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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 3:36:54 GMT
I smile faintly at that, unable to come up with a response at the moment beyond a sincere and genuine thanks... which somehow I can't say.
"Oh, I see," I say instead, laughing slightly. "Kind of Picasso-like, but a good attempt."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 3:41:57 GMT
I smiled back and just accepted that she didn't say anything back. I hadn't really realized that she could have taken that one of two ways. Saying that I loved her, I mean. At the moment, it was meant to be taken in the friend way though.
I laughed a bit more, grinning lightly to her and shaking my head. "You don't have to lie, Arden. They're... more like, blobs, or something." I said with another small laugh. "But thanks, I guess." I smiled.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 3:50:03 GMT
"Oh, don't sell yourself short. They're very attractive and artistic blobs." I smile faintly.
I wonder vaguely if it's weird that I didn't say anything - and it's not that I took it the wrong way. It's just so nice to have someone, anyone, tell me that right now, and I don't want to acknowledge that.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 3:53:35 GMT
I smiled back to her and nodded a bit. "Alright, I'll try not to do that then." I chuckled. "Thank you." I said, still smiling as I started to tear one of my pancakes in a collection of small pieces, then putting a small puddle of syrup on the plate next to them.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:01:38 GMT
"Welcome." I smile slightly, shaking my head, and pick up a pancake of my own - which I also start shredding into pieces without realizing he is too.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:04:40 GMT
I smiled and glance up a moment later, happening to catch how she what she was doing to her pancake. I laughed a little, "What'd that pancake ever do to you?" I asked grinning lightly, even as I continued to do the exact same thing to my pancake, wondering if she had already seen me doing this to mine. I honestly thought I was the only one out of my friends who ate things like this.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:09:22 GMT
Nothing in particular," I shrug. "I always tear things like this into pieces before I eat them. Almost always, anyway." Particularly when feeling thoughtful, quiet, or vaguely sad.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:11:54 GMT
"I was kidding actually." I said after a moment, still smiling, before gesturing at my own plate. "I do the same thing.. I don't know how I've never noticed you do that." I smiled.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:16:58 GMT
"I don't know how I never noticed you do." I laugh slightly. "But I only do it with crackers and pancakes and bread and things like that." I shrug.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:20:38 GMT
I still had a soft grin on my face and nodded a bit. "It's weird." I chuckled. "I thought I knew everything about you after this long." I added, before eating one of the smaller pieces of pancakes.
I nodded at what she had added about which foods she did it with. "Exactly." I smiled. "I've tried other things and it doesn't work." I shrugged a little bit, still feeling amused.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:23:34 GMT
"You'll never know anything about me," I say, shaking my head. "I'm far too mysterious."
I nod along with the second thing he said, mouth now full of pancake.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:29:19 GMT
I let out another small laugh and threw a bit of pancake at her. "Way too mysterious for me. I don't know how I hang out with you." I joked, before eating another piece of pancake.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:31:02 GMT
"Probably too intrigued to go away," I shrug, picking the bit of pancake off my shoulder with a faint grimace. "You really need to spend more time around adults."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:33:48 GMT
"That's a great possibility." I smiled with a nod. "Better make sure I don't.. follow you home or something." I added as I picked around my pancakes a bit.
I laughed a bit and nodded. "That I do.. or maybe you should spend a bit more time around kids... or me." I smiled.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:38:03 GMT
"Better not." I smile a little more faintly than before, increasingly aware of how much I wish my mood could be what it should be, because I've missed this easy lightheartedness and teasing, the just hanging out with my best friend without any weirdness... and now I can't properly enjoy it because I can't make myself happy enough.
"Considering you're the one not acting your age, I think it's more likely that you're the one who should change," I argue, shaking my head.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:41:58 GMT
I smiled a bit more when she I her smile faintly more than before and nodded a bit. "Don't worry, I won't.." I added chuckling faintly a moment before taking a sip of my tea.
I laughed a little and nodded. "I don't like acting my age.. I'm old.. Much more fun to act nine in comparison to twenty-nine." I smiled with a shrug. "You sure you don't wanna give it try?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 4:47:14 GMT
"I'm perfectly fine with my age, thank you." I shake my head. "But, by all means, please continue acting like a nine-year-old."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 4:50:52 GMT
I shrugged a little bit. "Suit yourself." I said with a faint smile. "But by all means if you're feeling uncharacteristically young, feel free throw pancakes.. or flour or something." I nodded.
"Eh, that's alright.. I'll just go back to being twenty-nine again." I shrugged again, picking a bit at my pancakes.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 27, 2009 15:46:17 GMT
"I'll keep that in mind." I laugh slightly. "But I don't think I will just now, especially if you're going back to your own proper age. But can I ask what's prompting the change?"
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 27, 2009 18:26:37 GMT
I smiled and nodded a bit.
"I guess that would make a bit weird." I added, still smiling. I shrugged at her question. "I got lonely being the only nine year old at the table." I said laughing faintly, chucking another small piece of pancake at her.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 28, 2009 3:35:46 GMT
I laugh slightly, shaking my head, and then raise my eyebrows at him again.
"Not so lonely that the change was permanent, though, I see."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 28, 2009 3:39:35 GMT
I laughed a little bit and shrugged. "I couldn't help myself." I said with a small grin.
[[ Did I understand your post correctly? Lol, you confused me a bit ]]
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 28, 2009 3:42:59 GMT
((I think you probably did, yes.  )) "I thought as much." I shake my head, tearing apart another pancake and eating it slowly. |
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 28, 2009 3:47:16 GMT
[ mkay, lol, ] I shrugged a little bit, looking back down at the pieces of pancakes I had left. ".. Sure you don't wanna try?" I asked a moment later, smiling lightly over to her. |
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 28, 2009 3:52:34 GMT
"What, throwing pancakes at people?" I shake my head again. "No thank you. I'll stick with eating them."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 28, 2009 3:54:58 GMT
"Yeah, it's fun." I said with a small nod. "If you insist.. but if you ask me, it's fun to throw food every once in a while." I smiled.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 28, 2009 3:57:44 GMT
"Maybe, but I think I would just feel silly," I shrug.
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 28, 2009 4:00:27 GMT
"There's no one here but me." I said with a small chuckle, and shrug.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Feb 28, 2009 4:06:45 GMT
"That doesn't matter," I shrug. "I would still feel silly. It just isn't something I do... much, and if I do do something like that I get annoyed with myself."
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Post by Riley Pearson on Feb 28, 2009 4:10:18 GMT
I shrugged a little bit. "Alright.." I said, leaning a bit on the table now. "Can I ask why you get annoyed with yourself though?"
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