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[Fitzy Patricks]

"Mm...." I agree, nodding with a half shrug, then raising my eyebrows. "Other than the fact you've made it sound like I'm the cause... yeah, I guess. Are you saying that you're life's not been a mess since we last ran into each other?"

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Always talking about what their lives have been like and how they could somehow make it better. Rarely anything else. "My life's pretty much a mess no matter who I come into contact with. I'm actually surprised you deal with all my complaining. Besides if I didn't want to see how you were I wouldn't have come."[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Not that bad," I shrug. "The 'complaining,' I mean. And we haven't really had the most... conventional of meetings, most of the time."

[Isabella Parker]

[/i] "Do we ever have anything else to talk about?" She asked with a small laugh. "Like... your opinions on being a father or something."[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

I grimace slightly at that, shrugging uncomfortably and eying Mell.
"I... don't really use that word," I shrug. "She's a kid who got dropped here and I'm taking care of her... sort of... but that's it. So if that tells you anything...." I laugh slightly, shaking my head.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Her tone sounded rather amused. Bella followed his gaze to Melody. "Well then at least your taking care of her, doing your part right? Doesn't matter about the rest." She nodded, her eyes still on the small girl.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Not really," I shrug, responding mostly to the first thing she's said. "I really kind of wish that she didn't exist. Probably better for her, really."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] She nodded and looked back at the girl, a smile at her lips.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

I laugh very slightly at that, genuinely amused but shaking my head. "You're assuming, of course, that someone raised by me isn't going to hate me... but you're right about the good part, I guess. She's quiet anyway."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] It wasn't like he was utterly insane and deserved to be locked up in Azkaban. Even if he didn't want to be a father that didn't mean he wouldn't be a good one.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Well... no, not the worst... but not one of the better ones." I shrug slightly. "And I have a pessimistic outlook, that's all."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella didn't have many of them anymore. "I've sort of noticed. Have you Melody? Is your father really an insane person?" She smiled.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

Melody laughs in response to the smile, reaching up to touch Bella's face, and I raise my eyebrows again. "You can interpret that however you like," I shrug, choosing not to respond - which will involve arguing with - the decent person comment. Well, I guess I've never killed anybody at least. Or... just the one anyway.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Melody was the only one who thought it funny obviously but it was nice to hear some type of real laughter. "You know, I never know how to respond when you don't say anything." She said quietly, looking over Melody at him.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Don't say anything to what?" I ask, raising my eyebrows again.
Melody doesn't respond, naturally, but just looks around the room contentedly. I really don't understood why she seems so happy most of the time.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella said with a small sigh as she ran a hand through her hair.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Generally that's because I really don't think you want to hear my thoughts," I point out, raising my eyebrows again.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella gave a small shrug. "As long as your willing to talk I'm willing to listen."[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"No," I shake my head again. "I really, honestly don't think you want to hear them sometimes. They're not really things I'd rather say. But, if you insist... I think the last one I didn't say was something like, 'gee, I guess I've only killed the one person, so maybe I am decent.'" I shrug, shaking my head yet again. "Take my word for it next time?"

[Isabella Parker]

[/i]. I'm guessing that's the reason why?"[/b] She bounced Melody lightly on her lap again.[/ul][/size]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"If you mean that you're guessing that's why I don't think I'm a decent person, then yes." I shrug slightly. "None of us can be, really, no matter how many years it's been since the war or what we've done since. We might be okay people, but never good ones."

[Isabella Parker]

[/i] "Not one's perfect though. So we may not be good, that doesn't mean that we're not decent. You don't go around killing people as a hobby. That's a good thing." She laughed slightly at her 'lame' (as Ashlyn would say) joke.[/b][/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Yes , that it is," I agree, raising my eyebrows. "But if that's your criteria for being a good person, there are a whole lot more of them than I would have thought."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] She was a bad explainer. Very bad.[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"No." I shake my head immediately. "Absolutely not. I never did want to in the first place, so... no. I'd honestly rather be dead."

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella gave a fierce nod, satisfied with her attempt to actually explain the inner workings of her mind. "At least your better now, right?"[/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

I shrug just a little, since I can't really argue with that but I also don't feel like agreeing.
"So how about you then? Are you a decent person?" I ask just to change the subject, even slightly, to anything else.

[Isabella Parker]

[/b][/size][/ul]

[Fitzy Patricks]

"Certainly haven't killed or tortured anyone," I shrug, then raise my eyebrows. "Have you?"

[Isabella Parker]

[/b] Bella forced out a small laugh. "I've sort of felt like that a lot lately." For a few months now, almost the whole human race annoyed her. Everyone and their drama.[/size][/ul]