“So the good news is that the door you ripped off the hinge was going to come out anyway,” said Rey the next morning.
The door was lying halfway inside the foyer. The rubber seal had drawn a dark black line on the patio concrete.
“That’s why I ripped it off,” said Kylo, shaking the ice cubes in his iced americano.
Hux stepped wordlessly around him and opened the refrigerator, noticing there was no coffee for him but not remarking on it. He took out a bottle of Dasani water and rearranged the remaining bottles so there were an even six in the front.
Kylo watched him in disgust.
“So,” said Rey. “I scheduled gravel for 11.”
“Fine,” said Hux. “I did ask for 10:30, didn’t I?”
“They open at 10, and it’s a 45-minute drive in the truck,” Rey replied.
“That’s why you have to bargain with them.”
“On their opening time?”
“On anything you possibly can. So, fine, Rey, you stay here. Ren and I have a showing at Outpost at three, so tell Finn to be there at 10 to start cleaning up. I’ll be coming straight from the bank, so I’ll take the car. Ren, that’ll give you enough time to finalize a flooring plan. I want to put an order in before close of business today. When the showing is over I want Finn to drive to Paseo del Serra and we can have our check-out meeting here. He can pick up Millicent from the vet on his way.”
“And then,” said Kylo, “Hux will end the evening doing his nightly Scrooge McDuck backstroke in the pool of pennies he’s saved by limiting our creative resources, while the cat and I share a tin of Fancy Feast.”
“You’ll be lucky,” said Hux, “if it is Fancy Feast.”
Fill: House Flippers AU [2/?]
The door was lying halfway inside the foyer. The rubber seal had drawn a dark black line on the patio concrete.
“That’s why I ripped it off,” said Kylo, shaking the ice cubes in his iced americano.
Hux stepped wordlessly around him and opened the refrigerator, noticing there was no coffee for him but not remarking on it. He took out a bottle of Dasani water and rearranged the remaining bottles so there were an even six in the front.
Kylo watched him in disgust.
“So,” said Rey. “I scheduled gravel for 11.”
“Fine,” said Hux. “I did ask for 10:30, didn’t I?”
“They open at 10, and it’s a 45-minute drive in the truck,” Rey replied.
“That’s why you have to bargain with them.”
“On their opening time?”
“On anything you possibly can. So, fine, Rey, you stay here. Ren and I have a showing at Outpost at three, so tell Finn to be there at 10 to start cleaning up. I’ll be coming straight from the bank, so I’ll take the car. Ren, that’ll give you enough time to finalize a flooring plan. I want to put an order in before close of business today. When the showing is over I want Finn to drive to Paseo del Serra and we can have our check-out meeting here. He can pick up Millicent from the vet on his way.”
“And then,” said Kylo, “Hux will end the evening doing his nightly Scrooge McDuck backstroke in the pool of pennies he’s saved by limiting our creative resources, while the cat and I share a tin of Fancy Feast.”
“You’ll be lucky,” said Hux, “if it is Fancy Feast.”
Kylo bit his straw.