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 Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:17 pm
Right about now was the time that Audrey Collins had to stomp firmly on the part of her that was normally termed 'teenage desires'. They were those foolish, silly things that generally were not a good idea, and were utterly useless. Teasing Elzo about being his girlfriend until he gave in and declared her as such was absolutely one of those. She wasn't interested in dating at all, let alone a non-Negaverse guy! For all she knew, he was a senshi. Or Kunzite, though wasn't Kunzite a girl?
Stranger things had happened. After all, Ursula Killingworth (ugh) was her sworn queen!
Instead, Audrey became intensely interested in her shoes, and only shot small glances over at Elzo. "I can't say I mind the rumors a whole lot, it might keep a few guys from harassing me. That's been a bit of a problem, and it's why I encouraged the idea that Drew is my brother. But uhm....is that your usual? Get up with a girl once, and she's your girlfriend until you get up with another?" As soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted them and blushed deeply.
"Actually, ignore that. It's none of my business. I guess I'm just a bit of a prude."
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:19 am
She just had to ask didn't she? And of course he had to answer. Elzo sighed and set the half eaten cinnamon treat down next to the cooling cup of coffee. "I'll be honest and blunt here. Longest girlfriend I ever had last one month, 4 days, and 2 hours. Longest <******** buddy I had lasted well over six months. Fact is, I suck at holding personal relationships. I end up screwing up at one point or another...Or my dad finds out and chases them away. All of that aside..." A hand fidgeted with the paper napkin, making little tares in it.
"I don't think I've ever actually been in love until recently. When I first hit the dating scene, I thought I was in love, but, over time, I found out I just liked her physical half. Her brain was on par with somebody on the short bus half the time and it took me a while to figure out why I stuck around."
Sipping his coffee Elzo looked embarrassed. "Point. If I want a girlfriend, a real one, she's not only got to nab me physically, but mentally as well. It's not fun talking to some one with the I.Q. of a fern. That isn't to say you don't interest me or are stupid but just..."
Elzo might have tried to talk to a fern once when drunk. He didn't quite remember.
"...Do you want me to try harder to squash the rumors. I can...I have a few quick ways of going about that. Some a little less morally high then others."
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:23 pm
Shoes were so very interesting. It was almost as if the tops of her shoes were saying something horribly embarrassing that only she could hear, for slowly, Audrey's cheeks were pinking more and more and she gnawed on her lip thoughtfully while she did so.
"Well...I mean. Okay. Here's the deal." She turned rapidly, almost startlingly so while her eager eyes looked up into Elzo's deep blue ones. "I like to go to Hillworth. Drew is there, but sometimes he's not and I have to wait between classes. It beats just chilling out at Meadowview, I'm not all that popular there. So it couldn't hurt for some guys to think that I'm taken?" The words spilled out like a wave from her mouth, and she bit her lip again as she sat back.
"Only if you want to. I mean, I know you had that girl you were really into? And you don't have to do anything, or even spend time with me! I just, you know. Safety? Yeah." Audrey's voice ended on an almost lame note, and nervously her fingers picked at the hem of her sweatshirt. "I mean, we're friends at least, right? No matter what?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:00 pm
His face had returned to red. She didn't want to squash the rumors? She wanted to perpetuate it? Or at least leave it be? That was unexpected.
"Um...Sure! I can do that. We don't have to meet no, but, it would keep up the image. If we did keep up the rumor...would you hate me if I still was involved with her? My...Juliet?" His dream girl seemed almost accurate, as he could probably only have her in his dreams. Juliet might be close though at this point. "I-" What ever he had been about to say died on his lips as she looked at him with those brown eyes. It made it very hard to think a bit clearly. Not due to lust but just awkwardness. Audrey was a friend. Friends didn't think of each other that way. He couldn't. Anyway- "We're friends, Audrey. I don't abandon my friends, not matter what."
"I think she hates me. We got into a fight. I hurt a friend of hers in a fight and well... I was defending myself, but I don't think she saw it that way." Not mentioning said friend died and he still felt guilt over that fact. Too much information, as if he'd not given enough already.
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 2:18 am
Had they been better friends, or had she been less inclined to throw herself at him like a chew toy, Audrey would have hugged the poor guy. Poor Elzo looked so heartbroken, but what could a girl do? Shoving her hands into the front pocket of her hoodie, she nudged her weight against his, shoulder to shoulder before resting her head on his shoulder for a quick second. Support, but no pressure.
"Was it a fight over her? Girls get weird about that sort of thing. Not that I'd know. I haven't got too many friends, and they all sorta run in different circles." Or separate factions. But she would never, ever mention that. Never. Not to anyone. "But did she say she didn't like you anymore? Girls are weird." She was certainly weird.
Reaching up, she pulled on her curls and smiled. "But we're friends. If your Juliet forgives you, and isn't cool, just dump me. Won't have been the first time. All I want is a friend, and I've got one." With that, she picked up yet another cinnamon roll and began to peel off sweet chunks.
If she couldn't have a boyfriend, she'd have her creature comforts!
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:18 pm
"No, not over her. If it was over her, " the idea made him smile a bit. Who would he fight? Another negaverse agent? "- it would be easier to figure out." He left the part out how he fought a girl. And almost killed her. Still, she died. Not the most idea circumstances for a break up. Looking at Audrey, and having her just lean on him a bit gave Elzo a slight comfort. It was a kind gesture.
"Again. Anybody makes fun of your bow or anything you just tell me okay? I'll kick their a**. But how about you and your Romeo? Any luck?" He finished his coffee. It had gotten cold but it was still fine to the last drop. Good old Shufflepuck's.
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:38 pm
She was lucky that she'd just swallowed, or Audrey would've choked on the question. Boy, wouldn't he just love to hear that story! 'Yeah well, we sorta are on the rocks because he watched one of my good friends, who was a strong woman, be murdered in cold blood. Did nothing to stop it. Not sure how I feel about that.' Oh absolutely, Elzo wouldn't think that was weird. Not one bit!
Calm reassurance did, however, turn into a monumental pout. "He got grabby. I wasn't ready. I ran off, and he hasn't called me since." That was all she was going to say about the whole thing, and in all honesty, it was the thing that had bothered her the least. She understood, they were both distraught, he didn't mean to be a grabby a*****e. But it was all she had to go on! "So I'm assuming he wants nothing to do with me, and has probably found some easy piece of a**. I almost miss Khaldun."
Snort. As if.
"I might get rid of the bow, by the way. What do you think?"
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:55 pm
Elzo could be called a lot of things. Hot headed. Chauvinistic. Protective. They were all right to an extent. So when she, tiny kind Audrey mentioned how her guy got grabby, Elzo's 'DAMSEL IN DISTRESS' alarm went off. Sure, the situtaion might have passed, but that didn't mean he could still get mad about it. "Grabby how? Did he try anything? If he did you just tell me who and I promise you, he won't have hands to grab you with." So much irony, if only they knew how much. "....Hump. You're too good for some sleaze bag. As for Khaldun...ehhhhhhh." He could say how he thought she could do better then the mini man-bear-pig but that wasn't a good idea...probably.
"Wait. Drop the bow? No! It's cute. Makes you look innocent and endearing. It's just-" Elzo's vocabulary failed, "cute." He turned away and blushed, munching on another cinnamon roll. God he felt stupid.
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 7:24 pm
Lightly, Audrey reached up and pulled the bow out, blue hair tumbling down freely to brush into her eyes and she casually played with it. Ran her fingers through it, let it simply bounce around. "You think the bow is better? I"m really unsure. Sometimes I want to just cut it back to my shoulders." This had not happened since elementary school. She'd wailed so loudly, for days and days. Her mother'd never done it again.
Then, rolling her eyes playfully, Audrey casually shifted, tucking her legs up under her as she swilled lukewarm latte and scowled lightly at the taste. "You know...grabby. No harm done obviously, I can take care of myself. Being small, you can kinda move fast." Trying to discourage him from this line of discussion, she grabbed her courage and threw it out like a bomb. "Why? Would you like to demonstrate? I can probably tell you exactly where to put your hands."
Hopefully he'd say no.
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Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:56 pm
It was like a scene from Baywatch or something. The girl lets down her hair and the guy is mesmerized. He completely missed the first half of what she said. At least until her sharp tone returned him to reality. "Hm? Oh." A second or two ticked away as he racked his brain for something, anything to say.
"I can think of a few places I'd like my hands to be, but I'd rather you told me, not to mention I DO have SOME self control. "
Then he froze. Worst. Possible. Thing. To say. EVER.
"s**t. Uh..." He tried to hide his face behind a half eaten cinnamon roll. "Sometimes I really don't think before I open my mouth. Forget I said that."
AWWWWKWWAAARRDDDDD. Not to mention a few Shufflepuck patrons were giving him 'Did he really just say that?' looks.
"Your hair down make you look more mature, but, the bow makes you look cute....I...I think down it looks a little sexier?" 'Don't hit him' was a prayer being repeated in his head, right along with 'Let's just pretend I never said anything yes?'
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 7:59 pm
All bow talk was now completely out of the window. Out of the window, down the street, around the corner, possibly even out of town with this new information residing solely in the spotlight that was the attention of Audrey Collins. She looked as if she'd either had hot coffee dumped straight into her lap, or perhaps someone had reached behind her and shocked her with a lightning rod.
Either way, her eyes were as wide as they'd ever been, and her mouth was open slightly in surprise. You could watch it slowly fade, and then her brows knit and she laughed almost nervously, which was a real first. Audrey Collins? Nervous? No way! "Wow, Elzo, you really had me going there for a second. I should probably like, punch you or something! Good joke."
It had to be a joke, right? Nobody really wanted to put their hands on her. Except one person but...no. Oh no no no. She wasn't about to dwell on that! Today was a good day!
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:19 pm
He wanted to say 'I am not joking'. Oh how he wanted to say that. He also wanted to say that she was perhaps the only person who managed to make him feel this awkward since middle school. Both of these thing never made it past his lips, thank god. What could he say though?
Licking his lips, Elzo searched for the right words. "You never know." He winked at her. There, she could interpret that as she wanted and he wouldn't by lying. This was a bit odd, as his face was red and the girl in the back corner was laughing now, almost howling.
"Maybe...we should meet up again sometime? But, scheduled, just so we don't run into-" That girl sounded like a damn hyena. "I'd like to take you out sometime-" Er, "to you know, hang out and stuff." And stuff. Vague. Good enough. And stuff could range from just talking to....Oh god he was definitely kicking Alexis out of their dorm for a few hours.
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:36 pm
Normally, Audrey wouldn't have blushed from such a simple request. And truth be told, she wasn't blushing. The red slowly effusing her face was from slow anger that was simmering due to the girl in the corner that had untangled herself from the boy beneath her for five minutes to laugh heartily at a joke the bluenette did not find at all funny. Luckily for said girl, Audrey wasn't permitted to walk up to people and phase in broad daylight in a crowded place. Otherwise that girl would have been minus one star seed very quickly.
Not even Princess Serenity would have stopped her, she felt.
Instead, Audrey hopped to her feet and hauled on Elzo's arm at the same time until he stood up with her. It didn't take more than a second to scoop up her bag and grin up at the boy towering over her. Really, he was incredibly tall, and she enjoyed the feeling of being tiny for a change. "Actually, why don't you walk me home? It's getting kinda noisy in here, don't you think? It's a nice day and then we can maybe make plans for the future?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:54 pm
If Audrey had transformed, he would have stood idly by and cheered her on for stealing THAT starseed. But since he had no idea, he just made a mental note that if he ever saved that chick to call her a slut and other mean names. Saving someone didn't mean you had to be polite about it after all.
Standing with her, "Wow, you really are tiny compared to me." Is was spoken in a hushed tone. If they ever- Oops, there he went again. Damn this Audrey. She was going to drive him nuts. Damn friend zone. "I would love to walk you home, just, let's grab these buns and head out." He felt a little calmer when moving. Took the edge off.
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:19 pm
At the mention of buns, Audrey's mind trailed just a bit to the naughty and she couldn't help but snort a bit with laughter. Nothing shameful, just a quick giggle and snort before she ducked and weaved through the growing crowd in the Shufflepuck to get a small container, proffering it to Elzo with a flourish.
"For your magical buns, good sir. Is it me, or is it getting really stuffy in here?" Certainly she was feeling tension from somewhere and it couldn't be Elzo. He was being super cool about the whole situation, including the b***h that was still sniggering quietly at them. Really, Audrey hoped they met again. At midnight. In a dark alley.
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