dumb idea

[Fitzy Patricks]

I raise my eyebrows slightly, then shrug. "Maybe, but... apologies anyway. Last I checked, you have better taste now, so that was uncalled for."

[Riley Pearson]

"Thanks.." I said with a small shrug. "S'alright.." I paused for a moment now, looking back over to him. Was he talking about Arden, then? There wasn't anyone else, but it was just weird hearing people talk about it, especially Fitzy. "... You mean Arden?" I asked just to make sure.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Unless I've just completely fucked up my deductive skills and memory, yes," I shrug, wondering if I have got it wrong and they're not together. Ah well.

[Riley Pearson]

I shook my head a little bit. "Um.. not exactly.. there was something..." I shrugged and paused for a moment. "But I guess there wasn't enough. She'd rather be with someone else." I said eventually, pushing some hair from my face.

[Fitzy Patricks]

I raise my eyebrows at that a little bit in surprise, although I guess I shouldn't be. This is my sister we're talking about - as weird as it is to be talking like this about her - and I know that as stubborn as she is, she also reinvented the word fickle.
"... Huh. Well I would'n've expected that. Who the hell'd she choose then?"
Maybe I should make more of an effort to actually speak with my family in future, so things lie this don't surprise me so much.

[Riley Pearson]

"I honestly didn't either.." I said with a small shrug. "Um.. I don't think you're going to like the answer very much." I commented, thinking about it for a small moment. I was pretty sure that Fitzy would much rather have Arden with me, especially in comparison with Logan. Cause I'm sure that he knows him much better than me. "It's Logan.."

[Fitzy Patricks]

I think I might be experiencing something like lockjaw, taking several moments to manage to speak... and, even then, in something like a low growl. "... Logan as is in some innocent bystander I've never heard of, or as in the oft-heard phrase, 'Logan really needs to be murdered'?" I ask, noting absently that Mell is looking over at me again from where she's plopped down in the dead grass to play with it.

[Riley Pearson]

I should have expected that reply. He's definitely not happy about it, which makes me feel much better about this because I'm obviously not crazy and the better choice between Logan and me. I nodded faintly, "The second one."

[Fitzy Patricks]

I have a strong urge now to punch something, but somehow it doesn't seem like it would be fair for that something to be Riley. So instead I close my eyes, clenching my jaw and fists and trying to force myself to calm down. Luckily, when I am a little calmer something occurs to me. "Isn't he in Azkaban for, oh... life? What the hell good does it do to declare that she's chosen someone she can't even speak to without bars in between them?"

[Riley Pearson]

I frowned a bit, wondering I should tell him the truth... He obviously didn't like the answer that Logan, that Logan, was the one dating Arden. And by the looks of him right now, I wouldn't put murder past him.. or well, attempted murdered. I'm actually not sure if Fitzy could take on Logan. But I guess now wasn't the time to think about who would win in a fight between the two of them. "Um... Not exactly..." I said a bit quietly, watching him closely and carefully.
If he needed to hit something, I didn't want to be the thing that he decided to hit.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Not exactly what?" I ask, frowning at him now. "Because if you're about to tell me that he's 'not exactly' still in prison and that you haven't turned him in despite pretending to care about Arden...." I break off, shaking my head. "Just say it and get it over with."

[Riley Pearson]

"I was not pretending." I said back to him, getting a bit more upset about him saying that. I hated when people said things like that, they probably shouldn't get to me, but they did. "And yes, he's out. But sending him back is just going to hurt her too. I don't know what to do." I said slightly frustratedly.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"It won't hurt her as much as he will if he's allowed to be around her," I shoot back, shaking my head. I'm still feeling murderous, making some of my words sharper than they maybe need to be. "He messes with her head, changes how she is. He tries to bloody kill her and she's the one who apologizes. So if you really fucking care about Arden, turn him in before it's too late."

[Riley Pearson]

I shot my eyes up to him at the word, 'kill', and froze slightly. I didn't know about that. At least I feel like I would have remembered something about that. Definitely not something that I could forget. "What are you talking about?" I asked him, staring over to him, waiting for an answer.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"The effect that...." Glancing over at Melody, I decide to watch my language. Well, that and there is no word strong enough. "... Logan has on Arden, that's what I'm bloody talking about," I mutter, wondering how he can honestly be that dense. "It's not right, it isn't healthy, and it's going to get her killed because he's a psychopath."

[Riley Pearson]

"I've only met him once.." I said back to him with a faint shrug. "I didn't notice anything about her acting differently.."
"I know he's a psychopath. I can't stand him." I told him, shaking my head slightly. "But go back bit.. that's not what I meant earlier.. You said he nearly killed her?" I asked, wanting to hear that answer instead.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Oh... right." I shake my head, then shrug. "When we were kids. She came home with bruises all over her neck and when I asked her kept saying that it was all her fault and she said that she was sorry so it was all right now. Granted, we all tried to kill each other as kids - or at least maim each other - but there's something very wrong when it's the victim who apologizes."
I shake my head again, slightly calmer now but still incredibly furious. "He changes who she is, that's all I'm saying. And I'd turn him in myself but I wouldn't put it past her to turn me in if I did."

[Riley Pearson]

I raised my eyebrows slightly, nearly swearing myself, before realizing Mel was right there. With my luck her first word would be a curse word, and it would be my fault. "But still... I can't believe she apologized to him." I said, getting a bit more upset. "I really don't understand you guys as kids.. or now much actually.."

I nodded slightly, "I want to.. but I just.. I can't do it." I said shaking my head again.

[Fitzy Patricks]

I laugh faintly at that despite myself, not really amused. "Neither do I, honestly. But it really can't be that hard to understand Arden. Textbook case for an abusive relationship since was nine." I shake my head again, then raise my eyebrows at him. "And why the hell can't you do it, if you really do care?"

[Riley Pearson]

I shrugged slightly, I thought that I understood her okay.. maybe? Maybe I didn't and I just thought that I did. Who knows really. I frowned at what he said though. "You don't know it's going to be abusive."
"Because she doesn't want me to, I don't want her to hate me." I said back to Fitzy, running a hand through a bit of my hair. "I need her."

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Always has been." I shrug. "Not always physically, but there's always been something not right."
Then I sigh, wishing I could tap my head back against a wall somewhere, as has quickly become a possibly-not-so-healthy-habit whenever I'm frustrated. "So, what, you just stay on good terms with her and hope that there's enough pieces to pick up once something finally happens?" I ask, fully aware that I'm no less selfish since I won't turn him in either, but still disappointed because I'm used to being selfish. People like Riley aren't supposed to be.

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded faintly. "Then maybe she should have stayed with me." I said after a moment, realizing that didn't sound so good aloud. "I mean.. just, nevermind. All of them, have been?"
I frowned a bit more and paused again with a faint shrug. ".. I don' t know.." I said quietly before stopping speaking again. I should be turning him in.. And I was pretty sure that I was right about that and that Fitzy was right about it too. But that didn't mean that I wnated to do it.
"Can't we find someone else to do it?"

[Fitzy Patricks]

I laugh faintly, this time with actual amusement although the situation itself still isn't funny. "Mer will probably say it's her choice, not wanting to just take my word for it. Lilith, probably, too. I don't know. But why would she ever have to know that it was you who turned him in?"

((All of who or what have been?))

[Riley Pearson]

[[sorry, her relationships, i meant to say.. unless i misinterpreted the post before that, lol ]]

"It is her choice.. I just think I'm a better one over him." I said with a small shrug. "I don't know.. I just assume that she'll know it's me.. or she'll find out.. I dunno.." I tried to explain, giving a faint shake of my head.

[Fitzy Patricks]

((Ah, yeah... he just meant her relationship with Logan has always been abusive, not that all relationships have been.))

"i think anyone's a better one over him," I mutter. "No offense to you. But as much as I think you have to be nuts to want anything to do with me, I still think that I'm a better choice than him."
And I really should just go ahead and turn him in, whether she turns on me or not. I'm sure she'd take care of Melody even if she hated me....
"... But depending on her level of psychosis and how badly he's affected her already, she might very well slit her wrists if we sent him back to Azkaban," I add, thinking out loud.

[Riley Pearson]

[[ oooh okay.. i got'cha now then.. ]]

"No offense taken.." I said with a small sigh. "I would hope that Arden wouldn't choose her brother though.." I added raising my eyebrows slightly. "But you're definitely a better choice in general." I nodded.
My eyes darted back to him. "Cause that's going to make me turn him in.." I said slightly sarcastically. "She's happy with him.. and she trusts him."

[Fitzy Patricks]

I tilt my head slightly in acknowledgment that he's spoken, not bothering to reply until the last bit, where I snort. "Of course she trusts him. She's an idiot." I shrug again, shaking my head. "But you raise a good point... sort of."

[Riley Pearson]

I sighed slightly and shrugged. "What good point did I raise?" I asked after a moment, barely even able to remember what I said.

[Fitzy Patricks]

"That it's probably not a good idea to do anything that might lead her to suicide, if we're trying to save her life." I shrug slightly, ironing my face a moment.

[Riley Pearson]

I nodded, "Right... I would much rather have her living.." I said with before biting my lip a little bit.