Ambiguous Leaves

1:"So how is life these days?"
2:"I hate it when people ask me that. It's like talking about the weather."
"I didn't mean it in the I-am-incapable-of-intelligent-conversation way. I actually want to know. I care."
"I'll let this one slide. Life is pretty drama free; its a nice change."
"Good to hear."
"...So?"
"So what?"
"Your turn."
"Oh. My life is not quite as drama free, but I'd say that I'm pretty relaxed about it anyway."
"Recently I have started laughing whenever there is any ridiculous drama because it is better to be amused about it than to fret about it."
"Hah."
"Where are you going?"
"I'll bee arr bee"
"Screw you and your internetspeak. Make it snappy."
"Don't miss me too much."
"Very funny."

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2:"Oh you're back already."
1:"I have discovered a new phrase during my travels!"
"And what would be this enlightenment that you achieved during your epic 5 minute journey?"
"Beautiful. Wait for it. Ambiguity."
"I don't get it."
"You know how when a guy and a girl first become acquainted, many times one is interested in the other but unsure about whether the feelings are mutual."
"Uh huh."
"Lets say the interested party is testing the waters to get a handle on where the other person is at. Some people equate testing the waters with an Olympic dive. Some people never say anything at all and just try to look for small body language cues.
"My patience for the obvious is running out."
"And then there's the people who will make ambiguous statements, where it *could* be interpreted as flirting, but if it doesn't work out then it is just as easy for the interested party to claim that it was nothing. On the rare occasions when ambiguity is used well by the interested party, it may have poetic subtlety and mathematical precision; that is when it is truly beautiful."
"I see what you're saying. But what happens when both parties are interested and they're both being ambiguous? Does that cause some kind of never ending ambiguity?"
"It probably does sometimes. It depends on whether both parties read each others' ambiguity for what it is."

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2:"Before we got sidetracked by your ambiguity, where did you go just now?"
1:"I wanted to get you flowers, but I couldn't find any. So I got you some leaves instead..."
"They still smell pretty."
"I'm glad you like them."
"I should get going. I don't want to be late."
"I suppose so."
"Don't miss me too much."
"Very funny."