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fade_in_on_mark (fade_in_on_mark) wrote in chaos_cube,
@ 2008-08-06 22:09:00

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lucas scott, mark cohen, maureen johnson

Why am I the witness? OTA
Mark doesn't usually do too well in the sun - he's just too pale. So he's sitting in Mixed Leaves with an iced tea and trying not to wilt. Summer's not his favourite season by far. It beats the Fall, but not by much. He's wearing a t-shirt and jeans, and feels way too exposed.

He shakes his head slightly at himself. How much of a metaphor can you get? He likes to be bundled up in layers, hiding behind them. Maybe thats why he's had such crappy luck in relationships.

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lucas_roe
2008-08-07 11:46 am UTC (link)

Lucas walked into Mixed Leaves to get him and Layla an iced coffee of some sort, thinking they could take a walk along the lake, maybe go for a swim.

He was wearing a pair of shorts and a shirt that was open. It was a warm day and he'd be spending it with Layla and he figured she wouldn't mind him walking around with her with his shirt open.

He walked in and spotted Mark sitting by himself.

"Hey," he said smiling.

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	fade_in_on_mark 2008-08-07 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	He looked up and smiled. "Hey, Lucas," he said. "Long time no see. How have you been?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-08-08 11:20 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah it's been a while. I've been good, yourself?" he asked. He walked closer and pointed at the chair opposite Mark. "Mind if I join you?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-08-22 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Been better, but also worse," he says, with a shrug. "Yeah, of course," he says, pointing to the chair. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-08-22 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	He sat down in the chair. "Everything ok?" he asked concerned. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-10 12:12 am UTC (link)
	Mark shrugged. "Yeah. Well, Romana and I broke up. It's fine though. I'm fine." He's not really, but he could be a lot worse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-09-11 11:27 am UTC (link)
	"Oh Mark I'm so sorry." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-15 12:25 pm UTC (link)
	He shrugs. "It's not that bad. It could have been a lot worse." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-09-15 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	He looked at Mark carefully. "You need to talk, I'm here OK?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-16 03:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, thanks, Lucas." "So how have you been?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-09-16 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	He was worried about Mark but did his best not to let it show. "I've been pretty good. Had some up and downs but that's life. Oh, and I met your ex, Maureen. Layla met her too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-18 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	Mark smiled. "Not the only one with exes Here anymore. Though I think mine is worse than yours." He pauses. "And hey, I have two now as well." He sighs. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-09-18 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled a little, the smile not quite reaching his eyes when Mark said he thought his was worse than Luke's. "Maureen and Peyton are quite different," he said. "I'm so sorry Mark." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-19 12:24 pm UTC (link)
	He grinned. "Yeah. And you should be thankful. Very thankful." He shook his head. "It's fine, really." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-09-21 06:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I am," he said smiling slightly. "Only problem with Peyton is that she's in love with me." "You sure?" he asked. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-22 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Mark laughs. "Not a bad problem to have, from your side." "Yeah. I mean, compared to my break up with Maureen, it's practically amicable." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-10-02 01:21 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah I guess not. I'm sorry to her that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-10-05 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Thanks, Lucas. But I'm okay, really, I am." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lucas_roe 2008-10-14 05:24 pm UTC (link)
	"OK, long as you're sure," he said. (Reply to this) (Parent)

kiss_pookie
2008-08-08 08:34 am UTC (link)

Maureen had been busy between getting her bearings and trying to get to know people with varying degrees of success she hadn't seen Mark in a while.

She gets the feeling he's been avoiding her.

So she's made it her mission to find him, he promised he'd stage manage for her and ok she hadn't written her script yet, but still, she needed to know he was still on board.

Maureen checked out the library, and the screening rooms without much luck she was warm and decided some kind of iced latte was in order and she tried mixed leaves.

Lo and behold, a Markie.

She walks up to him and throws her arms around his neck planting a kiss on his cheek.

"You've been avoiding me."

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	fade_in_on_mark 2008-08-08 11:12 am UTC (link)
	Mark smiles and hugs her back. "Hey, Maureen. I haven't been avoiding you." He pulls back and smiles. "Really. I've been avoiding everyone." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-08-08 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	"But why Poo, Markie? What's happened?" She corrects herself. She reaches out and touches his hand acriss the table. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-08-22 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	He narrows his eyes when she almost uses that nickname. But she stops just in time. He sighs. "Romana and I... we broke up," he says. He doesn't look up at her, cos talking to the girl that's broken his heart several times over about your current relationship going under is not an easy thing to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kiss_pookie
2008-08-26 07:22 pm UTC (link)

"Aw Markie." she says and gets up out of her seat and throws her arms around him in a big hug. He stiffens in her arms slightly and she thinks that maybe it wasn't the most of appropriate things she could have done.

"It's okay honey, I'm sure you'll feel better soon, and I know you'll be thinking it weird talking to me and that I won't care, but I do care about you Markie, you're my stage manager and best friend all rolled into one."

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fade_in_on_mark
2008-09-15 12:23 pm UTC (link)

He hugs her back after a second's hesitation. There's still a small portion of his brain that really wants to drag her into his lap and kiss her, and its harder to resist the urge at this particular moment.

But he does. And he pulls back and smiles gratefully.

"Thanks," he says. "I'm okay, or I will be."

"So how are you settling in?" he asks, wanting to steer the conversation in a different direction.

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kiss_pookie
2008-09-15 12:38 pm UTC (link)

Maureen eyes him suspiciously. He doesn't want to talk about it too much. Fair enough she thinks, but she sees a half glimpse of something.

"Yeah you will be." She nods.

He asks how she's settling in.

"I'm doing good, I have met a few people, made new friends and I'm writing a new piece for Here." She thinks of Derek but doesn't think it would be fair to bring him into this conversation. "Yeah, I met Lucas and Layla and a few others."

Maureen turns to a waiter, "Can I get and iced tea too?"

She smiles at Mark willing him to open up a little.

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	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-15 03:34 pm UTC (link)
	He smiles. "That's good. Lucas and Layla are good kids," he says. She's smiling at him, and he knows she wants him to talk about what's happened more. "So what's your piece about?" he asks. If anything's going to distract Maureen, it'll be that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kiss_pookie
2008-09-15 04:18 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah, they are good kids, Lucas showed me round when I first arrived, and Layla I gave a tango lesson to." she smiles.

He asks about the project.

"Its going to be about Here, and sticking it to the man or whoever, whatever brought us Here, we're politcal prisoners you know.? We need to raise awareness of this. That's where you come in mister stage manager/publicity man."

Her iced tea arrives and she smiles her thanks to her waiter.

"Its no life cafe Here." she says a little mopily.

She takes a long slurp and returns to the subject of the piece.

"Its still very much in development about now, but it will be good and the facilities Here are okay but I won't be able to do a full scale piece, maybe stripped down would work better what do you think?"

She looks at Mark.

"Are you just letting me rattle on and tuning me out?" She puts her hands on her hips and pouts. "Markie! Shame on you."

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fade_in_on_mark
2008-09-15 09:43 pm UTC (link)

He listens to her talk about her piece, how excited she is, and smiles. She's so excited about it, he's always loved her enthusiasm, and helping her with her pieces was often maddening but her happiness when she'd accomplished it was always worth it, in the end.

"Of course not," he says, scandalised. "I never tune you out. I've been thinking how to promote it. And how we'll set up the ballroom. We'll need to go to Manny to get some equipment, he has pretty much everything you'll need. Anything particularly extravagant you have in mind you'd like to pull off?"

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kiss_pookie
2008-09-16 12:59 pm UTC (link)

"Its all pretty early in the planning stages so far, I've only just started devising the performance, I'd guess a delay pretty much a given, some pre-recorded sections, not sure how much scenery would be needed and less is more right?"

Maureen puts her hand on Mark's knee and gives it a gentle squeeze, "You always were my best stage manager."

She looks at him wistfully a moment, half toying with an idea.

"So there's this guy Manny he can get us equipment, I'll need to work out exactly what I'll need..."

Maureen pauses and her voice softens.

"Thanks Markie."

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fade_in_on_mark
2008-09-16 02:45 pm UTC (link)

Mark nods.

"Actually, we should see what my computer can do. I have a new camera, its from a few years in our future and can do some really cool things. And I have some programmes on my laptop that can record and mix songs, for any tracks you want to do. And I can add some cool effects to filmed sections."

Her hand finds his knee and squeezes, and she's smiling at him. He remembers all the times they planned and put on performances before, how much fun it was, how creative she could be.

He grins. "I'm honoured," he replies warmly.

"Yeah, Manny has lots of random things. Just make a list, we'll arrange everything."

He's getting excited about all of this too, not only because he likes to do it, but it has been a while since he has something to do Here. And it'll definitely distract him from everything else in his life.

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kiss_pookie
2008-09-16 08:08 pm UTC (link)

Maureen listens as Mark tells her about his computer and new camera can do she bounces in her chair. "That would be awesome, we could project images of me around the ball room doing different things at different times, like different aspects of being Here. That's given me some inspiration to play some more.” She enthuses.

Mark’s getting excited about the prospect of this too and its almost like old times, almost.

Maureen pauses, the idea she was toying with earlier is back. She chews on her lower lip slightly hesitant.

“Markie,” she begins. “All this talk of planning – kinda like old times, huh?”

She looks at him wistfully, “You know if you wanted to, we could hook up, take your mind off Romana.”

She watches him carefully, not getting back together but if she could offer him some comfort, she would.

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fade_in_on_mark
2008-09-16 10:07 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, God, Maureen," he groans.

She's biting her lip, her hand still on his knee. She looks so damn hot, not that she ever doesn't. What she's offering him is more than tempting...

But no, no, that way madness lies. For him, mostly. He can't go down that road again, especially not now.

"I - I don't think that would be a good idea. I really don't."

It's killing him to be this strong.

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	kiss_pookie 2008-09-17 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Mark pulls back a little, he doesn't think it would be a good idea. Maureen pulls her hand back and feels a flicker of disappointment, she hides it under a big smile. "Ok Markie, whatever." Maureen glances down at her kness. "But you're still on with the stage managing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-18 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	He lets out a long breath, and nods. "Yeah, of course I'll still be your stage manager." He takes a long gulp of his iced tea and hopes it'll cool him down. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-09-18 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen smiles, still a little bit disappointed so she takes a sip of her drink. "That's good, because I wouldn't be able to do it without you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-19 12:23 pm UTC (link)
	She looks disappointed nd Mark almost changes his mind, tells her he does want it. But it'd be a one time thing, she'd go back to her old ways after it and he couldn't take that. He smiles at her. "Oh, you'd do fine. But I'll help. Anything you need." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-09-21 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	Maureen smiles brighter than she feels. "I know and I appreciate it." She sighs a second imagining how nice it could have been, just a one off, but Mark knows what he wants and it isn't her any more. She can't really blame him. "So we should schedule a meeting to talk about what I need when I've done some devising, sound good?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-09-22 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	He tries not to focus on how disappointed she sounds. He really would do anything for Maureen, but sleeping with her because she feels like it isn't included in that. It would only end in tears. For him, anyway. "That sounds good. I'm always here to kick around ideas, too." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kiss_pookie 2008-09-23 03:38 pm UTC (link)
	"I know and I'll be searching you out to help but I really got to get on with devising the thing and what I'm going to do. Once I've got those down we can start talking tech." Maureen gets up and leans over gently kissing Mark on the cheek. "Feel better soon, honey." She whispers before straightening up. "And if you ch.... Oh nevermind, you already know." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fade_in_on_mark 2008-10-05 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	She kisses him on the cheek and he clenches his fist to stop himself reaching for her. He deserves a medal for resisting temptation. "I know," he says, smiling at her. "Let me know when you're ready for my help." (Reply to this) (Parent)