Of Whiskey and Catnip by Chudley Cannon  Notes: Written for the
15minuteficlets livejournal community challenge with the book in
mind, but works for the film, too. Written upon the assumption
of another (fictional) falling out between the two of them
sometime after Holly stops calling him "Fred" and takes up with
José.  The latest I ever came over was sometime after two in the
morning. I'd been lying awake for hours upon hours, just waiting
for the inimitable sound of Holly's arrival, usually marked by
loud shouting and a random annoyed neighbor, as she'd stopped,
since our falling out, buzzing me to open the door for her.  It
wasn't as though I was ready to make up or anything, but I
realized that if it were coming down to who was a bigger person
between Holly and me, I would have to step up and attempt to be
that bigger person, to put it all behind us. It just seemed to
be an impossible notion, asking Holly to be a bigger person
about anything, because she just believed she was on principle.
Anyway, the re