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Jean-Paul ✶ Beaubier (flightdream) wrote in age_of_miracles,
@ 2007-12-19 01:09:00

Entry tags:

iceman, northstar

thread: Northstar and Iceman
Who: Jean-Paul and Bobby
When: Late night after this
Where: The kitchen
What: Bobby confronts Jean-Paul about their 'relationship'

It was well past midnight and Jean-Paul was still wide awake. The students were all in their rooms of off somewhere breaking curfew, so the mansion was quiet for the most part. After Victor had left, Jean-Paul had spent the evening working on his revisions, grading papers, replying to emails, and general busywork. Now it was time to relax and he headed down to the kitchen for something to eat while he watched the hockey game he had saved on his TiVo.

He rummaged through the cupboards looking for pretzels or chips to go with his beer. After finally settling on a can of mixed nuts and gathered his things when he was ready to head back to his room. He was whistling softly to himself and didn't notice the figure standing in his way until they nearly collided.

"Oh! Bo— Robert. I didn't see you." Jean-Paul cleared his throat and looked down at his armful of food, pretending to make sure he wasn't about to drop anything.

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chilled
2007-12-19 07:55 pm UTC (link)

It was really the last person Bobby ever wanted to run in to. Well, at that moment. He had been meaning to try and find a moment to pull Jean-Paul aside and try and sort out just what was going on about everything. But then the Magneto incident happened and it just didn't seem like the right time to do it.

Then again, for this sort of thing, no time could really be the right time. He was getting really at ruining things lately, as he was beginning to notice.

"Hey, Jean-Paul." Bobby had been on his own way to get a late night snack as well when the collision happened and he figured now was as good of a time as ever.

"Do you have a minute to talk?" Which was probably a dumb question, but it was the best he could come up with.

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flightdream
2007-12-19 11:53 pm UTC (link)

Jean-Paul sniffed and clenched his teeth. Bobby was by far the last person Jean-Paul wanted to run into as well. He tried quickly to think of some excuse to get away, but it was pretty clear by the snacks he was carrying that he wasn't horribly busy at the moment.

"What do you want to talk about?" Jean-Paul asked, feigning ignorance. He didn't know why, other than he wanted Bobby to be the first one to breach the topic they both knew was looming over them.

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chilled
2007-12-20 08:04 pm UTC (link)

"Look. Well, I think..." Bobby took a breath, rubbing at the back of his neck. Just spit it out, Drake. That's all he had to do and then he would be done and over with.

He took another deep breath, a long inhale and exhale, and then finally mustered up the nerve to let what he needed to say spill out.

"Look, Jean-Paul, I'm not gay." There. He said it. Maybe he could just nod it off and continue on his way without any questions.

Fat chance.

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flightdream
2007-12-21 02:58 am UTC (link)

Jean-Paul sighed, exhaling air slowly through his nose. So that's what it was going to be. He looked down at the food in his hands and set it all down on a nearby counter before crossing his arms.

"Yes, I know, Robert." Jean-Paul had been referring to Bobby as Robert as a way of distancing himself from the younger mutant, as well as distance himself from the feelings he still had.

"That's why we stopped going on dates. And cuddling."

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chilled
2007-12-21 04:06 am UTC (link)

"Right." Of course he already knew. He hadn't tried to go around announcing it, but he'd been stupid enough to try and seek out Rogue and try and bring her back to the school in less than successful ways. If he had been in her shoes, well, he knew he was lucky to still be alive and have all his body parts still attached.

"It was...dumb. What I did, mind you. And, I don't know why I kept it up for so long." Which wasn't true. He knew why. He was a coward and didn't want to admit that he just never had the nerve to break up with Rogue like a decent guy.

"So, I'm sorry."

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	flightdream 2007-12-21 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah, I see," Jean-Paul said quietly. "So why stop now?" he asked, his voice growing louder along with his anger. "What made you decide to stop playing your little game; toying with my feelings for you, eh?" He pent up anger he'd been feeling was starting to break free, and Jean-Paul had no problem with directing it at the source. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chilled
2007-12-27 11:57 pm UTC (link)

That made Bobby flinch, but Jean-Paul had every right to be upset with him. Bobby was upset with himself that he let it go on for so long and got himself in to such a situation. It was a shame since Jean-Paul was a cool guy and he, Bobby, was sure that they could have, at least, been friends.

That, at this point, would be questionable.

"Because I need to stop it sooner or later and sooner is better than later." That made sense in Bobby's head anyway. Hopefully it would make sense to Jean-Paul. But, then again, Bobby was never really good in these sort of situations.

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flightdream
2007-12-31 05:54 am UTC (link)

"This is ridiculous," Jean-Paul grumbled. "I don't understand this at all." He shook his head, unable to look directly at Bobby. "All that time wasted, and for what? You don't know. You don't know. And I certainly don't know."

He picked up his bottle of beer and used the edge of the counter to snap of the cap. The conversation was leaving him with a strong urge to get drunk. He downed half the bottle before he spoke again. "I really don't know what to say to you right now."

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