Poker, you game? (1/7)
Day After +1
Dick staggered through the living room, only half awake. He knew it wasn't good that he had blanks in the memory of his ride home. He hoped Mac was more awake and she didn't have any trouble driving. He stopped dead in his tracks -well, swayed to a stop- when he heard someone clearing their throat.
He turned to face his brother, feeling so wrong inside, and yet willing not to care.
Cassidy stared angrily. “You happy?”
Dick felt the urge to say yes but just shrugged.
“Bastard.”
Dick snorted. “You dumped her, luckily I was there to pick up the pieces.”
Cassidy shouted. “Oh, yeah ? So, you took the opportunity to get laid. What a prince. Really.”
Dick sneered, starting to walk away. “It was your chance to get laid, dude. You lost it, I didn't steal it. Night-night...”
“It's three!”
“Well, good afternoon then!” Dick yelled at his brother.
He was sorry, he felt horrible, but Cassidy would never know. And he crashed in his room, leaving his brother alone with his pain and anger.
“Fucker.” the younger of the Casablancas breathed out, before dropping on a couch, numb.
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Mac was leaning on her forearms, sighing her deep boredom and frustration. She had been almost unfaithful. He had done something bad, and she felt horrible that she couldn't bring herself to call it a mistake. The breakup felt less painful from her angle, but her behavior wasn't excusable. Was it?
She had ruined every chance to get back together with Cassidy, and she felt really bad about the fact that she wasn't really sad about it. She just felt sorry for hurting him.
Mostly, she couldn't get Dick out of her head, and couldn't quit wondering if she was just daydreaming about her reputation remaining safe from now on and him being nice to her or not.
“Hey, Mac, bad day?” Veronica dropped beside her friend. “I was surprised not to hear from you.” They had met randomly at Dog's beach and Mac had joined for a stroll. Her friend studied her face. “Something's wrong? I thought you were going to spend the week end with Beav-.. With Cassidy.”
Mac snorted. “Well, I was... until he dumped me.” She didn't like that her throat was tight like that.
Veronica gasped in disbelief. “What?! What happened? Why didn't you tell me?”
Mac sighed, actually she hadn't had time to at first, and she suspected that Veronica was busy with Logan -back again. “I had things to figure out.” Also true.
“I'm sorry.”
Mac took a deep breath. “You know what? I don't ever care! I'm happy for you, though.”
The perky blonde eyed her. “Why?” she asked, innocently.
“Right, like you stuck in a lip lock with Logan is totally missable.”
Veronica blushed and nodded. “It's great. Thanks.”
“So, why are you here?” Mac asked. She came here to think, to mope. She saw no reason Veronica should be hiding out. “I thought you usually came here with Backup.”
“Oh, Logan's coming here with Dick, catch some waves and all.”
Mac turned pale. “Oh, they are coming? I should go then.”
Veronica frowned. “Why is there a problem with Dick?” He hadn't been the nicest guy ever, but... “Oh, I get it.”
Mac turned to Veronica, startled. Was she so easy to read? “It's because it reminds you of Cassidy, right?”
Mac stood up, relieved. “Yeah, that's it...”
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“Hey, beautiful, what are you doing? You came early.” Logan pecked Veronica's lips. Dick jabbed their boards in the sand.
“I was planning on swimming a bit, but I saw Mac. She just took off.”
“Oh.” Logan sat and started nibbling at her shoulder.
“Mac was here?” Dick wondered aloud.
Veronica looked up at Dick. “Yeah.” She eyed Logan. “Did you know Beav-... Cassidy dumped her again, at the party.”
“Oh, shit!” Logan chocked. Dick sat, silent. “Dude, you knew ?” Logan wondered at his reaction.
Veronica shrugged, she figured he had talked to his brother.
Dick nodded response. “Yeah, well... He's stupid. He didn't deserve her, anyway.” Logan eyed his bff suspiciously. Dick went angry. “What ? Poor girl's been dumped twice by my poofter of a brother. And you know why this time?”
Veronica gasped at his anger.
“Because this fucking fagot couldn't get it hard! He turned it out on her. I bet he cumed all over himself before he cou-... Pff...” The others stared in disbelief.
He felt bad being mad and felt also like betraying Mac's secret. He knew it wasn't her fault and probably thanks to him she knew it too, but maybe she felt like it was her that couldn't arouse him. “Hey, don't tell her that, ok. You're.... not supposed to know.”
“Kay.”
He punched his bff's arm. “Dude, let's ride those waves.”
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Dick staggered through the living room, only half awake. He knew it wasn't good that he had blanks in the memory of his ride home. He hoped Mac was more awake and she didn't have any trouble driving. He stopped dead in his tracks -well, swayed to a stop- when he heard someone clearing their throat.
He turned to face his brother, feeling so wrong inside, and yet willing not to care.
Cassidy stared angrily. “You happy?”
Dick felt the urge to say yes but just shrugged.
“Bastard.”
Dick snorted. “You dumped her, luckily I was there to pick up the pieces.”
Cassidy shouted. “Oh, yeah ? So, you took the opportunity to get laid. What a prince. Really.”
Dick sneered, starting to walk away. “It was your chance to get laid, dude. You lost it, I didn't steal it. Night-night...”
“It's three!”
“Well, good afternoon then!” Dick yelled at his brother.
He was sorry, he felt horrible, but Cassidy would never know. And he crashed in his room, leaving his brother alone with his pain and anger.
“Fucker.” the younger of the Casablancas breathed out, before dropping on a couch, numb.
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Mac was leaning on her forearms, sighing her deep boredom and frustration. She had been almost unfaithful. He had done something bad, and she felt horrible that she couldn't bring herself to call it a mistake. The breakup felt less painful from her angle, but her behavior wasn't excusable. Was it?
She had ruined every chance to get back together with Cassidy, and she felt really bad about the fact that she wasn't really sad about it. She just felt sorry for hurting him.
Mostly, she couldn't get Dick out of her head, and couldn't quit wondering if she was just daydreaming about her reputation remaining safe from now on and him being nice to her or not.
“Hey, Mac, bad day?” Veronica dropped beside her friend. “I was surprised not to hear from you.” They had met randomly at Dog's beach and Mac had joined for a stroll. Her friend studied her face. “Something's wrong? I thought you were going to spend the week end with Beav-.. With Cassidy.”
Mac snorted. “Well, I was... until he dumped me.” She didn't like that her throat was tight like that.
Veronica gasped in disbelief. “What?! What happened? Why didn't you tell me?”
Mac sighed, actually she hadn't had time to at first, and she suspected that Veronica was busy with Logan -back again. “I had things to figure out.” Also true.
“I'm sorry.”
Mac took a deep breath. “You know what? I don't ever care! I'm happy for you, though.”
The perky blonde eyed her. “Why?” she asked, innocently.
“Right, like you stuck in a lip lock with Logan is totally missable.”
Veronica blushed and nodded. “It's great. Thanks.”
“So, why are you here?” Mac asked. She came here to think, to mope. She saw no reason Veronica should be hiding out. “I thought you usually came here with Backup.”
“Oh, Logan's coming here with Dick, catch some waves and all.”
Mac turned pale. “Oh, they are coming? I should go then.”
Veronica frowned. “Why is there a problem with Dick?” He hadn't been the nicest guy ever, but... “Oh, I get it.”
Mac turned to Veronica, startled. Was she so easy to read? “It's because it reminds you of Cassidy, right?”
Mac stood up, relieved. “Yeah, that's it...”
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“Hey, beautiful, what are you doing? You came early.” Logan pecked Veronica's lips. Dick jabbed their boards in the sand.
“I was planning on swimming a bit, but I saw Mac. She just took off.”
“Oh.” Logan sat and started nibbling at her shoulder.
“Mac was here?” Dick wondered aloud.
Veronica looked up at Dick. “Yeah.” She eyed Logan. “Did you know Beav-... Cassidy dumped her again, at the party.”
“Oh, shit!” Logan chocked. Dick sat, silent. “Dude, you knew ?” Logan wondered at his reaction.
Veronica shrugged, she figured he had talked to his brother.
Dick nodded response. “Yeah, well... He's stupid. He didn't deserve her, anyway.” Logan eyed his bff suspiciously. Dick went angry. “What ? Poor girl's been dumped twice by my poofter of a brother. And you know why this time?”
Veronica gasped at his anger.
“Because this fucking fagot couldn't get it hard! He turned it out on her. I bet he cumed all over himself before he cou-... Pff...” The others stared in disbelief.
He felt bad being mad and felt also like betraying Mac's secret. He knew it wasn't her fault and probably thanks to him she knew it too, but maybe she felt like it was her that couldn't arouse him. “Hey, don't tell her that, ok. You're.... not supposed to know.”
“Kay.”
He punched his bff's arm. “Dude, let's ride those waves.”
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