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Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.
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"I'm not the one who hoarded her. I gave her space like I thought she wanted and then it turned out it was kind of suspiciously helpful to you."
castmyown
Darren rolls his eyes. "There you go. Again. Do you know what the word 'hoarding' has the connotation of? An item to be prized. Stop using it. She is a person, she has preferences, it is impossible to hoard her. If you've exchanged even the briefest of conversations with her you would understand that, because she has some very strong opinions and is not the meek, shy waif you're acting like she is. She would not allow herself to be 'hoarded.'"
"It's not impossible to cut her off from everybody else so she'd go out with you."
The history teacher sure is late, huh.
The history teacher sure is late, huh.
castmyown
Really, really late.
"Yes. It is, actually! Because she is Bella Swan and she would not tolerate someone doing that. Literally none of my actions were so she would go out with me! Oh, wait, there was one - asking her out. That is it!"
"Yes. It is, actually! Because she is Bella Swan and she would not tolerate someone doing that. Literally none of my actions were so she would go out with me! Oh, wait, there was one - asking her out. That is it!"
"Why would I know that? You were telling everyone to leave her alone and then not leaving her alone! Are you even listening to me?"
castmyown
Deep breaths, Darren. Deep breaths. If he wavers in this Savannah will punch Mike and he does not want that.
"Yes, I am. No, you would not know that. But rather than trying to be certain whether what happened is what she wants or not you start trying to get me to back off. Behind her back. Frankly I'm disgusted we're even having this conversation without her present. Do you respect her as a person at all?"
"Yes, I am. No, you would not know that. But rather than trying to be certain whether what happened is what she wants or not you start trying to get me to back off. Behind her back. Frankly I'm disgusted we're even having this conversation without her present. Do you respect her as a person at all?"
"If I didn't respect her wouldn't I have gone straight to her in spite of the dead mom thing?" asks Mike sarcastically.
castmyown
Darren rolls his eyes. "I'm sure telling yourself that and soothing the pathetic excuse you call a conscience is the only way you can sleep at night. No, you are perfectly capable of not respecting her and giving her space. The two are not mutually exclusive."
"And you're perfectly capable of hoarding her and preaching about what an awful thing that would be to do to a person."
castmyown
"Actually, if you'd been paying attention, you'd notice that wasn't what I was doing at all. My argument was that you are not treating her with enough respect and that it is literally impossible to hoard her like she's a collectible item. Savannah and I asked her for her preferences, did what she wanted, and moved on from there. If you want to think otherwise, go ask her rather than trying to bludgeon me into submission with bad logic, then you can see exactly how she feels about the subject."
"You're -"
Heeeeeere's the history teacher! Mike falls silent, continuing to glare.
Heeeeeere's the history teacher! Mike falls silent, continuing to glare.
morethanimaginary
Savannah waits until the teacher's not looking, and then flips Mike the bird.
Mike pushes her chair with his foot.
morethanimaginary
Savannah laughs with utter contempt. Come on now, twit, you can do better than that!
Apparently he cannot!
After history class is dismissed he's out the door, possibly looking for Bella.
After history class is dismissed he's out the door, possibly looking for Bella.
morethanimaginary
Yeah, she thought so. Pathetic.
"I never knew you had claws!" she laughs to Darren when class is over. "Go you!"
"I never knew you had claws!" she laughs to Darren when class is over. "Go you!"
castmyown
"Mm," he replies, noncommittally. He doesn't like arguments, but he's of the opinion that it was quite justified. "We should find Bella. At least warn her that there is a delusional idiot heading her way."
And then he walks off to go do that.
And then he walks off to go do that.
shesepankh
Mike found her first.
She has her arms folded and is listening to him make more or less the same argument he made to Darren, although he has toned down the creepy language some for this rendering.
She has her arms folded and is listening to him make more or less the same argument he made to Darren, although he has toned down the creepy language some for this rendering.
castmyown
Of course he did. Damn.
Well. Darren will jump in if she needs him, but he thinks that she can handle this just fine.
(He doesn't feel any sort of pity for Mike.)
Well. Darren will jump in if she needs him, but he thinks that she can handle this just fine.
(He doesn't feel any sort of pity for Mike.)
shesepankh
Bella waits until Mike has run out of things to say and is looking at her expectantly.
"I suspect," she says, "that actually dealing with the content of what you just said will be a thankless task, so let's address the consequences that have you so bothered. Hi, Mike. I'm Bella. Tell me something about yourself to justify the minutes of my life you just commandeered. Perhaps you are kind to animals or passionate about raising the minimum wage or talented at origami, I'm pretty flexible."
"...What?"
"You wanted to get to know each other. What's there to know about you? Do you have traits?"
"...Uh, I help out part time at my dad's sporting goods store -"
"Do you have interesting traits?"
"Um, I'm - in the band elective?"
"Congratulations, Mike. You might be able to hold a non-disastrous conversation at some time with some girl who cares at all about music, if you do more than just show up and count minutes in your band elective. But I don't care. Now I have gotten to know you and I am rejecting your company on its own merits. Go away."
Mike splutters.
"I suspect," she says, "that actually dealing with the content of what you just said will be a thankless task, so let's address the consequences that have you so bothered. Hi, Mike. I'm Bella. Tell me something about yourself to justify the minutes of my life you just commandeered. Perhaps you are kind to animals or passionate about raising the minimum wage or talented at origami, I'm pretty flexible."
"...What?"
"You wanted to get to know each other. What's there to know about you? Do you have traits?"
"...Uh, I help out part time at my dad's sporting goods store -"
"Do you have interesting traits?"
"Um, I'm - in the band elective?"
"Congratulations, Mike. You might be able to hold a non-disastrous conversation at some time with some girl who cares at all about music, if you do more than just show up and count minutes in your band elective. But I don't care. Now I have gotten to know you and I am rejecting your company on its own merits. Go away."
Mike splutters.
shesepankh
"You can't just -" begins Mike.
"Oh, please, you pathetic creature, of course I can. I'm a college-bound introvert, I do not need your friendship or the friendship of anyone who is sufficiently dull-witted to listen to anything that comes out of your mouth about me, and if you choose to escalate beyond social drama we get to play 'does that meet the legal definition of assault' and 'does Bella have any qualms about running straight to Daddy if it might'. You may leave at any time, you don't have to continue standing here letting me be rude to you, you know."
"Oh, please, you pathetic creature, of course I can. I'm a college-bound introvert, I do not need your friendship or the friendship of anyone who is sufficiently dull-witted to listen to anything that comes out of your mouth about me, and if you choose to escalate beyond social drama we get to play 'does that meet the legal definition of assault' and 'does Bella have any qualms about running straight to Daddy if it might'. You may leave at any time, you don't have to continue standing here letting me be rude to you, you know."
castmyown
Is Bella his girlfriend? He wants Bella to be his girlfriend. He's recovered from laughter, now, just a faint smile on his face. Now he is just sort of watching, seeing just how deeply Mike is going to dig this grave of his.