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Who: Troy and Clarice
What: Holiday shopping
Where: In town
When: Today
Rating: Pg?
Status: Closed and incomplete
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What: Holiday shopping
Where: In town
When: Today
Rating: Pg?
Status: Closed and incomplete
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She hesitated for only a second before hugging him quickly. Her gloved hands lingered on his arms as she pulled back. "I'm sorry I made you wait! Have you been here for very long?"
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"I've only been here a minute or two," he said, "so nah. Hey, Safina." He bent down and petted the little puppy's head. "So where should we go first?"
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"Oh - I don't know? What are you looking for?" She had an odd sense of déjà vu suddenly. "There's the bookshop? Or, or the music store..." If Troy's friends at home were as into music as he was, maybe that was the way to go. "Or, Teaspoons sells teapots and mugs and things..."
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"Music would be totally awesome," he said. "I don't know how much reading my friends do. I know that sounds terrible, but that's basically true. I mean, I don't remember anyone much besides-anyway." He'd been going to say he couldn't remember anyone in high school reading besides Gabriella, but he still didn't like to talk about her. "And yeah...everybody at home is as weird about singing as I am. I mean, we all sing. You wouldn't believe it if you came home for a visit with me. Which, would you like to sometime? Not now, but you know someday."
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She was trying to imagine a place where everybody broke into song spontaneously, and his question caught her off-guard. She turned quickly to look up at him. "You want me to... come home with you?"
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Troy smiled at Clarice. "Of course I do. I want you to be able to see where I grew up, and meet my family. I want them to know how important to me you are."
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On the other hand, if there had been any doubt left in her mind that Troy simply did not care about her being a mutant, it would have been eradicated right then and there. For all the fears that the idea stirred up in her mind, he clearly didn't share them. And maybe she wasn't giving his friends enough credit ( ... )
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Also people were pretty much accepting of anything that happened along. Troy had noticed she was purple, but it hadn't been a big deal, and he was pretty sure that anyone in his hometown would be the same. People were different all over, but what they had inside them was the same. Troy had always assumed it was the same wherever you went. He probably still didn't understand fully the world Clarice came from, he wouldn't get a place where you got singled out and picked on because of what you looked like or what powers you had.
"I would," Troy said. "If you want to I mean. No pressure. I just thought it'd be cool to show you where I'm from."
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And to know that he wanted her there. To be tied in to the life he'd had before coming to Aternaville. It felt... significant.
"I wish my parents could meet you," she said wistfully, tucking herself a bit closer to him as they walked. "I think... they would really like to know that, that I found somebody like you." She imagined her mother and father would be happy for her for many things she'd found here, but Troy had quickly climbed to the top of the list.
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He beamed at her words. "Thanks, Clarice. That means a lot. I'd like to meet your parents too. They must be pretty great to have had a daughter like you." He bent over and kissed her cheek.
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