Adele Graham
 
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 23, 2008 4:41:48 GMT -5
"It was a waste of time," she answered honestly, and probably a bit brutally. Then, to lessen the blow, she added, "At least, that was how you phrased it."
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 23, 2008 4:46:32 GMT -5
"Excuse me?" he asked genuinely hurt that she thought that, and then baffled when she said that he had initiated that sort of thinking. "I never said anything of the sort."
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 23, 2008 4:48:28 GMT -5
"You did, actually. You asked me why I bothered coming to class if I'd already read the book. That only left me to assume that is all we'd be doing from now on, at least as long as Dorian was there to bother you."
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 23, 2008 4:56:11 GMT -5
He frowned at her and then was angry with himself, " I was angry that day..." he said but it wasn't a great excuse, " We will of course be dealing with more than what's in the book...I actually prefer to use my own exercises than those in the book...the book is just a good guideline. I'm sorry I snapped at you."
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 23, 2008 4:57:30 GMT -5
"I'm still not coming back to class," she said softly. It would just mean a lot of drama that she didn't need in her life, between Dorian and Sam, Sam and Caleb, and Caleb and Dorian.
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 23, 2008 5:08:44 GMT -5
"I wish you would." he said even softer, "It isn't the same without you in my class." he offered, " If there's anything I can do to change your mind...well" he sighed, " just let me know. I like you Adele...I don't know why, you've yelled at me, and threatened to hex me, you are far too smart for your own good when you were in my class, but I do like you...and I'd like to see you in my class."
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 23, 2008 11:27:59 GMT -5
"You get just as frustrated with me as I do you, you know," Adele pointed out. She wasn't the only bad guy in this situation.
She walked in silence a little ways. "Is Samantha your girlfriend?" She asked, quietly. "I won't tell anyone. It's just..." kind of obvious? How did she put that nicely, she wondered.
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 23, 2008 18:32:13 GMT -5
Caleb blushed when he accused her of getting just as heated with her as she with him, but as she continued his red face was for another reason. His fists clenched as did his jaw and he spoke through his teeth.
"Oh I am going to kill that girl...or that guy I havn't decided yet." he sighed and turned towards Adele, " Sam's going to hate me for spreading it around...but I believe you can keep a secret." he smiled, "Sam, is my sister." he told her, "Our parents got married when she was thirteen and I was seventeen, no she is not now, nor has she ever been my girlfriend it would be incestual and just plain gross to even contemplate and I think I'll shoot the next person who insinuates such." he said the last part sarcastic but he was definitely iritated with being accused of being with his sister, "Besides she's fifteen for heaven's sake." he argued, and to him Sam's fifteen made her ten, he knew it wasn't true, that her maturity level was off the charts but still it would be like being with his baby sister and that just would never work.
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 24, 2008 1:38:25 GMT -5
"Oh," Adele said, and she felt inexplicably releived. She hadn't realized that it bothered her that much to think he might have been seeing the girl. "That's odd. Ryan said you were." She paused to consider what she just said and shook her head. "Nevermind. That's not actually that odd, then."
She took a deep breath when he mentioned Sam's age.
"Right. Fifteen." Her heart fell, and she finally knew why.
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 24, 2008 1:45:11 GMT -5
"Ryan said...what exactly?" he asked this being the first he heard of it and his jaw was tightening on it's own, oh how he wanted to hurt that boy, let him count the ways.
"He said that I was...with sam...I mean after he came back in the classroom? " he grumbled, " I could really hurt that kid."
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 24, 2008 1:59:11 GMT -5
Adele shrugged. "Something along those lines. Said you admitted when you were outside the class room with him. Look, Ryan's not really worth the effort," she told him. "He won't care, whatever you do."
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 24, 2008 2:01:42 GMT -5
That didn't stop his fists from clenching and his jaw from tightening, " Someone should ..." he sighed and visably deflated, "I'm not really acting like a teacher right now am i? Threatening one of my students anyway..."
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 24, 2008 2:14:02 GMT -5
Adele shrugged. "Well, sitting with me for a couple of hours tonight wasn't very instructorly, either. But I don't mind."
Another few steps went by before she said, "Sam's not really that much younger than you are."
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 24, 2008 2:35:50 GMT -5
He sighed, "No it wasn't." and he couldn't begin to explain to her that he didn't feel like a teacher around her, it was strange to him.
"No...I guess you're right...she tells me that too sometimes..." he sighed, " Still when you're seventeen and she's only thirteen it's a difference, she is growing up though I guess." he sighed
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 24, 2008 18:28:12 GMT -5
"Yes," Adele said. "Well, now she's 15. The gap is a little smaller."
She walked with him to the castle, and there she decided she needed to get away from him. He couldn't see anything else, couldn't get any deeper into her affairs. She couldn't afford to lose him.
"It's late, I should be on my way. Thank you."
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 24, 2008 20:45:22 GMT -5
He nodded to her, "Alright Adele..." he had her hand in his and gave it a gentle squeeze, "Please take care...and...if you want to talk you know where I am." he didn't really want to leave her but he knew he had pressed his luck enough tonight, he'd try again soon.
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Adele Graham
Seventh Year[M:10]
Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
Posts: 256
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Post by Adele Graham on Sept 25, 2008 6:59:37 GMT -5
Adele nodded and thanked him again, though she knew she wouldn't seek him out to talk to him again, no matter how much she needed it.
"Good night," she said, stepping away from him and heading towards the staircase to get to her common room.
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Post by Caleb Renneau on Sept 25, 2008 7:05:11 GMT -5
Still, Caleb smiled to himself she had his jacket, she would return it to him and they would speak again, if not he'd find someway of doing it. He didn't know why, he didn't even know what possessed him, but he had to talk to her again, and *he* had to be the one to put the smile back on her face. He had been close tonight...even though she had endured such a tragedy, next time he would succeed.
"Goodnight..." he whispered after she was gone.
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