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Post by Miss Jack on Oct 2, 2008 21:56:21 GMT -5
As she stood, he propped himself up on both elbows, tracking her movements. Was she leaving? He grunted in approval as she flopped back onto the bed, snaking a possessive arm around her waist for good measure.
"Does that mean yes?" he asked.
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Post by Jules on Oct 2, 2008 22:22:31 GMT -5
"I don't know."
How could he know? "You're Vince." As if he didn't know that. "You..." Words were failing her for once and it was surprising. Usually she couldn't stop talking and now it was hard to even find them. "How can you be sure that this is what you want? What if you're the one that's attached? What if you're just doing this because it's what'll make me stay?"
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Post by Miss Jack on Oct 2, 2008 22:49:48 GMT -5
He studied her, a mixture of amused and frustrated.
"If I decide to do something to make you stay, it would be because I want you to stay. I would hardly push something I didn't want."
He hated being confused, but an edge of uncertainty had crept into his tone. He wasn't sure he understood what she was talking about.
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Post by Jules on Oct 2, 2008 23:13:53 GMT -5
Mary snorted and shook her head. "I know, I guess, that you love me. But I'm worried about how different you've been with me. What if you snap back to your old self? The one who could barely stand my shoulder touching yours?"
She shrugged her shoulders, not an easy feat in the position she was in. "I guess I think you find indifference easier then love and I'm just concerned that you'll give up, think it's not worth it. I've only been in love once before and it didn't work out too well and so I'm just trying to save myself here." Not that she wasn't already too deep for that to work.
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Post by Miss Jack on Oct 2, 2008 23:36:34 GMT -5
"What if I do?" he asked, tone hard. "If one day I shun you will you leave me? Or will you only believe my sincerity if I show continuous, perfect affection?"
He sighed, leaning down and touching his lips lightly over her bare shoulder. "I've never loved anything as I do you. It would be my greatest burden and misery to hurt you, but I can't promise you. I've never known love."
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Post by Jules on Oct 2, 2008 23:43:33 GMT -5
"No, of course not. I know you. But it is different now, I can't take the same amount of coldness, I'm sorry. I know it shouldn't be different, but it will be. I'll be less apt to just shrug it off." She closed her eyes as he kissed her bare skin. She was more vulnerable now, which she hated most of all because she knew Vince wouldn't know how to cope with that.
She brushed hair from his eyes slowly and soothingly, and when all wayward bangs were swept away she didn't stop stroking his hair. "I never expect this to be easy." She assured him, "Maybe I should just shutup."
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Post by Miss Jack on Oct 2, 2008 23:54:09 GMT -5
"I know," he said, a little wounded (a rare expression for him). "I didn't mean I wouldn't try." He moved closer to her. His lids grew heavy and his muscles relaxed as she stroked his hair. Calm in the way a half asleep tiger might be. He ran a hand down her arm. "I'm not tolerating you now. I like this."
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Post by Jules on Oct 3, 2008 0:11:23 GMT -5
She laughed quietly, letting her hand drop from his head and sinking back into the fabric swaths. A grin tugged her lips upwards, "I guess that's all I can ask for." Again she placed hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat. She loved it, it was proof he actually had one, it was lovely to feel the rhythm against her palm.
"I like this too. How long are you capable of keeping your skin?" Her grin turned mischievous, "You gotta admit it's got advantages."
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Post by Miss Jack on Oct 3, 2008 0:18:08 GMT -5
A small growl of complaint escaped when her hand retreated from his hair.
He glanced down at himself, all tan and tattooed and open for viewing. "I'm not sure..." Though, she was right. And given the pros against the cons, this might have to become a more permanent state.
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Post by Jules on Oct 3, 2008 0:38:53 GMT -5
Her hand slid from his chest to his cheek, and she kissed him, hard. She broke away after only a moment though. "I think you should find out." She stopped a moment to study his handsome face and couldn't help a large smile from blooming. Mary couldn't remember being this happy, ever.
She really hoped one of them didn't end up ruining this.
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