[ there have been a lot of moments tonight where jade has sort of wondered what kind of game dave's playing here. that's not to say that she hasn't wondered the same before, but tonight has been a series of mental "holy shit"s. this would have been a milion dollar hour spent together if she'd said any of those "holy shit"s out loud.
this is one of those moments. jade doesn't know how to take this because it's sweet. it is incredibly sweet and she immediately wants to repay the favor. even putting aside her feelings, dave is her best friend and she never wants their relationship to be take and take. there's got to be a steady flow of giving and receiving on both ends.
she knows, though, that she gets a headache when she's upset. a lot of that is because jade takes frustrations out on herself by bottling it up until she wants to explode. she'd said she had a headache earlier and it probably would have turned into a migraine if she hadn't tried to talk it out with dave.
it's kind of impossible to be upset when he's talking, though.
it just makes her zone in on him and everything feels a lot more - it's better, and grounded and not so hard. ]
...Thank you, Dave. [ she means it, even though it takes her a while to answer. ] I may take you up on that. [ probably - old habits die hard, but jade will try, at least. she'll get better about it as time goes on, she hopes. ] I want to do the same for you! Maybe I'm not a fancypants pianist with a bunch of musical talent, but I'll do my best!
[ the joke is that dave isn't playing any sort of game. he barely ever is, when he's talking to jade or anyone else he loves: he's being entirely sincerely genuine, as best he can be.
maybe that's it's own sort of game, though. ]
Talkin' to you always helps. [ like, there. there we go. another genuine statement. ] So don't sweat it so much. And you may not be a fancypants pianist, but you are a brainiac scientist. It evens out?
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this is one of those moments. jade doesn't know how to take this because it's sweet. it is incredibly sweet and she immediately wants to repay the favor. even putting aside her feelings, dave is her best friend and she never wants their relationship to be take and take. there's got to be a steady flow of giving and receiving on both ends.
she knows, though, that she gets a headache when she's upset. a lot of that is because jade takes frustrations out on herself by bottling it up until she wants to explode. she'd said she had a headache earlier and it probably would have turned into a migraine if she hadn't tried to talk it out with dave.
it's kind of impossible to be upset when he's talking, though.
it just makes her zone in on him and everything feels a lot more - it's better, and grounded and not so hard. ]
...Thank you, Dave. [ she means it, even though it takes her a while to answer. ] I may take you up on that. [ probably - old habits die hard, but jade will try, at least. she'll get better about it as time goes on, she hopes. ] I want to do the same for you! Maybe I'm not a fancypants pianist with a bunch of musical talent, but I'll do my best!
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maybe that's it's own sort of game, though. ]
Talkin' to you always helps. [ like, there. there we go. another genuine statement. ] So don't sweat it so much. And you may not be a fancypants pianist, but you are a brainiac scientist. It evens out?