The Brim: A Short Story

Interpersonal communication can vary from personal relationships, professional relationships, and on to family relationships. Dan and Ann-Marie show the signs of the romantic relationship stages, however, Ann-Marie and Mitch also show these signs. Stage one, whenever, Ann-Marie ask about the books at the bookstore is initiating. Stage two, when they begin to discuss about what like to do would relate to the experimenting stage. Stage three, would be whenever they go and have lunch together and just spend the evening together, this would be intensifying. The rest of the stages they shuffle through and aren’t particularly in order, however, they still end up going through them. Another relationship that is shown is the relationship between Dan and his children. They show a nuclear family, which is the Dan, Jane, Cara, and Lilly. This relationship goes on to change whenever Dan and Ann-Marie get married, it creates a stepfamily. We can also relate the four different panes to Dan’s life. The open area of Dan’s life is whenever he is using his own intellect to give others advice in his columns. The hidden area of his life could be whenever the people from the newspaper come to his house and he doesn’t tell them completely about his life. The blind area would be whenever his family and everyone around him knows that he is lonely, however he thinks he is content by himself, but his actions speak differently. The last area, is the unknown area, which could relate to the scene where he is playing the guitar, Ann-Marie didn’t know he could play, and I think he forgot he

“Four!” Phil look over at Dan again, smiling a little when he saw how much he seemed to be enjoying himself.

" Mikey, it's not like it's a serious thing here. I'll probably never see her again, and she's just trying to flirt with ME. I can't believe your getting so offended about this! " Pete laughed.

The lanky, mysterious, good looking guy walks into a small little coffee shop in Cherrywood. As Dan opened the door, a strong bittersweet smell made the tiny hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

“I just want you to take care of yourself. If you hate it, never go back,” he spoke softly. Danny looked up at him, seeing the same look in his eyes that Ian often had. It wasn’t pity or sadness, just a type of concern that always made her fail to deny anything they asked of her.

In Bitty’s defense, Jack was good at hiding it and no one besides the team captain knew that there was any problem. It was during a team breakfast Bitty’s sophomore year, and Jack had just gotten an random text message from Kent Parson. On top of that was stress from school, the weight of the hockey team on his shoulders, and deciding what to do after his senior year. Nothing too overwhelming, but halfway through the meal, his mind started reeling and he had to excuse himself to take a few therapeutic breaths in the bathroom.

I touched my coffee cup. Still too hot. I reached into my purse, took out five bucks and handed it to him. “Get yourself something.” He went to the espresso counter.

“Pa!” he cried, banging the door open. “It's the tax man! He's coming this way!” Lanford pointed out the window, and Pa followed his finger. His eyes widened and slammed the door shut.

When he got to school, he saw his friend, Gavin. Gavin is a very intelligent person who is very sociable and funny. Carlisle likes his company and enjoys Gavin’s comments. Gavin and Carlisle are in chemistry class together and always work together.

“Thanks, Eugene. And the coffee is good by the way.” After he had filled up his plate, he took a seat at the table. “Has there been any movement over there at Ford's at all?”

I am not proud of this sight. Him cracking and giving it to X-Ray. He deserved that day off. If you would have told me about this I would have punished him. He is working just as hard as everyone else. He should have gave it to me and not give a care about what he will say.

"No, Phil, I shouldn't force you to tell me, don't say anything." I exclaim. Phil's eyes were downcast,

Later on Dan discovers mindlessness. Dan is not having an

“Um… yeah, that’s the thing. Look, I know the afterlife is awesome and some people may get carried away with it when they first arrive, but… Like I’d said, you’re here forever, so you don’t have to take in the whole experience at once. You can kind of space it out a bit, you know? Take it easy—slow down. Do you understand what I’m trying to tell you?”

Every morning Carl stops at Dunkin Donuts on his way to work. He gets two donuts and a cup of coffee. This has been his routine for the past year. When he wakes up in the morning his first thought is enjoying his morning routine. His kids, his wife, they come into his mine later in the day. His breakfast is his first thought.