Suze   1998

<Stop that. You're getting on my nerves.>

"I can't help it, Methos. I hate this part."

<She said she'd get back to you as soon as she finished the beta.>

"I know. What's taking so long? She hates it, I know she hates it!"

<Calm down. Have a drink. Take a pill. Just don't make me lock you in the closet again.>

"How can you be so calm when I'm this nervous?"

<It's an ancient meditation technique. I call it 'Save your energy, you may have to kill the writer'.>

"I can't believe you're still upset about that."

<Upset? Me? Whatever gave you that idea?>

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe you gave it away when you tried to behead the monitor?"

<Okay, yes. I'm a bit peeved. I have a right to be.>

"Get over it, Methos."

<That's your standard response, isn't it? Get over it.>

"You have a better idea?"

<Well, you could make me a lot happier if you'd let me kill Amanda.>

"We decided that would upset Duncan too much, remember?"

<Not take her head. Just kill her. Slowly.>

"Methos, it wasn't Amanda's fault. You walked into it with your eyes wide open."

<You told me I could trust her.>

"I believe my exact words were, 'you don't have any *choice* but to trust her.' Besides, I think Amanda did a great job."

<You would. You women always stick together.>

"We do not. I let her beat the shit out of Pandora, didn't I?"

<Doesn't count. You've been dying to do that. You set the whole damn story up just so you could beat up a poor, defenseless OFC.>

"There's no such thing as a poor, defenseless OFC. They're a game species. Legal targets in all seasons."

<And you decided to take me down with her?>

"Methos! Nobody took you down. Well, you were taken, and you went down, but it's not the same thing. Besides, it looked to me like you were enjoying it. You got more sex then you've ever gotten in one of my stories. And Amanda kept you from having to sleep with another OFC. You should thank her for that.""

<Thank her? Thank that scheming, treacherous, little tart?>

"Well, Duncan's not complaining."

<What has Kiltboy got to complain about? He's not the one she made a fool of.>

"She didn't do anything to you that you didn't ask for. It's not her fault she kept coming up with the good plot ideas."

<Well, next time we're doing the story *I* wanted to do.>

"No way. Do you have any idea what Kronos would do to me if I put him in white tulle and sparkles?"

<How do you know he wouldn't like it? He's not exactly a vanilla personality.>

"Call it a hunch. Besides, you only want to do Cinderella so you can cast Cassandra and Kristen as the evil stepsisters."

<Actually, I just have a lech for Mac as Prince Charming. And I think I would look great in ashes.>

"Forget it Methos. Besides, it's Mac's turn to pick the plot line."

<I told you I'm not doing 'Methos and the Beanstalk'. It's a stupid idea.>

"But he had such a great opening line worked out."

<Yeah right. 'Hey Methos, leave that cow alone and come climb *this*!'>

The End

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