demons

So, I’m reading a book on gravity. It’s impossible to put down. 

You read for fun?

Oh, thank you. I really hope I am. That doesn’t mean you aren’t good with kids, you just need to get used to them. I don’t think there’s really been a time that I haven’t been around little kids and it makes me less homesick to work with them here.

There's no need to hope, it's a definite thing. I dunno, it's like with babies--I think they're super adorable until they start crying or pooping or drooling and then I just can't do it. I don't know if I'm meant for kids. Where do you come from again?

Well, thank you. But, I still don’t see why that was worthy of my autograph?

I'm not sure. If I were you, I wouldn't even question it, just bask in it.

Two adorable little sisters. And I ran a daycare back home. I also help out in a preschool nearby.

Wow, that's awesome. You're going to be an amazing father one day. I, on the other hand, am not the best with children. I'm an only child who never really grew up around kids, so...

Not biological ones but I did raise some.

That makes more sense than having actual biological children though. I'm guessing you have siblings?

Not me. Well one gave me a card but the rest were making them for their fathers, I guess.

Okay, for a second there I thought you were going to be telling me that you had children or something.

All the balloons and flowers. And why the kids were making cards.

Wait, sorry, you lost me.. Kids were giving you flowers and cards?

That explains a few things.

Like what?

Salutatorian. Great. I should’ve seen this coming. 

Please don't tell me you're upset about that.

Great, another day to make me feel like shit. 

Are you alright, Molls?

Wait… it’s Father’s Day?

Well, it was.

Because you're adorable?

No.

Well there's your fuckin' problem. You can just borrow mine then, basically anything on there is worth the listen. Except maybe the Blood on the Dance Floor that I never took off from Freshman year.

I don’t really uh.. I uh… music… I don’t really… um…

Oh jesus. Okay, if you're gonna be my straight best friend, you have to like good music. Do you have an iPod?

Uh… I… sorry.

You can't seriously tell me you've never heard of Panic! At the Disco. They sing that one song, "Haven't you ever heard of, closing the god damn door, no. It's much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality."