Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 10, 2007 23:24:51 GMT -5
She was making things difficult, but he was pretty sure she didn't realize it. He really wasn't in a choosing mood, but had a feeling that saying so wouldn't work with her. The prospect of dinner in the kitchens was tempting, just the two of them, but he wasn't sure he could bear being alone with her at the moment.
"Kitchens," he answered too quickly, realizing as it left his mouth that he had meant to say the Hall. "... Or... the Hall... It doesn't matter... as long as we eat, right?"
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 10, 2007 23:29:47 GMT -5
A small giggle left her when he changed his answer. As long as they got food, yes, that was all that mattered. Sustenance of some sort was what was needed. It really didn't matter to her either, she was offering the choice for him to choose because she asked him if he wanted to eat together.
"Well, it kind of does matter," she answered softly and with a big smile to hopefully show him she wasn't trying to start any problems. "What if one of us shows up at the Hall and the other the kitchens? That's a small one, isn't it?
"Of course, we could just eat at the top of the stair way between the dungeons and the Ground Floor, that way we're sure not to miss each other." Poking her tongue out at him, she smiled again. "Wherever you want to eat. If you want loud noises we'll go to the Hall, and it you want relative quiet, we'll eat in the kitchens."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 10, 2007 23:45:04 GMT -5
"Kind of like a picnic," Drew added, thinking that actually sounded like fun, just as long as it wasn't on the staircase. "Only if we set up there, the Huffles will be walking through our dinner all night."
She prodded him for a decision again and again, he couldn't help but think that dead butterflies in the stomach really weren't helpful to an appetite. He tried to ignore this bit and focus on decciding on a place for dinner, as much as it really didn't matter to him either way.
"We could set up a picnic in like the trophy room or something," he suggested, hoping she didn't think the picnic idea was too romantic. He could go on a picnic with a friend, couldn't he? He probably wouldn't, but he could, right?
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 0:05:04 GMT -5
"Kind of," she smiled at him again. Smiling made things easier, or at least it had when it came to David and Ruth, but if she learned to put on a smile in that, she could smile at just about anything, couldn't she? And while her own stomach was still feeling active with those butterflies, her heart didn't feel the same.
"In the Trophy Room?" she questioned softly, thinking about it. It sounded like a nice idea, and if he wanted a mix of loud and quiet, that was a good place to get it. Their voices would echo a little off the walls and glass and yet, there wouldn't be too many other voices unless someone else happened to be there. Of course, the likelihood of that was slim to none when it came to dinner time. "I like that idea."
Finally releasing her hand from his arm, by force over anything else, she clasped her hands behind her back and bite her lip lightly before speaking again.
"Six o'clock? And if you bring apples, I'll bring everything else."
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 0:29:51 GMT -5
Apples? It sounded to him like he got the easy part of the deal. It also sounded to him like she was putting together a picnic dinner for him, but he tried not to put too much stock into that part of it all.
"Six o'clock. Apples. I can do that," he said, still thinking he was getting off easy in the plan. "You sure you don't want me to bring anything else?"
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 0:58:03 GMT -5
While he may have been thinking of it one way, she was taking a completely different aspect of it. It was dinner, they would be hungry, and she loved cooking. It just made sense to her to be the one to put it together since she was the one who told him she wanted to find his friendship again. Well, he loved to eat, she loved to cook, so it made sense, didn't it? Then again, she loved to eat and he liked cooking too...but she still felt pretty sure she should be the one to provide food.
"Yourself?" she asked him questioningly. Really, she just wanted him to bring himself and apples. He tended to carry them with him (or her writer is assuming that's still true) and so she thought it would be the easiest thing to do. That way, she'd have the kitchens to herself for the most part while cooking. And she still had to figure out what she do. Something simple, that was for sure.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 1:28:07 GMT -5
"I think I can manage that," he answered with a small smirk, still wishing he had a bigger part. They could have easily worked on the picnic together so she didn't have to do it all. then again, he thought he might need some alone time to get this whole situation straight in his head.
"So just apples? You want me to make something with them, or just bring them like... apples?"
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 1:37:28 GMT -5
"I'm sure you'll be just fine," she smiled widely back at him, already starting to feel the tiniest bit better about this. They hadn't even argued since it was understood by both what was going on. It was nice, and she almost felt relieved, but not in a bad way. It was a relief that he seemed to understand for now what she needed and wanted. It was nice.
"Just apples," she confirmed with a quick nod. "You and apples." Just plain old apples. They were nice for appetizers as well as for cleaning ones teeth after eating. David had taught her that trick. The instead of a desert she could opt out for an apple and clean her teeth at the same time.
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 1:49:26 GMT -5
He smirked again at her assessment, feeling far from fine. On the other hand, he thought he might be faking it pretty well. Maybe he'd be able to fake it until it actually did feel fine.
Did he want it to feel fine? Did he want top give into the complacancy that things were better as just friends, a thought he was dreading she'd fall victim to? Or would she ever see his point that of course things were better because they had started talking things out? Yes, it had been rough, but the worst was over.
He gave a long sigh, telling himself he had to stop thinking about it, or at least in front of her. thinking about it frustrated him and didn't help the situation any.
"Six o'clock... me... apples," he said, hoping he sounded more sure about everything than he felt. "And I should probably take a shower before then." They were both wet and covered with mud, but they had all day to get cleaned up.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 2:03:09 GMT -5
Drew might not have been feeling fine, but she didn't say he was either. Felicity merely said she thought he would be, which she truly believed he could handle bringing a couple of apples to a picnic-like dinner for the two of them to hang out and relax.
Nodding again and doing her best to overlook his sigh, she smiled, or tried to. By the sound of his sigh, things weren't going to as well off as she wanted to believe it would be. All she wanted was to move right into trying to be each others friend, if they could do that, then they could work together well, right?
However, she also recognized that he was going to leave.
The shower. It was an excuse to leave. It was still very early in the morning and he was planning on leaving her already. They hadn't even finished their run. But she tried not to think about it. Once he left, it was really going to be real. Bending her neck slightly so she was looking at her shoes, she took advantage of the brim of his hat she still wore. It was no longer hers to try to keep, it was only his.
But she could hold onto it for a moment and just fight those tears, at least until he did leave her.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 2:11:30 GMT -5
Or maybe he wasn't faking it all that well... or maybe he had just blown the whole try to be friends thing too... She went silent on him, a trick he usually pulled when he was upset, but one he rarely saw her bring out. Her smile was as forced as his felt and she wasn't looking at him anymore. He had just screwed up and had no clue how.
"What?" he asked softly, longing to reach for her and hold her, but knowing he no longer had that right. "What did I just do?" Apples, himself, six, shower... what had made her upset?
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 2:34:46 GMT -5
Quickly blinking away the tears, she lifted her head back upright and quickly shook her head at him. Really he had done nothing. It was the truth, and she wasn't lying. Titling her head back again to see him from beneath his hat she tried another smile. Her eyes had already been wet, so she was pretty sure the new surge that tried to make it's way wouldn't make a difference.
"You didn't do anything. You're going to go shower and meet me with apples in the Trophy Room at six o'clock." The blonde put on another smile and tilted her head a little to the side. Her plan was to crumple and sink into the mud as soon as he left, cry for a while, and then clean up and cook. Yes, that sounded like a good plan.
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 21:35:39 GMT -5
"So friends lie to one another..." Drew said solomnly. He knew something was bugging her and he was pretty sure it was something he did. That was clear just by the way she was standing there in front of him, forcing a smile. Their biggest problem was they didn't talk about stuff. He knew he was guilty too, clamming up when he thought saying something would just start a fight, but he really wanted to work on it.
"What's wrong, Felicity?" he asked again, hoping she wouldn't just blow him off with a fake smile this time.
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Post by Felicity Hjort on Dec 11, 2007 22:12:08 GMT -5
"I...no, I wasn't..." she started. How could he accuse her of lying? All right, so maybe he had reason to, she had lied about a few things, but then again, he hadn't asked about those things specifically and therefore couldn't really say she was lying about those things. But she knew he was going to see right through anything she said or did.
"You didn't do anything," she told him again. No, he didn't, but she did. "I just...I don't...I'm..." she felt the tears forming again and wasn't going to bother trying to hide them. He'd know anyway. "It's real. Isn't it?"
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Drew Thornton
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Post by Drew Thornton on Dec 11, 2007 22:48:03 GMT -5
Okay, so maybe he hadn't really done anything, but something he had said or done was bothering her. She seemed ready to at least try and tell him when she started crying again.
"No! No, it's not!" he told her quickly, stepping closeer and wrapping his arms around her tightly, ready to clutch onto the glimmer of hope that maybe it wasn't too late to fix it. "What's real is that I care about you and I want to be with you. That's what real. Not the fighting."
"We can slow it all down. We can slow it down and work on our friendship again. We don't have to break up to do that," he told her softly, "Please, Felicity. You don't want to do this anymore than I do."
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