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Her hands became fists, and she was trembling from her anger, as well as the cold. "/I don't care./" She snapped.

2015-11-08 11:31:28

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I winced a little, but placed my hand back on her shoulder. "Just calm down, okay?" It burned my hand slightly, but I didn't pull back.

2015-11-08 11:34:22

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She twitched a bit. "F-fine."

2015-11-08 11:35:13

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"He's not going to say anything else to you, so let's just go back in the greenhouse and if he wakes up he can get himself back downstairs."

2015-11-08 11:36:56

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"...." She grabbed the chair and pushed it back into the greenhouse before sitting down.

2015-11-08 11:40:32

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I followed her back inside and shut the door gently behind us. I sat myself down against the wall and remained in silence for a minute.

2015-11-08 11:41:43

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She sat in her chair, and said nothing as well. What's the point? She was too angry to speak.

2015-11-08 11:44:25

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This is sort of a problem. I'm now unemployed, and without a job, I can't buy myself food. All of Zane's paycheck goes to paying the rent. I doubt Seculus will let me move in with him if I can't contribute. I have enough saved to keep me afloat for a few weeks, at best, but after that I starve. I could try that modeling thing Ivory suggested, but don't you have to have a portfolio of professionally done photographs for that? I don't have the money. Speaking of Ivory, what had she done to Clarenz?? He hadn't woken up by the time I'd left, and that was a good twenty minutes after the actual event. He probably had a concussion. But all she'd done was shove him. Even with vampire strength, that was /ridiculous/. Could she hurt me like that too if I made her angry? .....I seem to make her angry more than most people. That's a scary thought. But it's not like I want to stop hanging out with her. She's still the person closest to me. She's the /only/ person close to me. And even if she wasn't, I wouldn't want to stop trying just because of that. How could I try to help? Even with caring about her the most, she has lots of other people who she values more, and if they haven't been able to do anything, how would I? No amount of financial advice or smooth talking was going to get her out of a panic attack. But getting close enough to being able to help like I wanted to would take months. It'd definitely be worth it...but would she give me that kind of time? Especially if the people around her still didn't trust me?

I mulled most of this over on a walk around the city, looking for jobs and modeling agencies, mostly the latter. Eventually I'd settled on the edge of a fountain to stare intensely at the brickwork at my feet, hands on the back of my neck and elbows on my knees. I must have looked extremely out of place, a grown man in a business suit sitting glumly by himself in the middle of the work day. 'Look, mommy, that guy just got fired!' Actually, if there's a kid walking around who's smart enough to get that out of the scene, I want to meet him.

2015-11-09 07:39:20

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For once, Lilly took a walk. Her doctor said that this could help her recover, as well, and Aimi wanted her better, so for once she took someone's advice. She had to admit though, it was nice. The air was great for her. Eventually, she stopped at a fountain for some rest.

2015-11-09 08:03:36

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Somebody stopped nearby. People had been passing by all day, so I didn't look up or think anything of it. She'd probably just toss a coin in and be on her way. Would I be arrested for loitering eventually? Hm. I sighed a little. The white noise of the water /was/ starting to get a little annoying, I'd have to move eventually.

2015-11-09 08:08:07

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She tiled her hair back and the waves of her silver hair fell off her shoulders. She glanced over, and noticed someone else was there. "Lovely weather, isn't it?" Lily asked. "With all the rain we've been getting, we're due for some sunshine."

2015-11-10 01:50:42

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Hm? I raised my head slightly to look at her. She seemed vaguely familiar, but I hadn't met her myself. Who was it....oh. She was a waitress at IHOP. Zane had just met her the one time, and they never even had a conversation, but that was an eventful trip and she was very recognizable. "Yeah. I don't really care either way, but it is kind of nice." Of course I wasn't going to ignore her, that'd be rude, and unlike at the bar, she wasn't trying to hit on me. Nor would she, since she had a girlfriend.

2015-11-10 01:59:17

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"Oh really? Why not?" Why? Who didn't like overly sunshine weather. Rain was too gloomy for her.

2015-11-10 02:05:19

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I shrugged. "Because I'm a jaded asshole, probably. Rain is rain."

2015-11-10 02:08:22

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"Everyone's an asshole. It's because we all have one."

2015-11-10 02:16:14

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I opened my mouth again, then realized what she said and shot her a look. "Okay, to put it a different way, a /bastard/ then."

2015-11-10 02:17:41

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"Hey, just because you don't have a daddy does't mean you're bad. I don't have one and I turned out okay."

2015-11-10 02:18:43

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...that took an unintentionally dark turn. "Um....sorry?" And this is why I should just keep my mouth shut.

2015-11-10 02:19:56

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"No, it's fine. He died when I was really young."

2015-11-10 02:24:12

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"That doesn't make it any better of me."

2015-11-10 02:25:25

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"You're fine. Don't worry about yourself. Stress kills."

2015-11-10 02:26:21

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"Not directly. Heart attacks and ulcers kill."

2015-11-10 02:27:20

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"Yes. Directly. You know what happens to coral when it gets stressed out? It dies. Don't die. It's bad for you."

2015-11-10 02:31:12

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I snorted. "I'm pretty positive I'm not coral. And we both know plenty of dead people, you can't really say it changes much."

2015-11-10 02:32:30

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"Hmm? I don't believe we've met before."

2015-11-10 02:35:21