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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Jan 5, 2009 16:27:27 GMT -5
"And what about the ones that do work out?" Dare demanded. "Should everyone hold back and refuse to let themselves get close to someone, to show their commitment, because so many others have failed? My parents loved each other so much they gave up everything to be together, and if that's a fairy tale, it's one I'm glad of. Sometimes you have to take a chance, and when you're sure, like me and Michael are, it's worth it."
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Post by Emilian Sota on Jan 5, 2009 16:35:10 GMT -5
"Unless you can look into the future you can't be sure!" Why couldn't Dare see that? "Why take the chance of being one of the few that do work out when the chance of it not working out is so much higher?" Emilian asked, standing again to pace the floor. He didn't know how to make himself any more clear, didn't know what kind of argument could make Dare understand.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Jan 5, 2009 17:06:44 GMT -5
"Because Michael is worth the chance!" Dare exclaimed, stepping back out of the doorway. "Because there's a difference between knowing I love Michael and knowing I'd die for him. If something happened to him, God forbid, I'd rather be alone than try to replace him. He can't be replaced. Just because you can't feel it doesn't mean it's not there!" It felt useless trying to convince Emilian.
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Post by Emilian Sota on Jan 5, 2009 17:14:18 GMT -5
"You would die for him, would you?" Emilian asked, making the decision to bring something else out, almost a last resort. He stopped pacing and stared at Dare. "I nearly died for Adara, I went to Germany for her, and we're on the rocks anyway!" he said angrily. They had never had the perfect relationship, but he felt for her, and she felt for him.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Jan 5, 2009 17:35:33 GMT -5
Dare looked at Emilian incredulously. "You're comparing us to you and Adara?!" He let out a sound of utter disbelief. "First off there's no comparison. I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but if you guys could never have sex again, I'm guessing one of you would walk away." Dare had seen them together, far too intimately once, and from that, and from what Michael had told him about Emilian, he couldn't imagine their relationship was based on friendship.
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Post by Emilian Sota on Jan 5, 2009 17:39:34 GMT -5
Emilian couldn't say that if there was no more sex the relationship would survive, but he knew that that wasn't all there was to it. "You think that all we have is sex? Like I would go to Germany for so long to keep a sex partner." He wasn't about to tell Dare his feelings for Adara, but it was what he had experience in, what he could use as an argument.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Jan 5, 2009 17:52:34 GMT -5
"I didn't say sex was all there was, I said your priorities are f~d up and you wouldn't make it without it! But I don't really give a f~ about you and Adara, so save your breath. Not everyone is like you. I'm not and Michael's not. We're friends first and the rest is..." unexpected. Amazing. "The rest is what it is. That's why we'll make it."
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Post by Emilian Sota on Jan 5, 2009 18:04:44 GMT -5
Emilian shook his head and ran a hand through his hair. "Fine, go and make it, come back in a year to rub it in my face for all I care." Even with the frustration and anger, though, he couldn't imagine not seeing Michael for so long, if it came to that. "I know you two will enjoy it," he added, then dropped his eyes. As for not surviving without sex, Emilian couldn't imagine the kind of person someone would have to be to be in a completely nonphysical relationship.
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Post by Dare Blackwood-Hardt on Jan 5, 2009 18:06:48 GMT -5
"I'll be sure to pass that on to Michael," Dare said coldly. He didn't wait for a response this time, but turned back into the staircase, slamming the living room door behind him.
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