There's always a reason to party in Chicago. I feel like every day that you survive is one more day to celebrate so this would be an even bigger reason for celebration.
[Martha is smiling at him, and she does like the idea of having a party to celebrate how much time she has been here. It should be a celebration even if there are times when it feels heavy, when it feels weighted and like it was much, much too long.
It's a celebration, and she's happy to be where she is now, she's happy to have the family that she does.
They do deserve it, all of them.]
Good. [Martha peers at him closely as she can tell he is biting back a grin.] Glad to hear it then. That does help quite a bit, and you can go on pretending and I will as well that my formidable, disapproving look has all the effect on you still.
Thank you. I like keeping my illusions crystal clear.
[She keeps nothing from him either. It's about being a team. It's about working together to take care of four teens that needed it desperately. They have been through a countless amount, and Martha knows there is nothing that she would feel she had to hide from him.
It's better when he knows, and they can work on whatever it is together.
Even in her darkest hours earlier this year, she didn't keep a moment of it from him.]
That's exactly it in the end. You survive but you do more than survive. Adapting, changing helps you to do more than survive as the world around you changes, and the people change too.
If nothing ever changed, people wouldn't be able to change how they felt about each other. It would all be static.
[And it would be boring and meaningless. Nothing would ever get worse but it wouldn't get better either.
It's no way to live.]
I'd... almost like to see that... honestly. [Martha laughs since she knows he's teasing. mostly. It is really hilarious imagery in a way.
As any sane person would be terrified of incurring Wes' wrath.]
For the record, I'd give anyone incessantly hitting on you a talking to as well. If necessary. [Also hilarious imagery.]
Sounds good to me, because yeah, she has to be living somewhere and has to have money and means to wear the clothes she does and make... those brownies for instance.
No, we can't. He has his senior year to worry about, and it's unsettled Elena along with him understandably so. We'll get to the bottom of it, I'm certain.
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[Martha is smiling at him, and she does like the idea of having a party to celebrate how much time she has been here. It should be a celebration even if there are times when it feels heavy, when it feels weighted and like it was much, much too long.
It's a celebration, and she's happy to be where she is now, she's happy to have the family that she does.
They do deserve it, all of them.]
Good. [Martha peers at him closely as she can tell he is biting back a grin.] Glad to hear it then. That does help quite a bit, and you can go on pretending and I will as well that my formidable, disapproving look has all the effect on you still.
Thank you. I like keeping my illusions crystal clear.
[She keeps nothing from him either. It's about being a team. It's about working together to take care of four teens that needed it desperately. They have been through a countless amount, and Martha knows there is nothing that she would feel she had to hide from him.
It's better when he knows, and they can work on whatever it is together.
Even in her darkest hours earlier this year, she didn't keep a moment of it from him.]
That's exactly it in the end. You survive but you do more than survive. Adapting, changing helps you to do more than survive as the world around you changes, and the people change too.
If nothing ever changed, people wouldn't be able to change how they felt about each other. It would all be static.
[And it would be boring and meaningless. Nothing would ever get worse but it wouldn't get better either.
It's no way to live.]
I'd... almost like to see that... honestly. [Martha laughs since she knows he's teasing. mostly. It is really hilarious imagery in a way.
As any sane person would be terrified of incurring Wes' wrath.]
For the record, I'd give anyone incessantly hitting on you a talking to as well. If necessary. [Also hilarious imagery.]
Sounds good to me, because yeah, she has to be living somewhere and has to have money and means to wear the clothes she does and make... those brownies for instance.
No, we can't. He has his senior year to worry about, and it's unsettled Elena along with him understandably so. We'll get to the bottom of it, I'm certain.