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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:49 pm
Awen squeezed the penguin close. She really wished someone would have been able to hold her after one of her changes.
But at his question she blinked. Was.... what exactly was he asking? Did he.... or was it... just... No, no. Just friends. It was always just friends. She forced a small laugh. "Well what do you think we're doing now, eh?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:02 pm
"...Heh heh...Yeah...But...Thats not what I...Meant..." Marshall's eyes were half closed, and his vision was going blurry. His last change zapped him pretty much any energy he had; he needed sleep.
"...I like you...Awen..." he said, letting go of his grip, "...I really...Do." he said, before passing out.
...I survived...I know I can do any thing now...'Cause I survived...My humanity is gone. Its all gone. But...I'm okay...'Cause I survived...
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:14 pm
Awen was once again caught speechless. She blinked as she tried to figure out a reply... but the penguin seemed out cold so it didn't look like it would make a difference.
He... liked her? The manta ray sighed and shook her head. Naw.. Marshall was just...delirious from the change... He didn't know what he was saying...
"Well.... can't just stay out here...."
Awen set to drag the penguin into the river, hoping it would wake him up. When that failed, she pulled him back to her duplex. She didn't know where else to go and it had the easiest access for her. She laid him on the floor of her room and just waited in her pool for him to wake up.
She hoped he would wake up. Did people normally pass out after their changes?
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:18 pm
It was a few hours until Marshall finally awoke. He felt groggy, heavy, and as if he had been run over by a semi-truck.
At least I'm alive... he thought, staring at the ceiling. But some thing felt...Off. Really off. He looked around, noticing his bulletins and posters weren't lining the walls. And that his DVDs were littering the floor. And, of course, there was the little matter of half of the room being underwater.
"...You think I'd notice that first..." Marshall said to himself, before looking around in a panic.
Oh lord...Where the hell am I?!
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:23 pm
Awen perked up and smiled. Marshall was awake! "Noticed what?"
It was good that the penguin was awake. She'd started to be getting really worried. But it was okay, wasn't it? He was awake and all should be fine...
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:44 pm
"GAH! Oh...Awen...Heh heh...Y'think I would've noticed you were here as well..." Marshall said, rubbing the back of his neck, "And um...The duplex...Its half underwater. Cool, yes, but...Not how I remember leaving my house, y'know?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:48 pm
She chuckled. "Yeah I get cha."
She pulled herself from teh water and sat on the edge of the pool leaning over to Marshall. "You passed out after your changes, you've been out for a few hours.... are you okay now?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:53 pm
"Yeah...I'm feeling pretty good. Heck, I feel gre-"
I'm honestly, truely...Great...Awen...Awen...I like you...
Marshall's eyes grew wide and his black face turned inexplicably red. He needed to get out of here! He told a girl, one that he pretty much didn't even know that he liked her! Mind you, he was in a post-transformation daze and probably had no idea what he was saying, but damnit he said it!
"Um...Uh...S-So, um, uh, ummm...Nice place!" Marshall blurted out.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:00 pm
Awen felt the tension build. She rolled her shoulders and chuckled a little bit. Did he remember what he's said? He... hadn't meant it and now he's getting all awkward. "Yeah... it gets me by anyway. Ingenious that the labs made these things. Really saves my bacon."
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:05 pm
"Oh..." Marshall said, glancing around. She didn't seem mad about him telling her that he might like her, but even still it was probably best to just not bring it up. "S-So Awen...Um...You got one of those...Playstation 3s, right?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:18 pm
Her face brightened slightly. "Yeah it's by the TV. You can play it if you'd like!"
She paused a moment and sighed. "Listen... Marshall.. uh... you said some things. Before you passed out.... I understand that you were..um..stressed... if you want me to forget about it... just say so, eh?"
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:22 pm
"HUH?!" Marshall was beet-red, forgetting about the Playstation 3.
Crap! I really did tell her that I like her! CRAP!
"Well...Um...Uh..." Marshall stammered, rubbing the back of his neck, "Well...Um...A-Awen, y'see, um...I-I-I like you! I really do! But...Its just...I don't really know you that well...And you don't really know me...Its just...That one time we went swimming together? I um...Thought..." he couldn't keep eye contact with her, it was just too embarrassing, "...I thought you were beautiful..."
"I-I should go." Marshall said, getting to his feet and heading towards the door.
MORON!!!
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:32 pm
When Marshall started making excuses saying they didn't really know eachother Awen lowered her head. She knew it was true but it was sort of nice...to be liked. The prospect had made her heart leap, even though her head knew it was unrealistic.
But he thought she was beautiful.
"I... I know we don't know eachother....very well...." She slowly lifted her eyes to look at him again. "But no one else has ever called me beautiful... Not since..." She raised her hand and slowly wiggled her fingers.
"You're sweet Marshall. And I think the penguin look suits you.... You..." She shook her head. "Never mind... maybe I'm just getting a little..lonely."
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:34 pm
Marshall stopped in his tracks. He didn't turn around. She had seen him blush too many times today; he didn't want her to start thinking he was some thing lame or some thing.
"...Maybe...We could get to know each other better over...Dinner? Some time?"
...Who said that? I didn't say that. Did I say that?! I DIDN'T SAY THAT!
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:38 pm
"Dinner?" She asked a little surprised. She smiled softly. "That...sounds great!"
The girl briefly thought of her first dinner with Sabin, and what that had meant fr her. Hope and then disappointment. And she couldn't ignore her still festering feelings for the silken voiced french man. Even if she knew it would never achieve anything. The feelings were there. But getting to knoew this penguin...maybe it could.. change that.
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