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"Exactly." Aimi spoke. "Now, if you don't mind. Let just borrow her. Just for a moment." She reached out and took Ivorys hand lightly. At that moment, Aimi caught of something. Something she was used to by now. Previous love interests. That is, until the old memories faded and...nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing that showed she loved anything or anyone. "Oh." She let go of Ivory's hand. "You're right, there are plenty of girls in the cafe interested in women." She pretended that she saw someone wave her over. "Excuse me." She moved away from the table.

Ivory withdrew her hand. Well...she saw that excuse before. She..saw something, didn't she?

2015-10-26 07:56:47

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That was odd. She was only over here for less than a minute. I frowned slightly. If she'd reacted to something, I couldn't hear what it was. "...hm. Anyways, here's your check." I smiled again and set the check on the table. I'd picked it up with the order.

2015-10-26 08:05:44

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"Here, let me-" Ivory reached for it.

"No." Jackson grabbed her hand and slammed it down on the table. Not to hurt or anything, but instead to stop her. "I got it." He placed a few bills inside it before she could react.

She frowned. Dammit. What was that about earlier?

2015-10-26 08:09:11

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"/Thank/ you." I took it back to the register. Henry ruffled Jackson's hair and went off to another table.

2015-10-26 08:10:41

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Once Aimi noticed Seculus went to the register, she slowly moved over next to him. "I need to talk to you." She quietly spoke once she was close enough for only him to hear.

2015-10-26 08:14:24

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"....yes?" Now I was concerned. Was it about why she'd left the table so quickly?

2015-10-26 08:15:29

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"I'm sure you know the whole 'attraction' ability isn't /all/ I can do, right?"

2015-10-26 08:16:33

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"Well, I certainly do now. What about it?"

2015-10-26 08:17:04

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"I saw when I touched her hand that she has had a lot of trouble with women in the past. Specifically a woman named Brielle. She never told Ivory she was engaged until two days after she got drunk one night and skyped your friend, then spilled some terrible love confession. Your friend also told Brielle about how her family and friends were extremely against homosexuality. But...that wasn't all I found."

2015-10-26 08:20:02

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Oh. Brielle. .....she'd done that? I sighed. Poor Ivory. I could see why she didn't exactly want to talk to her. But....even more than mine, this ability seemed intrusive. Should I really inquire further...? "I'm...not sure I want to know."

2015-10-26 08:21:46

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"I think for your benefit you should. Especially since she's the most important love in your life at the moment." She paused. "The hand thing does that as well."

2015-10-26 08:23:00

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I turned a little red and closed the register. "You didn't touch /me/, though."

2015-10-26 08:24:03

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"In the past, I have. Accidental brushing while we worked, nothing intentional. I try my best to not use it without reason."

2015-10-26 08:25:12

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"And you had a reason this time?"

2015-10-26 08:25:34

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"To see if she felt the same way about you."

2015-10-26 08:25:54

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"............thank you, but.............." Now I wanted to know even less. I'd been taking it for granted. I really didn't want to be proven wrong now.

2015-10-26 08:26:33

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"You're welcome, but...there's a problem? It's not that she doesn't love /you./ It's that she does't love /anyone/ or /anything/. She's blank."

2015-10-26 08:28:00

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I went blank too. Or my expression did, as my heart sank. .......no one? Not even Lance, or Zane, or...me? How...is that even possible?

2015-10-26 08:29:40

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Aimi frowned. "I'll let you think it over. It was a little too much for me as well. Especially since I was so certain that she loved you." With that, she went back to her work.

2015-10-26 08:31:42

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I was too. I slumped onto the counter, holding my head in my hands. ".....this was why........I didn't want to know...." I said quietly to myself. You see? I told you she didn't love you. Why would she? But........ She's completely heartless. She doesn't even love Zane, much less /you/ of all people. I grew very cold, and as one of the other waiters brushed past me, he shivered.

2015-10-26 08:33:23

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Out of the corner of her eye, Ivory watched as Aimi told Seculus some and it seemed to upset her. It was...about her, wasn't it? Well, what did she that was so-oh. It probably had something to do with her power of attraction...Oh.

Once Jackson and Ivory left, Jackson stared her down. "Well, /you/ certainly had fun tonight." He commented.

She looked down at here hands as they grew cold. "Yeah. I did."

"Do you want to tell me something? Are you sure you two aren't dating?"

"...No, we're just friends. It was a joke. There was nothing serious about it."

There was nothing serious about their friendship, but at one point she thought it was.

2015-10-26 08:40:21

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I sort of regretted how I left the shop before. I mean, she'd actually been willing to talk to me, and that was something I may have ruined. There was also the fact that my side, shoulder, and upper arm were now all made of wood. The arm turned on a joint now. I'd either wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat from the pain or double over in the middle of the office to only vaguely concerned stares. My heart was still beating, that area was still flesh, at least. Can I reverse this? Is there even a way to do that, or do I just have to beg God to fix me? That would almost be worse. I pushed the door open, wearing a long-sleeved shirt with my tie to cover up the changes. She wasn't hanging out by the counter today. Odd. Out with Seculus? Maybe.

2015-10-26 08:49:28

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Ever since the little 'incident' at the cafe, Ivory most certainly wasn't spending any moment alone sober. Everyone was out right now, and Ivory was on the kitchen with a bottle of tequila in her hand. There were vodka bottles of all sorts laid across the kitchen counter, but for right now she wasn't drunk enough for that yet. She must of built up some sort of tolerance to this stuff, because right now she currently still remembered her name. She heard the shop door open. "Go away!" She shouted, slightly slurring the words together.

2015-10-26 08:53:54

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What the-- oh, great, she's drinking again. I rubbed my temples and moved to the kitchen. "What is it this time?"

2015-10-26 08:55:06

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She heard Madison's voice, and sat up. "Nothing. Just leave." She spoke before drinking some of the tequila.

2015-10-26 08:56:26