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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 0:22:36 GMT -5
"Lemme alone!" Markise called over his shoulder. He could hear Ariel behind him and wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. He would never have tried to go after Dare if Ariel hadn't encouraged him! He couldn't take this anymore! Ariel was constantly pushing him away, then pulling him back to take care of him, then pushing him away again. He wanted Dare, but Dare cared so little that he hadn't argued with Ariel coming after him!
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 0:27:19 GMT -5
Ariel sighed and caught up with Markise, then started carefully steering them toward the Room of Requirement. "You know I'm not going to do that, no matter how many times you tell me," he said. Markise knew him well enough to know better. He might leave later, but not right now, not when Markise was so obviously hurting.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 1:45:05 GMT -5
"You f~in' ruined everything, f~in' c@*%$^*%!# bastard!" Markise spat, jerking away any time Ariel got close. "I pry just f~in' lost my only friend! Go f~in' $^*% someone else's c@*% I wanna be alone!" He could make Ariel leave without telling him to, and he knew it. Ariel had too much pride and too quick a temper to stick around if Markise wanted to get rid of him.
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 16:18:36 GMT -5
Ariel rolled his eyes and kept up close to Markise. "You're going to have to talk to me some time, you know," he said. Come the next day they were going to be moving in together. "It'd be easier to talk now." He wanted to talk now, and he knew that if it was avoided, it wouldn't even be brought up later.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 16:49:22 GMT -5
"F~in won't start when I wannim, f~in can't stop when I wannim to go 'way," Markise muttered angrily. "Why the f~ would I talk to you, you're a f~in whore, f~in wanna get riddame," he said, trailing off into muttering again at the end. Then he grimaced and stopped, reaching for the nearest wall. When he didn't find it, he wavered, then leaned forward, bracing his hands against his thighs to get sick. He'd had as much to drink as he could get hold of, and it still hadn't all caught up with him yet.
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 17:00:01 GMT -5
Ariel wrinkled his nose and pulled out his wand. "If I wanted to get rid of you, I wouldn't be going to New York with you," he said, putting his free hand lightly on Markise's back. He waved his wand to clean up, but kept it out. Why was Markise bringing up the whole whore thing again, anyway? "So much for friends," he muttered, somewhat bitterly.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 17:18:33 GMT -5
Markise had brought it up in a drunken attempt to hurt Ariel the way he was hurting. It hadn't worked though, and Ariel was still pretending to be nice. "Gettoffme," he said, pushing to stand, but not actually pushing Ariel's hand away. He hated that it still felt good, even when he was pissed to the point of exploding. He pouted fiercely as he reached into his jacket, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth off with, then put it back before actually stepping away from Ariel. He shot a hard look at Ariel, one that might have almost looked dangerous if he didn't still feel like sobbing from hurt. "You don't wanna go wit' me," he said. "You wan' a f~in place to stay."
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 17:29:02 GMT -5
"If I just wanted somewhere to stay, I'd just stay here at school," Ariel shot back, glaring. How hard was it for Markise to believe that he actually wanted to spend time with him? "Come on, this isn't about me, anyway." He tucked his wand away in a pocket for easy access and stayed close, one hand hovering slightly toward Markise. He didn't want Markise to fall over or anything. He shouldn't have told Markise to come anyway, no matter that he thought it was right.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 17:37:41 GMT -5
Markise didn't want to hear logic, and his mind was too far gone to make sense of it, so he ignored Ariel's first assurance and went on to the second. "It so f~ing is about you," he said. He tore his gaze away, then headed down the corridor again, just trying to get rid of Ariel. He couldn't remember the way to his Common Room or he'd have headed there.
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 17:43:26 GMT -5
"Fine then," Ariel said. "Fine, rag on me all you want if it'll make you feel better. What will it be today? The drugs or the whoreing? Or maybe the smoking or something completely f~ing new I'm not even aware I ever did wrong?" He still subtly directed them to the Room of Requirement, thinking that it would probably be the best place to go with Markise as he was.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 17:54:08 GMT -5
Markise gave a growl of frustration and stopped, turning back to Ariel and wavering again at the effort. "It's you f~in thinkin' you know what's best for me!" he accused. He raised both hands to push hard against Ariel's chest. "It's you f~in draggin me 'long an' bein' all f~in nice and making me want you an' f~in keepin' me at arms' length!" He moved to push Ariel again. "F~in make up your f~in mind! At least Dare never f~in pretended he wannit me!"
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 18:32:22 GMT -5
Ariel gave with the push, more to help with Markise's balance than anything, then he was immediately back up close to Markise. "I'm being nice because I thought we were friends," he said. "I thought we both decided we didn't need to be together!" He refused to say he didn't want Markise, because that would be a horrible, horrible lie when he thought about Markise more often than he would like to admit.
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 18:50:24 GMT -5
"You decided that!" Markise shouted. "Why d'you think you have to keep remindin' me!" How many times had Markise tried for a kiss or a touch only to hear do you think that's a good idea? He was crying now as he went on, "It's not a f~in good idea an' I don't f~in care!"
His hands came up and wiped against his face, an imperceptible shaking starting as he was torn between storming away again and throwing himself at Ariel, repeating the mistake he'd made with Dare if only so the man would understand! But Markise didn't even understand, and the stress and confusion had him leaning forward again to retch.
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Post by Ariel Logan Callahan on Jul 11, 2009 19:02:04 GMT -5
Ariel sidestepped and sighed heavily. He cleaned up again and just kept himself from touching Markise again. "Would you rather me just let you be miserable?" he asked. "Or be with you and then just screw up again?" He wasn't exactly pleased that the conversation had turned to their relationship, but at least Markise was talking. That was a good thing, wasn't it?
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Post by Markise Sterling on Jul 11, 2009 19:11:22 GMT -5
"Cause we're doing so f~in good now!" Markise retorted. He wasn't thinking at the moment about the days they'd sat together and talked about little things and been comfortable somehow, his mind stuck in the moment. He couldn't see past now, and now he felt unwanted, despite Ariel's assurances of whatever it was he was assuring. He wanted what Michael had with Dare, and if he couldn't have Dare, he wanted Ariel. "I'm sick of f~in sneakin' out to get laid!" he said, finishing his thought out loud. "I'd rather f~in have you!"
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