( . . . 💧)
S-She’ll tell me if and when she’s ready, and I won’t be butt-hurt at my best friend for having some discretion.
Still, she should know I’d never.
Whatever happened probably just scared her enough to not wanna talk about.
I won’t judge her for that.
I would never hurt her. I'm not that cruel.
Others dear to her however . . .
But that's none of your Business, considering she didn't bother telling you.
Maybe she thinks you'd make fun of her for it, or laugh. So silly, isn't she?
( That’s as much confirmation as Bev needs to know she hit the nail on the head.
But what the hell is this all about? She can’t help but look worried. )
H-Hey. Devil.
That kinda stuff won’t work on me, alright?
She didn't tell you?
[ A raise of his eyebrow then.
Then, such a fake look of pity. ]
Wow . . .
What a grand friend she is, keeping secrets from you, huh?
(🔮) “you seem so hesitant, did she snitch to you?”
as if jane would have to do that for bev to be hesitant over sharing her birthday with the Devil from the Bible
I-It just doesn’t seem like your kinda party!!
It’s festive and /generous/ and—-
( …What? )
Did… /who/ snitch to me? ‘She’?
D’you mean Janey?
I missed something…?
/No/—!
( Gulp. )
I-I just mean, cause…
Well I just looove being super greedy on my birthday, y’know?
Everyone celebrates me! And the attention is on— well, not /you/.
You’d hate it — should /really/ save yourself the trouble!
So maybe…
Maybe you’ll find her again someday, too.
Who knows?
( Not very eloquently worded, but — the intention and message behind her words is clear as ever.
Terry will /always/ have a friend in Beverly. )
( For all the times Beverly found herself wishing she knew every word and phrase in Polari, this is the /first/ time that she wished the opposite. )
…Oh, Terry. 😞.
( She won’t be insensitive and ‘silence’ him with liquor, but rest assured, the next few drinks are on her. )
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[ A heavy sigh, then. Perhaps it's time to start pouring a Vodkatini for the Visor, Beverly. ]
Don't savvy Randy's gonn' do it without his sister here.
Even I dished th' dirt 'bout it with her. If we're ever gonn' be legal, then we both want her there.
Nanti idea where she is.
I— Kinda wish I could stand here and tell you I knew what that felt like, but…
At least know there’s always a friendly face behind the bar here that’ll listen and share a drink.
And… remember you were reunited with some family here already — even got some new additions.
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Ahh…
( And here Bev believed she missed a big announcement!
Phew. That clears things up. )
That’s cute, actually.
Not the /reasoning/ for it, but— cute!
( Her smile soon matches his, and she takes a second to consider it all in her perpetually scattered head. )
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Now that you two are actually together and in a home that’s secure… guess you don’t have to worry about it too much.
There’s plenty of humans running this place that a separation like that shouldn’t really happen anymore, ya know?
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