Re: quicklog: steph/eddie -- the arcade
I've never been out there actually. I should take you on a date there, Nelson. How does that sound? I still want to try to woo you a little more. [Her throat rumbled in thought.] Because don't we always compare any city to home? So why not stay here? Plus, [Her club tapped the ball.] I kind of like living over an ice cream shop. It gives me an excuse to eat ice cream for breakfast. [She smiled, and then she shook her head.] Not every day. I'm already trying to stop. It's a way to break up the day at work. [She looked at him for a moment. Yeah, maybe that was part of it.] Also full disclosure, this town is its own ball of stress. Living with a teenager is great and stressful, and Bruce is still managing to [She waved her hands.] suck. And now with Holly --
[A quiet huff, and she looked away. She didn't want to dwell on family things. Instead she focused on that kiss, heart doubling up. When he pulled back, she blinked a few times and then inhaled.] No, no. Everyone's fine. It's just-- [A shrug.] I've been thinking of things. After the party. I tried to be ordinary there, and just got itchy. And now I feel guilty trying to take away that baggage at all. You know? [Her hands slipped up his chest again.] Why take away parts of us that make us who we are? [And maybe it was poorly veiled attempt to get him to talk a little more about his experience. Very poorly veiled.] For such a long, long time I wanted to just... delete the parts of my life that hurt. Skull, my dad, all the deaths -- losing you. [Her eyes darted away at that. She cleared her throat out.] The difficult things about me too. That I'm selfish sometimes and shut down so easily. I wanted it all gone, but this made me realize that it's just a part of who I am. Everything is a part of who we all are. The bad things that happen. The good things. Every single thing about us -- we can't be us without any of those pieces, right?