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"I broke a doorknob once." Oh. Wait, maybe that was too scary out of context. He bit his lip to shut himself up and handed her the bag.

2015-07-13 23:48:57

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"Could of been worse." She carefully opened the bag.

2015-07-13 23:52:18

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Right, he could've broken Spyder's skull instead. ...would that be worse? Hm.

Inside, under a layer or two of tissue, was a dark blue satin hair ribbon. Pinned to it was a small gold heart embellished with a single sky blue crystal in the center.

2015-07-13 23:56:54

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She moved the tissue paper out of the bag, and pulled out the satin ribbon. Did this go in her hair? Well, too bad her hair was so straight ribbons would just fall out of it. "It's...beautiful. Thank you."

2015-07-14 00:00:50

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He smiled for the first time all day, baring his new fangs. "You are welcome."

2015-07-14 00:03:28

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She smiled back at him, attempting to put the ribbon in her hair.

2015-07-14 00:06:38

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He almost reached out to help, but stopped and closed his hand again. ...he'd probably just break that too.

2015-07-14 00:08:31

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Eventually, she managed to get the ribbon in her hair. Well looks like she now had something new for her hair.

2015-07-14 00:14:06

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"You look...very pretty."

2015-07-14 00:24:25

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..Pretty? No. He was lying. She wasn't pretty. "Thank you."

2015-07-14 00:25:44

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"You are --" He paused, frowning with confusion at an odd prickle in the back of his mind and an overwhelming sense of grief that seemed to come from nowhere and brought tears to his eyes.

The door flew open and a wild-eyed, wild-maned Cale stood there, staring in shock at Zane upright and, well, blinking. But not breathing. His first action was to cross the room in a few quick quick strides and hug him. He froze, too surprised to react with flinching.

2015-07-14 00:33:34

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Ivory took a few steps back. Just....let them have their space. She slid her hands into her jacket pockets.

2015-07-14 00:36:16

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Cale let go, turned Zane's head to check for extra bite marks, and when he was satisfied, he punched him in the chest, garnering no physical reaction. "Were you playing dead or something?! Not cool!" "No, I just, woke up....are you okay?" Cale's eyes were still red, possibly even more so. He'd probably been crying on his 'walk'. "I'm fucking fine, are you?!" "I...I think so..." He took a shaky and unnecessary breath, brushing his long hair back behind his ears. "...God. This whole thing was supposed to wait, like, a year."

2015-07-14 00:48:34

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So they did have turning him planned? Hm. Well then. Interesting. Well she wasn't mad about it. She kept quiet.

2015-07-14 00:51:17

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Then Cale remembered she was there and looked over. "Seriously, you're still here? What's --" His eyes widened slightly and he looked back to Zane, confused. "You gave her your sister's ribbon?? What the hell?" "I thought she would like it..."

2015-07-14 01:00:09

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Without realizing it, her hand went to the ribbon. This was his sister's? And he gave it to her? Wow. Uh. Haha. Well then. She didn't expect that. "I don't see what the problem is?"

2015-07-14 01:02:27

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He shook his head. "Whatever, just a weird present, I thought you wanted to keep that. As for you," he pointed at Ivory, "Merry Christmas, now get out."

2015-07-14 01:07:15

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"Yeah, yeah. I know." She moved towards the door. "I'll see you later Zane. Thanks for the gift."

2015-07-14 01:08:41

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"...goodbye..." Zane waved as she left, giving her a small smile. Cale rolled his eyes and locked the door behind her.

2015-07-14 01:09:48

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New Years Eve. God, how had she been able to keep from him /this/ long. It was killing her. How could she face him after that? How could he even care for her after that? He wouldn't, but he needed to know. The four of them were o the couch, watching a movie before they were going to watch the ball drop. Okay. She had to tell him now. Now or never.

Slowly she leaned over to Tassek. "Could you meet up on the roof, please?" She whispered into his ear, before getting up and going to the door. Once she stepped outside, she slipped off the ring, and hid it in her hand. Then she made her way to the roof, feeling more guilty with every step.

2015-07-14 01:54:06

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He was curious, alright. With a nod, he let her go, and a minute later, followed. The first thing he noticed was the lack of the ring. "What's up? Is it too small?"

2015-07-14 01:56:53

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"No." She shook her head before turning to face him. "But you're going to want it back once I tell you something." She bit her lip to keep back the tears.

2015-07-14 02:03:23

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He frowned. "Why would I? It couldn't be /that/ bad."

2015-07-14 04:29:10

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Yes. Yes it was. "While I was sick. Seculus and I got a closer. A lot closer." She exhaled. How the fuck could she put this? "We kissed. More than once....we dated too, if you can even call it that."

2015-07-14 04:32:11

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At first, all he gave her was a blank stare as he processed what she'd said. Dating? Kissing? They....he.....

The logical part of his brain protested that, since they were insane at the time, they held no credibility for their actions, and so everything that happened during that time wasn't their fault and should just be forgotten and swept under the rug.

Meanwhile, every /other/ part of his brain was convinced either that Seculus was going to die before the new year came or he himself wasn't good enough for her. Was he? Maybe her tastes had changed in six months. She'd spent all that time with him before she left, too. She said they'd gotten closer. Were they still that same kind of 'close'? Voice shaking, he asked "....are you...still....?"

2015-07-14 04:40:10