Bad Timing;;{{Logan

[Riley Pearson]

Wheel chairs are a pain.. and I'm sick of them.
And that is why instead of rolling myself around everywhere like I have been doing the past few days, I decided to drop the wheel chair and try to just walk like I normally would. Like I've been wanting to do for the last week.. What I've dearly missed. But now I was wondering why I missed it so much.
At first, it really wasn't a bit issue. Bit sore here and there, but generally, it was alright. It would've probably been much worse from the beginning though, if I hadn't been walking some everyday.
But honestly, this whole walking thing was getting a bit wearing.. And I
don't think I had quite enough energy yet to have it be one hundred percent alright and pain free.
This was the reason why I found myself stopping in the nearest place I saw that had seating. Unfortunately, I went to open the front door, only to find that they were closed.. Just something else to add on to the list of bad and annoying things that have been happening to me lately.
I looked around a bit and seeing a random bench, I walked over to it and sat down.
I wasn't completely positive where I was.. somewhere on some side street near Diagon Alley. I knew how to get back to where I was going, but I don't think I'd ever paid much attention to this street.. if I'd ever even been on it before.
There were a couple shops, but other than that, there really weren't many people around. They were all up on the main street where the majority of the shopping and gathering took place.
I sighed as I sat down and looked around a bit. I should've just stayed home today.

[Logan Andrews]

I've noticed recently that there seems to be a lot of nothing a lot of the time. I've been walking around for a long time now, and minus the occasional pang of post-cruciatus pain I've felt absolutely nothing.
It's not as if I've got an absence of things to dwell on...just that without a physical stimuli, like the presence of another person, there is just...nothing.

I don't know if that's a side effect for all the different things that have been crammed into the times where there is something lately...that because I've been experiencing 'full on' sort of emotions rather than my usual half-hearted range which don't count for all that much.
Whatever it is...well, there's nothing about that either. I'm not annoyed about it, not irritated by the void, but also not pleased...just indifferent.

Hm.

I sort of have to wonder how I made my way here as well. Diagon Alley is not high on my list of favourite places to be, but I suppose I must have had a reason for it. Subconscious or otherwise. Or I'm possibly just sick of Knockturn Alley, or maybe even a little wary after last time I chose to go down that way. I don't know.
But now that I'm aware of where I am, I'm not entirely sure I like it. There's just a few too many people around, so when I spot an opening into a side street where there aren't as many people about I take the opportunity fairly quickly and head down there instead.
Still nothing...but at least a more solitary nothing, I suppose.

[Riley Pearson]

At best, I guess it was fairly nice out today, so it was worth being outside. Though instead of sitting here alone I should probably be spending it with my family. You would think that after being in a hospital for a week and nearly dying, it would knock some sense into me and I'd be spending all of my time with people. I guess a bit of time away from them would be okay though... even though I really should watch where I'm going because I think if I get hit by another car.. or whatever else could possibly hit me.. I'd probably be done for.
The longer I sat there, the more I started to think about Arden.. I didn't really want to think about her, but I guess I had to at some point. Though, I think I've done a fairly good job at not thinking about the situation.
Actually right now, I was almost wondering if I was really as upset as I should be. How many times has this happened now? I wasn't even that positive, but I did know that it was more than this one time.. I think maybe I was just sort of apathetic about it... nearly, at least.
I looked up and saw someone walking down the street. After a few moments, I realized that it was Logan and I could honestly say that I didn't really want to speak to him right now. Especially because I don't know what Arden told him about what happened. I should probably get up and leave, but I really can't be bothered.
Maybe he won't notice me.

[[ gah, awful, sorry ]

[Logan Andrews]

I really don't know why this has to happen all the time. I don't know why whenever I don't feel like talking to someone and mean to go somewhere quiet for some peace...someone has already decided to do this and be right there, wherever I am meaning to go.
Riley for instance, being right there.

I toy for a moment with the idea of going to bother him, just for a brief stint of entertainment, but then decide I don't want to. I'm sick of the rivalry for now, sick of feeling like he's an opponent...sick of things swinging in roundabouts so one minute he's on ninety percent and the next minute I am. I can't be bothered to antagonise the situation anymore. It really doesn't need antagonising.

Then I sort of get the element of choice taken away from me though, when I get hit by a spontaneous twinge of post-curse pain and decide I really need to sit down for a minute, regardless of whether Riley is sitting on the only available bench in sight.
So I make my way over there after a brief hesitation and sit down as far away from as possible, and then in a random spastic urge to be polite acknowledge him grudgingly, "Riley."

(twas lovely nina. )

[Riley Pearson]

For a moment, I thoguht he was going to just walk by me.. And that was when he sat down on the same bench as mine.. even though, technically it was the only bench, so maybe he just wanted to sit?
So I looked over to him slightly confused for a second and waited to see if he was even gonna say anything.
I nodded faintly, "Hey Logan.." I said before looking away from him and just staying where I was. I thought about leaving again, but I still didn't want to move.

[Thanks you ]

[Logan Andrews]

I pause before deciding I don't want to just sit here in silence, so I glance over at him instead and ask, "Shouldn't you be celebrating the fact that you're alive, rather than sitting on your own in an alley?"
None of my business how he chooses to enjoy the fact he's no longer dying of course, but I'm still quite irritated by that. How he can't even die right, I mean.

[Riley Pearson]

"I was before." I said with a faint shrug.. "I just went out for a walk and now I don't feel that great." I shrugged faintly again. ".. I'd rather be home right now, actually.." I paused for a moment letting out a small sigh, looking around the ally again.

[Logan Andrews]

"Huh." I mutter, shrugging lightly in response.
There's not much else to say to that, apart from 'well go home then' but I can't be bothered to be hostile right this second. Maybe later.

[Riley Pearson]

"So um.." I know that I shouldn't, but I sort of felt like I should hold some type of conversation with him. "How's Arden, doing then?" I asked looking over to him. I probably shouldn't have brought this up but it was all I could think of and the silence was bothering me.

[Logan Andrews]

I half-laugh at that and it comes out sort of choked as if I cough at the same time, because he catches me by surprise there. I wouldn't have thought he wanted to know just yet.
"She's...fine." I answer slowly after a pause. "Why?"

[Riley Pearson]

I shrugged faintly, "Just.. wondering." I said as I kept my eyes on the ground infront of me. I still wasn't liking her much, but I wanted to know how she was mainly because.. well, I didn't like leaving things the way we did. Mad at her.

[Logan Andrews]

"...Right." I roll my eyes slightly, but having nothing further to say to that.
I feel sort of like I should be pissed at him, being as she very nearly left me for him, but I can't summon the energy...and anyway, I'm fairly sure he's getting sick of being screwed over by now so there's no need to waste any effort on being irritable.

[Riley Pearson]

I shrugged faintly and looked away from him again.
This conversation wasn't going to well.. and I was pretty clueless as to what to say.. so I dodn't think I'll say anything.

[[ gah, i can't think ]