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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 6:59 pm
He made a noncommittal sound just to show he had heard, his eyes trailing after Chel as she located her shoe. His strumming came to a slow halt.
"Don't bug her," Jack said after a moment. "She means well, I guess, and I already chewed her out." He paused as something occurred to him. "Hey, before I forget: is your cousin seeing anyone?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:01 pm
"Why you interested?" Chel asked. "It'd be pretty ********' harsh to leave Hanna for my ********' cousin." She continued to muse because it was funny. "God, you really hate me don't you?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:04 pm
"What the ********, Chel, no. Oh my God, <******** no." Jack proceeded to gag at the very idea, then set Barbara aside so he could hop off the bed, papers shifting under his socks. "I don't hate you either, Jesus. What I meant," he said with a pointed look, "was to set up AK with him on a blind date if he wasn't."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:09 pm
Chel shook her head. "She wouldn't be into Chris. You really know nothin' 'bout people," she said with a roll of her eyes.
With a sigh, Chel stood up, and began putting on her jacket. "Abbi don't like big oafs. Chris is too ********' vanilla for her. She likes s**t she can fix- she's a tiny ball of sunshine and she gotta share it with someone." She pulled her brown hair out from under the jacket and evened it out along her back (she really hated when it bunched up under her clothing). "Find someone just as emo as you."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:22 pm
The denial compounded his frustration with her, but it was the implication that he was someone who needed fixing that set him off. "And you'd know all about people, do you?" he challenged. "Abbi's ******** desperate too--no wonder you two get along. So how about letting her try s**t out and form her own opinions?"
Maybe Chel was right, maybe she wasn't; but he had promised to try and help, for better or for worse.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:27 pm
Chel snorted, incredulous that Jack was holding himself so elite in this category. "I know more 'bout people than you do. Like the fact that sending Chris off with Abbi is just gonna waste both their time. They'll have fun and Chris won't hurt her none- he's a good guy- but they ain't gonna hit nothin' off."
She began walking towards the door. "I really do got lighthouse duty. You too busy to walk with me?"
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:32 pm
He grumbled a sigh because instead of saying no, he ducked out to get a coat and, of course, slapped on a beanie. It was an excuse to get out of his room, which was where he had mostly holed up after his birthday. "Whatever," Jack said petulantly as he locked the door behind him and joined her. "But don't call me a ******** emo kid. Anyway, AK's an idiot if she thinks she's gotta find someone to fix." He sounded more bitter about it than he ought to.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:36 pm
Chel somewhat smugly attached himself to her arm, just the same as she had done in his room.
"Yer not an emo kid, was a joke man." She always forgot that word genuinely ticked Jack off. A lot of things ticked Jack off. "But I'm with ya. Sweet little peach like her shouldn't have ta waste her time ... But it's what she likes." She knocked her head against his arm and said, "And I ain't one to talk about who you should like."
She snorted at her own joke. "Go for someone like Riptide. She liked him before right?" She tutted and added, "No girls neither. I tried."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:43 pm
She was allowed contact again, but Jack was rigid in his posture and distant, falling quickly into simmering-slash-brooding territory. Clearly it hadn't sounded like a joke to him, and clearly it had hit a nerve or cause a domino effect that eventually hit one.
"Too ******** picky for someone in her position," Jack grumbled. "She acts like she's ******** ten; no wonder Crowell broke up with her. I keep telling her to ******** turn it down and quit whining, but I swear she wants to sabotage any effort to look decent to a guy."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 7:49 pm
Chel lightly socked Jack in the arm. "Don't you crush that princess' dreams. She ain't actin' like a kid, she's just actin' like someone who believes the world still has some good old fashioned romance in it. Unlike some grumpy trolls."
They were certainly always fated to butt heads. But it was okay. "But she's definitely holdin' herself back. I kept askin' her questions and she kept actin' like nobody would want to date her. I even offered!" Chel said this like it was no big deal. "She just needs a good dude that'll let her know that rainbow child's okay."
She shrugged and said, "You know, truth be told I ain't go no idea what she's lookin' for though. I never been on a real date before even."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:03 pm
"Of course you did." But troll, that was a new one. Jack almost would have laughed if he hadn't been in a mood.
"Well clearly my social circle is too narrow to know who the hell would fit that criteria," he said as they turned and hit the door outside. He clicked his tongue. "Can't believe I offered to help; only people I know are assholes and dicks, not whatever prince in shining armor or broken armor or whatever she has in mind."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:08 pm
"Offerin' to help was nice of ya. Even if ya ain't good at it, still nice." She stroked her chin lightly. "What about that new kid Chance? Riptide said somethin' about him goin' on a mission?"
She shrugged and said, "Only other people I can think of are Evan and Dory." Evan was probably a little too intense, and Dory a little too nice, but they were a place to start. "I could ask Chris if you really want, I just don't think it's gonna be anything more than like ... a fun time. Ain't a bad thing to have fun though ..."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:21 pm
He made a face at her. "What, Bones?" A moment to consider it. "Maybe. I mean, he's placid enough, and they both know trivia about random s**t. And she did once mention to me about looking for her sun. But I'm not letting her anywhere near Roberts, thanks; I doubt she'd want to try him out anyway if she found out the s**t he pulled with you." He wasn't sure why Evan would even come up as an option from Chel of all people.
"Yeah, yeah, I got the message about Axten," Jack said with a huff. "I suck at matchmaking, stop rubbing it in. Only other guy I know is Miller, and they've established how platonic their friendship is, so. There's Hale, but he and whatsherface are probably an item by now. Yay, more of me sucking at this."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:26 pm
"Aw hush. You're good at a million other things. Let me have this one." She pushed her nose into his side, smiling both at the idea of Jack conceding and her own victory.
While they walked she debated pushing his arm around her shoulder, but she knew that would be biting more than she could chew. Maybe Jack wouldn't have minded, but people were watching and she knew he had a reputation to keep up. It didn't mean the thought didn't cross her mind though.
For now, his arm would have to be enough. She would always have to settle in degrees of "enough."
"Don't you dare take Milo away from Noemi. I'm workin' on them still." She laughed and said, "Can't we just put 'er with Finn? Ain't nobody on the island that needs more fixin' than that ******** up soul."
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:39 pm
He physically stopped at the suggestion and gave Chel a very, very long look like she was crazy. Or she was joking. Definitely joking.
"God no," Jack said emphatically as he started to walk again. "Not even as a joke. Besides, he and Crowell are doing their own thing. Neither of them need extras." Finn at least could clearly get his own.
"So, what, you're meddling with those two too?" he askedm adding sarcastically, "'Cause that must be shittons of fun when one've them is more flighty than a rabbit hopped up on caffeine."
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