xxi - voice/action

[breakmychest]

[A few hours ago, Spike serenaded Buffy. Now, he's sitting in an outworlder friendly bar and drinking his pain away. He's got a pleasant buzz going on now. Enough that taking out his datapad and drunk dialing the world seems like a good idea, but not enough that his words are slurring or anything.]You know, as if it weren't bad enough being

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[slayerisms]

That? Was not a Ramones song. There is no Ramones song written about me.

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[breakmychest]

I know. Hence the ruining. The tune was a Ramones song. I'd recognise it anywhere. It's supposed to be about Christmas.

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[slayerisms]

Great. Not buying their Christmas CD anytime soon.

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[breakmychest]

This isn't the Ramones' fault. Not that their CDs are even available here. [He spares a moment of regret for that. He misses having good music.]

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[slayerisms]

Is this the part where you tell me that it's no one's fault and give me some feel good pep talk about how we need to just accept that these things happen and move on?

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[breakmychest]

Does that sound like the sort of thing I'd say? No. It's someone's fault, all right, and I'm bloody pissed at him.

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[slayerisms]

I'm gonna take a wild guess that "him" isn't you referring to yourself in the third person. But, hey, if someone was in that room that I don't know about ...

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[breakmychest]

If I'd had any say at all, none of that would have come out, especially not in song. You have to know that.

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[slayerisms]

[ There's a sigh. She has to ease up because she knows this isn't just on him. ]

I know. [ After all, there was a lot he'd chosen not to tell and let her come around to on her own, particularly in terms of what was between them -- whatever that was. ] I just -- Fine. I'll say it. It happens, it is neither of us' fault, and it's better to just make with the moving on. Nowish.

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[breakmychest]

[That's more understanding and not-blaming of him than he'd expected. When he next speaks, he sounds relieved.]

Yeah, that's what I'd like to do too. I'm all for never speaking of it again, too.

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[slayerisms]

Well ... Good. Then -- That's good. We can just pretend it never happened.

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[breakmychest]

Yeah, that's-- yeah. We're okay, then?

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[slayerisms]

Yep! A-Okay. All okay over here.

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[breakmychest]

Yeah, over here too. [This isn't awkward at all...] So, uh, any chance I was wrong and there's something we can beat up to fix this?

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[slayerdom]

[ There's a scoff in which you can practically hear her roll her eyes. ]

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[breakmychest]

What? I'd really like to hit something right now.