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Post by Ted Tonks on Sept 29, 2008 13:55:26 GMT -5
Ted wasn't even listening to her anymore. He was tired of hearing everyone yell at him. He stood up, brushing past Sirius and opening his door. He stood against it, raising his eyebrows and looking pointedly at Alice. It was a clear indication that he wanted her out.
One day, maybe, he would talk to Andi. Whenever Narcissa owled him, but he didn't say that to Alice. She'd probably just yell at him for trying to see her and probably breaking her heart again.
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Post by Alice Prewett on Sept 29, 2008 14:36:09 GMT -5
Alice noted his indication for her to leave but she wasn't about to be bullied by him. It didn't matter that he was a few years older, or that he was an auror. Right now he was just plain old Ted Tonks and he was dismissing her like a child. It irked her to no end and her fingers itched to punch him right in the gut. She clenched her hands and her teeth before saying one last thing dispite his obvious desire for her to leave.
"Ted Tonks you are a jerk, and regardless of how much Andi loves you... you don't deserve her if you aren't man enough to fix things with her." That was the pot calling the kettle black but she didn't care, "You intentionally are breaking her heart regardless of your intentions or lack of them, and you are mistaken if you think for one moment you can bully women around and manipulate Andi's life... then you are just as bad as Rita Skeeter herself. You deserve whatever misery you get." Her voice had gone dangerously low with the last few statements and she very precicely walked out the door without looking back.
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Post by Sirius Black on Sept 29, 2008 14:41:00 GMT -5
Sirius stood there for a minute, staring at Ted. He knew he should follow Alice, but for some reason, his feet were rooted to the ground. Finally, he spoke in a quiet tone. "Listen, I'm not going to yell at you," he said. "I just want to say one thing. If you still love her, you need to tell her. Don't you think she deserves to know?"
And with that, he also turned and left the apartment, running after Alice.
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Post by Ted Tonks on Sept 30, 2008 2:34:14 GMT -5
Ted wanted to childishly slam the door on them, but he couldn't do that to Sirius. Alice, sure, but Sirius was likely the only one that heard it, so he simply shut his door, having too much to think about again.
He sank miserably on to his couch, letting go of the real world for another day.
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Post by Alice Prewett on Sept 30, 2008 8:20:23 GMT -5
Alice stormed down the hall only pausing once she was in the lobby where her anger finally left her. Not that she wasn't upset with Ted... he was still being a jerk. But it had made her fight with Frank seem all that more devistating. She knew she was just as guilty in some ways, but at last she had finally told Frank the truth in the kitchens. She sank to a chair in the lobby of the apartment building and cried.
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Post by Sirius Black on Sept 30, 2008 14:01:30 GMT -5
Sirius came running up behind her, still feeling flustered from the entire experience. It would have been easier, he thought, if Ted was just a jerk. But Sirius couldn't quite see him that way. Maybe it was a guy thing, but he recognized something in Ted that he hadn't expected to see. Because of it, he hadn't quite been able to yell at the guy, the way he'd planned. Instead he'd tried to appeal to Ted on a different level and he'd been surprised at the results. He knew that much of what he'd said had affected Ted much more than what Alice had said. And if Ted really was the jerk he'd been painted to be, that wouldn't have happened. But then, Sirius reasoned, he knew that the article was not entirely accurate in the way it had painted Andi... maybe the same was true with Ted. It was already well known that Rita was a liar.
As he entered the lobby, he was thrown off to see Alice crying in a chair. Approaching her slowly, he said, "Um... Alice? What's wrong?"
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Post by Alice Prewett on Sept 30, 2008 14:51:17 GMT -5
"Why are men so stupid? Is it like ingraned in them to hurt women? Not you, you would never hurt a girl.. but I mean... between Frank and Ted... both of them are idiots. Ted says he's doing what's best for her but his idea of making her happy is to hurt her?? And then Frank! Even he just jumps to his own conclusions about stuff and wouldn't let me explain what happened he just called me a liar and a slag between the lines and might as well have told me that he though i was one for all the trust he had in me, for all that he thought i was apparently capable of loving someone else or even worse using him.
I just don't understand why love has to hurt so badly. Why a guy can't just love his girl and everything be happy and have trust and respect for what the other wants. I .. I just don't understand. And I hurt... I hurt for me and I hurt for Andi." And she cried more all the while talking was between tears and sobs and angry hurt shudders of emotion.
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Post by Sirius Black on Sept 30, 2008 14:55:00 GMT -5
Sirius was at a total loss for what to do. As a guy, he felt obligated to defend his gender. But how could he? When he was just as guilty? He also felt sorry for Alice and Andi and Kris... This was what could happen if he kept doing what he was doing.
"I kissed another girl while going out with Kris," he blurted out.
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Post by Alice Prewett on Sept 30, 2008 15:18:38 GMT -5
Alice barely heard him, but when she realized what he'd said she looked up at him.. there was no anger in her eyes at Sirius, she could never be angry with sirius but there was.. what.. dissapointment? hurt? she wasn't sure what was there but she had to wonder...
"why?" it was all she could get out at the moment but she wasn't sure if she was asking why he'd kissed another girl or why he was with kris.. or for that matter why men were all like that apparently. Hell she even knew Rystain was like that, only he admitted to it. Her tears didn't stop but the crying did.. now just silent tears for all women that had been and were being hurt by their men.
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Post by Sirius Black on Sept 30, 2008 15:52:45 GMT -5
The disappointed look was probably the worst thing he could have seen. Anger he could handle. But the disappointment made him feel really small.
"I didn't mean to. Although... I've kissed her more than once. Amy. I-I... I like Kris... I don't know if I love her anymore. But I know that she loves me, and I don't want to hurt her. She's so emotional and needy... but we don't have much in common anymore. She doesn't laugh as much as she used to, and she's always sad... I don't know how to handle it, you know? I like to joke around, and we just... don't fit anymore. But I don't want to hurt her, because I do care about her..."
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Post by Alice Prewett on Sept 30, 2008 16:30:22 GMT -5
"So you'd rather just drag her along even though you don't love her then? Why, because you'll hurt her if you are honest with yourself... and you think that by going behind her back wouldn't hurt her worse? I would have thought you of all people would be honest if not with her than at least with yourself. And do you love Amy or?" She wasn't sure what was worse. The fact that he was staying with a girl because he felt he had to or that he'd kissed another girl while dating the one, or the fact he might actually like two girls at once. Why were all men dense and insensitive?
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Post by Sirius Black on Sept 30, 2008 23:22:58 GMT -5
Sirius frowned. He hadn't thought of it like that. And when she put it that way, it almost sounded better to just break up with Kris so she could be with someone who would love her the way she deserved. And that wasn't him. "I guess we can't help it sometimes," he said, sighing. "We guys... we get confused easily.... you girls do that to us. And we screw up. We need you to show us how to do it right."
Sitting down next to her, he said, "I don't know if I love Amy or not. I like her. We get along well, she gets my jokes, she knows how to joke back with me... We're a better match. But... I think I might be too young for love. I just keep messing it up."
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Post by Alice Prewett on Oct 1, 2008 0:51:26 GMT -5
"But maybe you're right... maybe it's best just to hold out till.. well... till you find the one you love at least. Besides you are only twelve... you still have time kiddo." She ruffled his hair with one hand and wiped the tears from her face with the other. "Although.. I don't really know that age has much to do with messing it up... Look at me and Frank and we're of age.. we still haven't gotten it right. But I know that I love him and I pray it will work out one day, I just hope he loves me back." She sighed.
"Just don't hurt her for the wrong reasons, it's not helping anyone in the end. And you deserve to be happy as much as anyone else. You never know maybe Amy or some other girl will come along and sweep you off your feet." She bumped her shoulder against him teasingly. "I can say one thing though... even though Frank is being a git right now... I still don't regret loving him and I'm glad I fell in love with my best friend." She finally managed a smile. It was true.. she did love Frank.. and he was her best friend.. and she didn't regret it one moment. She just wished Frank would open his eyes and hoped he loved her too.
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Post by Sirius Black on Oct 1, 2008 15:23:50 GMT -5
Sirius sighed. "You're probably right. I just wish it wasn't so hard. And that it didn't hurt so much. Seeing Andi like that... and now you... it seems hard to imagine that the good can outweigh the bad. Like, the good stuff is over too soon, and all you're left with is the pain."
He gave her a hug. "Come on, we should probably get back to school before we're missed."
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Post by Alice Prewett on Oct 1, 2008 18:36:22 GMT -5
Alice nodded and before she left the apartment she said softly, "I have some hope.. and that hope is worth all the pain. I still love him, and I know Andi must too." She sighed and let him lead her away and back to school.
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