Hi: How was school today?
V: Nothing new, just the usual.
Hi: What do you mean by that?
V: It went by with the usual boredom.
Hi: Nothing exciting happened? Some juicy rumor?
V: No, very much, we just learned
Hi: Very interesting. *says sarcastically*
He: What's up with Betty?
V: Well, a lot of things happen with her.
He: Like, for example?
V: We're getting better friends, and I might sleep at hers on the weekends. Of course, if you let me, Mom.
He: I'm very happy about that, and of course...
Hi: No.
He: Yes. Hiram?! Don't destroy your child's joy!
V: Yes Daddy.
Hi: Do you have to hang out with the daughter of your mother's best friend from way back?
He: Hiram?! *wishper*
V: Were you and Alice best friends?
He: It's a long story, darling, but yes, sometime...
V: But now you hate each other.
He: We don't hate each other, we just...
Hi: You just love to suck each other's blood.
He: That's not true, we still...
V: Oh, that's not how it looks.
He: That's not tru...
Hi: Are you sure?
He: Could you please let me finis...
V: But what happened to...
He: Enough!
V: I didn't do anything.
He: Ronnie, what you need to know is that, yes, we were once close friends...
Hi: Close? You were inextricable and very annoying.
He: Hiram, shut up! And we weren't annoying. So, we were very close friends. *She's looking at Hiram with a look in which she's saying,' Is it better now?'. Hiram just smiles at her, like he's saying, 'Yes.' * Then we had a small difference in view...
Hi: Small?!
He: *sighs as she looks at him with a murderous gaze* And then we parted ways. Alice stayed here while I went with your dad to New York and then to college.
V: Why didn't I know that?
He: Because Alice and I are not so close anymore and we have not really talked anymore.
V: Not really? That means you've kept it on some level.
He: It's not important.
Hi: Did you talk to that bitch?
He: Hiram?! I'm not going to talk to you about this right now.
V: But I'm interested.
Hi: When did you talk to that woman?
He: It's not important.
Hi: It is!
He: I'll tell you lat...
V: Yes, tell us, mom. *Hermione looks at Hiram with a help me look*
Hi: Mija! What about Archie?
He: *whisper* I didn't think about that...
V: Nothing. *She smiles at her plate. *
Hi: That's not what your smile says.
V: But nothing happened.
Hi: Yes?
V: Yes.
Hi: Are you sure?
V: Yes, I'm sure, I'm not going to discuss this with you.
Hi: Why not?
V: Because it's none of your business. It's a girl thing, and I'll talk to mom.
He: Oh, yeah?!
V: Yes, you're a great company for this. *Smile at her mom with a little girl smile*
*Veronica's phone starts ringing*
V: Sorry, but I must answer this.
*She says it and then goes to her room while she left her parents behind*
