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 Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 2:51 pm
the gallery
Which was probably why he immediately dropped it. "Not a lot worth smiling about usually," Jack replied with a small shrug before dropping his trash off. "I'm gonna be in debt for a long a** while."
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 2:55 pm
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"Ain't yer parents rich as ******** or somethin'?" She recalled him or someone saying that about him. Could have been either.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 3:16 pm
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"Yeah, they pay for some of it. I still have to contribute," he explained sourly. "Builds character. Also was part of the agreement that I get my own place too."
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 10:37 pm
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"You got it made in the shade," she told him, reaching up to tug on a little bit of his hair. She couldn't say she wasn't jealous, but it was also hard to be jealous of something she couldn't even fathom. She sometimes struggled to get food from day to day.
"I should start chargin' you like a real whore," she said with the same kind of snorting laugh as before.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 10:47 pm
the gallery
He blew some air out of the side of his mouth, like that was enough to stop her fiddling. "Consider the photo as payment this time," Jack said.
It was then that he noticed that the level of noise had started to soften. The open house had ended about ten minutes ago, and those till lingering were beginning to make their way towards the exit. His teacher caught his eye and smiled in passing.
"And the ride over," Jack offered, relieved it was finished.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 10:56 pm
the gallery
Chel snorted, not even noticing the noise. It could have been a rock concert or it could have been the library and she would've focused the same. She was like that, laser guided to people.
"That horny? Jeez." But she bumped his shoulder. "Charm's workin'. Let's bounce yeah? I'll help you take stuff down."
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:06 pm
The gallery
"Held hostage," he insisted, this time with more humor. The school year was basically over now. This was one of the few tests that had honestly made him nervous. And now he could take it all down and go home and...
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:10 pm
Later
He was tired afterward, yes, but his mind was unusually awake despite the warmth flowing through him. Half lidded eyes angled where the ceiling met the wall. Here Jack would have turned his back to her and gone to sleep. Here, instead, there was a pause.
"You do this with other people too?" There was a lazy drag to his voice.
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:17 pm
later
"Do what?" she asked, "
Chel was awake and had already put at least her shirt back on (it was cold). She turned on her side to lean on one of her arms with a pulled grin. Her fingers traipsed up his cheek to stop at his nose. "Yer not the worst one f'it helps."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:01 am
later
Strangely, it did.
"Not just that, I mean..." Post-coital wasn't exactly the best time to think clearly. "The whole thing. Talking. Being friendly. Actually caring. That's not draining?" Friendship certainly was enough to Jack.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 9:03 am
the gallery
"No," Chel said in a deep voice, grumpy look on her face, "I have no friends an' I hate people."
She cracked a smile over her Shun impression, looking for approval. She didn't feel like addressing his question, so she joked.
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 6:52 pm
later
He mistook it as a parody of himself instead and scoffed, lazily letting his hand fall on her face in retaliation. "I don't hate individuals. Usually. But the collective people? Pretty stupid."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 10:33 pm
later
Chel snickered and put her hand over his. "That was Shun, dumbass. You guys are pretty alike though." She hadn't made the connection until now- maybe she needed to stop hanging out with these guys.
She squeezed her hand over his but there was no love in the motion, only a mechanical lull of bedroom etiquette. "'Course I do it fer anyone. 'Specially my friends." Which was, in Chel's mind, most anyone. "Lifes too short t'give people s**t."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 10:50 pm
later
Another scoff as he removed his hand and let his arm fall up and over the bed post, cooling off. It was hard to tell which part of her answer it was aimed at.
"You know, I tried do to it that way too?" Jack didn't know why he felt talkative this time. Why he was deciding to open up about something so stupid. "Man has needs and s**t. And I just...can't, really? Physically, sure, but it never really feels...satisfying, I guess."
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 10:52 pm
later
And Chel let him, because that was what she did. Play gold digger, play therapist, play girl staring at parents' son because "he's attractive so I couldn't stop starin'!" Whatever they needed.
It didn't mean she stay in the morning.
"What you mean? S'not fun t'have friends?"
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