Mary was the kind of person that needed to be friends with everyone. She was very outgoing, very friendly, very driven - and very, very much desperate for everybody’s approval. Honestly, most of the people in Pelican Town that she’d met since moving here had come to like her, or at least be neutral enough to not mind her. Shane was kind of a different story. He was a tough nut to crack, that was for sure. But Mary wasn’t deterred by his bad attitude and his constant dismissal of her. They’d be friends if it killed him.
Bombarding him after a shift at Joja was, almost definitely, not a good time to try to hang out with him, but it was her plan. She’d come to the saloon for dinner that night, as she often did when she didn’t have the energy to cook, and ordered herself a large order of pepper poppers. Really not her favorite dish - hot peppers were not her speed - but she had a game plan. Once Shane came in and came up to the bar for his usual beer, she exhaled a loud, dramatic sigh.
“Oh, Shane!” she greeted, feigning surprise at seeing him there. As if it weren’t one of the only spots in town to hang out comfortably. “Hey, you like pepper poppers, right? Do you wanna split these with me? There’s just way too many for me to eat.” She gave him a casual smile, like she hadn’t planned this out and timed it carefully so the dish would still be warm when he arrived. @shane-bailey
