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Post by Quinn on Aug 7, 2007 16:15:27 GMT -5
Quinn was still angry when she stormed out of the woods and found her way back to the cemetary. She felt strange and confused and hurt. She wasn't used to feeling these kinds of things. Quinn was not an emotional girl, and she didn't usually let herself get weighed down by emotions. But somehow... seeing Korbel with that girl... hearing them together... it gave her a weird, icky feeling inside. She didn't like it. Somehow she felt like Korbel should have been saying those things, doing those things with her, not with some mousy little mutt who lived alone in a cave. And to think that Korbel would actually protect that girl over the pack! To betray Gretchen like that... it was not something she ever would have expected of him.
Quinn walked over to a shady part of the graveyard and sat down, leaning her back against the gravestone. Then, to her great surprise, she suddenly burst into tears.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 9:05:00 GMT -5
Korbel toward Ashura that he would be back in a little bit, and headed out for a walk. Things were slightly confusing. Yes, he did care about Ashura, but why was Quinn so annoyed by it? Normally she wouldn't care, and she'd be glad that he had someone, but she wasn't. He understood that she didn't really like the hunter, and frankly, he didn't really like him either, but why hate his sister? She didn't chose to be his sister. Korbel let out an audible frustrated sigh.
As he was walking aimlessly, he noticed that he was in the cemetery. He heard someone cry. Korbel followed the soft sound and looked around the gravestone to see Quinn crying. Seeing her cry, instantly made him feel horrible. He knelt down beside her. "Quinn," he said softly.
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 10:15:18 GMT -5
Quinn looked up at the sound of his voice and quickly tried to wipe away the tears from her face. But seeing him made her feel like she had been punched in the stomach. She immediately hated herself for it, realizing that she was letting her emotions control her. It wasn't like her, and she hated it. Trying to force her voice to sound angry, she said, "What do you want?" But she was annoyed, because the words came out in a higher pitch than her normal voice, and with a strange tremor added.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 10:49:18 GMT -5
Korbel noticed that she was trying to wipe her tears away. He had never seen her cry before, and that just made him feel worse. "I just came over here to see who was crying," said Korbel calmly. "Want to tell me what's wrong?"
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 10:55:38 GMT -5
"I wasn't crying," Quinn lied, even though she knew she wasn't fooling him. "I was just... having an allergy attack." She sniffled loudly. "Korbel, I..." She sighed. "Look, I'm sorry about what I said back there. I don't know why I did it."
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 11:02:10 GMT -5
Korbel raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, sure, alright, whatever you say," said Korbel not wanting to argue with her. He took a seat beside her. "Quinn," he said with a sigh, "I have to forgive you. I'm sorry I yelled back at you. I just didn't like what you were saying."
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 11:12:23 GMT -5
Quinn looked up at him, her eyes filling up again. "Do... do you love her?" she asked in a whisper, knowing that she really didn't want to know the answer.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 11:20:50 GMT -5
Korbel thought for a moment. "I'm not sure if it is love, yet, but I know that I do like her. She's different from the others. She makes me feel different."
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 11:23:21 GMT -5
"Different from me?" Quinn asked. She reached up and touched his cheek, hoping to see some kind of reaction from him.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 13:21:54 GMT -5
Korbel opened his mouth to respond, but closed it when Quinn touched his cheek. "You too make me feel different, but I think it's in a different way. I don't know. I'm just confused about everything," said Korbel.
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 13:51:01 GMT -5
"What if I kissed you right now?" she asked softly. Not waiting for an answer, she leaned up and pressed her mouth to his in a deep kiss. She had kissed a lot of guys before, but this felt different... To her, it felt like she would die if she stopped. She moved closer to him, still kissing him, and wondered whether he felt the same way she did...
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 13:57:07 GMT -5
Korbel was about to answer her question when he felt her lips on his. On instinct, he put his arm around her back, and kissed her back. It felt somewhat natural to kiss her, but he pulled away, slowly. Kissing Ashura felt natural too, and when he realized this, he felt bad for what he did. He shouldn't have. "Quinn. We shouldn't have done that," he replied softly.
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 14:01:43 GMT -5
"But I wanted to," Quinn said. "Korbel... do you have any idea what it felt like for me to hear you with her? The things you were saying... and doing... Look, it's one thing if you're screwing around, I mean, we both know I do it enough. But somehow... this feels different. I guess I was... well, I'm jealous, you know? I feel like you're supposed to be with me. But... you don't want that, do you? You want her!" Towards the end of this speech, her voice began to rise, until she was almost shouting at him.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 14:10:29 GMT -5
Korbel hung his head for a moment. "You don't have to yell," said Korbel calmly. "I don't know what I want. At first, I wanted you, but you kept on messing with those other guys, and I figured that you didn't want anything from me. Then, I met Ashura, and then she seemed the same, but she showed that she wanted me. I don't know what to do," he said in frustration.
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 14:14:40 GMT -5
More tears formed in Quinn's eyes and she brushed them away impatiently. "I guess... I guess I never realized how I felt about you," she said. "I just always assumed you'd be there for me... I never thought you'd have feelings for anyone else..."
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 14:17:55 GMT -5
"I didn't think so either," said Korbel. "But things happen I suppose. I don't like being stuck in between things, and I don't like not knowing what I really want. Why is this kind of thing so hard?"
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 14:22:58 GMT -5
"I don't know," Quinn said. "I just know it was easier before... before I realized how I felt. I was happy before... now I just hurt. I'm not used to being like this..." She wiped at her eyes again. "Look.... I won't tell Gretchen anything... not yet. But I don't know if I can keep it from her forever..."
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 14:27:58 GMT -5
"I'm not used to being like this either," said Korbel. He leaned over and kissed her on instinct again. "Thank you. I don't need Gretchen breathing down my neck right now either."
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Post by Quinn on Aug 8, 2007 14:38:23 GMT -5
Quinn kissed him back urgently, and was disappointed when he pulled away. "OK," she said at last. "As long as you understand I'm doing it for you, not for the girl. She was rude to me. She didn't even tell me her name." Of course, Quinn left out the fact that she had deliberately tried to poison the girl's mind against Korbel with some of the things she had said.
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Post by Korbel on Aug 8, 2007 14:42:28 GMT -5
"She was rude to you," repeated Korbel with an eyebrow raised. "That's different. I never really expected her to be rude." He shook his head. "Thanks again. As long as we keep this between us, I think things will be just fine." Korbel gave her a smile. It seemed like when he was with her, he seemed to forget a little about Ashura, and the same when he was around Ashura, it was like he seemed to forget a little about Quinn.
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