Look at this face.

[legaltoughguy]

I know you want me to make friends, and Elizabeth is lovely, but I'm not sure a pair of Russian spies are a good idea.

[You don't know they're Russian spies, Andrew.]

If you'd let me finish, my point is because I don't have any idea what they'd be doing being friends with me. I don't have any operational value. And I don't hang out at people's houses for dinner.

Although, the wedding probably could use a female touch. I think Frank would hit me if I just made everything black and white.

[This is why you need friends.]

What I need is for you to stop making my life unnecessarily complicated, like letting me re-enlist in the military and now getting involved in who knows what. Did you miss the part where I said I just wanted to raise my sister and get married?

[Asshole.]

I know.

Comments

[wellgetusedtoit]

Muns seem to be here for the sole purpose of making our lives...complicated.

[legaltoughguy]

Tell me about it. Up until recently, she had shipped me to London as part of an elite British military unit.

I'm not British.

[wellgetusedtoit]

I'm assuming that did not work out for you?

[legaltoughguy]

No, not really. My military days were a long time ago.

Your wife is lovely, though. I will say that, I enjoyed meeting her.

[wellgetusedtoit]

She is a very lovely woman. I wasn't aware she was around here. [Still he smiles all the same when she is brought up.]

[legaltoughguy]

I met her maybe last week? We got to talking about parenting. [Never mind that he doesn't look like he'd be anywhere near kids.]

I do need more friends, but I have a habit of being that person people don't like.

[wellgetusedtoit]

Then those people aren't worth the time.

[legaltoughguy]

Possibly, but I have my moments. [Andrew smiles just the same, offers a polite hand.] I'm Andrew. Nice to meet you.

[wellgetusedtoit]

[Shakes his hand with a smile.] Philip.

[legaltoughguy]

Pleasure's mine. I suppose that if we ever did strike up an acquaintance we'd have no shortage of things to talk about - depending on how much everyone knows, of course.

[perceptively]

[ have a girl scribbling something in a notebook before holding it up. ]

Friends don't need operational value.

[antisomething]

You want to know something worse? My mun is creating me just I can be your friend. How crazy is that?

[legaltoughguy]

I'm not sure if that's a compliment or you're telling me you've just been consigned to a circle of hell.

[antisomething]

As far as I can tell? It's a compliment. At least coming from her. Still not sure on anything else yet.

[legaltoughguy]

So...this is the part where we're supposed to get to know each other then?

[antisomething]

No better time than the present, right? Not like I could plan any less awkwardness if I didn't try.

[legaltoughguy]

Well, obviously you know I don't like long walks on the beach or pina coladas. [Oh God he's trying to be funny.]

[antisomething]

[Welll....]

The beach is a terrible place to enjoy long walks on, anyway. It's impossible to dig holes decently in the sand.

[Don't ask him how he knows this.]

[legaltoughguy]

What, for when you bury people?

[antisomething]

Yes, that's what I hear from everyone. I hear a lot of shop talk.

[Brett grinned slightly. There were more important things to talk about.]

I'm Brett, and I definitely hate sand, seedy bars, and chocolate anything. Whoever created chocolate liquor should be buried on the beach.

[legaltoughguy]

Chocolate in itself is not that bad, but having planned two weddings in the last two years, I think I've also eaten more cake than is healthy for any man. I'm a regular David Tutera.