Standard Practice

[Drew Thornton]

{yeah, she'd like that, huh? I think we need to get Scott and Will in here so we can tell them how she messes with guys. Sorry, but I'm really feeling where Nic is coming from...}

"You tried... but... but you backed off," Drew said carefully, again feeling like he understood. He knew that he and Alhana were going pretty slow, but yeah, sometimes it got away from them. She didn't break up with him just because he tried to cross the line once in a while.

But Nic had more experience with girls. Drew knew that. Heck, most guys had more experience than he did. Alhana was his first girlfriend. She set the rules. He followed them... for the most part.

"So... how far did it get?" Drew asked. With Nic, maybe crossing the line had been more than a serious snog and a roaming hand.

[hermione7lunaroc]

((Lily's never even met Will . . .do you mean Dante?))

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic groaned. He felt like a punk. "I...we were making out and she was into it, but I was really into it. She started to tell me no, but I wasn't hearing it." Nic balled his hands into fists and stared Drew in the eyes being truthful. "I didn't rape her man. I came to my senses when she screamed. I knew I scared her, but man, I ... I ... didn't ...I'm not like that. I ... why didn't I just stop." Nic shook his head. "I really did think that she was the one. Ya know. She wasn't like those gold diggas or hoes I usually run with. It was like being given a gift ya know. And I know I'm young, but where I grow up you don't get a good girl like that. Not unless you were able to get into her pants and got her knocked up. She's not like that. She was a good thing. A good thing and I treated her like some street rat. Man, how I get her back?"

{If this is too much let me know and i"ll modify it.}

[Drew Thornton]

While it hadn't exactly been the type of language Drew would have heard in the mall back home in Malibu Hills, he had enough experience to understand what Nic was saying. He crossed the line and scared her. She got mad. He was sorry and doesn't want to lose her.

"But you stopped..." Drew repeated, wanting to make sure he had gotten that part right. His use of the 'R' word and the fact that she had screamed bothered him, but it still didn't sound like anything more than Nic crossing the same line Drew had tried a couple of times. The only difference was Drew was scared of that line and he knew Nic had already crossed it with other girls.

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic nodded. "I stopped. I don't even know what color her undergarments (though Nic woudln't say that, but it seemed more pg) are. She pushed at my chest, screamed, and I snapped too. I quickly backed off, but I was soo.." Nic gestured lamely. "...with want that I was a bit harsher than I meant. I just needed to cool down, but she's too cool. She won't even give me a second chance or anything. I'm like dirt!"

[Drew Thornton]

Drew cringed slightly at the picture Nic was painting, but really couldn't get mad over what he was saying. Had it been his sister, it might have been a different story and while Drew would have probably described a good snogging in different terms, really, that's all it sounded like to him. Yeah, it had gone too far for her liking and that was never any good, but it sounded like NIc had stopped before he actually got anywhere... a good thing.

Drew had heard Lily's end of things and hadn't been very happy. As soon as Nic showed up, Drew had been ready to teach the guy some manners. But now, Drew didn't think he had to. He was actually wanting to help out.

"Maybe she just needs some time to cool off," he suggested. "Just give her a little space... but still treat her nice, you know?"

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic shook his head. "Ya know how she gets. When she gets that look in her eye and you know shes being mad stubborn. That's how she is about us. Maaaaan!" Nic picked up the ball and started dribbling it. "I told her that won't happen again. I even swore on it, but ... I'm really bummed dawg. Like really really bummed."

[Drew Thornton]

"That sucks man," Drew sympathized. He had discovered that Lily was probably even more stubborn than he was and once she set her mind to something, there was no changing it. "That's harsh... really harsh..."

[Nicolae Torque]

"You telling me!" Nic let the ball bounce away. "Dude, you'll talk to her for me, right? Like she'll listen to you. I think she loves you or something, but I can work with her on that if you like get her to like me again. Yeah, dawg you gots to."

[Drew Thornton]

"Naw, I told you man, she's mad at me too," Drew answered. "She's blaming me for all of the bad crap that has happened to her. And like an idiot, I try and fix it all. And then when I can't, she blames me for that too."

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic shook his head. "I know you feel dawg, but she always talks to you. She's talkin to you too now right? Or heck you can talk and she'll stand there and listen so just say how she should give me another chance. I want to fix this, but she won't even let me. I'll take the blame just ... COME ON!" Nic felt like punching something. He bit his bottom lip and tried hard not to see if he could throw his fist through the tree.

[Drew Thornton]

"No man! I'm serious! She's avoiding me totally," Drew answered. Of course, he hadn't gone out of his way to talk to her.

Strike that. He actually had on a few occasions. Her standard response was to basically call him an idiot. It hadn't taken him long to decide he didnt' really need that.

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic sighed. "Then it's over. Truly over. " Nic looked down. "There's no other ravenclaw you can get to talk to her on my behalf or anything." Nic looked hopeful. "Anything...please."

[Drew Thornton]

"I'll try man," Drew answered, not sure how he would even start discussing the topic with Lily. "But I'm serious. We aren't exactly on the best of terms right now." He paused, remebering his last conversation with her and how distressed she had been. Sure, she might have been blowing it out of proportion like she tended to do, but still. "You serious you didn't hurt her, right?"

[Nicolae Torque]

Nic shrugged. Hurt that was a different story. "I don't know. I could have. I didn't touch her like that or ya know screw her, but hurt..." Nic sighed. "Man, if I did I would take it back. Do anything to make her happy and make everything better, but she won't talk to me. She's just threw, caput."