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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 6:26:16 GMT
Walking along the few shops and pubs on the road, Shell sighs lightly before sitting down onto a bench. "Too much has been going on, especially for my liking." she mutters, letting her weak nimble fingers thread through her brown hair as she developed a frown upon her pale ivory face.
It was nearing Thanksgiving, actually all of the holidays in between as well and Shell wasn't looking forward to it at all. In fact, she started to dread the holidays more and more every year. Of course it made the kids all cheerful and grinning nonstop which she was glad for; what mother wouldn't? But it still wasn't enough knowing the family was falling apart before her eyes.
Looking up briefly at the random wizards and witches passing by, she sighs noticing Riley walking up the street with just a couple of small boxes, guessing for the twins seeing as they were two pink boxes. Maybe if I don't say anything he'll just walk by and I'll be unoticeable...
How could she really explain her meeting with Riyann at Azkaban? Oh, I just pretty much made out with your ex-wife that killed your sister. I hope that's alright. Looking back down to her hands she pretended to read her new novel that Briar bought for her as she flipped through the pages rather too fast for someone to actually be reading. [/blockquote] |
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 6:37:11 GMT
Christmas shopping. Does it really ever end? Because the way I do it, I don't think that it does. I get things all year round. Hide them. Lose them. Find them months later and then realise that I bought something twice. Then once Christmas passes, it starts all over again.
I had just bought the twins something, actually, which is why I was out today. I had just bought them each a pet toy. I would've gotten the actual pet, but I thought maybe it would be best if they picked them out themselves.
As I was walking down the highstreet, some dust blew into my face, causing me to sneeze. Which in turn, caused my boxes to fall out of my hands and onto the floor. Good thing I didn't get the actual pets.. I thought to myself as I bent down to pick them up. I glanced over to the right for a moment as I started to pick up the boxes and I saw Shelby sitting over on a bench reading.
I wondered for a moment if I should go over there. I don't think that she saw me... so I could easily just get up and continue down the street. Go home and mope around.
Moping didn't sound so good right now, which is why I found myself walking toward her. I sat down on the bench, setting down the boxes.
"Hi.." I said with a faint smile over to her. I hadn't talked to her in a long time anyway.
[[ oh boy, tis terrible, lol, sorry ]]
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 6:44:44 GMT
Shell sighs, noticing that Riley had glanced over once he had a regular clumsy moment. Giving up on the unnoticeable tactic, she returns the faint smile and closes her book, letting it rest on her lap. "Long time on see, Riley. How are things with you?" she asks almost in a monotonic tone before forcing a smile up at him.
This was just going to be awkward, Riley just didn't know it yet.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 6:48:42 GMT
I shrugged a bit, "They've been better." I said with the same faint half-smile over to her. Things were.. messed up. Like usual. And I couldn't get ahold of Arden, which was making me more nervous than usual as well. At least I knew that Logan was there with her. That was a bit more comforting.
I never thought that I would use those two words in a sentance together, Logan and comforting.
"How're things with you?" I asked back to her. I really hadn't seen her in a long time. It was usually better that way.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 6:57:54 GMT
Shell nods, knowing things had to be hard for him right now. "I'm guessing Arden and Riyann problems?" she asks with a frown, the moment she mentions Riyann's name. It just gave her a deep sinking feeling for some reason. "Things are well, complicated as usual." she says with a slight laugh with a shrug.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 7:03:38 GMT
"That's the main problem.. yeah." I said quietly, nodding a little bit before letting out a slight sigh. It's now that I wonder if Riyann's been caught yet and thrown back in Azkaban. And then after that I wonder if Shelby even knows that Riyann escaped from Azkaban.
I nodded a little bit at what she said. "Same.. and I don't think I could even guess what yours have to do with.."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 7:10:25 GMT
Shell frowns a little, feeling a scowl almost run over her face before it fades quickly. "I would take that offensively, but you're right. Who ever knows what's going on with me." she says laughing a little bit again. "Care to talk about what's on your mind then with Riy and Arden then? It might help you." she nods softly before opening her book again and flipping back to her original page.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 7:14:20 GMT
"I didn't mean it offensively.." I told her shaking my head a little bit. The last thing I wanted to do was end up fighting. I feel like that's all I've been doing lately. And well, honestly, I'm running out of friends. I don't need anymore people to hate me. Or hate me more. I don't know. "I just meant that I haven't seen you in a long time." I shrugged with a faint smile.
"Um.." I paused for a moment, watching her open up her book, finding it slightly funny how she asks if I want to talk about it and then opens up a book as if she isn't going to really listen to me. "I wouldn't really know where to start.." I shook my head faintly.
"Have you um.. Have you seen Riyann lately?" I asked looking over to her.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 7:42:22 GMT
Shell waves her hand a little, meaning it was okay, even though she was technically the one that overreacted. "It's fine Ri, really." she says before glancing over at him briefly before flipping another page as she let out a deep sigh. "The last time I seen her was in Azkaban still... why?" Shell asks with a curious expression before raising an eyebrow at him.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 7:45:56 GMT
I nodded a little bit when she said it was okay. Kind of funny how things like this work out. I was actually trying to stay friends with Shelby and she wasn't threatening to kill me. I guess it was a good day.
"Oh.." I said back to her after a moment, as she looked over to me with a curious expression. "Um.. She might not be there anymore.." Unless she got caught, then she would be.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 7:59:54 GMT
"Oh, well that's not good now is it? Are you hoping that she gets caught?" she asks still with the same expression with her eyebrow raised. On the inside, all she could think was finding Riyann and having a talk with her, one without metal thick bars between them. Not to mention she was thinking something else as well, but she wasn't going to mention that to Riley as long as she could. "I'm guessing you ran into her or vice versa?"
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 8:04:44 GMT
"I don't know anymore." I told her quietly, shaking my head faintly. I really didn't know either. I wanted her back just so I wouldn't have to deal with her and so that I would be able to know that she wasn't off doing something else to destroy my life. But at the same time, it was so terrible there, that I didn't really want her there... but on the other hand, she's done enough to deserve it.
"She found me." I started off, frowning slightly, wishing I had something to do with my hands. Normally, this is when I would be twirling my wedding ring around my finger. But I obviously couldn't do that if I wasn't wearing it, so I settled for playing slightly with the end of my shirt. "It didn't go over so well."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 8:18:47 GMT
Shell frowns a little bit before scooting over and hugging him. "I'm sorry, Riley... but it's absolutely terrible in there. Maybe after a while, she'll leave you be?" she says suggestively as she started to bite her bottom lip. "What happened though that made it so horrible when she found you?"
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 8:23:56 GMT
I hugged her slightly back after a moment, nodding faintly at what she said. "I know it's terrible.. and maybe." I shrugged a little bit.
She asked me what happend and I paused for another moment, crossing my arms infront of my chest. "She threatened Arden.. a few times..." I said eventually, frowning a bit as I shifted my eyes to the ground.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 8:28:32 GMT
"Oh, your girlfriend Arden, or the friend Arden?" she asks, almost having a slight smirk on her face as if she was on Riyann's side, but she honestly didn't know who to believe about the deaths. For some reason, she didn't feel like Riyann killed Lil, but then again if she didn't then she could have Riley which would leave Shell alone. She knew that was selfish but she couldn't help it. "I sorta made out with her at Azkaban..." she says slowly to him, almost wincing at the fact she said that.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 8:34:37 GMT
I might've blushed very faintly at the first thing that she said, glancing over to her for a moment with a faint smile before shaking my head. ".. Friend." I said back to her with a slight nod. Not girlfriend.. not yet.. and actually, probably not ever with the way things were going. That didn't mean that I didn't love her though.. I was pretty sure that I did.. or was at least close to it.
I looked over to her at what she said next and just shrugged slightly. "I can honestly tell you that I don't care." I said with another faint shrug. "She can do what she wants.. so can you."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 8:39:57 GMT
Shell grinned slightly, watching the pink overcast shadow onto his cheeks lightly. She had to admit it was cute. "Okay then, friend it is. Always thought you had a little thing for her and her for you." Shell adds still managing to smile until the last thing he said. "So, you're not going to kill me then if somehow I marry your ex-wife then?" she asks for some reason chuckling slightly. It was most likely due to her nerves, but who could really blame her for this topic.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 8:46:45 GMT
"Always?" I asked with a faint smile, looking over to her. I wasn't sure if I was showing it right now or not, but I was worried out of my mind about this whole situation.
I shook my head. "No.. I won't kill you." I told her with a faint half-smile and shrug. "She's not the person that I thought she was.. You'd think I would've noticed after ten years..." I shook my head a little bit, playing a bit with the end of my shirt again. "I ended it.. It's over."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 8:54:59 GMT
Shell laughs a little more, now fully out in a grin. "I'm sorry, but yes. I always found it odd how much time you two spend together and how close you are. It seems like you're each other's halves." she says with a nod.
She sighs, tempted to roll her eyes or shake her head but she resists. Shell personally didn't think she was that different from ten years ago, but if Riley said she did, then that was his own opinion. "So what did you buy the girls then?"
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 8:59:38 GMT
I smiled and chuckled a little bit. "Then I'm sorry if you're disapointed when we don't get together." I told her with a faint smile, shaking my head a little bit. "We did spend a lot of time together.." I smiled a bit more.
She didn't comment on what I said and I guess there wasn't really anything I could do about that and just let her change the subject.
"Um.. they're actually a couple of animal toys.. they get to pick an animal out later." I nodded a little bit.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 24, 2008 9:04:21 GMT
Shell nods lightly, watching him smile more and more. "I will admit you two would make a cute couple." she says before smiling a little herself. "I remember how bad Jenny kept insisting she wanted a rat but then she changed her mind saying they were icky." she laughs a little. "Then she wound up with Choco the owl." she says laughing a little more. That had to be one of the oddest names for a pet owl.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 24, 2008 9:09:17 GMT
I smiled. "Thanks.." I said after a moment, thinking about our personal situation. Neither of us knew what to do and when I suggested trying something out, she rejected it. And then she kissed me, so that really made no sense. "She thinks it's a bit too awkward though.." I added with a faint shrug.
I chuckled a bit at what she says. "Rats aren't icky.. and that's not the strangest name I've heard." I shrugged a little bit with a small smile.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 25, 2008 0:13:24 GMT
"Awkward huh? I think if she truly loves you she wouldn't think it's that awkward." she says with a shrug before frowning at him briefly.
"Well, it's better than Polka Dots for a toad just because he looks all polka dottish, if that's even a word..." she says recalling the name of Violet's pet toad. Why on earth that girl wanted a frog was beyond her.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 25, 2008 0:26:12 GMT
I shrugged a little bit. "She never said she loved me.. she said that she had feelings for me.. in more or less words." I said, looking over to her, seeing her frowning at me for a second. ".. What?"
I chuckled a little bit. "I think that's cute." I smiled.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 25, 2008 0:29:09 GMT
"I have a feeling she does. Arden isn't one to share her feelings openly, or at least in my case." she says with another shrug. "Nothing, just a little cold is all." she partially lies. She didn't really want to say what she was thinking at the moment.
"It is, but for a toad?" she says raising her eyebrow slightly, but laughing at the same time.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 25, 2008 0:39:12 GMT
I chuckled a little bit. "I know that." I said with a small shrug, slightly wondering why he said in her case. ".. Can I ask you something then?" I asked looking over to her. I needed another girl's input on this because honestly, I was just.. confused.
I nodded a little bit. "Oh.. okay.." I said with a faint shrug.
I laughed a little and nodded. "Yeah.. why not?" I smiled.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 25, 2008 2:47:01 GMT
"Sure that's what cousins are for anyway. Shoot." she says with a light smile. She started to like this bonding with Riley seeing as they never were that close.
"I don't know honestly. I just think it's odd. I would name a toad like Henry or something." Shell laughs a bit with a shrug.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 25, 2008 2:51:05 GMT
I turned a bit more toward her, pausing for a moment as I thought about what exactly I was asking. "Um.. From a woman's point of view.." I started after a moment, "What do you think it means when I ask Arden if she wants to try something.. she says no.. but then she kisses me?" I asked her curiously and slightly slowly, feeling weird asking about something like this.
I chuckled, "You'd name anything Henry." I smiled.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Nov 25, 2008 3:15:01 GMT
"Well, she could want to just try to kiss you, but if she said no... what did she say no to in the first place?" she asks giving him a curious expression back with a faint trace of a smile though.
"So? The name Henry is amazing. You're just jealous that your name isn't Henry, Riley."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Nov 25, 2008 3:18:39 GMT
"Well, she'd already kissed me before that though.." I said shaking my head faintly. "She said no to trying a relationship." I clarified a momemnt later, slgihtly wondering what Shelby thought I meant.
"Nah.. I'm perfectly happy with Riley.." I chuckled smiling a bit.
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