush to head home and start that conversation. He pushes away his dread and focuses instead on Dan as he giddily rattles through lists of all the sights and activities that await them.
The part that he'll never tell Lisa is that the first excuse he gave her is the truth: New York is too big for him. It's a sink or swim place and Late Night would have been far over his head; he wouldn't have made it. With Dan beside him, though, he just might be able to pull it off.
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Date: 2007-04-02 11:11 pm (UTC)All the excuses he gave before (it's too big, too busy, too expensive, too unsafe, no place to raise a child) will be thrown back in his face and topped off with a bitter accusation: what's in New York now that wasn't there when the Late Night offer came in?
He'll come up with some reason why it's different now. They'll both know it's a lie. She'll scream and yell and then gladly start making arrangements because New York is still where she wants to be.
Casey nurses his celebratory beer, in no rush to head home and start that conversation. He pushes away his dread and focuses instead on Dan as he giddily rattles through lists of all the sights and activities that await them.
The part that he'll never tell Lisa is that the first excuse he gave her is the truth: New York is too big for him. It's a sink or swim place and Late Night would have been far over his head; he wouldn't have made it. With Dan beside him, though, he just might be able to pull it off.