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Tweak says, "Take me to your leader."

Honey Skye Griffin (queen_of_gods) wrote in paxletalelogs,
@ 2010-07-28 21:09:00

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hera, poseidon

Who: Paul and Honey Skye
When: Soon after this
Why: She doesn't believe Paul is really here
Where: Apartment 1005
Rated: Tame

Honey Skye stared at the suspicious note from "Paul" for no longer than two whole minutes. She did not believe for one minute that Paul was here in the building. Xander was playing a joke on her. There was no other explanation...right? He certainly would have mentioned that his dutifully dear friend was living in the same apartment building at some point in their cobnversations- that is, if it was indeed true.

That she didn't recognize the penmanship meant nothing. Xander was famous for his practical jokes and he would have no problem throwing money at someone to jot a silly reply to her inquiry. But still, he was also as equally lazy as he was mischievious and the note had appeared quickly...He would have had to have rushed around and put in a real effort for this message to have arrived in her mailbox so soon.

He might be crafty but he wasn't superhuman.

So, because there could be something to this Paul business, she folded the note back up, tucked it in her pocket, gave herself a once over in the mirror by the door (just to make sure she was presentable), then plucked her key from the hook ( so she wouldn't lock herself out)and made her way down to 1005 to find out if there was any validity to this note in person.

Her arm was raised to appropriate door knocking height and she let an artful thump a-tump tump beckon this Paul impersonator to her call.

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queen_of_gods
2010-08-03 01:46 pm UTC (link)

Honey watched the man choke on his tea but it wasn't like he went quiet, pointing at his wind pipe so her concern did not grow. Not that she would have been much good if it had developed into something serious. She didn't do CPR. Top be certified it would have meant touching people that might not particularly appeal to her and she didn't do that either.

But, when it came down to it she couldn'y understand why the questions would be choke inducing at all. Her eyes went squinty for a second after he asked her why she thought he'd be the first. It seemed pretty obvious to Honey Skye...

"You're a sweet guy. I always thought you wanted a family. Someone to come home to after you've gone out diving for the day." She shrugged. Even if she was wrong it didn't effect her any. She swirled the ice cubes around in her glass but did not drink, "I might be wrong. Maybe you're not the catch I thought you were."

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i_sea_you
2010-08-03 03:06 pm UTC (link)

Paul blushed a bit at the explanation, rubbing the back of his neck. "I do want a family, and someone to come home to after diving all day," he admitted. "I guess the stars haven't aligned for me yet. Or maybe I'm not the catch you think I am." He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. Who would want to marry him? All of the issues lurking away in the back of his mind, the anger and frustration he carried and just couldn't let go of? There was sadness too, and remorse, things he kept with him and just didn't have anywhere to express - so the emotions all stayed bottled up inside of him.

"Unless you're offering," he added. "But I doubt that."

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queen_of_gods
2010-08-05 11:14 pm UTC (link)

Honey didn't know about any darker interior. As far as she was concerned he was...Paul. Xander's friend. Sweet Paul, who would always get her a drink at a party when her own date was over somewhere else, trying to be sneaky with some run of the mill floozy.

She would have bet her life Xander did that sort of stuff just for the game of it - all around- so many different players in his game.

But then again, she wasn't in love with Paul so for all she knew he could have been doing the same to some other girl. Honey didn't think so though...and besides why would she care if he was getting her a drink.

"A man who waits for an offer?" She giggled then. Clear as crystal, it carried merrily between them,"maybe if it was a different time...a different place and I knew then what I know now I would have made you an offer." Her smile did not fade, even as she reached across to set her glass down (on a coaster of course). "but you couldn't have made it too easy for me. You would had to have played hard to get Paul."

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i_sea_you
2010-08-05 11:28 pm UTC (link)

He laughed too, sheepishly, but he was just happy to see her laugh, giving a glimpse beyond the ice princess barrier that she often built around herself. But he was a good hammer and chisel, in that regard. "I'm not good at playing hard to get," he shared, as if it was a big secret. "But for you, in a different time, in a different place, I certainly would have tried. But you're happy?" he asked, looking over at her. "Here, I mean? Do you think you will be?"

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queen_of_gods
2010-08-06 12:38 am UTC (link)

"I could be." She offered vaguely. "I've only just arrived but anything is possible." That was as good as she would let on. Honey wasn't sure what she had gotten herself into and although she was going to do everything in her power to be happy the universe didn't work that way.

"We should all go to lunch." A quick diversion, "Xander, you and I? What do you say about that?"

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i_sea_you
2010-08-06 12:57 am UTC (link)

"Good. You'll let me know if you need anything." It was a request, a gentle one, because Paul was always loyal and a reliable fall-back for his friends - they were stuck with him for life, essentially.

He nodded, agreeing with the idea of lunch. "That sounds great. I'd love to go. Last time Vince and I went to Medieval Times but we can pick something classier this go-round." And he wouldn't even mind being the third wheel!

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