[call] Siren's PorthexyoutotuesdayFebruary 21 2011, 12:57:18 UTC
[Riiiiing. Riiiing. RIIIING.]
Come on. Pick up the phone, Mr. Trickster. Come on, baby. I know you don't sleep.
[Yes, she's talking while the phone is ringing. And this phone call totally is coming at like five in the morning, but she knows your ass doesn't sleep.]
[Fuck everything, he knew about the unicorns. That would have been mortifying if the next words that came out of his mouth didn't warm her heart so much.]
Oh, god. You thought... [She stopped clutching the blanket around her and sat up.] Well, yes. But no. That may have been the catalyst but not the cause. Gabriel, I-- you-- [Okay, she just had to laugh at this irony.]
Do you have any idea how weird it was when everything was back to normal and I felt like it was all...all wrong? Because I didn't have some asshole standing there with an "I told you so" armed and ready? I miss-- [the sound of your voice, those looks you give, that stupid tongue thing you do, you. She's just not going to finish that thought.]
...Me? [Gabriel looked more stunned than anything. He should've quipped that everyone misses him eventually- life without him is empty and meaningless. And full of significantly fewer laughs.]
So all that back at the hotel wasn't... [...There's really no delicate way of finishing that sentence. Wasn't her being an overemotional teenage girl looking for escape? Wasn't him being the biggest douchenozzle that ever lived?
He shakes his head. Forget that thought.] You really do like me. [And that was not the least bit teasing.]
[Him saying that aloud made her embarrassed, angry, and and relieved all at the same time. Yes, she liked him. She liked him so much it was driving her insane. Was she going to tell him that one? Probably not. Suddenly, she looked very sad.]
Just leave me a little dignity, okay? You've made it painfully clear that you just want to sleep with me, but everything else is probably so one-sided that it'll just get more complicated and I don't--
Jinx, if I wanted to sleep with you, it would've happened. That's not some 'I'm so hot, every girl wants me' crap, it's the truth. I didn't let it get that far back at that hotel for my health. That's not to say I would't... Believe me, I've never cockblocked myself before. It was a bad time and if a guy like me who never met a bedroom scene he didn't like would shoot you down? That means I give a shit. You want a list? I could sit here and give you all the reasons why a chick like you and a guy like me probably wouldn't work. I could also give you reasons why we would. But that don't matter, because I like you and for the first time in my life? I'm not looking to overcomplicate things.... [He groans melodramatically, the seriousness in his tone abating a little] I know, I know... The shock's unbearable, but I can't.
[More serious.] Not right now, anyway. I've been looking for something for a long time- someone who can look me in the eye and say, I get it. Besides, if we both don't belong anywhere, we might as well belong with each
( ... )
[Jinx looked pretty shocked right now, too. Her mouth hung open a little and she wasn't blinking. This was one of those moments in movies where the audience started screaming "FINALLY" at the actors. This was one of those things that didn't happen to girls like Jinx. Ever. So pardon her it this was a little hard to believe at first.]
...
[Yeah, who was she kidding? Right now, nothing logical would come out of her. But damn it, Jinx was going to try, because that's what she did.]
[He takes her chin in one hand and gives her one chaste kiss on the lips, like some sort of sappy fairy tale 'break-the-spell' sort of thing, which he immediately covered up by launching into sarcasm again.] You'll be more eloquent when you write about this moment in your diary- which, by the way? I didn't read. Nice closet, by the way. Are you keeping the Twilight Zone in there?
[Her eyes flutter shut and she kisses him back. This was... wow. Okay. She really needed to pinch herself because she was terrified this was another moment of her subconscious being an asshole.]
I don't keep a diary and if I find any candy stuck to my Gucci, you're a dead man. [She wraps her arms around his shoulders and leans in for a not-so-chaste kiss.]
[And Gabriel just falls back against the armrest, holding his hands up defensively again before slowly winding them into her air. Yeah. He could... Definitely get used to complicated. He could get used to it a lot. He pulls back a little, probably longer than was necessary and grins at her, caught in that state between perpetually amused and a little turned on.]
Like you even keep candy in this place. The licorice wasn't bad though. Not my first choice, but eh. Beggers can't be choosers, hm?
[Complicated was good. Very good right now, actually. Kissing him continued to be...well, wow. Wow was the perfect way to describe it. Really, she was romanced enough right now that, if she weren't a mess and if they weren't on the couch while her roommates were sleeping a very thin wall away, there might have been more going on than just kissing. Exhaling, no intention of getting off of him anytime soon, she softened her gaze at him.]
I want to get something out of the way early on. I know so much about you, and you don't even know my real name.
I read souls, Jinx. I know more about you than you want me too. Not that I'm prying. [He held up a finger.] It's an angel thing. [He shrugged.] I mean, it still means more when you actually tell me, but... I kinda like you as just Jinx.
I really wish you'd stay out of my soul. It weirds me out. [She rolled her eyes but kissed him on the cheek soon afterward.] I don't know. I like being Jinx, but it's the only thing I know about myself before I decided to become a supervillain. It's important to me, and I want you to know, because I don't want to regret someday never telling you and not getting a chance to.
Sappy, stupid, I know. Just... humor me? This is supposed to be a big deal.
[Before she told him, she kissed his lips lightly. Being intimate with someone again was something she was really going to enjoy.] Lucky. It's Lucky. Because my world somehow needed more irony.
Thank you. [She did laugh a little with an added groan at the end.] That's why, after prep school, I redid my entire image and burned my permanent records.
[She got a little more comfortable, no intention of getting off him for a while, and started kissing his neck.] Is reading souls [kiss] anything like [lick] reading minds? [teeth sinking lightly into his neck]
Come on. Pick up the phone, Mr. Trickster. Come on, baby. I know you don't sleep.
[Yes, she's talking while the phone is ringing. And this phone call totally is coming at like five in the morning, but she knows your ass doesn't sleep.]
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Oh, god. You thought... [She stopped clutching the blanket around her and sat up.] Well, yes. But no. That may have been the catalyst but not the cause. Gabriel, I-- you-- [Okay, she just had to laugh at this irony.]
Do you have any idea how weird it was when everything was back to normal and I felt like it was all...all wrong? Because I didn't have some asshole standing there with an "I told you so" armed and ready? I miss-- [the sound of your voice, those looks you give, that stupid tongue thing you do, you. She's just not going to finish that thought.]
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So all that back at the hotel wasn't... [...There's really no delicate way of finishing that sentence. Wasn't her being an overemotional teenage girl looking for escape? Wasn't him being the biggest douchenozzle that ever lived?
He shakes his head. Forget that thought.] You really do like me. [And that was not the least bit teasing.]
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Just leave me a little dignity, okay? You've made it painfully clear that you just want to sleep with me, but everything else is probably so one-sided that it'll just get more complicated and I don't--
[Want to get hurt. Another silence.]
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[More serious.] Not right now, anyway. I've been looking for something for a long time- someone who can look me in the eye and say, I get it. Besides, if we both don't belong anywhere, we might as well belong with each ( ... )
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[Yeah, who was she kidding? Right now, nothing logical would come out of her. But damn it, Jinx was going to try, because that's what she did.]
Okay.
[...that was all she got.]
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I don't keep a diary and if I find any candy stuck to my Gucci, you're a dead man. [She wraps her arms around his shoulders and leans in for a not-so-chaste kiss.]
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Like you even keep candy in this place. The licorice wasn't bad though. Not my first choice, but eh. Beggers can't be choosers, hm?
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I want to get something out of the way early on. I know so much about you, and you don't even know my real name.
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Sappy, stupid, I know. Just... humor me? This is supposed to be a big deal.
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[She got a little more comfortable, no intention of getting off him for a while, and started kissing his neck.] Is reading souls [kiss] anything like [lick] reading minds? [teeth sinking lightly into his neck]
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