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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:00:03 GMT -5
Adrien was very quiet. And then, after another silence, he said, nearly inaudibly, "A lot of the time... I don't think he likes me very much, either." He swallowed and look down. "Even when - especially when - he says he does."
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:03:52 GMT -5
"Shit, I'm sorry- here I am going on about me and not even thinking about you. C'mere, let me go into age-inappropriate mommymode."
She leaned over and hugged him.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:06:22 GMT -5
A random stranger was hugging him! Adrien was too used to random strangers doing inappropriate things that when they did emotional good instead of emotional damage he responded only too desperately, and hugged her back tightly.
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:07:37 GMT -5
"Oh God, sorry- am I weirding you out?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:08:26 GMT -5
He shook his head a little bit in the middle of the hug, embrace tightening slightly as though he were scared she was going to pull back.
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:14:47 GMT -5
She smiled a little, one side of her mouth squinched up tight from trying not to cry.
"At least we can be messes together. Not a bad way to meet."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:15:31 GMT -5
"At least D- Dan is normal," said Adrien, also trying not to cry, but not appearing it much.
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:17:43 GMT -5
"Oh God, he is, he really is... I'm Megan, by the way. I think Dan said it earlier but I don't know how obvious it was."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:21:03 GMT -5
"Y-yeah. I thought that mighta been it."
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:22:15 GMT -5
She paused and looked at her hands again.
"So... um... can I ask something sort of personal?"
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:23:17 GMT -5
He nodded against her shoulder.
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:26:59 GMT -5
"You... and Adrian... you're... y'know..."
She almost made the finger-through-the-hole gesture but decided not to.
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:29:00 GMT -5
He pulled back just slightly to look her in the eye. "We're...?" He was slightly defensive, posture tensing.
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Post by Megan on Sept 30, 2009 13:30:30 GMT -5
"You know. A thing."
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Post by Adrien Baillon on Sept 30, 2009 13:31:22 GMT -5
"I'm Micaela's assistant," Adrien said straight-faced and with complete, though rather defensive, innocence.
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