Dear Gideon...

[wandsandbones]

*owl sent to Gideon a few days after the present exchange*

*slightly tear splodged, with some of the ink running at the bottom, and the writing slightly wobbly*

Dear Gideon,

I think this may possibly be one of the hardest letters I'll ever write, for numerous reasons. So, you will have to forgive my, at times, lack of... Good wording, shall we say?

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[ohsogiddy]

~Gid is sitting on his bed and is completely dumbstruck reading the letter but not actually absorbing the writing on the page as the word 'Quitter, quitter, quitter' keeps repeating in his head out of bitterness and hurt. He closes his eyes, breathes heavily and feels an extremely unfamiliar lump form in his throat that has only been there three times before and, as his annoying habit, he bites his lip til it bleeds instead of allowing any tears to leak out. Blood's more meaningful than tears anyway--shows pain was actually there instead of it just being trivial and childish.~

*picks up his quill and pauses, not sure what he wants to write. He knows Fabian would write something sensible and understand like 'Amelia, I understand why you can't keep it--it's a gift and I got it for you, so I hope you know that I'm not going to give it away to anyone else and if you don't want to be my friend even I won't pretend like I'll hate that forever, but I'll try and accept it. But that's not Gid. So instead he writes what he feels*

Quitter.*

[wandsandbones]

*understands why he wrote it but hates herself for it anyway*

I know.

[ohsogiddy]

*reads the reply four times each time counting a different time when he almost quit and all of it concerning Amelia*

*tears up her reply into two and tosses it then Apparates to her place and knocks on the door*

[wandsandbones]

*opens the door, rubbing her tear-blotched face*

*is shocked*

.... *almost whispered* Gideon?

[ohsogiddy]

*is suddenly angry* You don't do this over owl. You just dont. If you honestly want to quit now tell me to my face so that I can walk away knowing that you weren't going to hide behind a bird to deliver your messeges.

[wandsandbones]

*is completely in agreement with him and ashamed of herself*

I... I know.

I just... couldn't.

[ohsogiddy]

Yeah? *presents hiimself with a ta-da hand geture* Try.

I'm right here.

[wandsandbones]

*stares at the ground, shaking her head over and over*

I can't, I can't, I can't!

[ohsogiddy]

*stands there for a few seconds staring but then does the oddest thing--smiles*

*drops hands to his side and tilts her chin up so that she meets his eyes (cus thus far eye contact has been seriouussslyy minimal)*

Quitter.

*smiles a bit more knowing that she knows he approved of this kind of quitting*

[wandsandbones]

*gives him an awkward little smile*

Not any longer, I s'pose, bastard :P

*gives him another weak smile to show she doesn't actually think that he's a bastardo*

[OOC: Nevermind, I understand (thanks to Kirst and a little rereading of the thread)!]

[ohsogiddy]

*sort of doesnt know what to do so he kind of stands there awkwardly for a second and droops*

What the hell happened, Melia?

[wandsandbones]

... I've no idea...

*scuffs toe against the ground*

Um... Do you want to.... Er... Come in?

[ohsogiddy]

I--I dunno. Do you think it's...a good idea?

[wandsandbones]

... I dunno...

It's kinda cold out here...

[ohsogiddy]

Well I don't wanna impose *kind of shifts a bit awkwardly* or be of a...y'know a bother or anything.

[wandsandbones]

*rolls eyes, smiles a little at him and grabs the front of his robes*

Don't be ridiculous. Come on. *pulls him in behind her*