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 Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:37 pm
Moreau could scarcely believe he'd said that. He almost felt like he needed to recover somehow. "I'm sure that, if something like this comes up in the future we can come to an arrangement together."
Moreau just hoped, deep down, eventually she'd come to see things more his way. Perhaps, he should force her to be involved in more things like this, whether she liked it or not he was sure he could convince her. He'd ponder this further.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:42 pm
"Please," she said. "I just... you know. This place, its a part of me. I just felt do humilliated. Like I was left of the loop on my own...life. I'm sure... some sort of compromise could have been made. I could have contributed. "
She didn't know if this was exactly true. Hindsight is 20/20, so they say. Of course she would have bitched. A lot. She didn't agree to what had been done to them, especially Colche, but perhaps had she been assured that they were NEVER in any real danger, instead of just walking into a village full of paniced, frighted, and angry islanders, Moreau would have eventually been able to get her to agree.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:49 pm
Moreau realized that what he was pondering was not something he could walk away from. Still, if he intended to spend the rest of his life with her they could not keep comming into conflict like this. Of course, as these were the thoughts on his mind they were not what came out of his mouth.
"Of course Aubrey, it wasn't fair of me to keep you out of the loop, and I will include you next time. Where would I be without you." he stroked her face where indeed.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:53 pm
Where would he be? She closed her eyes and surpressed a shudder. Maybe she didn't want to know. Or maybe... did it matter? I mean, she doubted her 'positive' influence was really much of an influence at all. If anything it just seemed to frustrate him.
But...
She opened her eyes and looked back at Moreau. Maybe she was making an impact. This thought made her a smile a bit.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:01 pm
Well, no time like the present to get started. Moreau pulled away delicately and slowly, as not to seem rude.
"You want to know what I have in mind, here it is." Moreau reached into another drawer and pulled out two folders.
Inside were details about... upcomming... familar subjects, and what Moreau intended to change them into along with biological details about their transformation.
"This should let us get the last laugh love." Moreau grinned.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:06 pm
Aubrey took a few minutes to look over the files, her brow knitting. "We went to highschool with them! Valentine... she lost her finger to the Anima."
She seemed surprisingly nuetral about it at the moment. Her face turned a bit red at Brian's file. "Oh.." her voice was dangerously low. "I remember him." Yes, at her heart she was still fiercely protective of Moreau. "He... ugh." She closed the files and handed them back towards him. "What are you telling them to get them here?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:09 pm
"I'm offering them a chance to see my Island, and stay here free of charge. I'm sure they are just assuming that I'm showing off. But no one turns down a free vacation."
Moreau grinned, as he considered how to egg Aubrey onto the idea. "After everything, they deserve it."
It was amazing how petty Moreau could be 10+ years later.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:15 pm
Aubrey shrugged, trying not to look too chummy to Moreau at the moment. He was still in the doghouse for now.
"Well, it was high school. Most people are bastards. But hey, maybe its karma or something." Easier to say when they aren't standing in front of you, abuot be turned into something horrible.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:17 pm
Moreau decided to play the sympathy angle, if he had his way he'd have her a bit riled up ever before they got here. "But they were so horrible to me... I still shudder when I think about it."
"They made me retreat... feel like I couldn't trust... or be with... anyone." Moreau softly stroked Aubrey's face.
"If it weren't for them... well... nevermind." he turned and sighed.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:43 pm
Aubrey's expression softened, though mentally she kicked herself for being so damn...weak to him.
"I know they were horrible," she reached up with her opposite hand and touched his face. Was it true? Would have Moreau really had been open to relationships in high school? Oh, posh. She moved her fingers to gently twine in his hair.
Wow, he actually looked...sad. Moreau never seemed to let on that all the bullying and teasing he know he endured bothered him at all. After all, isn't living well the best revenge?
But on the other hand... he was usually perfectlly effective of hiding his true feelings. He could have been dying inside from the high school torture and no one would have ever known. Not even her.
"We're together now, that's what's important"
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:47 pm
"I know... just... if I'd been able to open up then." Moreau looked as downcast as he could. "I mean, you and I..."
"It's just so hard to... trust. Still." Moreau remembered what he'd first told Aubrey, and what she knew was so important to him.
Moreau decided to take this slow... don't say too much yet, let her draw her own conclusions.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:53 pm
Wow. Really sad. Aubrey was actually a bit for a loss of what to do. He's never had to really...console... Moreau before.
"You have to be careful who you trust anyway," she said, stepping closer. "But you know you can trust me, yes? You always could. Even though we weren't together, you know, like that. ..we always had that connection, right?" At least Aubrey seemed to think they did.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:57 pm
"I trust you... yes... as much as I still feel I can." he sighed.
"But Aubrey, I mean, we did always have a connection..." he looked away. "If I'd been able to trust and accept it sooner... we might have had a different life." he hoped she'd figure out what he was alouding to, he didn't want to come out and say it, she might use that later, before he was ready.
Moreau forced himself to cry lightly as he turned away. "It's not that... this is what I want. But... I didn't do anything to deserve what they did."
He looked angry as well now. "Damn them..."
In all honesty, there might be some kernels of truth to all this, but Moreau regreted nothing he'd done... nothing. Even things he appologized earlier for.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:03 pm
A different life? Aubrey let herself think on that for a moment. How would things be different had they been together since high school. Would they still be together? Hell, she hoped so. Dammit, they would probably be married. Even have a family.
Aubrey felt something inside her tighten a little.
Did they really rob her of that? Scar him... 'as much as I can...' what was THAT supposed to mean.
Then he started to cry.
Oh god.
What the hell? This was... what was this? Was this for real? Was he really harboring this much emotional baggage? Dear lord...
"No... no of course you didn't deserve it..." She wiped away his tears and pulled him closer. "No one deserves what you had to put up with..."
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:07 pm
"They made me feel so powerless... like such an outsider. I couldn't do anything but retreat into my work. Away from human contact." Moreau shuddered a bit, as he brought his arm up to wipe away the few tears he'd been able to muster.
"Still... you were there when I needed you. If only I'd seen it years sooner." Moreau placed his hand accidentally on one of the folders. To remind Aubrey just what was in there.
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