Interdisciplinary Studies
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Goody heads outside, shivers a little with the cold of it and draws his jacket in closer. The noise from the bar dims as the door shuts, and that’s when he sees he’s got company. One of the new guys that showed up tonight. Asian, which is a little unusual, and quiet, which is pretty standard. Most people don’t talk much until they’ve come to a few meetings or unless they’re close to fluent already, and Goody would bet money that this guy was having trouble grasping the basic gist of things. Curious.
Goody digs out a cigarette from his pocket, grins out a hello in the quick flare of the lighter. “Didn’t catch your name in there, sorry—I’m Goody.”
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- Part 1 of Interdisciplinary Studies
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Goody’s happy, and so is Billy, which is more important. It doesn’t really matter what Manu thinks. It’s not that he’s upset, but everything just seems to grate on him more: there are dog-eared books Manu doesn’t recognize on Billy’s kitchen table, a hand around Billy’s waist when they’re smoking outside, Goody at dinner, telling jokes that Billy laughs at silently, a soft curl to his mouth.
He’s not upset, he thinks, just a little jealous—the natural consequence of a friend coupling up, moving on. It just makes him feel particularly single, in a world made for couples, that Goody’s always at Billy’s side now, when Billy used to turn to him instead.
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- Part 2 of Interdisciplinary Studies