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Post by Eddie Shriver on Feb 24, 2016 1:47:09 GMT -5
"Hey," Eddie said, looking up at her in a moment of clarity. "I get it. He's not asking for me back." She had pointed this out to him a couple of times in as many minutes, and he wasn't emotionally strong enough at the moment not to be hurt by it. His words were a less than subtle hint for her to lay off, just a little.
She had a point, though. There was no reason this should count as a set back. He always figured Troy was still in town, and they were bound to run into each other eventually. Troy had, obviously, been very good about avoiding Galligans. He could be just as good about avoiding Ambrosia, and they would both go back into their bubbles of pretending the other person was halfway across the world.
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Post by Yvonne Marquette on Mar 13, 2016 0:01:16 GMT -5
It was one of Yvonne's flaws that sometimes she pushed things a little too hard, and she realized immediately that she had been a little too harsh in reminding him repeatedly that Troy didn't want him back. She didn't want to hurt Eddie; she just wanted him to keep things in perspective. Troy had put him through hell once before and she would do anything to stop him from doing so again. But it wouldn't help if she hurt Eddie in the process.
"OK, I'm sorry," she said, reaching out to take his hand. "It's just... Sometimes we have to accept that, as much as we love some people, sometimes it's just not meant to be."
She might as well have been talking to herself, and she had to force herself to concentrate and not think about how warm and comfortable his hand felt in hers. "Some relationships are just there to prepare you for the real one, the one that will fit just right and heal all the pain left behind. Try to forget about seeing Troy tonight and focus on Nigel. Please promise me you won't dwell on this? It wasn't fate or karma or anything else--maybe it just happened to bring you closure."
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Post by Eddie Shriver on Mar 28, 2016 21:49:09 GMT -5
Eddie sighed deeply, rubbing one eye with the palm of his hand, oblivious for the moment to her own internal struggle. He was stupid- he knew what their dynamics were. But maybe he was too selfish to distance himself from her and let her move on.
Either way, it was selfishly the last thing on his mind right then.
"It did the exact opposite of bring me closure. I think I had more closure when I thought Troy had managed to kill himself." An awful thought that had plagued him for the week he was convinced that was what happened, but it was... easier.
"Godric, right. Yes. It took this long to run into him once. Odds are, it won't happen again."
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Post by Yvonne Marquette on Apr 4, 2016 21:58:55 GMT -5
Yvonne was becoming frustrated, realizing that she wasn't really helping him all that much. It was an impossible situation, and she was just trying her best to help him feel better about it in some way. But there really wasn't anything she could do--this was just going to hurt and it was always going to hurt a little. She could try and divert his attention to Nigel, but she didn't want to force him to choose Nigel--he needed to do that for himself. He needed to get over Troy on his own, and it was obvious now that he still hadn't completely done that.
"Hey," she said, reaching over and touching his hand again. "You know I've got your back, right? I'm on your side, no matter what you do. I don't like Troy, and I don't think he was good for you, but I also know that you still love him, and you can't just get over that overnight. And I can't really help you with it either... but I can give you a shoulder to cry on and fill you up with chocolate and alcohol, if you need it. I'm here for you."
And if he did decide, whether it was today, or 2 years from now, that he wanted to get back together with Troy, she would accept that and support his decision... and then quietly go over and poison Troy's coffee. She just wanted what was best for him... even if he didn't always know what that was.
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