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rollergirl she's taking chances/just love to see her take them on

May 07, 2009 20:52

I had to say that the first twenty-four hours after I snapped out of it were definitely the worst. I spent most of the day in bed by myself, looking up at my roof, wishing it was actually dropped fiberboard with cracks to count, like every hospital I'd ever been in. It would have made the thinking easier ( Read more... )

anne boleyn, adam carter, kate bishop, mayko tran, nate archibald, dr. elliot reid, brad colbert, dr. remy hadley, jim cooper

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nothingtomiss May 9 2009, 00:57:47 UTC

He hasn't really seen her since that day in the kitchen but, then again, he hasn't really seen Nate either, so...Despite that, life's good. There's surfing, there's hanging out with Abby, there's a seemingly endless supply of comics and pulp sci-fi from the bookshelf (and, mentioning that, he saw fucking Wolverine the other day). Still, he likes Remy, so it isn't like he's been avoiding her.

He walks towards the bookshelf with an armful of X-Men and some dubious Vertigo titles to put back.

"Feeling better?"

Coincidently, he's got the same Iron Maiden shirt on.
He's never going to convince Abby that he owns more than one.

number_unlucky May 9 2009, 01:34:02 UTC

"Vast improvement," I said, and quirked a sheepish smile at Brad, looking over my shoulder at him even though my hair sort of got in the way. "You don't look much improved, even if that shirt's marginally cleaner, Sergeant. And sadly, we're all out of cookies today."

I still hadn't figured out how I knew so many men who were in some kind of service. At home, it would have been a non-issue.

nothingtomiss May 9 2009, 01:46:05 UTC

"I've said it before and I'll say it again," says Brad, carefully juggling the books, setting them back on the shelf one by one, "my life is nothing but suffering and hardship."

number_unlucky May 9 2009, 01:52:50 UTC

I snorted and put back the copy of A Farewell to Arms that I'd just received. "Wow, yeah, it's a tough life, no cookies. Girls getting snot on your favorite lame band t-shirt. Infinite Marvel paperbacks..."

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throw_it_off May 9 2009, 20:55:13 UTC

Nate didn't seek anyone out after that little three day fiasco. It had been hard from his end of things; he couldn't imagine how it was for those actually going through it. But when he saw Remy... Well he wasn't seeking her out, and he couldn't avoid her forever. They had to break the ice sometime.

"Hey," he said, coming over to her table, fiddling with an orange in his hands. "How are you?"

number_unlucky May 9 2009, 21:09:01 UTC

"Hey, Nate," I said, giving him a sheepish, sheepish smile as I turned back from the books, and I cleared my throat. It had been an interesting week, that was certain, and I wasn't sure how he'd react. "I'm...doing okay now. How about you?"

throw_it_off May 9 2009, 22:40:13 UTC

"Definitely better," he said, rolling the orange from one hand to the other in slow, smooth motions. "Now. Another couple of days of... that, and I think the headache would have made itself permanent."

number_unlucky May 10 2009, 00:04:48 UTC

"A permanent headache would be a severe medical concern," I said. "Don't worry, if I'd been a ditz for a few more days, I probably would have irreparably lost brain cells."

Those were three days of my life I wasn't getting back.

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forhawkeye May 10 2009, 04:49:36 UTC

"Oh, hey, Remy," I say, looking up at her from where I'm sitting cross-legged in front of the bookshelf. I've been digging for newspapers all day -- preferably The DB for all that it's a rag -- but I've been getting nowhere fast and the distraction's more than welcome.

Really, any distraction's more than welcome after those wonderful three days and Nate's...whatever she is showing up.

number_unlucky May 10 2009, 19:34:47 UTC

"Hey Kate," I said, really glad I didn't run into her during last week. I would probably have asked her to do my hair or some shit like that. Makeup? I wasn't even sure where I had found the makeup I had then...and now I was scared of an eye infection.

"Find anything that's not about a war or soldiers, pass it my way?"

forhawkeye May 10 2009, 21:36:18 UTC

"I got stuff about a war and superheroes," I offer, lifting up an old issue of the Daily Bugle with the headline 'WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?' "I mean, if you want a little deviation."

number_unlucky May 10 2009, 23:22:45 UTC

"I'll pass, if that's cool with you," I admitted, giving her a wry grin. "I have enough problems dealing with my own history, much less someone else's, unfortunately." It was a newspaper I'd never heard of...except maybe in cartoons as a kid.

Really weird, actually.

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