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[ghostinthecity]

It was a nice day.

For the most part it was always a nice day here. Of course, it still rained but unlike the rain back home that seemed to drag its feet both coming and going this rain fell quick and warm. That was nice too. It reminded Annie just enough of home to keep her from being too homesick, but was different enough to still be exciting

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[justsookie]

It was a nice day

[justsookie]

"Well, I-- I guess I've been scolded one too many times by a certain vampire about not presumin' stuff about his race and his emotions. He always reprimands me when I talk about makers, or love, or anythin' else that he either deems too frivolous or completely beyond my comprehension. Eric's just infuriatin'." Sookie rolled her eyes to emphasize her point, although there still was a great deal of relief that she felt at being told that her presumptions weren't too great. That she hadn't overstepped bounds. Because if she did for people as nice as Annie, well, that would require some major personality remodeling on her own part

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"Oh, a touchy one." Annie's eyebrows lifted, mouth forming an 'oh' as she nodded knowingly. That seemed to be quite common amongst vampires. All that worry about losing their elite status or some nonsense. She would have thought they'd used their time for more valuable things.

Rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet, she noted the softness of it, mixed with sharper bits. The smell of the salt and the seaweed. Everything so lovely and new again.

"Could you? Oh that's fascinating, a total drag, but fascinating. I knew a couple of psychics. You know, the talk to the dead type? But I don't think any of them could listen in on someone's thoughts." Pausing she considered the implications of that, before nodding and reaching out a hand to express her sympathy. "Absolute bollocks. Men are prattish enough as is, without knowing what they really thinking. Can you turn it off? Like ever?"

[justsookie]

Annie was so animated that Sookie started to feel as though she couldn't even hope to meet that level of energy on a good day, although it was also still possible to draw strength from it in that moment, especially when it involved picturing Eric's reaction at being called touchy with such levity. Especially on an island where he wouldn't have been able to turn to glamoring as a means of solving all his ails. She nodded wordlessly at the description, laughing under her breath and not at all minding boarding the train momentarily devoted to finding flaws in the opposite sex

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Sticking out her tongue, Annie thought about Tully who had made this thoughts very well known. She had thought she had known Owen's, but she had never thought him capable of murder until far after he had killed her. The lack of mystery might have saved her quite a few headaches.

"Oh, that's dreadful. It had to be lonely and I know lonely I was dead and no one could see me. At least not until George and Mitchell. But that seems like even worse sort of lonely."

[justsookie]

"Oh no, really, not at all," Sookie shook her head vehemently, eyes even slightly widened from alarm, wondering if she'd made it sound like too much of a deal and if she wasn't being at all sympathetic enough to Annie's former plight. "I mean, I guess it was sometimes disappointin', but in the end, it's not like I needed a man to be happy. 'Course, when I found Bill-- he was a vampire, and I couldn't read the minds of vampires because they were dead and my power just didn't work like that-- I was ecstatic. But even before him, I had friends, I had family, I had most of the pieces of the pie, and I got along just fine."

Slightly breathless, Sookie sighed regardless, watching Annie with a mixture of sympathy and happiness over knowing that Annie didn't have to be nearly as lonely anymore. "I can't imagine what it would've been like to wander around and not have anyone... see you. That-- I don't think I'd be strong enough to get through that."

[ghostinthecity]

Annie wished that she could be that sort of confident. Everything about Sookie seemed to ooze confidence. She was pretty, charming and seemed to have completely left her disability at the door. It was enough to make anyone jealous and she was no exception. Fortunately she liked the blonde woman which made being jealous easy to get passed.

She would be good for Mitchell, Annie just knew it. Still chewing on her lip, she shoved her hands into her pockets. "It was terrible. I got a bit rude, scared people away. I couldn't be with those I loved so I didn't want anyone to come 'round. Suppose its for the best, some people just are meant to be alone."

[justsookie]

Slowly, Sookie began to shake her head, frustration working into her brow as she still wanted to deliver a flaming kick to the man who had helped to break Annie down so far. The only thing which kept that temper from boiling over was the knowledge that Annie was already on her way to recovery, having taken as large of a first step as throwing away an engagement ring clearly was.

"I don't know that I believe that," Sookie countered, reaching out with a hand to gently squeeze Annie's shoulder reassuringly. "I mean, I certainly can't blame you for wantin' to express the anger and sadness you felt. I probably would've done a whole lot worse. But I don't think there's a single person in the world who's meant to be alone. Sometimes people are, because of circumstance, but you eventually found Mitchell, didn't you? And you didn't have to be alone anymore."

[ghostinthecity]

In the end Annie had gotten her revenge. It was a bit private, since driving a person mad was not exactly the nicest thing in the world to do even if he had deserved it. Every day she got a little bit better with it, but she still wasn't fully there.

"Oh I did. Well, he found me. Him and George, so you're right," she shrugged her shoulders, the ease returning to her smile. "You're quite smart, you know that? I bet you got all As and always know what those chat show hosts are going on about. Like Oprah."

[justsookie]

Sookie breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the smile return to Annie's face, an expression that the blonde thought suited the other woman best. Some women looked most beautiful when they were haughty, others when staring off into distances, but Annie was the sort of person Sookie saw as tactile and direct, open and friendly. If anything, the idea of Annie thinking she was meant to be on her own seemed to be the opposite of how Sookie herself felt.

The relief soon bled into amusement at the rest of Annie's suggestion. "I'm no genius, Annie, I can tell you that. I mean, I guess I did alright at school, but sometimes it was kind of like I was some kind of... receiver of information. Durin' tests, whether I wanted it or not, I just kept on hearin' answers coming at me from all sides." Embarrassed, she bit her lower lip. "Might've been how I kept on winnin' all those school spellin' bees as well."

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"Oh don't say that. I'm certain that you could win them all by yourself," Annie encouraged meaning every bit of that. People couldn't help what sort of things they had been born with. Being able to read minds was like having a sixth finger or detached earlobes -- it was just a strange sort of luck of the draw.

"I never had the patience for it. My older sisters did, but they're all posh like that. I just liked the people, but I wasn't bad. There's nothing wrong with being average."

[justsookie]

"Aha, well, I guess we could test that here if we really wanted, but I think I'm a little over spellin' bees by now. I'd much rather spend my time sunbathin', to be honest with you," she laughed lightly, knowing that her one vice was indulged to no end on the island. Fortunately, it wasn't one that would hurt anyone else, as far as Sookie knew-- that alleviated some of the guilt, and she was careful about using suntan lotion whenever she could.

"I don't know if I think anyone's really average, though. It's possible at school, I guess, where they give out grades and everythin', but I think everyone's unique in some way and has somethin' special to offer. Whatever that is just isn't always easy to measure."

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"Ooh, I can try that now. Another thing for the list," Annie bobbed her head slightly. The idea of doing all of these things she had never had a chance at made her slightly giddy. The list might get a little unwieldy after a while but that just gave her no excuse to dawdle on actually living.

"I like that. Everyone's just a little bit...off. In a good way or a bad way, just in their own little way."

[justsookie]

Although Sookie's brows had momentarily risen with some amount of incredulity, she had sense enough to hold her tongue-- spelling bees were only mundane to her because she'd had so many experiences with them that they had become, to her elementary school self, more work than play. But most things in the world, and certainly those that didn't really hurt anyone in the process, were worth trying at least once. So she laughed instead, light like champagne.

"Ooh, a list, that's clever," she grinned. "If you need any help settin' things up or findin' someone to take leaps off ledges to dive or cannonball into the ocean with you, just lemme know."

Sookie's eyes lingered on the curls which bounced with Annie's every move, pleased at what they added to the overall picture. "But yeah. Everyone's just a bit different."