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 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:49 pm
Oh. He'd behaved entirely rationally. Well. Maddy relaxed a fraction and shook her head. "No, but they generally do for normal butterflies, so Mom reckons mine will too." She flicked said wings, showing off slightly.
"They get dust everywhere like real butterfly wings, too." She added, just for the sake of actually contributing something to the conversation.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:51 pm
He grinned suddenly. "So does Kaeden. But that's cuz he don't bathe." Obviously that was a joke to him. "Hey, I'm s'posed to give you somethin' tomorrow, too, right? You got anythin' you want?"
Again, the concept of a secret santa was totally lost on Austin.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:56 pm
"Not really," she shrugged, even daring a little smile, "But I like anything that's got to do with turtles. I've got one myself, you know." This was obviously something she was extremely proud of, and for a moment there her demeanour could actually be called confident.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:02 pm
He thought about it, looking as if it were something he actually knew something about, for once. Shockingly, it was. "I saw one, you know," he told her finally. "Back on the island. I was sneakin' away cuz Chloe was gonna make me dig for stuff, and there he was, big as a whale!" he exaggerated. "Sleepin' on the bank of the Stream."
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:13 pm
"Really?" Maddy perked up, "That's awesome! Mine is just a tiny little thing, no bigger than my palm." She held out a hand to demonstrate.
"I wish I had one as big as a whale too, though," dreamy sigh, "I bet it was the cutest thing ever!"
She shifted curious eyes onto Austin. "Was it anywhere near here? It might come back if it was there before, and I'd really love to see it." She blushed, a little embarrassed, but far too interested in the huge turtle to say so.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:21 pm
"Naw," he said. "It was on the island. I grew up there," he said. Not that he was old enough to have grown up anywhere. "And it wasn't very... cute," he said slowly. "In fact it tried to bite me."
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:27 pm
"Oh." Well, that put a dampener on her mood. No way mom'd ever let her go to some island for the sake of a turtle, "Well, you probably scared it," she nodded, one-hundred percent on the turtle's side, "or maybe it thought you were trying to get in a fight with it." Like she had!
"You didn't get bit though, right?" He might be scary, but Maddy was a fundamentally compassionate being and he had talked about turtles with her. "You need to go to the doctor if you were. It's very important."
Turtle or not, a wild animal could have loads of diseases according to Olivia, her mom.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:51 pm
"Nah, not by the turtle," he said. "A couple of birds, maybe, and a fairy hung me upside down for an entire night once," he went on, as if taking count. "But not bit by a turtle."
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:58 pm
"Seriously? And you sure you're okay?" She furrowed her brows and leaned closer, staring as if she was expecting him to drop dead any second now.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:25 pm
"I'm fine," he said. "Ain't no big deal." His attention was focused on what he would have to get for tomorrow's gift. Now that he knew her it didn't bother him as much to give her stuff.
As long as it was free stuff, that was. He glanced up as a bell rang. "What was that s'posed to mean again?" he asked her.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:29 pm
"That means class is starting again." She slid off of the swing, smiling slightly at the pirate boy.
"Guess I better get going. Thanks for the feathers and don't worry too much about the other gifts. Seeya!" She waved before running off.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:33 pm
He watched her leave, then looked at the school scowling. Nobody said he had to STAY at school, he thought before standing and heading away.
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