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Mircea Nicolau (caulfieldish) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2013-01-10 21:20:00

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aaron lavigne, january 2013, rielle mckenzie

Who: Rielle and Aaron
What: An actual ride on the subway. Burglary free
When: Tonight (But you know, in the fuuuutuuuurreeee)
Where: The closest stop to Shear Madness

Cynthia had let Aaron go a little early in order to run "an errand". That was how he'd explained his sudden need to leave and get Rielle on a subway once and for all. The truthful answer would have raised too many questions, and once the other hairdressers got into it, he'd never hear the end of it. Never mind that he wasn't actually interested in Rielle. Seriously, the girl had to ask if wearing heels on the subway was a good idea. If you were a seasoned pro, sure. If you worked on Wall Street, or were going to see a play, yeah, good idea. But even then you probably weren't going to run around in those crazy monster heels fashionista types always had on. It was ridiculous really. It was almost as if they were asking to be pushed over and have their purse snatched. Duh. Common sense, ladies.

He was waiting just outside the shop. Out of view of any windows, so that his "errand" wouldn't become fodder for salon gossip after all, but where Rielle would see him when she got out of her "cab". As if. The girl had a driver and she was probably going to use it. Whatever, she'd agreed to try the subway again, which was actually pretty impressive. The fact that she'd even consented to go again was pretty brave, considering. He leaned against the cold brick wall and zipped up his jacket, wishing she'd hurry up. Brave or not, he'd rather be inside.

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caulfieldish
2013-01-12 05:27 am UTC (link)

"Well it's not like she's got a dad to do it for her." If he hadn't been holding her hand, he would have crossed his arms indignantly. He was very protective of his sister and his mother, because he had to be. He was in charge. Well, no. He wasn't quite so old fashioned, but not having a dad around sort of put a little chip on his shoulder about what his duties as a brother and a son were supposed to be.

Her second comment took him by surprise and he sort of just stared at her with eyes as big and round as teacups. He was what?

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justlikeflying
2013-01-12 05:45 am UTC (link)

"Oh, right. I forgot." That quieted her laughter down a little. "I'll probably do that with my little sister too, actually." She had parents, but they didn't really care about either of their daughters to have an active role in their lives. Of course, Rielle didn't necessarily take any reigns or raise her sister either. But she probably cared more than anyone else at this point.

"And by that, I mean I'll probably at least give her boy advice, a butchered sex talk and a condom."

She glanced up at Aaron with a smile on her face, then frowned immediately. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

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caulfieldish
2013-01-12 05:51 am UTC (link)

"Oh god." He snorted. Amelia was not allowed to have sex as far as he was concerned. But he'd let his mother deal with that one. She was, after all, the parent. And unlike Rielle's parents, she tended to play an active part in the lives of her children, even when she was at work for long hours. "That sounds awful."

Aaron had to shout over the sound of the train rushing into the station ino order to answer her question. With another question, naturally, "Did you take inventory of the words that came out of your mouth?" He wasn't sure if she'd actually meant to say them.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-12 05:58 am UTC (link)

The train had shown up! To say Rielle was mildly distracted from their conversation was an understatement. Her nerves, which had previously been all but forgotten about, were starting to return. And in spades. What did she do now? Obviously they were supposed to get on. That was a no-brainer. But what if a hobo punched her on his way off? What if someone grabbed her, reached into her pocket and stole her money before running away? What if-- Well. There were a million what-if scenarios here, and all of them were running through Rielle's head.

"Now what?" She asked, her own eyes now big as saucers, putting a pause on his question. This required their attention at the moment.

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	caulfieldish 2013-01-12 06:02 am UTC (link)
	"You wait for the doors to open, and get on." Sometimes it amazed him that a person could live in the same city as him their whole life and have no idea how to get from place to place on the most basic of public transportation. As soon as they slid open, he gave her hand an tug and led her to the train. "Watch your step." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justlikeflying
2013-01-12 06:09 am UTC (link)

She did as she was told, minding the gap between platform and train as she went. She was surprised by how... not dirty it actually was once she was on it. Now, it wasn't winning any cleanliness rewards or anything, and she wouldn't eat off the floor. But, for all intents and purposes, it was pretty sans hobos and STDs.

"Can we sit?" She gestured two seats next to each other in a more secluded part of the car, away from the other two guys that had followed them on. "It's not like, uncool to sit or whatever?" Either way, it was her turn to lead him over and sit down. Once her bum touched the chair, she let go of his hand. She figured he wouldn't want to hold it the whole ride anyways.

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caulfieldish
2013-01-12 06:13 am UTC (link)

He rolled his eyes at her question. Of course they could sit. Who the fuck would call them out for sitting? Since when was sitting "uncool", that was what he wanted to know. He sat down next to her, sort of glad to have both hands free so he could cross his arms again.

"It's not so bad, right? No rodents of unusual size, or wads of gum all over everything." And no crazy muggers as far as the eye could see. Or, well from one end of the car to the other end. Who knew about the next car over?

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	justlikeflying 2013-01-12 06:24 am UTC (link)
	She rolled her eyes back. "It's not so bad," she admitted. "I'll reserve my judgement until I'm safely above ground. I haven't been punched in the face yet, though, so that's always a plus." Her money and her phone were still in her possession. So far, she couldn't complain. "Anyways, what were you saying before?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

caulfieldish
2013-01-12 06:27 am UTC (link)

"Right. Well, you made it down here and onto the train alright, so getting you back above ground should be the easy part." He kinda figured he wouldn't have to watch her and make sure she actually went to the surface like he had on the way down. He could only imagine she'd be all too happy to be done with the whole thing and go home.

Aaron quickly shook his head, "Don't worry about it." If she didn't remember it wasn't worth bringing back up.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-12 06:35 am UTC (link)

She was actually sort of having fun, believe it or not. She certainly wouldn't later when she thought back on it. But for now, she choosing not to think too much. If she did, she'd probably freak out at the notion of being without her hand sanitizer.

"Right. Well, here's hoping." A pause. "No, tell me. You were explaining why you were looking at me like I'd grown an extra head?"

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caulfieldish
2013-01-12 06:42 am UTC (link)

He didn't want to get into it now. It was too weird, and frankly he was happy to leave it at a slip of the tongue. Obviously, she hadn't meant to call him cute. Duh. That would be silly. It was simply an accident.

"Pft." He snorted again and shook his head, "No I wasn't." He wasn't explaining and he hadn't been looking at her like she'd grown an extra head. Right.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-13 01:01 am UTC (link)

"Ah, okay. I see." Rielle quirked an eyebrow at him, then faced straight ahead, staring out the window in front of her as the car moved violently on its track. She hadn't realized Aaron was the kind of person to back down from something. But, she supposed he might have just been saying something so inconsequential that it seemed pointless or stupid to bring up again. She decided to change the subject.

"So, what sort of 'million other things' did you have planned to do tonight that you cancelled just to take me on a subway trip?"

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 01:45 am UTC (link)

Whew. It was dropped. Aaron hadn't noticed his heart rate speed up a bit when she wouldn't let it go, but he was certainly feeling it drop back down.

But now she'd opened another can of worms. "I don't plan things. Things usually come to me." Duh. She didn't think that he would have broken things off if he honest to goodness had plans tonight just so he could take her for a ride on the subway. That was sort of ridiculous.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-13 03:26 am UTC (link)

"Oh, right. And this is obviously one of those things that just came to you?" Obviously she hadn't really believed him that he had other things to do. She knew he wouldn't have broken anything off just to hang out with her on the subway. That would be silly. Very silly. Borderline stupid of him. She wouldn't have done it for him, had the roles been reversed, and she'd had something else going on.

"I figured you didn't cancel anything just to spend time with me. You don't seem like that type."

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 03:33 am UTC (link)

"Obviously." He droned in a way that one could almost hear the italics. It made an eye roll feel like overkill, so he kept it too himself this time.

"I didn't and I'm not. But I wasn't necessarily going to be bored if this opportunity hadn't come up. I don't want you to feel like you did me any favors or anything." Though he was sure that thought hadn't really crossed her mind. "I'm sure you didn't have anything spectacular planned either, or you wouldn't be here."

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justlikeflying
2013-01-13 04:23 am UTC (link)

"I didn't think I did you any favors." She shrugged and looked down at her hands. "Nothing too spectacular. If I didn't go out, Ariel was going to come over and watch a movie with me. But we do that all the time." They hadn't really had concrete plans either. It was mentioned but no talk of what time or when exactly. So, she didn't really feel all that bad about going out with Aaron.

"He also offered to take me on the subway, too, actually." She left out the part where she told him that Aaron had asked first and therefore she'd ended up going with him. It was obvious that she went with him and not her cousin, considering she was sitting next to him now. But, she didn't want him getting the wrong idea, like Ariel had, about why she was there. In hindsight, she probably shouldn't have even mentioned it.

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 04:30 am UTC (link)

Aaron liked to think he would have had big plans this evening, but he probably would have done something similar to Rielle's pseudo plans. If Amelia didn't have homework, they probably would have watched a movie as well. It felt weird to think that their evenings could have still ended up with them doing essentially the same thing, though not together.

"So why didn't you go with him?" He didn't say this spitefully. It was genuine curiosity that made him ask. Why shouldn't she have gone with her cousin? She knew him better, after all. Certainly liked him better.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-13 04:35 am UTC (link)

Well. There was the golden question. And she didn't really have an answer for it. Ariel probably thought he had an answer to it, certainly. But she didn't.

"I don't know. You distract me better, maybe? Do I need a reason?" She ran her hands through her hair. For some reason, she figured 'You asked me first' wasn't going to be sufficient enough for Aaron. She could have easily said no to him, as she had to her cousin.

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 04:43 am UTC (link)

It wasn't a very good answer. Aaron screwed up his face. "That's it?" Unsatisfactory.

"Given our recent history, I think maybe a reason would make more sense than no reason." He wasn't sure what exactly he was looking for, but something better than, 'you're more distracting than my cousin' would be sufficient. Even if it were a lie. He was well aware of his ability to distract. It wasn't news.

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justlikeflying
2013-01-13 04:52 am UTC (link)

It wasn't a very good feeling: being put on the spot. Her heartbeat was actually starting to hasten. She wasn't quite sure why. She figured it had something to do with her surroundings or the fact that she was still on the subway, and not at all to do with Aaron asking her a question that she was positive she didn't want to know the answer.

"Because I wanted to go with you, and not Ariel. I generally do what I want." Was that good enough for him, or did she need to get more in depth than that?

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 05:00 am UTC (link)

Well that answer was too weird for words.

No, really. He was at a loss. He wasn't sure what to say. What kind of answer was that? She wanted to? The whole 'I do what I want' part was whatever. He'd heard something similar from her before. She did what she wanted, she got what she wanted. Rich girl does what she wants. Blah blah, boring.

"I guess I don't follow." He said finally, eyes narrowed skeptically.

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	justlikeflying 2013-01-13 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"What is there to follow?" She asked, looking confused. He asked her for a reason. That was a reason. Apparently it wasn't good enough for him? Or it wasn't what he wanted to hear. "What do you want me to say? Tell me what you think my reason should be, because it's probably the same reason you're sitting next to me and not still at your mom's salon." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	caulfieldish 2013-01-13 05:06 am UTC (link)
	Aaron blinked at her. Not out of disbelief, but just because he was still processing all her other flimsy answers, "You mean, what is my reason?" He didn't bother waiting for her to answer, he had a quick answer. "I wanted to prove you wrong." Easy. Duh. He didn't even have to think about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

justlikeflying
2013-01-13 05:09 am UTC (link)

Prove her wrong. Right. She snorted at that. She couldn't help it. He said it so quick, it just seemed... rehearsed. Maybe. Or defensive.

"You really proved me wrong. Your life is complete now, right? Man. You proved me wrong so hard, by taking me down here and sitting next to me and holding my hand even. Wow. I'm so wrong, and you provided all the proof. Thank you." She rolled her eyes and looked out the window again.

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caulfieldish
2013-01-13 05:14 am UTC (link)

Ugh. She was being annoying again. Just all... Quippy and snide. Blech. It was not appreciated. At all. He rolled his eyes.

"You came down here alone to prove me wrong, right? And then you got punched in the face." He hesitated, because frankly her attitude didn't make him feel much like sharing, but if he didn't she'd just go on being... Ugh. "I might have felt a little responsible, so yes. I came down here with you to prove you wrong proving me wrong."

"And you had to hold my dirty, grimy hand in the process." He needed a cigarette.

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