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 Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:27 pm
"I'm not trying to sound innocent," Chao reached and removed her left shoe, suddenly revealed to be, of all things, a warm looking, albeit slightly damp, slipper and prompty thwacked Liam's shoulder with it. Whether it was revenge for the comment or for causing her to bolt in the first place was a mystery.
"I did go to the bathroom and outside, even if it was part of the action of bolting," somehow she managed to say it without losing her dignity, though the tips of her ears were tinged a slight pink.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 3:28 pm
Liam laughed when hit, his usual reaction...as long as he saw it coming.
"Alright, alright," he snerked and tried to act cool.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:54 pm
There had been a long, long silence as Julian digested what Rabid had told him. He hadn't blushed, hadn't stammered, hadn't choked on his words.
She only likes me. How...how can I tell her I'm in freakin' love with her? She'd be creeped out beyond words - we barely even know each other. How can I explain it?
Her words were almost painful as he ran them through his mind - she wasn't in love back. She "kinda liked" him. Why not? After all, they'd only known each other a few days before he'd left... She had more in common with that pretty-boy vampire, anyway.
I'm just a freak, he thought a bit bitterly. Of course she was falling over herself to get to know Jean what's-his-face - they're the same kind. Me...I'm just....
"Oh," he managed to choke out at last, trying to look pleased. It was a colossal effort. "Not a big deal. I mean, you and him....are th' same, I...I guess. Only natural to find him more appeal- I, I mean, uh..."
Looking away in sudden discomfort, Julian hunched his shoulders and hung his head.
"If I told you something really personal, would you be creeped out at all?"
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:59 pm
Rabid furrowed her brow in confusion. Had she said something wrong? She fiddled nervously with her L.T.J, afraid of what he was going to say. Her heard pumped furiously, and she inhaled a bit too deeply.
"Err...probably not," she answered as honestly as possible.
It was kind of hard to creep the homicidal undead out, after all.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:10 pm
Leaning back against the wall, wringing his hands and accidentally scoring the skin with his claws, Julian looked away as he spoke.
"Hnn."
It took a bit of effort to force the words out. He felt his hands go cold as he spoke, though no heat rose in his face.
"In the Fortress, when I... took Crow's place. I almost went mad there. For a little while, at the beginning...I guess I did. It was too much to bear at first. Temporary insanity, I guess - the....the only way I could bear it, to stand being what I was for so long....was remembering you. And Crow, too. The things I'd left behind, they're what let me remember who I was before I was there. Remembering saved me from turning into a monster like the Queen."
He paused, feeling his heart flutter in nervousness.
"I couldn't remember so much of my old life, just the new stuff - ending up in Gaia, meeting you, finding Crow, dying..." he coughed and licked his lips, cursing his mouth for going dry. "I remembered mostly you, though. It kept me sane, thinking of you."
Please, for the love of every god in the universe, don't let her be creeped out!
"I fell in love with you there."
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:20 pm
Rabid's heart quite literally stopped for a moment. Her jaw went slack, and her eyes grew wide.
OhmyGodsohmyGodsohmyGodsohmyGodsohmyGods...
"Uh...I..............uhhhhhhhm...."
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:24 pm
Julian could have kicked himself.
Or at least tried to gouge an eye out with a claw.
"M'sorry, I didn't mean to creep you out," he muttered, feeling idiotic as he bowed his head down, beginning to walk away quickly.
I'm such an idiot. She'll probably think I'm stalking her and try to take pictures of her in the shower now. Real smooth, Nahal. REAL smooth.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:29 pm
"No!" Rabid called out, frustrated with herself. She reached out and grabbed Julian by the back of his shirt, pulled him back, and did nothing short of fling herself at him, grinning like an idiot and feeling horribly guilty.
"I love you too," she squeezed him and resisted the urge to right-out molest him. That probably would cause a lot of unexpected pain, although to whom she couldn't be sure.
Adrenaline! Whoooo...
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:38 pm
There was another long pause, shocked and stunned.
"You..."
Not caring if Liam or Crow ir Malachi were looking, not caring if everyone in the world was staring and pointing at them, Julian kissed Rabid.
Pulling away before he made an a** of himself, he grinned a little stupidly.
"Well then. Glad we got that out of the way," he said, his calm voice hiding the riotous, celebratory relief he felt at not weirding her out.
"Ike's probably going to slit my throat, now, y'know."
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:45 pm
Rabid blushed insanely brightly and kissed Julian back briefly. She was officially totally not a loser any more. Take that, high school idiots! SHe laughed a bit nervously and refused to release her bear hug.
"He doesn't need to know," she stated simply.
Yeah, because this'll be really easy to hide...
Liam whistled and clapped like an idiot, trying to hold back insane amount of hysterical laughter.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:49 pm
Crow, who'd been skulking by the buffet table and spying on Julian in curiosity, let out a whoop of rather sinister laughter.
"Oh my god, I KNEW IT!" she cried, positively screaming with mirth.
"That's freakin' awesome!"
Julian's only response to the audience was a sheepish smile as he hugged Rabid back.
"He already can't stand me, anyway. Don't have to bother adding more fuel to the fire," he said easily, looking at her for the first time in ages without blushing.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:50 pm
Jean Claude clapped from alongside Liam, smiling. He sniffled fakely. "Oh how I do love the happy endings.." He said, holding backa chuckle. "Oh Ms. Devreaux with an x, what a luck lady you are." He exclaimed, smirking widely.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:55 pm
Chao chuckled quietly, grinning like an idiot for her friend. A camera, Liam's camera infact, held loosely in her fingers. Haha, the moment documented forever, she felt pleasantly wicked.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 5:59 pm
Rabid turned to their makeshift audience and not-so-discreetly stuck out her tongue and flipped them all the bird. She turned back to Julian and thought for a moment. There was no way she was getting him to ignite now.
Damn.
"He doesn't hate you," she inhaled and exhaled exaggeratedly, "He just...I dunno. He says you mess things up. Me, I'm guessing." She placed a hand to his chest.
"You've gotta redeem yourself."
Liam gave up and broke into a fit of laughter, not quite caring who saw. After quite a bit of time, he began to calm down just enough to form what seemed like a sentence.
"Last guy that tried that lost 7 pints of blood and an arm."
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:14 pm
Contenting himself to give everyone looking a flick of his fingers under his chin, he looked at Rabid in concern.
"How am I gonna do that, rip open my jugular for him?"
Turning to look at the still-laughing Crow, he merely shook his head. He then scoffed and rolled his eyes at Liam in skepticism.
Then turned to Rabid.
"Really?"
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