[ emma finds herself genuinely grateful that faraday hasn't been interrupting with wise remarks or less-than-kind comments; it makes it easier to focus on teddy, as much as she wishes he'd just turn right around and waltz off.
hadn't she already been clear enough?
teddy looks uncomfortable standing there now (not that she blames him), but he's dropped the flowers to his side, the toe of his boot nudging uncertainly at the ground. ]
You're not turnin' me down because there's...another man, are you?
[ emma's eyebrows raise at the question, because that actually startles her. who did teddy think she could be seeing? what other man in the town of rose creek did she even spend time with?
well...faraday, if she's honest.
but he's a man long dead, and no one else would know that she spends her days with him. ]
Teddy Q, who do you possibly think I'd be seein' in our town? I'm sure you and everyone else would've noticed a man in this small of a place courtin' me.
[ teddy does seem to realize that she has a point. rose creek is mighty puny for her to get away with a wholly private affair — not that she's having one, but what matters is that people would know if she was. ]
Well, then, I mean...
[ teddy clears his throat again, looks like he's trying to put on a brave face as he speaks. ]
Wouldn't you think you haven't got yourself many options, then, Miss Emma?
[ emma's frown deepens, and she crosses her arms over her chest, a touch defensive. ]
Enlighten me, Theodore: what could you possibly mean by that?
[ teddy seems mildly cowed by her obviously disapproving posture, but he keeps speaking. ]
Just that you haven't got a whole lotta possibilities in front of you here, and you might just— find yourself alone. A man's not just gonna suddenly fall into rose creek for you one'a these days. You gotta pick someone or...it'll be too late, don't you think?
[ ...now that stings.
emma's frown has gone slack from pure shock, but then she's adopting the glare all over again. ]
I think it's time you found your way home, Theodore.
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hadn't she already been clear enough?
teddy looks uncomfortable standing there now (not that she blames him), but he's dropped the flowers to his side, the toe of his boot nudging uncertainly at the ground. ]
You're not turnin' me down because there's...another man, are you?
[ emma's eyebrows raise at the question, because that actually startles her. who did teddy think she could be seeing? what other man in the town of rose creek did she even spend time with?
well...faraday, if she's honest.
but he's a man long dead, and no one else would know that she spends her days with him. ]
Teddy Q, who do you possibly think I'd be seein' in our town? I'm sure you and everyone else would've noticed a man in this small of a place courtin' me.
[ teddy does seem to realize that she has a point. rose creek is mighty puny for her to get away with a wholly private affair — not that she's having one, but what matters is that people would know if she was. ]
Well, then, I mean...
[ teddy clears his throat again, looks like he's trying to put on a brave face as he speaks. ]
Wouldn't you think you haven't got yourself many options, then, Miss Emma?
[ emma's frown deepens, and she crosses her arms over her chest, a touch defensive. ]
Enlighten me, Theodore: what could you possibly mean by that?
[ teddy seems mildly cowed by her obviously disapproving posture, but he keeps speaking. ]
Just that you haven't got a whole lotta possibilities in front of you here, and you might just— find yourself alone. A man's not just gonna suddenly fall into rose creek for you one'a these days. You gotta pick someone or...it'll be too late, don't you think?
[ ...now that stings.
emma's frown has gone slack from pure shock, but then she's adopting the glare all over again. ]
I think it's time you found your way home, Theodore.