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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:51 am
"Don't you?" Ravi asked, surprised that she would be oblivious to her own charm. Or maybe she wasn't. Could she be fishing for compliments.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:51 am
"Don't I what?" Selene asked, confused by his question.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:52 am
"Think you're cute," Ravi elaborated. He was beginning to wonder if he would have to be cautious with all of his questions.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:53 am
"I guess," Selene shrugged. "But what I think and what other people think aren't always the same thing."
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:54 am
"You don't think that your own opinion doesn't matter, do you?" Ravi asked, offended on her behalf. Why was it that girls always seemed to belittle themselves?
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:56 am
"Oh, darkness, no," Selene giggled. "My opinion's the only one that matter's. Well, mine and those of my family and friends. But no one's ever told me I was cute. Not a stranger."
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:57 am
"Really? I'm surprised," Ravi admitted.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:58 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:59 am
"Well, because you are cute," he told her, wishing he could get his stupid mouth to shut up. "More than cute, you're beautiful."
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:00 am
"B…beautiful?" Selene repeated, flushing darkly.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:01 am
"No one ever told you that either?" Ravi couldn't contain his shock.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:02 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:03 am
"Where have you been living that no one has said these things to you?" He didn't quite want to ask if she'd been living under a rock. Some unknown instinct told him that would be a bad idea.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:04 am
"In the castle, with my sisters and daddies," Selene answered, frowning. There seemed to be something in his voice, some insult, but she couldn't quite figure it out. She shrugged, deciding that it was her imagination.
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:06 am
"How many sisters?" Ravi asked, his curiosity distracting her.
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