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Post by Adrienne on Jul 15, 2010 15:06:57 GMT -5
She leaned her forehead against his and sighed.
" ...I hope you mean figuratively, because I hate this house."
It was her way of saying that she wanted him to stay. With her, that was.
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 15:37:50 GMT -5
He managed to get a few chuckles out before feeling the pull of his stitches.
"You just pick the house," he said with a smile.
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Post by Adrienne on Jul 15, 2010 15:39:31 GMT -5
"New York. I'm sick of Paris and London and this whole damn century. Someplace in New York."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 16:22:46 GMT -5
"New York it is," he said definitively. "Something in the city."
"Just as soon as I find something."
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Post by Evie on Jul 15, 2010 16:39:55 GMT -5
**FOUR YEARS OLD**
There was a small gasp from the direction of the door. Evie, in a stuffy victorian play dress, appeared to have found them, and was making her way in as fast as her toddler legs could carry her.
"Monsieur Charles! You are 'urt!"
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 16:48:34 GMT -5
"Evelyn," he said happily as she made her way towards him. "No, no. I'm fine."
He, again, for a moment forgot his condition and tried to pick her up. Wincing, he set her down.
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Post by Evie on Jul 15, 2010 16:50:07 GMT -5
She patted his knee sympathetically and climbed up onto her mother's lap.
"So you 'ave come to England too? I 'ate it," she said seriously.
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 16:54:25 GMT -5
"Really? Hm... Then how does America sound?" he said, taking her tiny hand in his.
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Post by Evie on Jul 15, 2010 17:06:19 GMT -5
"... are ze buildings really taller zan ze Tour Eiffel?"
Adrienne looked between the two of them.
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 17:08:13 GMT -5
Chuck nodded.
"Wait 'til you see the Empire State building," he said excitedly.
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Post by Evie on Jul 15, 2010 17:10:19 GMT -5
"Well zen if you promise to take me to ze very top of ze very tallest, zen I suppose yes, I would like to come to America. But only if Maman comes too."
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Post by Chuck Bass on Jul 15, 2010 17:13:25 GMT -5
He looked at Adrienne for a moment then back at Evie.
"We'll all go. Together."
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Post by Evie on Jul 15, 2010 17:15:34 GMT -5
"I sink I would like zat," she said magnanimously.
Adrienne just smiled.
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