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 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:31 pm
:::she stopped squinting and looked up hopefuly again:::
Yes, tell me. I do trust the others...but...everyone I talk to either avoids the subject or can't explain it correctly. What do you know?
:::there was a sort of hastiness in her voice, like he might fade away, and she needed this... all the time she'd spent crying was somehow in the back of her mind now, on the hopes of new information, and particularly, truth. It felt productive:::
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 pm
*Alex grinned* Its a large topic. I have an idea. How about you ask me questions on what you want to know, and I'll answer you.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:38 pm
:::She thought quickly...what about it hadn't she understood? Well, Alex for starters...:::
Do you love me?
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:42 pm
I'd say so. I'll have to spend more time with you to be certain, but I think so.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:43 pm
:::she'd hoped he'd elaborate, but she was free to ask so...:::
What KIND of love?
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:48 pm
*Alex smiles* That all depends on how far we are both willing to take it. If we both feel we can take that love to a friendship level, it can be done. If we both feel that we could be intimate, we can. As for me, I feel quite confidant that we could take things to an intimate level. I'm only waiting for you to come to the same conclusion.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:50 pm
But I can't be intimate with you. There's someone else I'm intimate with. You are only allowed to be with one person itimately, right?
And...it changes? You mean? You can love someone like a friend and then change it to love them intimately?
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:54 pm
*Alex shook his head* Hold your horses, Slim. Which question do you want me to answer first?
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:56 pm
are you, or are you not allowed to be intimate with more than one person?
:::Though she knew after the second one, she had a few more lined up. Including why he called her slim...:::
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:06 pm
The answer is yes. You are allowed to be intimate with whomever you wish. Some people feel, however, that it isn't right to be intimate with more than one person at a time. That is because the culture in which they are raised has impressed upon them the bias that doing so is how things are supposed to be. In any case, what is considered okay by one culture is not accepted by another, so the truth is that such biases are really nothing other than that. Biases.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:10 pm
Oh... :::Cora said looking down at the floor for a moment. She grabbed the tip of her index finger with her other hand and squeezed it, nervously:::
Then...what should I do? My culture requires that I not be intmate with anyone at all but I've... I've abandoned those ideas.
So...wait. :::She suddenly snapped out of it::: You want to be intimate with me, like we were...the last time we met. But yet, you love me like a friend. Not like...well, not like you're supposed to with someone you're intimate with...?
:::She stopped herself, that didn't make sense:::
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:19 pm
*Alex took her hand and gave it a squeeze*
That is where it becomes difficult. Nobody has a right to tell you what you should do. Not me, not your friends, nobody. We can suggest to you. Give reasons why or why not.. But ultimately, babe, its YOUR life, and you are the only person who actually has the RIGHT to decide that.
And as for me... I'm willing to be intimate, yes. But last time I stopped before it went further. Why? Because you didn't understand what it meant. I respect you as a person and refuse to take advantage. If you decide we can only be friends, then that will be the limit that you have set for us, regardless of how I think. I'm not willing to try to FORCE you to be intimate.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:23 pm
:::Her head was now down, and she looked up at him through her unrully-long bangs. She had more questions, but wasn't sure what to do next with him being this close. Still it did seem somewhat comforting:::
Why do you keep calling me slim...?
:::She finally asked, quietly:::
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:27 pm
*Alex snaked an arm around Cora's waist*
Don't know, really. It just seems to fit. Do you like it? You certainly are slim.
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:33 pm
:::Still not tilting her head up...she was probably blushing again:::
I ask because Luke calls me that. Is there a reason? Is it because I am particularly slim?
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