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Tweak says, "please don't take my sunshine"

Winifred "Fred" Burkle (i_figure) wrote in we_coexist,
@ 2012-01-20 17:51:00

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jake jensen, winifred burkle

When the coffee turns...(Jensen)
(Continuation of this happy meeting)

The look didn't fade as Fred heard what was only a partial apology if it was one at all. She looked at him a little longer before walking on. She'd lost her appetite, which was saying something. The two men who she thought were pretty special and good had turned into real asshats as she'd heard Dean call some jerk he'd had to deal with once. They had forgotten completely what it meant to be good guys. She knew that good guys didn't always have to be nice, soft, fluffy puppies, but they had turned into real jerks. And, over something completely out of either of their hands.

"It wasn't right. What you did. It wasn't right. Not that what he did was right either. What y'all said, not so much what he did. It's not like he had a choice not to put the statement out. It hurt, but you don't say things like that. You don't say things like that to people who could help you." She wasn't going to cry; she refused to cry. She wouldn't do it.

She was starting to wish she had worn a jacket because she wanted to wrap something around herself, nice and tight. She opted for her arms for a little bit as she walked. She stopped once more; a few tears were already going down her cheeks.

"You two should be friends or pleasant acquaintances because he could make things very difficult. I know you could make his life uncomfortable, too. And what you said. That last part. That was really mean. I was there. I was standing right there when you said it. You don't say things like that when people are standing there. I was okay with it, you know that? Or maybe I wasn't okay with it because they didn't think I was his girlfriend or pretty enough to get a picture with him, but that's not really the point. The point is I was okay with the mix up because he wasn't really with her. And then you go and say that. Like I wouldn't care if you would say something like that. I do." Fred just looked at him, waiting for something more than an apology possibly. She didn't how he could even start to make a difference in what was said and what she felt, but she knew that she was hurt.

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i_chatter
2012-01-21 12:11 am UTC (link)

He listened to her, let her get everything out. She needed to talk sometimes, and he was always fine with letting her ramble. But those tears had to go! He wanted to reach out and brush them away but he thought he might get punched if he tried. And he was beginning to feel pretty conflicted himself by the time she was done.

"Wait." His brows came down but more in a wounded frown expression than just a frown, his hands pushing into his jeans pockets. "Are you defending your ex-boyfriend and telling me I need to play nice with him?"

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i_figure
2012-01-21 12:19 am UTC (link)

"Why wouldn't you? He didn't do anything to me. He didn't do anything to you." Fred didn't like seeing the frown. She didn't like seeing it on anyone, but Jensen's sad face upset her a little more than others perhaps.

"You could have kept it completely professional. If you've got a problem with that statement, fine. Have a problem with his statement. It did target you and everyone else, but you don't bring up things like Zee and him in a picture. You don't bring up scandals that were created by the press because they're too stupid to even bother asking." Her accent was getting a little thicker. She wasn't just sad and hurt; she was angry for so many reasons.

"That's something that was tween him and me not you and Zee." She paused for only a moment to recognize the rhyme, but it really wasn't the moment to smile at what she'd done there. "What does it matter if he is my ex-boyfriend if the problem you have with him is his stand on vigilantes?" She wasn't getting it at all.

	i_chatter 2012-01-21 01:41 am UTC (link)
	He took a step closer to her, his smile lifting a little as he tugged on her hand. "Okay, maybe it makes me a bad person, but I can't be friends with the ex-boyfriend of the girl I'd like to have as my girl." He shrugged a shoulder impishly. "Maybe it's a testosterone thing. And I'm glad the City made me sue you. Otherwise we'd still hate each other." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_chatter 2012-01-21 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah you really can." He all but whimpered when she stepped away from him. He sighed and went with her but kept a hold of her hand, giving it a little swing. "Okay. Let's feed you. Whatever you want. I owe you that much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	i_figure 2012-01-21 04:21 am UTC (link)
	There was a definite shiver at how close he was, and his stubble was a little scratchy. Her hand lifted to scratch at the stubble absently. Her hand went a little further back to tug at his ear lobe playfully before she nodded ever so slightly. "You can lead the way. I guess." She sounded a little disappointed, but there was a hint of a smile as she said it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)