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Post by Fitzy Patricks on Oct 14, 2008 21:55:52 GMT
"Because maybe it's not polar?" I shrug slightly. "We're a bit different, maybe, but I've never really seen us as opposites."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 14, 2008 22:02:56 GMT
"Then what do you see us as?" she asks before getting up and walking over to where he was sitting.
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Post by Fitzy Patricks on Oct 14, 2008 22:10:21 GMT
I shrug, leaning forward with my elbows on my knees. "Different, like I said... I don't know. Intellectual equals...." I smile slightly. "... except for the fact that you're not paranoid enough." I shrug again slightly. "I guess I never thought about it much."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 14, 2008 22:12:42 GMT
Shell smiles slightly before sitting on the floor in front of him. "So should I feel honored or something that I'm your intellectual equal?" she asks teasingly with a grin now forming on her lips instead.
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Post by Fitzy Patricks on Oct 14, 2008 22:18:45 GMT
"Maybe," I shrug, raising my eyebrows down at her and laughing slightly. "I do kind of think I'm one of the smarter people on the planet, so you can certainly think of it as a compliment. But now this is weird," I add abruptly, referring to the fact I'm looking down at her, and moving to sit on the floor in front of the couch instead... not nearly as far away as I would've been back when we used to know each other.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 16, 2008 13:46:31 GMT
"Well in that case thank you for considering me your equal." she says with a grin of her own. Shell shakes her head and turns around to face him again. "Why was that werid? I was just sitting in front of you on the ground. At least I didn't sit on your lap or the arm of the chair."
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Post by Fitzy Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 1:47:24 GMT
"No... I think either of those would be a different sort of weird." I shrug slightly. "I just didn't like looking down at you... like I was on a throne or something, I don't know."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:07:28 GMT
"And you're still not comfortable about sitting next to me then?" she asks tilting her head to the side so her head was resting on her shoulder.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 2:10:58 GMT
I pause for a moment, thinking that one over, then shrug. "Well... no. I'm slightly less neurotic than I used to be, so that wouldn't bother me. I just find it easier to have a conversation with someone I can see."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:12:54 GMT
"Slightly? I never seen you smile until today. I think that's a great improvement from the last time I seen you." she says with a smile herself. "Besides, you can still see me, just have to turn slightly to look, but if you're comfortable there then okay." she shrugs lightly letting her eyes travel up to the ceiling.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 2:21:08 GMT
"You make a valid and logical point," I concede, tipping my head. To be honest, I really wouldn't mind it at all... which, for some reason, makes me think I ought to. "But I'm pretty sure I did used to smile at least every couple of months, so there's a fairly decent chance you're exaggerating there...."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:29:36 GMT
"Well, they were half smiles which don't count. Otherwise I didn't see them." she says tilting her head the other way before playing with her curls.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 2:33:35 GMT
I shrug just a bit, conceding the point again because she's probably right. Now that I think about, I was awfully bitter back then.
"And you weren't always so... however it is you are now... yourself," I say thoughtfully, forgetting that I didn't say the first part out loud so it might sound slightly weird.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:35:42 GMT
Shell bites her lip slightly, before giving him a confused look. "I wasn't always so what?" she asks softly before letting out a sigh. "I know I'm myself now... I've learned how to control my worse half."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 2:40:57 GMT
"I don't know...." I shrug slightly, shaking my head. "Maybe also bitter? It was the best word I could think of to describe myself back then, but maybe it'd work for you as well. And you seem... not bitter now." I shrug again, laughing faintly at my own inability to put this sort of thing into words.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:44:51 GMT
"Bitter sounds about right actually with the whole situation of second best all the time and Ruby bothering me." she says with a shrug. "I'm still second best after all this time." Shell sighs a little letting out a small laugh before looking back up at the ceiling. Now she was starting to understand why looking up there was so interesting.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 2:51:48 GMT
I find myself following her gaze to the ceiling for a moment, but quickly shake my head a bit and get a grip on reality again, grimacing slightly. I'm actually not really certain what she means by that, but it certainly sounds pleasant.
"You know you're starting to sound bitter again there," I point out, raising my eyebrows.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 2:54:09 GMT
Shell looks at him for a second and sighs. "Sorry. I just hate that feeling is all. Knowing that someone loves you less than someone else and then they say they love you still, it's just so horrible. Anyway, when's Melody's birthday? Do you know that?" she asks trying to change the subject.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 3:02:34 GMT
"Ah... I think... it's in February?" I shrug slightly, frowning. I really don't remember whether Lacey told me that... nor can I try and count backwards, because I'm not sure when it was that she and I originally ran into each other. I barely know what month it is now.
"But that was kind of an abrupt change of subject, I do have to say."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 3:04:54 GMT
Shell smiles faintly, mostly out of sympathy. Scooting over slightly about a foot or two between them still, she shrugs a little. "I just don't want to talk about that really. So I'm guessing you haven't found or thought of anyone you've thought met your qualifications of being your girlfriend then?" she asks tilting her head again.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 3:16:02 GMT
I give a slight cough that turns into a laugh at some point, shaking my head. "No, I'm afraid that I've still been planning to remain a misanthropic loner all my life...." I pause, glancing unconsciously toward Melody's room. "Obviously that's out the window though, so... who knows?" I shrug very slightly, asking the question more of the living room wall than anything else, before glancing half-suspiciously at her. "Can I ask why you're asking?"
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 3:23:27 GMT
Shell smiles lightly to herself as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Well, you consider me your equal in smarts and you said we're both similiar and different at the same time... so." she sighs closing her eyes shut, "Maybe I like you still." Shell says softly, biting her lip and keeping her eyes shut expecting the worse.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 3:38:04 GMT
I guess... I half-expected that, I think, keeping very still while I try to figure out what my reaction is.
Certainly it isn't like it would have been, once upon a time - a suspicious sort of look meant to ask, 'who the hell are you and what have you done with your sanity?' followed by a scathing comment.
Actually... I kind of don't mind. At all.
Not that I can manage to phrase that, even in my own head.
"Huh," I say instead, eloquently.... and wince very slightly almost immediately as I wonder how she'll take offense at that.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 3:41:43 GMT
Shell sighs opening her eyes slightly seeing his wince. "Huh? That's all? No comment or anything?" she asks feeling a frown covering her worried expression instead of before. "I guess I shouldn't have said that." she says softly looking down to her hands now.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 3:48:40 GMT
"No, it's fine," I say quickly, shaking my head. "I'm just... ah... not exactly good at this." I half-cough, half-laugh slightly, looking at the carpet. The closest I've ever even come to saying that I care about someone is, 'I'd kind of be bothered if you died.' All right? That's how bad I am at this.
For a moment I half-wish that she could read minds. Come to think of it, that's probably why my relationship with Kyra got as far as it did - there are just too many things I can't actually say out loud.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 3:51:50 GMT
Shell nods faintly, mostly out of shock but smiles lightly to herself at his thoughts. "I understand I think. So you're saying that you would be bothered if I died then? So that means you care about me as well?" she asks laughing a little before realizing he probably didn't know she could read minds. With Ruby effecting her, she could tap into everyone else's mind due to her other half.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 3:56:23 GMT
I look up in alarm at that, half-wondering if I'm imagining what she's just said, or actually said that last part aloud rather than silently....
"Sorry... but when in the hell did you mention that you're telepathic?" I ask, ignoring for now what she actually did say. I'll get to it later.
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 3:58:38 GMT
Shell bites her lip slightly feeling her smile fade instantly. "Never? Just never really used it or kept people's thoughts to myself if I overheard like now. I know you struggle with sharing your thoughts so..." she shrugs lightly before looking to the ground again. "Sorry I tapped into your thoughts."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Oct 17, 2008 4:05:04 GMT
"No. it's fine." I half shake my head, eying her a little dubiously. "Unlike most, I really don't mind if someone's poking around my head. Probably more convenient for them, since I'm aware that it's frustrating talking to me...." I shake my head again, half at her and half at myself. "In answer to your question... yes. Of course I would be bloody bothered."
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Post by Shelby Crescent on Oct 17, 2008 4:09:57 GMT
Shell nods lightly looking at him with a straight face until the last thing he said. "I'd feel the same seeing as I care about you." she says softly before smiling a little at him. Deciding to test how 'okay' he was with this whole moment, she leans forward and kisses his cheek lightly, lingering slightly before pulling back to her former sitting position with a weaker smile on her face.
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