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[margietheshy]

Week Name/Date/Time: 'Friends In Low Places' / Thursday, April 6th, 2006 / 1:55 pm
Location: Library
Open To: Tom
Currently Involving: Margie

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[tom_paddock]

Tom was starting to get annoyed with Margie. He wanted to speak with her about what had happened last week, yet she kept walking away from him. Classes would have been his other choice but he didn't want to confront Margie in front of her mates. For the time being though, Tom'd given up hope and decided that Margie just didn't fancy him, like he did her.

Calling the library a safe place from Tom was the worst statement ever made. He practically lived there whenever he had free time. So when Tom found Margie surrounded by books, he promptly gathered up his belongings and took a seat next to her. He didn't want to chase her down today, so Tom decided it was best to "take it easy."

"Hey," Tom said, as if nothing had happened last week...just yet.

[margietheshy]

It was good for Tom that Margie didn't notice him walking to take a seat next to her, otherwise he really would have to chase her down today. She was just not good with the situation, awkward, embarrassed and didn't know how to act! Was that so bloody bad?

She did notice when he sat down next to her though and she mentally started freaking out. What was he doing here? Was she supposed to do something? Did he want to talk? What if he just said it was this whole mistake and didn't want anything to do with her? Bugger bugger bugger that was it wasn't it?

But she managed to keep her outer self calm, which almost seemed like she was ignoring him. Except for the fact that she said, "Hey." No matter what she wouldn't fully ignore him, even if she really wanted to do that. Why was this such a mess?

[tom_paddock]

Ignoring him was not acceptable. Especially when Tom was making such an effort not to turn as red as a tomato and stay there without having a repeat of last week as well. Fancying someone was a difficult thing, it was!

After sitting there for a few minutes, biting his lip and not knowing what to say, Tom finally snatched up Margie's book from her and turned to face her. "Please look at me," Tom pleaded. He didn't know what else to say but if Margie would atleast look at him for more than 3 seconds Tom's be able to say what he really wanted to.

"Don't ignore me. I don't like not being in your life and I've had to deal with that all week - it's starting to tear me up."

[margietheshy]

Margie hadn't been able to concentrate on her book. She just sat there staring at the pages, reading the same four words over and over and over. Him being this close to her was messing with her brain. She couldn't take it. It was driving her insane. Whether it was because of last week or because she finally realized that she did sort of fancy him, she didn't know. She really didn't want to bloody know either!

When he took her book away she just sat staring at the place that it used to be, trying not to look at him. She couldn't do it, she couldn't handle this, this wasn't happening. Merlin why?

She took a deep breath and looked at him though, trying to summon up some courage that she had. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't...I didn't mean to. I..."

Trailing off, she bit her lip and looked down at her hands, nervously fiddling with her hands. She was facing him and trying to not ignore him. She was at least trying.

[tom_paddock]

"Don't be sorry," Tom said, feeling like an arse now for making Margie feel bad about all of this. That was his last intention because Tom didn't want her to be sorry, just to be comfortable around him and not ignore him every step of the day like she had this past week. "I shouldn't have done that last week," Tom admitted.

"I don't take any of it back because I did mean it all but...I just shouldn't have. Atleast not given the, um, circumstances. Look at what I did - you're not even willing to look or talk to me on your own now," Tom said, running his hand through his hair and sighing. Why must love and fancying birds have to be so difficult? Why did birds in general have to be so difficult? One minute you're having bunches of fun with them, and the next they're sputting around the place like they've gone mad.

Oy, what had Tom just gotten himself into?!

[margietheshy]

Margie sat there staring at her hands, feeling more and more like an arse for making Tom feel that way. She didn't want him regretting it, bugger no! It's just...didn't he see? She was confused! Horribly, horribly, horribly confused.

"That's not-" she said quickly as she looked up at him before biting her lip. No that would be a lie, she was scared to look or talk to him on her own. Or maybe not even scared just...lost. Anxious. Ugh this wasn't supposed to happen, this wasn't what happened in those ruddy romance movies.

Not that she watched them or, you know, thought about them but...bollucks.

"What am I supposed to do? Just walk up to you and act normally?" She said quietly, shifting her gaze between her hands and his eyes, "I mean you...you kissed me. We kissed. It's confusing! I don't mean to...I'm just...confused ok? Bugger I don't know! I don't bloody know." She wanted to just stop herself from talking and sputtering, because who knows what else she would say. Or do. Or...oh Merlin.

[tom_paddock]

Tom was blind to Margie's confusion because he was confused himself! If he wasn't so confused than he probably would have noticed her confusion! Tom wanted to be with Margie whether or not they were boyfriend and girlfriend. Tom wanted Margie to be in his life. Last week though, had changed all of that. He couldn't look at her the way he once had as just a friend that was off limits.

"That's not what? True? Come now, we both know it's true," Tom said as he rubbed the back of his neck. He didn't like seeing Margie like this at all. Tom liked the constantly blushing, shy, and amazingly cute Margie - not a serious, confused, and awkward Margie.

"I'm not asking you to do that," Tom said getting a bit flustered with himself and his emotions. "I just-- I don't know either. I think we should atleast talk, or something!! I mean, where do we go from here? Obviously you know that I fancy you and have for some time now, but what about you? Are you confused about that too?"

[margietheshy]

Well Margie wanted Tom in her life too! Maybe she wasn't showing that in the right way, but she wasn't exactly thinking rationally now was she? No she was spazzing and flipping out just a little bit. It wasn't everyday that she didn't know how to act around her best friend that she had kissed a week earlier. Plus she had enjoyed that kiss! This whole situation was a bloody mess

[tom_paddock]

Things didn't have to change. They could go back to just being friends and Tom could harbor his feelings for her and... oh who was he kidding? Things between the two of them were going to change and Tom knew it. He knew it the minute he felt that impulse to kiss Margie and he hated that fact yet he still kissed her.

Change isn't always bad though. Tom just kept reminding himself that change could possibly be for the better. Maybe the two of them should give this whole love thing a try and if it doesn't work out? Well then they know that they're better off just being friends. If it does though? Hrm. Well Tom'd best start looking for someone to teach him the ways of love or something. Obviously there weren't any books on this type of thing so his next best choice? Noah and Troy. Or atleast someone older that he gets along with and is a guy. Perhaps Kenneth

[margietheshy]

If Tom started taking 'love' advice from Noah or Troy, Margie might just die in her place. They were fine, it's just a little embarassing for her with Noah being her fellow perfect and Troy being...well Troy. Or it could just be that she was just embarrassed by practically everything but that wasn't relevant at all.

Margie just stared at Tom a little and then her face, if it was at all possible, blushed even more. She didn't think that he would ask it up front like that and expect her to answer. These ruddy emotions were too complicated and her nerves just wanted to break free. In fact, if she could think about anything else she probably would be bolting out of the library at this moment. But luckily for Tom she was just frozen in place, trying to stop her blushing.

"I...I...I mean..." she turned back to her books and bit her lip. Did she really want to say this? Could she say this? It was just Tom. Oh bugger, she thought before burying putting her hands up to her face in an attempt to cover the blushing. "Maybe?"

[tom_paddock]

Tom didn't see the big deal with asking them for advice. He probable wouldn't even mention Margie's name. Tom'd just get in, get the advice, and get out - nothing in between. No, the extra fill-ins would have to wait until later on sometime, else they could find out it was Margie on their own time.

Tom hadn't noticed Margie blush anymore since she's already been blushing an aweful lot - more than usual, that was for sure. Tom didn't think that he'd come completely out right and asked 'do you fancy me too'...atleast not without stalling first! Stalling counted for something, didn't it

[margietheshy]

Stalling did count for something, but it was hard to concentrate on that when it was said in the first place. Maybe later, in a few days or weeks or months, Marige would be able to look back and be glad that he didn't ask her until she had technically brought it up. If he had just sat down and asked her, oh Merlin what would have happened