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Cucumber, please.

Oh. I have raspberry too. And Lemon-Lavender.

Raspberry. Honestly, I'll take any of them. What's your favorite?

[She gets Janie a glass and fills it with the raspberry water]

I don't know. I haven't tried the Lavender yet. I'm scared it'll taste like soap.

Thanks, Anna. If it tastes like soap, can you drink something to get the taste out of your mouth?

Well, I could probably try the minty one. The mint is strong. I'm still trying to figure out the ratios for this whole whole hipster-water thing.

Why are you making hipster water? I thought it was just flavored.

I've been restless and my garden exploded with herbs. I didn't even know I was growing herbs but whatever. I had no idea what to do with anything except rosemary and cilantro, so I googled and hipster water came up.

You're really good at gardening... [Janie checks her notebook]

This is new.

I'm not actually good at gardening though! I just haven't killed anything yet. Which is weird, actually.

You're better than me. I have an aloe plant that doesn't look too well. I water it twice a week. Did anything change to make your plants stop dying?

Well you're watering the Aloe wayyyy too much. Neglect it. It'll be happier.

Well... I was reading this magic book Raymond had... ever since then, the garden's been nuts. But I didn't DO anything. I didn't even read it out loud. I was honestly just skimming.

Oh, I'll do that. Or not. I'll neglect it.

Raymond? Who? But magic, so maybe you learned it and now you're a green witch.

Until the soil is dry. Then soak it again. Follow with Neglect. Mine is putting up ANOTHER baby though, so if you want another one...

Raymond. You know, the asshole who stole my soul for a while back... isn't all that in the journals?

...That's ridiculous. Plants are all Sunshine and shadows and darkness are apparently my thing. That doesn't even make sense.

Yes, I think I need another one. I don't want to show you my sick plant.

He stole your soul? [Janie writes that down, then shows Anna her journal, where several pages have been ripped out] I don't remember doing this, but I wish that I remembered. Are you okay? Do you- no. I have it. The red crystal.

It does make sense. It's not just plants, it's the Earth. The things in the Earth. I feel like I should know this.

Okay. When it's big enough, I'll put him in a pot for you. And honestly. Just stop watering the poor thing.

Yeah. The red crystal. You got it back for me.

That.... makes even less sense to me.

Ok, I'll leave the plant alone.

...I feel like I'm protecting it. If you want it back, please let me know...

My notes about you fit the description.

No. I trust you with it. I think it's safer with you than with me.

...What do your notes say?

I didn't put anything bad in them! You and Rich have the best pages.

Really? Nothing bad? At all??

Even your vampire pages have smiley drawings.

Wow. That... can't be right. All the bad stuff must be in the pages that are missing.

[Janie shows Anna a page. It's covered in numbers, symbols, and poorly drawn smiley faces. Also, snakes.]

What kind of bad stuff?

I don't know... I had to annoy you at work or when we lived together.

I'm sure it just wasn't important enough to write down. I don't like to focus on negative things that don't matter.