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Post by Christian on Feb 1, 2012 23:53:15 GMT -5
"Oh, did he?" he returned almost jealously. "What happened to him?"
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 2, 2012 12:00:56 GMT -5
"I...don't know. After he got me back to Paris, he went on his way. Haven't really seen him since."
Glancing at him, she raised an eyebrow at his expression.
"Just a rescuer, you silly goose."
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Post by Christian on Feb 3, 2012 18:42:35 GMT -5
"Sorry, it's my natural inclination to be a bit...envious," he shrugged apologetically. "I've found it was, more or less, a recurring...characteristic in my past relationships."
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 3, 2012 22:37:21 GMT -5
"I didn't really have--"
Haldir
"--past relationships. No chasing boys unless it's one father says I should marry."
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Post by Christian on Feb 7, 2012 0:58:12 GMT -5
"Well. What about boys chasing you?"
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 7, 2012 3:23:41 GMT -5
She laughed.
"Well, that's different."
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Post by Christian on Feb 12, 2012 20:49:49 GMT -5
"So, if a boy were chasing you--figuratively, let's say--and you thought he was the one...your father, would your father let you marry him?"
He tilted his head curiously to one side.
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 12, 2012 22:48:46 GMT -5
"Unless he was a nobleman's son, probably not. But if I liked the one chasing me enough, I would probably say to hell with it, and marry him anyway."
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Post by Christian on Feb 17, 2012 17:52:11 GMT -5
"Ah. Well."
He just sat there and somewhat anxiously wrung his hands.
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 18, 2012 11:21:27 GMT -5
She touched his shoulder gently.
"Are you worried? There wouldn't be anyone to block you. Those days are long gone for me."
((I can't remember if she told him that her family is dead. <_<))
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Post by Christian on Feb 18, 2012 19:35:49 GMT -5
((Hmm, I think she did. Then again, my memory isn't the most reliable. LOL.))
"No, it's just...I wouldn't want to be in the way--"
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 19, 2012 1:44:46 GMT -5
"In the way of what?" She asked, confused.
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Post by Christian on Feb 20, 2012 20:38:00 GMT -5
"The way of..." he trailed off. "I don't actually know what, but I don't want to be a difficulty, especially if your future...your well-being is at stake."
He looked down at his hands.
"I have nothing to give you. Nothing but words and promises..."
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Post by Anastasia on Feb 21, 2012 11:43:27 GMT -5
She took both his hands in hers.
"Christian, you aren't anything but what I've always wished for, but thought I couldn't have. I grew up with the thought that I would marry who was chosen for me, regardless of my own feelings. I'd come to accept that as inevitable."
She took a deep breath.
"But now, I'm a princess in name only. The aristocracy and empire has crumbled and a new order took over my country when my family was wiped out. There is no one and nothing to dictate my life anymore. You...you're all I have, and that means everything."
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Post by Christian on Feb 23, 2012 1:47:54 GMT -5
((New avatar! )) "...thank you. I mean it," he responded quietly, bringing one of her hands to his lips. "I've loved and lost more than I've thought was humanly possible. I was on the path to self-destruction when you found me...and you opened my eyes, showed me what it meant to love again. "I only wish I could do more for you."
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