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Tweak says, "Ralph, can I ask you something"

Darius Alexander Summers (dasummers) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-04-20 09:42:00

Entry tags:

darius summers, ophelia

Who: Darius and Ophelia
What: Going to see a play, being teenagers
Where: Cork, Ireland
When: middle of the day
Warnings: Horny young adults, slight emo possible.

Darius was loitering. He knew he was. The No Loitering sign seemed to frown down at him, but he didn't pay it any attention. He was loitering with a purpose, and nobody seemed to be very bothered by him. The fact that he'd bought a water and something to eat while he waited had probably pacified the shop owner, and beside which, he wouldn't be loitering long.

He hoped. The car he'd rented was sitting in the parking lot a block down (also in a place it was not supposed to be), but he wanted to be close to the portkey. He scratched his face a little, frowning at the day's worth of stubble. It was oddly itchy, and he hoped he wouldn't be too scratchy to kiss. Oh well. He'd shave when they got to the hotel room.

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	dasummers 2009-04-24 11:18 am UTC (link)
	He nodded and patted her hand. "I know. It'll be alright. Just take things at your own speed. I'm worried about where I'm going to live, when I settle down again. I don't want to be far away from you, but I work in Genosha, and things are only going to get more busy there. Honestly, I'm about ready to put school off for a bit myself." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-24 01:00 pm UTC (link)
	"I'll be satisfied as long as we're in the same time zone," she says. "At least then you mightn't lose so much sleep." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	He grinned and wiggled his eyebrows at her. "I don't think being close to you is going to make me sleep more." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia giggled and blushed. "You may be right...but at least we'll be exhausted together?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"There's no one else I'd rather be exhausted with, lovely lady." She stroked her hair, focusing on the road again. "Is it okay if I ruin the fun happy mood now? I don't want to be all mopey on you at the wrong time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Her smile softens. "Do what you need to, Darius." She took his hand and squeezed it affectionately. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded, giving her a brief smile. "Thanks for not pushing me to talk about the whole Sophie thing. I told you she was being a total bitch to me, right? With the whole ignoring me and turning to diamond thing?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Well...you needed time to sort through everything. I remember you telling me about those things, yes." Since he's still not home with his family, she figures that things are still not well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2009-04-25 09:57 pm UTC (link)

"We wound up talking, well, crying and kind of talking one day, before I talked to you last time. I tried to explain why I went away while she was holed up in her room. And I kind of acted like a prick, so she told me to leave and never come back."

The words are progressively more hesitant, as though he's not quite sure how to get it all out as quickly as possible. "Which is why I've been traveling. I didn't want to go ruin another good family relationship, so I figured I'd wander a little."

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love_remember
2009-04-25 10:10 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, Darius," she said softly.

"No matter how you acted, she should not, and did not, have the authority to do as she did."

She listens to him, and nods, and then sighs. "You must do as you feel right. But you had...you were distraught after...everything. And no one in your family could be on your side?"

Even Ophelia, with her family strangeness, found that horrible.

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dasummers
2009-04-25 10:24 pm UTC (link)

He shrugged at the first bit. "I like Nathan and Domino well enough, and they seem to actually care about me, but I don't think I could handle being around them for more than a couple days at a time. And they've got the new babies, and Lorna and Alex are always busy, so I'd just feel like I was in the way. Traveling is nice, anyway. I need to figure out what I want, and I was kind of avoiding that by being what everyone around me wanted me to be."

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	love_remember 2009-04-25 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia nodded again. "Well. Then it is a good thing that you have this opportunity to travel." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "I know it is important to know who you are and what you want." She'd struggled with that for years, after all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	He wrapped his arm around her. "Thanks. I'm finding out that I handle being pissed off and hurt in a really bad way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	"I think most of us do," she says. Going mad, after all, is not a defense mechanism. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded. Getting stoned and eating the entire menu at a French restaurant wasn't really either. "But I'm doing a lot better. Though it's kind of sad. . . Emma used to be a villain, in my world, and for the first time, I can see how that worked out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	Ophelia nodded solemnly. "Perhaps it is a thin barrier for some people between the dark and light. But...it is sad you had to see it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	"I think it's a thin barrier for most people. It's just. . . in another universe that's my Mom. I guess I'm still kind of expecting her to actually say something. I mean, it was just like nobody cared that I was hurting but my family in Genosha and you. I don't know." He shook his head. "It just sucks." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"It does," she agreed. "I did not, and do not, understand it. But...I'll listen if you decide to talk about things." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't either, honestly. But it's done, and finished. I really do need to move on, and I was thinking of moving out even before all this. I was thinking about moving to Vermont, maybe." Time for a subject change. Too much talking about his feelings just makes him broody. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	"I...do not think I have ever been there. Is it very nice?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 11:09 pm UTC (link)
	"It's supposed to be. I think I want to live someplace quiet for a bit, and I'll be in the same timezone as you. Pretty close, too, actually." He visibly relaxed, now that the subject wasn't so prickly. "Maybe you could come with me when I look for apartments?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	"I'd love to," she said. "Anything I can do to help you." It makes her happy to help, after all, and she cares about him deeply. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dasummers 2009-04-25 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	"After we get your business straightened out, I think. That way I can focus completely on one thing at a time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	love_remember 2009-04-25 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	"All right. You're so sweet to want to help me." And she is tremendously relieved. She doesn't have a clue of what to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dasummers
2009-04-26 01:09 am UTC (link)

"Hey, it's the least I can do, after all the help you've given me. I don't know what I'd do without you. You're the one person who just accepts me for what I am now. I know that most of the people around me have good intentions, but I sometimes just need to be given some space."

He sighed, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Wow. I bitched for a while. We're almost there."