Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 0:12:36 GMT -5
"We weren't fighting... not really... but... you were telling me how mean I was to you," Drew answered, speaking carefully so as not to make the whole thing worse than it already was. "You don't want to be around someone who's mean to you, do you?"
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 0:21:55 GMT -5
Arianna's brow furrowed. Her hand had been absently petting Juniper on the head, but stopped suddenly, forcing the kitten to move so his head wouldn't be covered.
"I don't....when did I say that?" she asked, digging through her brain for any sort of memory. "I don't remember that."
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 0:29:39 GMT -5
"You're always telling me how mean I am to you," Drew answered, his brow furrowing as he wondered if he had screwed this up as well. "You keep telling me how I call you stupid, when I don't realize it... and how I abandon you... and break promises... and..." He swallowed hard and gave a small sniff. "I don't want to be that guy and I dont' even realize that I'm doing it when I make you feel like crap."
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 0:40:47 GMT -5
Arianna's frown deepened. Yeah, there were days she felt as though he didn't think her capable of doing certain things, but it was her fault for jumping the gun and accusing him of calling her stupid. The others....well, she probably shouldn't say thing about them. It was just the way Drew did things, wasn't it?
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 0:44:15 GMT -5
"I don't... I don't want to be that guy..." he said again, softer this time, sniffing in between words. "I'd rather never speak to you again than be the guy who treats you like crap. I don't want to be that guy..."
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 1:01:57 GMT -5
Arianna bit her lip as she stared down at her lap. He thought it was best not to talk to her to keep from hurting her? How was that supposed to make her happy? How was that supposed to help her at all?
"It's okay. I...I could get used to it," Arianna muttered quietly to herself. Who was she kidding, though? She had had good times with Drew and she dearly missed them. Couldn't they have more times like those back in camp?
"I wish we could start over," the girl spoke a little louder now. Her eyes were wetting and her knee bouncing from nerves. She was worried he'd say it again. Worried that had asked her to stay down her so he could repeat his words from a few nights ago.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
Posts: 14,114
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 21:45:11 GMT -5
"Why?" Drew asked, more than a little concerned that she'd be willing to put herself through all of his abuse again. "I make you miserable. Why would you want to do that to yourself?"
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 22:11:18 GMT -5
"Why did you ever put up with me when I was the one making you miserable?" Arianna asked instead of answering Drew's question. Her leg had stopped twitching, but she was still expecting the dreaded words. He should just say them now instead of dragging it out any longer.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 22:30:39 GMT -5
"I didn't... I wasn't..." He frowned back at her, confused and sure they were going to end up going around in circles. Sure there were times he got frustrated, but were few times he would classify it as miserable. The only time he was miserable about Ari was the knowledge that something he had done had hurt her. The words to expalin it to her wouldn't come though, getting stuck in his throat and comming out like meanless stuttering.
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 22:49:34 GMT -5
Arianna sighed. She had that feeling again. That feeling that they would never be able to understand each other or to be able to portray their own thoughts and feelings in a way the other could understand and not take offense to. It made her feel a bit hopeless about the situation.
"But I was always..." she shook her head, not quite sure what she had been about to say. Arianna knew she hadn't always treated Drew right, though.
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 23:21:09 GMT -5
Drew hung his head and fell silent, not sure how to put his words together. He was confused, and tired, and not too proud to admit he was scared out of his mind over what had happened earlier that day but didn't know how to put the jumble of emotions into words.
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Post by arianna on May 11, 2006 23:41:47 GMT -5
Arianna sniffed. She still did not know what to say. Everything that came to mind sounded stupid or just didn't make sense.
"Drew..." Arianna finally said, glancing over to the boy. "I...I know we have our problems, but...they don't always make me miserable. It's only when you're mad at me and won't talk to me...That's when I'm miserable."
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 11, 2006 23:55:14 GMT -5
"Bu... but you said..." He rubbed at his eyes and sniffed loudly. "You said... I'm mean to you. You... you said I..." He ran his hand over his face and sniffed again. "I don't want to be that guy..."
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Post by arianna on May 12, 2006 0:47:11 GMT -5
Arianna stared off into the fire. She couldn't ever remember saying Drew was mean to her. Of course, she couldn't remember much of any of their conversations from since the beginning of the school year (as though there were really that many to remember).
"I don't..." Arianna bit her lip, feeling stupid for saying such things and forgetting she had said them. "I'm sorry. I...I don't remember."
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Drew Thornton
Ministry of Magic
Auror-in-Training
I didn't do it and you can't prove otherwise...
Posts: 14,114
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Post by Drew Thornton on May 12, 2006 9:23:47 GMT -5
"It's just..." Drew sniffed again, "It's just if I was hurting you so badly... I don't want to be the one to do that... And if I don't even know when I'm doing it... I figured you'd be better off if I just left you alone."
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