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Post by Taya on Feb 5, 2009 1:48:50 GMT
"So lets see, You take me out to a nice dinner, coffee and dessert. Now we're taking a long moonlit stroll through the park." The 17 year old red head flashed a smile at her blonde boyfriend on her arm. "Its not my birthday, or our anniversary. So there could be only two reasons you are treating me like a princess tonight." He was looking down and his golden eyes refused to meet her gray ones. She stopped him in front of a fountain.
"That's what I thought." She said with a sigh.
"Jade..." He started. Jade held a finger to his lips.
"Auron, its fine. Just don't give me that lame line, 'I love you but I'm not in love with you." She laughed. Then Jade sighed again. "So Cassy, huh?"
"Yes, I'm sorry." Auron admitted.
"Don't be." She said with a wave of her hand. "You're a good guy. She's a lucky girl. Its not like we were destined to be together."
"So, Ian, then?" He asked her as she sat on the fountain. Her fingers played with the water, the closest she ever got to being in a body of water.
"Always." Jade didn't look up.
"He's a lucky guy then." Auron tried. Jade just laughed.
"Yes, but he'll never know it. I don't think he would be very interested in 'Jack'" She told him. Auron kissed the top of Jade's head.
"His loss." Auron paused then. He lifted Jade's head by her chin and asked, "Friends?"
"Friends" Jade said with a smile.
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 12:22:08 GMT
Cassy tapped her pencil against the edge of her desk, again. Why was it so difficult to concentrate? Her own brain was beginning to infuriate her. She banged her head against the table and muttered darkly at herself before pushing herself to her feet, tucking her cushion under the table and making her way out of the room. The house was quiet now; her mother and father likely asleep, Chiu the dog outside. She headed quietly down the stairs and into the kitchen, oepning the fridge and pulling out some milk and the packed lunch that was in there, and taking them back upstairs with her along with the house-phone handset.
She took a final look at the paper sat on her desk with illegible symbols on it, before frowning, putting her collected bounty on the table and dialling Ariana's number with a frown on her face. She ran her fingers through her hair as the phone rang out, moving her heavy-set bangs out of her face for a short amount of time.
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 12:40:30 GMT
Ariana groaned as she rolled over. She had just crawled into bed and was about to shut her eyes when the phone rang,
"Mushi, Mushi" she said tonelessly into the receiver that she grabbed from her desk.
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Jade had put on a brave face in front of Auron. But that didn't mean it still didn't hurt. Rejection was hard, especially when you fear people won't accept the real you. Maybe that was why she kept putting off telling Ian the truth. It was easier to pretend that what he would say if he knew than having to face his actually reaction.
She lay crying on her pallet in her room in Aunt Genny's cottage. Silent sobs wracked her body. Jade had made the portal as soon as Auron and her had went their separate ways. In the outer realms, she would be safe from seeing Auron's courtship with Cassy until she was comfortable with it.The pain hurt even though she knew it was the right thing for everyone, even herself. But it made her wonder if anyone would ever love her.
Genny petted the crying teenager to help sooth her pain. And it helped, but Jade still felt alone.
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Auron paced back and forth in his tiny apartment that he could barely afford. But that was partly from all the money he was saving from his job at the cafe. He had been saving that money to buy Cassy a present, A beautiful teardrop necklace he had seen in a jewelry store window. Now he was staring at a cheesecake, the necklace, and the phone.
He had ended his relationship with Jade. It was the only fair thing to do. All that was left was to ask Cassy out.
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 13:25:01 GMT
Cassy looked slightly worried as she heard Ariana's sleep-demon voice. "I'm incredibly sorry tell me what 'ec-o-no-my" means and I'll leave you alone and you can sleep," she said hurriedly, glaring at the English article sat on her desk.
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 13:29:43 GMT
"It means 'the prosperity or earnings of a place' " Ariana quoted dead pan from her dictionary. "Cassy, why are you still up?"
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 13:35:41 GMT
"Because my brain isn't working properly and I can't concentrate and I can't sleep, so I decided to do some work and eat tomorrow's lunch."she paused, sighing silently so it wouldn't be heard by Ariana over the phone, and then smiled. "Go to sleep, Ari. I'm sure I'll follow you pretty soon. Thanks for the help though. Means I can finish this stupid homework."
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 13:44:26 GMT
"No, now I'm awake. So what is it that is keeping you up?" Ariana asked. "Why can't you sleep?"
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 13:54:02 GMT
"I don't know I just... can't stop thinking," she said, trying to sound decidedly unbothered whilst adding in her head about your brother. "I expect all I need is cheesecake. As usual."
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 13:56:23 GMT
"Can't stop thinking about what?" Ariana pressed. If she was going to get woken up, then she was going to sure as hell find out why.
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 14:01:37 GMT
"Nothing really. My head is filled with many wonderous thoughts (about your brother), none of which I can pin down." she laughed. "Go back to sleep, Ariana. Angry Ariana will make class tomorrow a terrifying thought."
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 14:03:31 GMT
"Will you give me a straight answer in the morning?" Ariana asked suspiciously.
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 14:08:45 GMT
"Probably a lot more straight then. My head's too messy at the moment. I'll have a spring clean and anything I find will be presented to you in an organised folder."
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 14:16:55 GMT
"ja mata" Ariana said hanging up and going back to bed.
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Auron had tried dialing now several times and hanging up before it could ring. Finally he was able to let it ring Cassy's phone.
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Post by Mr Spock on Feb 10, 2009 14:24:58 GMT
Cassy glanced at the phone as she was about to put it back on the table and raised an eyebrow. There was no one it could possibly be. After spending a few moments trying to work out who on earth it could be, she decided that she was being stupid and there was a fast and easy way to find out.
"Mushi-mushi?"
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Post by Taya on Feb 10, 2009 14:31:14 GMT
Auron heard her voice and smiled. He couldn't bring himself to say anything.
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