“You know, I was definitely about to argue that, but I think you’re probably right, Zoe probably is the cool one in that relationship, but you ever tell her I said that I will deny it.”
Zoe actually was pretty cool, actually, but in the not trying to be cool and not realizing she actually was cool kind of way. He was almost about to bring up something along those lines with Natalie, but honestly it would just end with her pointing out that he really was very much a dork. And it was true. He’d accept the title.
“Well sure you would. You’re more of a loner than me, because while I’d rather no friends than to make myself into one of those marching band people I’d at least want and try to make friends with similar interests. You just like to practice piano and mock people for their intellectual inferiority for not liking Mozart.”
Was that too much? It probably was. “For the record, that was a complete joke. We both already know you’re the smart one in the relationship, though, but I’m pretty sure my liking Miles Davis over Beethoven isn’t part of that.”
God he loved listening to her talk about music though. He smiled and nodded. “All very true and excellent points, my argument is retracted. Though really that’s just another thing wrong with our society that we’re so limited in our acceptance of anything different like why does somebody that’s just a bit different automatically have to be scary and hated, worst part of human society by far. Leads to like everything bad.”
‘ Yes, because Zoe and I hang out together so often, ’ she said sarcastically. Natalie and Zoe were acquaintances through Henry at best, which was admittedly Natalie’s fault for never reaching out.
She didn’t like to see herself as a loner, more as someone who was too busy doing her own thing to notice other people. But, maybe that’s some version of being a loner. She didn’t know. His comment didn’t offend her, though, because she knew he meant it lightly. Plus, it’s kinda true. But at one point will her independent nature become unhealthy ?
‘ Hey, no offense taken. ’ Though she might’ve taken offense if he caught her in a bad mood. ‘ But for the record, I don’t mock people for not liking Mozart. I mock you because I like teasing you, but I couldn’t care less about what the rest of the world did. So don’t you worry, I’m spending all my mocking energy on you. ’
Really, if anyone else came up to her in the practice room and started talking about Miles Davis or whatever, Natalie would’ve probably shrugged at them until they left, or if they didn’t leave, she would tell them off until they eventually gave up. Henry never gave up. And so she argued with him so she could keep talking to him.
She loved talking to him about music, she loved that despite all the banter they did they also actually listened to each other’s points, and cared about what the other had to say. She loved that they both had passions for music and expressed them in different ways. ‘ And this is why the world will end, ’ she said dramatically. ‘ There are always gonna be people who will freak out over different music genres and tell their grandkids that it’s evil and we’ll just have to wait until they die so we can argue amongst ourselves in peace without actually causing society any harm. ’