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Closed: Travis - Sunday afternoon.

Feb 02, 2014 18:03

After a sleepless night which she spent thinking over every decision she'd ever made in regards to her relationships with Jake and Travis, Natalie couldn't take it anymore. She needed to talk to Travis face-to-face. It was bad enough that their friendship was crippled from their breakup but now bringing Jake into it made her feel awful ( Read more... )

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travis_briggs February 2 2014, 23:10:40 UTC

It had been a long weekend so far, feeling just as shitty he did Friday night since he had parted ways with Jake. Normally he didn't mind weekends alone in his flat, mostly just relaxing and unwinding from a long week, but the last few days had just felt- well, lonely. No matter what he did he just couldn't seem to sit still, unable to distract himself with video games, comic books, or even work.

Late Sunday afternoon there was a knock at his door and he pulled himself off the couch, muting whatever mindless movie had been playing in the background, to went to answer the door. He was still wearing his pajama bottoms, a wrinkled white t-shirt, and scruffy from not shaving since Friday morning. Though, he really didn't care much-

Or he wouldn't have if it hadn't been Natalie on the other side of the door.

And he had a pretty good idea why she was here.

"Natalie-" he said, offering her an uncomfortable and tight smile. "I definitely wasn't expecting you."

callmenatalie February 2 2014, 23:29:29 UTC

Natalie only glanced at Travis' disheveled appearance enough to wonder if she looked equally as bad.

"You should have," she shot back, her arms crossed defensively, unable to hide the anger in her tone. It wasn't necessarily all toward Travis. "You punched Jake in the face and you expect me not to come find out what you were thinking? "

travis_briggs February 2 2014, 23:34:20 UTC

"I was thinking we hardly talk anymore and our little group fell apart ages ago," he told her, rather indignantly in fact. Though, he stepped aside anyway so that she could step inside.

Travis should have expected her. In fact, he was surprised she didn't turn up sooner now that he really thought about it.

callmenatalie February 2 2014, 23:42:46 UTC

"And that's a good reason to punch your best friend in the face for something that may not have even been his fault? " Natalie moved inside but stayed close to Travis, personal space be damned.

"I don't get it Travis."

travis_briggs February 3 2014, 00:06:59 UTC

"A good enough reason to punch my best mate is because he's an asshole," he corrected her, shutting the door behind him.

Travis turned back to her, realizing just how close she was standing to him, that fierceness burning in her eyes. It was a look that would have him running for the hills when he was younger.

callmenatalie February 3 2014, 02:06:00 UTC

Standing so close to Travis and having to look up at him made Natalie flash back to the times when that sort of situation was a comfort to her. It was nearly impossible for her voice not to soften slightly. "What happened to all of us? " It was a legitimate question. Sex and love always complicated even the most innocent relationships. They used to be able to talk to one another.

"Blame me."

travis_briggs February 3 2014, 02:12:05 UTC

Travis had always been an extremely stubborn person, at least when it came to the people who had betrayed him. All weekend he had been so angry and fidgety, determined to hold onto that feeling-

But that was next to impossible when Natalie was looking up at him with those soft brown eyes of hers and he just melted.

"I'm not blaming you," he groaned, shaking his head. He wanted more than anything to reach out to her.

"A lot of shit happened. Jake cheated. Elley split. Amanda died and I was a royal ass- We all just fell apart."

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