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 Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:48 am
 Ra waited for Obie on one of the Aquila picnic benches and took out a packet of cigarettes. He had been rather suprised that he hadn't got a cancellation from her and had been severly unprepared for the cooking rush job he had to do that morning.
In the boiling afternoon sunlight he slipped out a cigarette and lit it. He had thought a lot about Obie's situation, her horrid sister, the way her parents treated her. It irritated the hell out of him. Life was a gift, those entrusted to nurture it should do just that, not just neglect it into destruction. It was a good job Obie was as strong as she was, even if she didn't believe it herself.
He took a drag on the cigarette and exhaled to the clear blue sky. Most students were hiding from the heat, he was basking in it like a cat. Growing up in one of the hottest parts of the world had its advantages.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:08 am
 Obie was a more than a little nervous about today. She honestly had never had anyone make a fuss over her birthday. Not even Jonathan had really. The fact that she had no clue as to what Ra had planned exactly, didn't help matters either. She prayed that he didn't go too far out of his way to do anything. She would actually feel very bad if he had. But even as she thought that, something told her that that just wasn't his style and the she really should just relax and not worry so much.
Shoving her hot, heavy hair back over her shoulders, she quickened her pace a little and smiled lightly when she spied him sitting at a picnic table. Approaching the table, she tilted her head to the side as she swept her eyes over him.
"Aren't you hot?" she asked, just about dying as she was and thinking she might be putting her hair up soon.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:17 am
"Happy Birthday." Ra smiled as she drew closer to him.
"Not especially." He answered with a smile, taking in her rather summery attire. "You forget I come from a hot, show no flesh country. This is actually quite pleasant." He grinned and stubbed the cigarette out on his shoe. "Fancy a walk up to the temple again?" He asked swinging the backpack he had with him onto his back.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:32 am
Obie eyed the backpack for a moment, then looked up at him with a warm smile. "Of course," she replied. See? Simple, she berated herself silently. More or less what they had planned to do the last time they had met, she realized. Glancing at the backpack, the penny finally dropped. Their picnic. Starting towards the school gates, she actually felt a sense of excitement wash over her.
"Did you check the weather?" she asked, arching her brow with a smirk.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:42 am
"Of course." He said as they exited campus. "It will be good weather, but I brought a small umbrealla incase."
As they walked down the path he hoped she didn't mind that it wasn't much. He honestly hadn't planned things until the night before.
"I hope you didn't get too much of an earful after I left yesterday?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:46 am
"Hm... the good thing about being thousands of miles away from your parents, is when they call you, you can set the phone down while they yammer on and they won't even know the difference," she smirked, slipping her hands into her pockets.
"Now Isa was a bit of a different story. She honestly believes the world revolves around her. But that's because our parents and all of her friends think so as well. She just couldn't wrap her little brain around the fact that I might actually have a guy that's interested in me over her. I was quite certain that her head might explode from trying to figure it out. Too bad, right?" she grinned a bit maliciously at that thought.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:57 am
Ra laughed at her parental phone call tip and shook his head.
"If I tried that my mother would know. I swear she has an all seeing eye." He listened to her talk about her sister and smirked at her malicious grin. "I should have said I was going off to pray. Your parents would have loved the muslim thing." He gave a snort of laughter and rolled his sleeves up a little. "Your sister isn't all that attractive anyway." He said with a shrug. "And i'm not saying that because we are bitching. She isn't, her personality shows on her face. I'm not that attracted to blondes either." He shrugged and smiled. "So she would have been wasting her time."
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:23 am
Obie laughed at his comment about his mother and gave her head a bit of a shake. Too bad for him then. She found her methods to be quite useful. She watched him roll his sleeves up out of the corner of her eye and smiled a at his comment about her sister.
"Honestly, I would have had to disown you if you had fallen for her. Anyone that is too stupid or blind to see through her thinly veiled attempts at kindness is so not worth my time," she smirked. She fell silent for a moment, then couldn't resist the bait he had left out for her.
"So what are you attracted to in the fairer sex?" she asked, looking up at him fully, as she pulled out a hair tie from her pocket and reached up to pull her hair back into a low ponytail, but high enough off her neck to cool off a little.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 5:36 am
"The fairer sex?" He asked with a smirk. "If you can call them that. Umm, a nice smile, someone who makes me laugh. Longish hair." Paused and smiled off into the distance. It really was a nice day.
"Turn offs are, too much make up, trashy style and extreme girlyness. I hate all that fake crap. It gets boring."
He tuned his eyes back to look at her and grinned.
"Now your turn, only with the non fair sex."
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:11 am
Obie smirked at his small jibe at the female half of the race. Her smirk deepened at his list. It was really everything she thought he woud say... well, except for the hair part. That was nice and specific compared to the other rather generic, but good, qualities to list. When he listed off his turn offs she had to laugh a little.
"Well... that narrows it down quite a bit," she smirked and glanced back out over the fields as she slipped her hands into her pockets again. She couldn't wait to get into the cool shade of the forest. When he turned the question back to her, she smiled and looked up at him.
"Um... confidence, but not arrogance. Very big difference separated by a very fine line. A nice smile, makes me laugh, kind eyes, and nice arms," she said, trying not to laugh. She felt a little silly listing off the things she did. "As for turn offs... obviously arrogance, um... Being claimed. I can't stand it when guys get overly territorial and possessive. And being a bad kisser. Sorry, but if I'm going to kiss you, I want it to be worth it," she smirked lightly and looked down at the ground as they neared the forest.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:19 am
"Right, not that you'll be finding that out." He smirked as they walked into the shade of the forested road. "Though I have yet to have a complaint."
It was refreshing to hear that she didn't like possessive guys, he really didn't like all that crap. The one time he had gotten like it, he regretted it.
"So you don't like possessive, but if you were seeing a guy ... and I know you don't do dates and stuff. But if you were, does that mean you would want an open relationship?" He asked as they drew a little closer to the shrine.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:41 am
"I didn't mean you literally," she smirked and rolled her eyes after he finished bragging lightly. As he asked his question, she gave a soft snort of laughter. He had taken everything she had told him very literally, and inwardly rolled her eyes at herself. She was so complicated when it came to stuff like this.
"Well..." she started, then trailed off as she thought about it for a moment. "Actually I said overly possessive. As much as I like to pretend I'm not like every other girl, I do have to admit that it feels good to know that he cares enough to get a little jealous every once in a while. But I'm talking more like not letting me breathe or do my own thing. I mean... I've lived my life this long without a guy, I don't think I need his help to keep on going," she said and paused for a second to realize she hadn't answered his question.
"But to end my very long winded spiel about all of this and just answer your question... no. I would not want an open relationship. Believe it or not, if and when I do commit, I want it to be for real. You know... kinda like what you said about sex yesterday. I want it to be like that," she admitted softly.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 6:56 am
Ra listened to her and nodded. He really hadn't been making judgements, he was just curious to hear her opinions on such things. He smiled as she spoke about commitment, not just because she was seeing things his way but because it was what she deserved. Something loving and stable.
"That makes sense. I don't like overly possessive either. Though I don't know if Chii is or not. Like, I'm not sure if she would like me spending this much time with you alone." He shrugged and stared off as they turned towards the temple. "Not that it matters now."
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:08 am
Obie looked up at his last words and studied his face for a second. "Are you trying to say that you've already made your decision about your relationship with her?" she asked, tilting her head to the side a little.
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:15 am
He looked back down at her and took a deep breath.
"I just don't think we're right for each other. I mean, I did once, but now, I don't know. I can't be myself with her now. I'll always be wondering if she's judging me. So I suppose to actually give a decisive answer. Yes I have made my decision."
He shoved his hands in his pockets as they walked towards the temple.
"I have the letter written, I just need the guts to post it. I feel like such an a** about it though."
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