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 Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:14 pm
"Cassie...."
Hartley straightened up and looked right at her.
"You know Professor Prince really well, right?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:16 pm
Teddy glanced over at Wallace, but didn't bother to look at who he was peeking at. He already knew. Why was he doing that to himself? Then again, he supposed it was hard not to.
When he'd first liked Billy, he had been certain that he never had a chance, but he'd still look. He noticed every little detail, the curve of his ear, the way his hair ended at the back of his neck, the dimples in his lower back when his shirt rode up...
And all of it had driven him crazy. He had wanted to kiss all those areas on Billy, to hold him in his arms, and he couldn't. He had never thought he'd had a chance with Billy, and still, he'd tortured himself by looking, by memorizing. For Wallace, it was probably just the same. He patted Wallace on the back, frowning in sympathy.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:16 pm
Cassie looked over at Hartley.
" Yeah, Diana's my mentor. Why do ask?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:18 pm
He was almost tempted to wave and smile..and then he remembered everything. All at once, that happy little bubble where he'd kept the memory of their secret popped. Hartley had rejected him. Just like that it all came thundering back and the euphoria stopped. Slowly, he turned back around, his eyes focusing on the counter.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:19 pm
"Would you say that what she's teaching is the truth?"
Hartley smushed the straw up and down in the milkshake a couple times and then shoved it aside.
"Help yourself; I'm not as hungry as I thought."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:22 pm
"Hartley dresses weird," he muttered to himself.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:23 pm
"So. Billy wore bibby overalls!" Wallace cried out accusingly, "I don't care if he does." His voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "I still like him."
He felt like he was admitting to something dirty, and he felt guilty for it. He shouldn't like someone who hurt him so much...but he did.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:24 pm
Cassie blinks a moment the question caught her off guard.
" Well... it depends on exactely what she's teaching you. I mean I believe she teaches that which she believes is the truth. But truth can change from person to person. I guess it all depends on your definition of 'truth'. Wait a minute ... exactely what are we talking about here?"
This conversation was getting a bit deep. Cassie loved Diana deeply but that she has doubted her before..
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:24 pm
"True.." Billy had done that.
Teddy sighed, slinging an arm over Wallace's shoulders to pull him in for a hug. "Sorry...I don't mean to be rude about who you like. It just ticks me off that he did that to you."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:26 pm
"It's ok. I shouldn't be so defensive. He's not my boyfriend or anything." Wallace shrugged and slumped forward, his head resting on the counter.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:30 pm
"We were discussing the motivations behind heroism and villainy today, and..."
'I still like him.'
Hartley's enhanced hearing picked up a snippet of conversation from the booth. He didn't catch the context, but...
"Er, well, you know, path of heroism or path of villainy, and making a choice and all that, and, uh..."
'He's not my boyfriend or anything'
"Wanting to protect people or punish them and making a difference and going down one path, or...something...path...once and, uh, always....
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Sorry, I lost my train of thought."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:32 pm
"Please just take him shopping. Give him a makeover. Something other than green."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:32 pm
"A. Bibby overalls.
B. I like him in green."
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:35 pm
"He would look better naked though..." Dirty thoughts dirty thoughts dirty thoughts.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:42 pm
Looks at Hartley straight in the eyes and gives him the best answer she could think of.
" There are many reasons why someone chooses to be a hero or a villian and many theories... nothing's 100%. For example there's a girl in school called Stephanie Brown... her dad's a villian, a thief and an all around not nice guy and from what I've heard her mom has major issues too.. Yet Stephanie wants to prove that she's better then that, she wants to help people, she wants to be hero. The biggest thing is what it is you want. It's personal ... no one else can decide it for you. Personally I hope to grow up to be hero... not because I've been blessed with gifts from the gods. But because I know what it's like to lose, to feel helpless, to lose friends and family. I don't want anyone else to ever feel that way. I know things will never be perfect... but I can hope for a better future. And if I fail at least I can say I tried.. Right?"
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