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Give people a chance and every once in a while they'll surprise you.

Mar 20, 2006 22:18

In the almost two weeks since that night on the beach I'd seen Logan five times. We had one last weekend before school started and things got insanely busy for me again with all the assignments and extracurriculars I had, never mind babysitting. But I'd managed to make time for boyfriends in all of that before, so I didn't see any reason why this ( Read more... )

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logan_echolls March 25 2006, 21:23:53 UTC

I can't help but smile as she starts in on how hard I am to pin down. It wasn't exactly news. I had it like a switch I could flip. I had to admit there was a huge difference between spending an evening with a bunch of sex crazed 09ers and spending a nice afternoon in the park and the movies with Meg and her little sister Grace. Personally, during the time it had almost felt like I had forgotten I was with anyone but the two of them. I liked it that way ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 26 2006, 04:50:44 UTC

"Huh. That honestly never entered my mind." I shook my head playfully before I laughed softly at his smile, "Probably should've, all things considered, now that I think about it." I added, mock seriousness in my voice for a moment.

I wasn't sure exactly where this thing with us was going to go right now, but we were still having fun getting to know each other better. Besides, it's not like there was some sort of great rush to make some sort of huge declaration of intentions to each other or anyone else, right? I think Logan and I had more or less decided without actually saying it that we were pretty much exclusive. Not that I ever really have been the type to date more than one person at a time. When I'm with somebody, I'm with them. Period ( ... )

logan_echolls March 27 2006, 10:28:24 UTC

"Well, I know Dick can engage in thrilling events like burping contests and crushing beer cans against his forehead, but occasionally I like my company to carry decent conversation or even be conscious," I told her with a teasing smile on my face. "Plus, this whole... dating thing, we'd have some sort of problem if I wanted to see Dick more than you."

There was only so much guy time until it became repetitively boring or verging on vaguely homosexual. Being with Meg was different - she was different. And there were hidden depths, sometimes to the point of worrying (because there was always something that was familiar in her) but I felt connected and I know that she did too. It was something, even if I couldn't name what had happened between us since day one ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 28 2006, 07:18:43 UTC

"I think we might have to get your head examined if you ever tell a girlfriend you want to see Dick Casablancas more than you do them. I know he's your friend and all, but honestly? There are times I'm sure my IQ dropped just from watching him." I teased. I'm sure he's perfectly entertaining, but that whole idea of a decent conversation? I'm so busy during the school year that I would much rather spend time with people I can connect to than most of the people at school. "I'd say it's a good thing that you actually want to spend more time with me though... I'm kinda used to at least talking to you every few days now." I pointed out, stopping and kissing him softly for a moment before we continued heading for the car.

It was almost weird, given that we've only really spent the past two weeks out of the entire time we've known each other getting to actually know each other, how comfortable I feel around him. But this would be what, the sixth time in fourteen days we've spent time together? And we've talked on the phone a few times. Not ( ... )

logan_echolls March 29 2006, 09:01:50 UTC

I couldn't help but laugh as she stated that she was sure he IQ had dropped from just watching Dick let alone managing to form conversation with him - that was completely out of the question. In general, I'm not sure many girlfriends had approved of their boyfriends hanging out around Dick Casablancas, but I'm sure there were many more people who approved of me even less. She stops and leans in to kiss me softly, telling me that she's getting used to talking to me more often now ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 31 2006, 01:45:43 UTC

"Well, he didn't strike me as overly complicated, Logan." I laughed softly, "He's just not really the type of person I've ever wanted to spend my time with." I explained as he returned the kiss, "So you like that I actually focus my attention on you and not whatever random shiny object or mildly hot guy that happens to be in my sight-line?" I asked teasingly. I'd been to enough parties that Dick was present at to know that's generally how he operates. I'd compare him to a child, but not every child has that much of an attention span problem. The ADD analogy might not be far off base... if he actually has ADD, that would explain a lot, really ( ... )

logan_echolls March 31 2006, 05:25:42 UTC

"Well, I'm not sure that Dick checks out the hot guys around him," I joke towards her, my lips tugging into a smirk of pure amusements. "But your point remains valid. I do like when you and/or others are paying attention to me."

In general, spending my time with Dick was something that I had avoided more or less before. Then Duncan just started to fade away into whatever he was now and Dick was someone - so, it was better than nothing. I hadn't expected much so it wasn't as if my feelings were going to get crushed in any way. Dick wasn't a best friend and I didn't want another one. Generally, the people you get the closest to seemed to be the ones who decided abandoning you was best ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 31 2006, 08:06:21 UTC

I rolled my eyes teasingly at him when he said he didn't think Dick was checking out other guys. "Right, because that's so what I meant."

"I don't know if that's such a bad thing, you know?" I comment softly, "I mean, personally? There are times I kinda wish I could disown my parents. Get as far away from them as I could." Slight understatement. "If I left tomorrow, the only things in any way connected to my parents are my sisters." That was definitely more accurate. But I couldn't do that. I wouldn't leave them. Not in that mess. Not with how things are. Not that I even could. I don't want to know what would happen if I tried to leave right now. After my birthday things would be different ( ... )

logan_echolls March 31 2006, 21:36:13 UTC

"It's not a bad thing," I agreed too quickly. Of course, sharing the same last name didn't even give me the amount of freedom that it should. I was still an Echolls. I still had those genes and that wasn't going to change anytime soon. The press has a fucking field day whenever any one of us does something criminal and/or dramatic. By the sound of Meg's voice, which makes it sound like she thinks she's a horrible person for even feeling that she didn't want her parents around, she wished the same thing: a little independence, excluding her sisters. Meg was closer to her sisters like Duncan had been close to Lilly ( ... )

xmeg_manningx March 31 2006, 21:59:05 UTC

"Half the teenagers in this town could bankrupt their parents if it was easy to sue them over the various traumas they've had to endure. I mean, look at Dick and Cassidy. Their new step mom's what, 8 years older than us? It's so wrong. Never mind the countless divorces or all the other stuff going on that nobody outside of the family in question knows about. Neptune would make a great location for a trashy reality TV show." I shook my head slightly. If only money would right all the various wrongs. It's not that simple, never will be, and there are some things we'll just have to carry for the rest of our lives.

"Well, the anchor job would be video journalism, right?" I pointed out, "Not exactly acting." Besides... my dad if I ever told him I was going to theatre school or something? The fact that I'm in the plays is bad enough, except that it's at school and therefore supervised. "And I love kids, so yeah, both would be good. Acting would be fun though. Just not the most stable of jobs." He knew that. I mean, both his parents were ( ... )

logan_echolls April 1 2006, 22:47:07 UTC

Kendall Casablancas had hit on me more than once this summer and I might have actually indulged in one point. Obviously, living with Big Dick didn't exactly fulfill all her fantasies about married life because she was repeating activities that all the housewives of Neptune seemed to be skilled at. My mom had never divorced dad, but in the end she probably should have instead of being terrified that he'd leave her with nothing. At least in the end she would have been alive ( ... )

xmeg_manningx April 4 2006, 06:54:07 UTC

"In the sense that there aren't MTV camera crews documenting our every waking moment?" I questioned with a smirk when he said we weren't living Laguna Beach. Thank God for that. Not like my parents would allow me to be a part of that even if for some crazy reason I decided I wanted to subject myself to that. "But you're right, this place always seems to be in the news for something." I agreed. More in the last few years than ever before, really, but with how many people close to Logan were involved in some of the biggest media grabbers, it just seemed like a good idea not to mention any specifics.

"So my constantly getting the lead has nothing to do with my social status within the school?" I asked in mock surprise. "How did I not know I actually had skills?" I added, laughing. Sure, part of it me knew it was made easier by the fact that casting the head cheerleader in the lead role could draw ticket sales if only from the guys who featured her in their fantasies and the girls who wanted to be her. It was good business sense in that ( ... )

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