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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 23, 2009 20:51:44 GMT -5
Markise stopped and blinked at Anna in confusion. Did she know? Was that why she was asking? He hadn't told her, had he? "Um, like, what are you talking about?" he asked. He couldn't manage to phrase the question any better than that, but it was what he wanted to know. Was she talking about gay guys?
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 23, 2009 20:58:22 GMT -5
"The club. Why would it shock me?" Anna repeated a little slower, wondering if the alcohol was making Markise not able to follow their simple conversation. "You're clothes. You don't even want me to look them over. So if all the guys in London accept you, they must be dressed like you. Right?" It was simple deduction, once she'd combined all the facts he'd given her. But they still didn't explain why he was hiding something. Or what that something was.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 23, 2009 21:22:14 GMT -5
"If they all dressed the same it'd be boring," he said. He got approached by everything from yuppies to scenesters, and there wasn't at all a theme except that they were gay. "Just trust me, 'kay?" She wouldn't like it, she was way too sweet and he didn't feel like corrupting her. He turned toward the castle again, which, though closer, still wasn't close enough. It was so damn far from the gates!
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 25, 2009 23:48:11 GMT -5
Anna fell into step with him again, letting his question hang in the silence. She didn't want to agree, didn't want to blindly trust that he knew what she would or wouldn't like, and defianately didn't want to end the night clueless with half answers. She tried to force herself to say okay and let it go, but she couldn't. After a few moments of walking in quiet, Anna finally broke. "Please Markise. I just don't get it. Help me understand? If you like it so much, how can you be sure that I don't?"
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 0:02:24 GMT -5
Markise stopped and tipped his head back slightly, groaning with annoyance. The motion wasn't enough for his hood to slide back, but the weak moonlight provided a hazy silhouette of his profile. "You just wouldn't!" he said, unable to think of any better argument than that. "I can't tell you, okay? I just can't. It'll just happen again and I'm not letting it." He forged forward again, stumbling on yet another uneven patch of ground.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 26, 2009 0:15:15 GMT -5
Anna reached out for Markise's arm. "Markise wait." She hadn't meant to make him upset at her. His statements just kept confusing her even more. Each answer he gave just brought up another round of questions, and she wasn't able to filter them before they made their way to her mouth. "What will happen again? How can telling me about why I wouldn't like this club make something bad happen?"
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 0:18:21 GMT -5
Markise shook his head, a bad idea, since doing so made him dizzy. He shifted to lean against Anna, doing so reflexively since it had always been someone strong enough to support him, but when she began to give, he forced his feet to part to stabilize himself. He swore under his breath until he got under control, then started walking again. "I don't wanna get my ass kicked," he said, and left it at that.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 26, 2009 0:22:42 GMT -5
Anna's eyes widened at his reply. "What? By me? Are you crazy? I don't even know how to fight - Wizard duel or muggle!" She wondered again if it was the alcohol doing the talking and not Markise, because his words were getting odder by the minute. "Why on earth would you think I'd want to kick your .....butt? Or even be able to?"
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 0:25:28 GMT -5
Markise started to shake his head again, but stopped before he lost balance again. "Not you, ev'ryone! The less people that know the better so just don't ask!" He was more than just in the closet, he was terrified of coming out again, and he knew that DareandMichael had been outed. He wouldn't let that happen to him.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 26, 2009 0:37:40 GMT -5
Anna paused, her tone soft with resignation. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you. I just hate being confused." She realized whatever Markise was hiding, it was something big. She couldn't think of anything off the top of her head that would get people to beat him up over something that would happen at a club.
"Its none of my business, whatever it is. But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about you going to this special club of yours." She hated giving up, for quitting before she knew an answer, but she could tell Markise really didn't want her to know. She only hoped that the pieces he'd given her so far would come together on their own. She put her arm around him, telling herself it was okay, "Friends still?"
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 0:47:50 GMT -5
Why did she have to put her arm around him? He hardly knew her, they weren't friends yet! But all the same, she was trying to comfort him, something no one had done for him since... since that last morning with Ariel. Markise's eyes were welling up, and he reached up under his hood, trying to wipe the moisture away so it wouldn't melt his eyeliner. "Are we friends?" he asked Anna softly.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 26, 2009 0:54:19 GMT -5
Anna's eye's widened. Was he wiping his eyes? She pretended not to notice, and squeezed her arm tighter briefly. "Of course. We've protected the shores of Hogwarts AND danced together to closer. If that doesn't form a friendship, then what does?" She hoped he'd agree. Her friends seemed to be few and far between lately. Other than Chase, she'd hardly talked to anyone. Even if they didn't know each other that well, she felt comfortable around him.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 1:00:49 GMT -5
Markise gave a soft, somewhat nervous-sounding laugh at Anna's assurance. Maybe she was right. Maybe they were friends. He wanted someone so desperately, someone he could talk to, someone who knew. Mano knew, and Mano he could talk to, but it wasn't like having a friend he could do stuff with, it was like having a guy he could do stuff with and talk if he felt like it. It wasn't what he'd thought it would be. Markise lowered his voice to a stage whisper for Anna. "I can't tell you out here 'cause that Prophet bitch might be listening." He would not be outed.
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Post by Annabelle Hennessy on Jan 26, 2009 1:17:47 GMT -5
Anna held in her laugh at his whispered words about the gossip column. She had almost missed the first part of what he said, He's going to tell me! They started walking again, Anna maintained her contact and guiding him with her. She was both excited and nervous to find out what Markise had to say. She hadn't expected this turn, and had given up on even knowing what was going through his head. The talk of friendship hadn't been a scheme to get him to spill, and was more than happy to let him make any decisions on where they would talk, as well as what he would reveal. "Whatever you're comfortable with Markise."
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jan 26, 2009 1:24:10 GMT -5
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