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Tweak says, "If it weren't for my horse..."

Ned (bakersman) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-11 00:58:00

Entry tags:

complete, day eleven, ned the piemaker, olive snook

Who: Olive and Ned
What: A revealed secret that's a looong time coming
When: Day 11, afternoonish
Where: Olive's room
Rating: Put a PG-13 on it for safety's sake
Status: All done!

It was only across the hall, but the walk from Ned's room to Olive's felt like the longest of his life. Chuck had known his secret right away. Well, minus the telling her that he was responsible for killing her father part. Which was pretty major and the cause of his current dilemma with her. But she'd known about the finger from the very beginning. She sort of had to, it was the whole reason she was alive.

No one was ever supposed to know. Ned had worked his whole life to keep it a guarded secret. Then Emerson had caught him and blackmailed him, and while they were roughly friends in the end, it had started rocky. But no one else. No one. And that had included Olive. How crazy did it sound that he could touch something and bring it back to life? It was like something out of a storybook.

Or, apparenty, a television show. Who knew?

Despite his resolve not to speak a word until he could do so without singing, Ned made the trip across the hall, Digby trotting at his heels. He gave his faithful friend a smile in thanks for the moral support, but ultimately, he was still the human and still had to be the one to knock on the door.

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bakersman
2009-06-24 12:35 am UTC (link)

He should have been. After all, how long had he known Olive and tolerated her affection? But Ned was surprised at her impulsive action all the same. Before he could even blink she was on him, hugging him, and...well, Ned couldn't deny it felt nice. Hugs weren't something he got from anyone but her, really, and despite her small frame, she was really quite good at them. He felt a bit comforted just knowing she was there, and that energy she often got teased about just radiated from her touch.

Touch. Damn he hated that word. That action. But he didn't tense when her arms went around him, and he even went so far as to lightly put his back around her. Not squeezing, as Ned wasn't much of a squeezer. Mostly because he had no idea of his own strength, seeing as he rarely used it. But he did give her a tiny hug of his own.

And then she said it. And, in fairness, Ned was grateful. He wasn't stupid, despite what some might think. He knew Olive had feelings for him that went beyond piemaker and waitress, next door neighbors, or even good friends. It couldn't have been easy for her to watch him fall in love with Chuck. But she'd told him the result of his time with her anyway. And she'd given him a vital piece of information he'd so desperately needed. Chuck had forgiven him.

But did he want to know the rest of his future? Or, at least, the portions of it Olive had lived that he hadn't? "I don't know," he admitted slowly. "I mean, at this rate? Who knows if we're ever going to get back for me to live it out. And what if I do, but things play out differently somehow because I was here?"

Sighing, he shook his head. This place was insane. Completely insane and there was nothing he could do about it. Never mind that he'd just poured his heart, not to mention his darkest secret, out to Olive while singing, of all things. No one at home would believe that! But now he had the opportunity to find out what happened between his time and Olive's.

And he found he didn't want to. "No," Ned finally breathed. "There's too much weird already. I mean, if you mention something, I'm not going to freak out or anything," he added in a rush. "But...I don't want to know. We've had enough true confessions today, I think."

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