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Post by arianna on May 8, 2006 23:22:50 GMT -5
Arianna made a face back at Drew. He had gotten his owl after Parsnip, Arianna's owl, had babies, maybe he could get a kitten the same way. Except Juni, of course, couldn't be the cat having the babies.
"Nuh-uh!" Arianna stared at Drew in disbelief. She couldn't see why any animal wouldn't like him. He wasn't mean to them or anything. "Her cat hates you?"
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 8, 2006 23:27:42 GMT -5
"Hisses and tries to scratch me everytime I come too close," Drew answered, making another face at her. "I think it's jealous. Maybe it needs some kitten-luvin. Hey Juni? Want a girlfriend?" he asked, picking up the little cat by it's arimpits and looking at it straight in the face.
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Post by arianna on May 8, 2006 23:53:04 GMT -5
Juniper mewed in response. Arianna thought this most likely would be a no if the kitten even understood what Drew was talking about.
"He's not old enough!" the girl scoffed, shaking her head. He had little ways to go before he'd be ready let nature take it's course. Didn't he? Arianna wasn't sure she wanted to find out Juni had been sneaking around with someone else's cat and then find herself getting a box of kitten shoved at her and told it was her responsibility to deal with them. Cute as he was, Arianna only wanted on Juniper.
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 8, 2006 23:59:14 GMT -5
"Yeah, I guess Mocha's a bit old for you anyway," Drew agreed, putting Juniper back down on his lap and giving him another good scratch behind his ear. He couldn't help but think how good it must feel to get a good scritch like that.
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Post by arianna on May 9, 2006 0:10:51 GMT -5
"It might not be too bad for him to have a playmate that, though," Arianna commented with a small shrug. She reached a finger out and poked the kitten in the belly, giggling as he swiped at her. "Maybe one that's not made of plastic."
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 9, 2006 21:19:20 GMT -5
"We could try to set him up with Hiro's chameleon, but I don't think Flicker would go for it," Drew answered, sinking down into the couch with a yawn as he worked on scratching Juni's belly.
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Post by arianna on May 9, 2006 22:14:14 GMT -5
Arianna supressed a snort. She didn't think that would work out, either. Juni was always trying to play with the chameleon and ended up getting chased off in the end. It was enough to make her thing 'poor kitty' but also funny enough to make her laugh and shake her head at the kitten's antics.
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 9, 2006 22:17:47 GMT -5
Drew yawned again, finding it comforting to sit there next to Ari and have the kitten sprawled out on his lap purring up a storm. He let the silence settle around them before speaking. "We don't always fight, do we?" he asked softly.
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Post by arianna on May 9, 2006 22:39:31 GMT -5
Arianna settled onto the couch with her knees to her chest, one of her blankets resting over her legs.
"No..." she answered the unexpected question slowly. Actually, it had been a long while since they had had a fight. Almost as long since she had felt this comfortable around him and not as though he wanted nothing to do with her. "I don't think so."
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 9, 2006 22:50:00 GMT -5
He let the silence surround them again as he thought over her short but welcome answer. there was so much he had been dying to say to her over the last few weeks, but he didn't know where to start. "I hate making you feel like crap all the time. I don't mean to do it..."
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Post by arianna on May 9, 2006 23:26:52 GMT -5
Arianna's brows creased. ALL the time? How did he get the impression that he made her feel like crap ALL the time?
"You don't," she spoke quietly, careful not to let it sound as though she thought the whole idea preposterous. "Except...well...I admit this year hasn't been a fun one, but...it's usually not like this. I just...didn't understand what was going on. I still don't."
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 9, 2006 23:48:50 GMT -5
Drew dropped his head, knowing that was his fault. He, himself didn't know what was going on, only that he had fallen into some sort of trap that caused him to put down two of the people he cared the most about.
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Post by arianna on May 10, 2006 0:01:15 GMT -5
"For a while there..." Arianna paused, took in a breath, and let it out in a sigh. "I thought maybe...maybe you were told or...or asked to...to not hang out with me anymore."
Arianna still wondered if that might be true. It never sounded like something Alhana would have asked of Drew, but it had been around the time Alhana returned that all this started happening and Arianna couldn't help but wonder.
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 10, 2006 20:20:40 GMT -5
"No..." Drew answered, a little hurt she would even think that... but again, he couldn't help and take the blame for that as well. "I just... this way we don't fight... and I don't make you cry."
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Post by arianna on May 10, 2006 22:55:51 GMT -5
"But we weren't fighting," Arianna pointed out, now even more confused than ever. She couldn't remember when they last fought. She only remembered keeping up with Drew at night when Alhana was gone and then....Was he mad at her for talking to Lily that day she had walked in on the two of them having an argument? Was she supposed to have talking to him instead? But...how could she? He'd run off before she could do anything.
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