[ Raleigh... doesn't intend to tell him how to relate to his father -- her track record isn't so good, herself; because look what happened, her dad split, right? If she'd been any good at relating to fathers, well.
Anyway, Chuck doesn't tell her a lot of things, but she knows that she's way out of his element when it comes to him and his old man, but Raleigh likes Herc well enough in the short time she's met him (the man swung by the US once). He's a pretty good guy, and more decent than Chuck; which is not saying a lot when a sizeable amount of the population is more decent than Chuck.
Still, she's sort of quite in love with him (she doesn't know how that happened, it just did, even if they went about the dating thing all topsy turvy because sex came first, then dinner, then the getting to know each other), and she likes Herc (sometimes she thinks she's a glutton for punishment or some shit like that) and she's heard that Australia is the place where about 90% of its inhabitants are trying to kill you and there are koalas and wombats and she's damn well going to see a few (and possibly touch them) or else the trip really would be wasted, and Chuck is a grumpy sweetheart for coming along with her anyway.
It's ridiculously warm but he's tagging along with her anyway, and she kind of really loves Australia too, from the delightful accent to the warm friendliness of the people (Chuck's surliness, it looks like, is an uncommon exception among Australians), and so she's traipsing a wildlife trail in hiking shorts and a map and a mischievous grin. ]
I want to see one in its natural habitat. Did you know that some wombats let you touch them?
no let me love you
Anyway, Chuck doesn't tell her a lot of things, but she knows that she's way out of his element when it comes to him and his old man, but Raleigh likes Herc well enough in the short time she's met him (the man swung by the US once). He's a pretty good guy, and more decent than Chuck; which is not saying a lot when a sizeable amount of the population is more decent than Chuck.
Still, she's sort of quite in love with him (she doesn't know how that happened, it just did, even if they went about the dating thing all topsy turvy because sex came first, then dinner, then the getting to know each other), and she likes Herc (sometimes she thinks she's a glutton for punishment or some shit like that) and she's heard that Australia is the place where about 90% of its inhabitants are trying to kill you and there are koalas and wombats and she's damn well going to see a few (and possibly touch them) or else the trip really would be wasted, and Chuck is a grumpy sweetheart for coming along with her anyway.
It's ridiculously warm but he's tagging along with her anyway, and she kind of really loves Australia too, from the delightful accent to the warm friendliness of the people (Chuck's surliness, it looks like, is an uncommon exception among Australians), and so she's traipsing a wildlife trail in hiking shorts and a map and a mischievous grin. ]
I want to see one in its natural habitat. Did you know that some wombats let you touch them?