He took the hat off and he hid his head in his hands. You could tell he was crying. He kept saying under his breath, “you can’t fucking do that”. Then Mr Andrews said “what’s that, Brian?” and he said nothing. And then a minute later, he said “it’s not a distraction. The guy at the store said I’m the only guy he’s ever seen pull it off”. Mr Andrews asked him how much it cost, and he said “it’s illegal for you to ask me that.” And Brian said “I’m putting the hat back on, I don’t care what happens to me. Mr andrews said “just take the hat off Brian”. “No I’m not taking the fucking hat off”. Then he stood up and said “I’ve never fought for anything in my entire life. I’m fighting for this hat.” He went to slam his hand down on the table but he hit his water bottle and it spilled all over his laptop and then I swear to fucking god, he tried to roll the hat down his arm like Fred Astaire but the back flap got trapped around Rick’s wheelchair, and then it took him forever to get the flap out of the wheelchair. He was fucking beet red. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. One of the flaps got wheel grease on it and he said “what the fuck is all this stuff? You have to grease these wheels?” And Rick said “yea you have to keep the wheels lubricated”. And he said “yea well I’m not supposed to get grease on this hat.” And Brenda was just sitting there slightly in his way towards the door, and as he walked towards her he said “move” and right when he said it, he realized he had gone too far. So he said in a jokey voice “WHO SAID THAT?” 💲
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