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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 11, 2013 6:46:13 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 5 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ One would have thought that it was, you know, illegal to allow certain people to drive in the streets of California.
It had been a warm summer afternoon. Quiet, peaceful, somewhat uneventful. Not too hot, which was a plus. The two of them had decided to grab a quick lunch before going to one of the bakeries in the Chinatown area for some cheap baked goods to consume within the next few days. Colin was fully aware that the food wasn't authentic Chinese, but he didn't particularly care as long as it tasted good and Julie was satisfied.
So they had been strolling, on their way, minding their own business. They had been crossing a street while there was no traffic, when a car with a giant learner's permit emblazoned over it suddenly came swerving their way.
"What the fuck?"
Hazels widened as he realized that the crazy driver was ramming towards Julie. Yes, Julie. To be fair, they were technically jaywalking, but there had been absolutely no traffic a few moments ago. Without thinking, the blonde gave his girlfriend a hard shove on the back, pushing her aside as the car stopped just inches away from where Julie had been standing. She would have been safe anyway, but still--
"Where had that even come from?" he muttered, eyes wide as he glanced over at his girlfriend, his first concern being that she was okay. "Sorry. But what the actual fuck--" |
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 11, 2013 7:16:27 GMT -8
Apparently, all you had to do to drive in California was slap a STUDENT DRIVER sticker on your car.
Julie was an okay driver; she had her, uh, bouts of road rage, but otherwise she was fine. But you would think most people would know better than to peal around a corner at 80 miles per hour and go screeching down the pavement when there were pedestrians around. It was just common sense. Some people were severely lacking in that department, however, as exhibit A was now displaying that there were human beings that should never, ever be allowed to operate a motor vehicle in any given situation ever.
Green eyes widened as the car came pealing towards her. The driver must have seen her, right? And didn't most student drivers have an instructor in the passenger seat or something? So surely, someone in the car must have noticed her crossing the street and realized the car was heading straight towards her and maybe it'd be a good idea to hit the brakes already before you fucking kill someone. But no, the car kept on coming full speed. So this was how she was going to die, well wasn't that just fan-fucking-tastic-
A hard shove to her back sent her reeling the last few steps to the sidewalk, where she landed gracelessly on her butt The car had finally stopped inches away from where she had been walking, so she would have been safe anyway, but that had still been a close call. Way too close. The blonde turned her gaze on Colin, managing a shaky smile as she replied, "It's amazing who they'll let behind the wheel of a car, huh?" Speaking of which, the driver was roaring away again, driving away at top speed to wreak havoc in some other part of town. Shout out to whoever their next victim was; may they get out of the way in time before they died a horrible death.
She swallowed slightly, before reaching up with trembling hands to fuss at her hair. She wasn't going to admit it, but that had actually scared the crap out of her. "Shall we?" She asked with false cheer. Stuffing her face with fake pastries would make her feel loads better right about now. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 11, 2013 18:47:09 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 11th, approx. 3 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ The first thing that Colin did was rush up towards his girlfriend, sticking out a hand to help her up. The light had flashed from the red man to the white, so they were safe. Hopefully. Probably. He didn't want to even think about the prospect that they would be less than okay in a scenario such as this. Julie's shaky voice went noticed but unspoken of; the last thing she would want right now was for him to fuss over her too much. So all he did was ask:
"You okay, right? No bumps or bruises or anything?"
Slowly, gently, he helped her to her feet, eyes soft with concern as he clasped his hands around hers. He waited a minute for her to recollect herself, keeping an eye on the traffic light so that they didn't suddenly find themselves as potential roadkill again.
"She should be considered a menace to society." All he'd seen was that the person behind the wheel was a woman. There was nobody he could report to the police or anything for something like that. "What in the world just happened?" |
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 11, 2013 19:30:15 GMT -8
Julie's lips quirked slightly as she reached up to grab Colin's hand, letting him help her up off the sidewalk. His fault for pushing her to the ground in the first place, the least he could do was help her back up again. God, what a dick. "I'm fine." She replied with a sigh, brushing off her dress with a frown. Her ass was a little sore, but it wasn't like she had broken her tail bone or anything.
She took a moment to take a few calming breaths, not even realizing she was squeezing his hand a little too tightly as she tried to relax. She was fine, they were fine, everything was just fine. "Aren't all student drivers menaces to society?" She asked with her eyebrows raised. She glanced back in the direction that the car had disappeared in, a slight frown marring her expression. "Someone's trying to learn how to drive and it isn't working out for them." Her voice was a monotone full of disdain, as she added, dryly, "Key word, trying." She shrugged; shit happened. Nobody got hurt, nothing got broke, they could move on.
"Whatever, let's go before she comes back." With that, she tugged on his hand a few times; she was more than ready to move on and forget that had ever happened. The sooner she could stuff her face with food, the better. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 11, 2013 21:03:50 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ Yes, she was fine. Colin nodded as Julie tugged on his hand, starting in the direction of the pastry shop. Pastries definitely sounded like a good idea at that moment. What was with these past couple of weeks and near-death experiences? It was almost as though there was some sort of entity that was out to get them, or something. But never mind that. She was okay, and she was holding his hand--
"Maybe I should just keep holding on for the rest of the day," Colin said as they continued strolling to the store. "Maybe this is just a sign that you don't know how to cross the road, and I should make sure that you're safe. What if you get hit by someone who doesn't know how to drive again?" After all, jaywalking had been her idea. Safety first, play by the road rules. That was his modus operandi. Julie, on the other hand, had a tendency to be more reckless. He turned to her, toying with her fingers as he shot her a wicked grin.
"What do you think?" If the entire academia thing didn't work out, perhaps he could get a career making safety guides for public transport instead.
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 11, 2013 21:17:49 GMT -8
She had already made up her mind; when they got to the bakery, she was going to get one of everything and eat it all right then and there. A big drastic, she realized that, but it was necessary. She had every right to stuff her fact, after all- she had just been inches away from certain death or serious injury, so a couple of pastries would be-
But then Colin had to open his mouth.
His suggestion made her stop dead in her tracks, scowling at the other blond. Hold her hand for the rest of the day? What kind of idiotic decision was that, exactly? "What? No. Don't be stupid, it wasn't my fault some maniac was breaking the sound barrier." Okay, yeah, sure, jaywalking had been her idea, but in her defense that car had been breaking the speed limit. They were in the wrong, not her! No wait, she had been in the wrong as well, but they were even more in the wrong because they could kill someone with the way they were driving!
"And I wasn't hit, I wasn't even close to getting hit." She pointed out stubbornly, though she wasn't making a move to pull her hand out of Colin's. And she could do it, too, if she wanted to; it wouldn't be hard to slip out of his grasp. But no, she'd much rather argue with him over this instead. "I think you're a jackass." Like he didn't already know that, but he really was being an ass; she wasn't a little kid, dammit. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 12, 2013 12:50:10 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ Julie was protesting, but at least she wasn't making any move to pull her hand out of his. For a moment, Colin thought of pointing it out, but decided against it. He would do it later when it would irritate her even further. So instead he tugged at her hand, gesturing for her to come along. "Come on, can't have you stopping in the middle of the sidewalk. You don't know what horrors could await you here."
He was the best boyfriend in the world, and deserved an award for how amazing and considerate he was being.
It wasn't as though Julie was going to be hurt, anyway. What was the harm in making sure she was all right? None at all. He was completely convinced that this was the best idea he'd had for a long, long, time. "Twenty-two years of age, and you still don't know how to cross the street," Colin teased. "Who would have thought that they didn't teach you such basic life skills in New York City?" And he, a small town boy, knew what he was doing.
"Maybe it's all the pollution there that's gotten to you," he mused as he swung their hands up and down, up and down, like a child might at a playground. "Either way, I'm glad I discovered this problem before one of us actually got hurt. It's a good step towards a better relationship."
He remembered the days when people had thought he was innocent and benign and harmless and nice. Granted, Julie had never really believed that, which was why he had been attracted to her in the first place-- he didn't have to pretend to be someone he wasn't around her at all. But this was still extremely amusing and funny as all hell. |
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 12, 2013 15:17:10 GMT -8
Best boyfriend in the world? Try the worst. For what had to be the hundredth or so time since they left their apartment today, Julie wondered just why in the world she was still dating this asshole. "Yes, god forbid I get gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe." She replied with an eye roll, though she followed after him as he tugged her hand. A small smile curled her lips as she walked with him down the sidewalk, not really minding the hand holding one bit. It was more so the supposed reason behind it that was irritating her, if she was going to be honest.
"First of all, New York has drivers that actually obey the law." She leveled a look at him that seemed to scream 'don't fuck with my hometown;' while the Big Apple still held a lot of bad memories for her, it had been her home almost all her life. Maybe someday she'd work up the nerve to go back again- preferably, this time with the Worst Boyfriend in the World. But for now, she was perfectly content to stay in California. "And secondly, I know how to cross the street." Why in the world did he keep on insisting that she didn't know how to look both ways before walking across the road? It really wasn't that hard.
Also, she was going to ignore that pollution comment. Obviously he wasn't aware that LA was actually ranked higher than New York in terms of air pollution. Suck on that Colin. Instead, she let him swing their hands between them; if she was going to completely wipe the floor with him, she'd do it later when his guard was down. And not with environmental facts on the ozone layer. She could do better than that.
Julie had known Colin was secretly an asshole since day one. Ah, the wonders of the Internet. His little statement about their relationship did make her cock an eyebrow in disbelief, however, and she turned to look at him as she remarked, "We've been dating for three years, are you kidding me." She didn't word it as a question because of course he was kidding her. He was being an idiot, as per usual, and it was exasperating her to no end. So basically, it was a typical day for them. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 13, 2013 16:52:43 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ "I know right? You could get gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe, you could trip over a crack in the pavement, or you could accidentally walk into a pole. There are plenty of dangers on the road, if you ask me." There weren't many people that Colin said more than two lines to at a time. It was probably a good thing, to be fair, because he could be a real asshole when he actually started to speak. He had a reputation to protect, after all.
There was no mistaking the smug smirk on his face as he continued, "And from what I've heard of New York City, people there don't actually abide by the road rules at all." He'd never been himself, but he'd heard that drivers enjoyed running red lights to see how many pedestrians they could scare off like flocks of terrified pigeons. It was apparently a regional pastime, and it wouldn't surprise him at all. When his older brother Ivan had been, he'd claimed that it was an almost regular occurrence to almost get run over.
Colin knew that Julie hadn't been back home in a long time, yes. Summers had been spent either in Los Angeles or at his home just outside Seattle. For a moment he paused, wondering if he had said something stupid or was bringing up old wounds. Crap. Then again, this was Julie. If he'd said something bad, she would tell him.
(He needed to stop worrying so much.)
"And I don't know. Wasn't it your idea to jaywalk in the first place?" Colin continued to walk down the path, pulling his phone out to check the GPS. Just making sure that they were ambling down in the right direction.
"We're about ten minutes away by foot," he said. A few years ago, he might have whined and decided that they were going to take public transport, but he enjoyed being in the outdoors now. Once in a while, at least. "Three years of dating or not, there's always room for improvement, isn't there?"
They were young, after all, and they had a long, long way to go.
Making sure that his girlfriend didn't get run over before they could get married was the only decent thing he could do. Someone bake him a tray of cookies, he deserved a Respectable Citizen award. |
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 13, 2013 17:30:29 GMT -8
She let out a snort of laughter at that. "What kind of idiot walks into a pole?" She asked disdainfully, her tone speaking volumes of just what she thought of people who walked into poles. That was just incredible. How clueless and unaware of your surroundings did you have to be to not notice a pole right in front of you? And then to walk right into it? It sounded like natural selection wasn't working like it was supposed to.
That smug smirk was grating on the nerves, but she only narrowed her eyes at him before flapping a hand. "Details. LA's obviously not much better." A wolfish grin lit up her face as she continued, saying, "And I'm sure there's shit drivers in Washington too." Julie sincerely doubted there was any one place in the world that had nothing but good drivers, but Colin was just being a difficult piece of shit. What else was new? (Hint: absolutely nothing whatsoever, that was rhetorical.)
(And he really did need to stop worrying so much- if she flinched every time New York was mentioned in conversation, she'd never get through the day. It was in the past; she had let it go and moved on a while ago.)
"What are you trying to say?" She shot back at him with raised brows, walking into him for a step as they continued down the sidewalk. Yes, jaywalking had been her idea, but in her defense there hadn't been any cars around until that maniac on four wheels had shown up. So she couldn't predict every outcome of her decisions, so sue her! Man, if Cal was here- no, wait, Cal would have been laughing at her. Never mind. Julie really needed to stop making friends with and/or dating assholes.
He made some remark about improvement, and all she could do in reply was shrug. "True." She mused, before grinning evilly as she remarked, "For example, a vast improvement would be tossing you into traffic right about now." That would literally solve all her problems, what a dream. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 14, 2013 11:01:12 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ Colin had walked into poles plenty of times, especially when he had been trying to commit the tireless endeavor of walking and reading at the same time. Mostly in his childhood, though there had been a near miss a couple of weeks ago when he was engrossed in rereading The Song of the Lioness. But he wasn't going to mention that.
There were many incidents in their relationship where Julie had the upper hand, after all, and he wasn't about to let this go so easily. So he said nothing about poles, not for now at least. He wasn't exactly the best at spatial awareness, anyway. "We aren't arguing about shitty drivers, though. We're talking about people who don't know how to cross the street. And I haven't had any problems so far." It was true. He was too careful to jaywalk without being prompted to do so. There had been instances where pedestrians would be crossing and there were no cars to be seen, and he would be standing on the other side of the street waiting for the light to flash "Go."
"You could throw me into traffic, but that would mean that nobody would be holding your hand any more. And then you'd run into traffic as well. And then you'd die. That would be bad." Colin managed to say the entire sentence with a completely straight face. Yup, moments like this made dating Julie worth it. He glanced back down at his map, noting that they just had to continue walking straight after making a left turn here. With that, he pocketed his phone.
"What I'm trying to say is that you need to look left and right before crossing the street. There are certain things that you can't fight, and an oncoming crazy driver is one of them." He was having far too much fun winding her up over this. He had a feeling that he wasn't about to let this go for a good, long, while.
"This is the West Coast, Julie. We aren't in Kansas any more."
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 14, 2013 14:12:25 GMT -8
"That's because you refuse to cross the street unless there's a sign telling you to." She said in retaliation, more amused than annoyed at this point. This conversation had become more entertaining than anything else, and she was having fun arguing with him. As usual. No wonder people thought they hated each other, most of the time they did nothing but fight. "You won't get anywhere fast that way." Never mind that jaywalking wasn't the safest of things to do in the first place.
But really, waiting for the light to turn took too long. Sometimes, you just had to seize an opportunity before it passed you by. Otherwise you'd be stuck waiting for, like, 5 minutes tops until the light changed. Julie didn't have that kind of time to wait around, so yes, she jaywalked. And she hadn't been caught or gotten in trouble for it up until now, so obviously this entire ordeal was all Colin's fault. Jerk.
His reasoning for why she shouldn't toss him in the middle of the road was enough to make her laugh. Oh boy, was he in for a rude awakening. "Colin, I hate to tell you this, but you're not keeping me from running into traffic. Keep it up though, and I might throw myself into traffic anyway just to get away from you." She flashed him a bright grin at that, squeezing his hand in her's. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Of course, doing that would also mean defeat, so she was just going to have to live with the Worst Boyfriend in the World for now.
"I did look both ways though." She pointed out, a grumpy pout on her face. She really had, too- Colin had been right there when she did! But then that maniac came screeching down the street out of nowhere... "I could totally take a crazy driver." She totally could. In a fist fight between her and a car, she would come out on top, no questions asked. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 14, 2013 17:07:05 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ It was true: neither of them would have as much fun with each other if they weren't constantly bickering. They'd once been questioned as to why they were dating each other, and while Colin was perfectly content to reply with "I'm not sure", of course Julie had to butt in and say "the sex". He'd been bright red for the rest of the evening and had to drink his worries away, which of course led to Julie being right, which then led to her lording it over him for the rest of the week. And you wondered why he needed to exact petty revenge on him in ways like this.
"I don't see why we have to hurry through life anyway. There's a lot more to be seen on the Internet than if we keep blazing through everything the way you do." At least he could admit to it, and admit to his idiosyncrasies unlike a certain girlfriend of his. Now she was going on about not running into traffic. The blonde sighed, holding her hand close to his face. Okay, that was going one step too far.
"Julie, you can't do that. Either we die together or neither of us die at all." Was this sufficiently romantic? He certainly hoped so. "You don't understand what it would do to me if you died before I did..."
Colin waited a moment for his voice to trail off, before saying as he gazed into her eyes.
"I don't think I could afford to pay all that rent on my own."
Yes, he was probably the worst boyfriend in the world. He grinned as he awaited a reaction. "Now come on, let's go," he said as he continued walking forward. "You should have guessed that I was going to say that, for the record." She could take a crazy driver? In a battle of words, she couldn't even take him half the time.
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 14, 2013 18:51:46 GMT -8
And of course he had to bring the Internet into this. "Because if we went at your pace we'd never get anywhere." She pointed out, smirking slightly as she nudged him with her shoulder. To be fair, they did balance each other out- he reminded her to slow down, while she grabbed his hand and pulled him along headfirst into whatever silliness she could find. It worked for them, except when he decided to show off just how much of an asshole he really was. His true nature, if you will.
Like at that moment, for example, when he stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and brought her hand up to his face. Julie paused, waiting for whatever came next. She cocked an eyebrow at him as he spoke, saying how they had to die together and he couldn't live without her and blah blah blah blah. It was kind of unrealistic to expect that they were going to die at the same time, he was being a bit melodramatic. There had to be a punchline to this, she just knew it- OH LOOK, THERE IT IS. Really, Colin, she's been dating you for three years. She knows your bullshit.
So like any good girlfriend, she burst out laughing so hard she had to hold her sides. It was official, she really did have a shit boyfriend. "Oh my god, was that seriously the best you could come up with?" She finally asked, following after him as he continued walking. "So would that make us immortal then, if neither of us can die without the other?" Immortality was so overrated, but she'd play along if he was game. "Oh I get it, you want us to be the next Romeo and Juliet, right?"
As if she hadn't heard every Romeo and Juliet joke under the sun by now. It was why she preferred to go by Julie; once most people knew her full name, they immediately decided she was the tragic heroine of some love story... oh. Ohhh. Well, that explained a lot. "Or maybe we'll be like Edward and Bella, and live happily ever after as blood sucking vampires." One of the many ways to push Colin's buttons: cite bad examples of romantic relationships in literature, and compare it to your own relationship. Your move, Mr. Cox. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 14, 2013 23:00:30 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ Colin continued to gaze deeply into her eyes, trying to channel every fictional cliché that he could potentially think of. "You are the light of my life," he begun, trying his best not to gag out loud. "You don't understand how your monthly rent payments make everything I do so much easier. And your help with cleaning up the flat is another reason I keep you around." It was only going to be a matter of seconds before he burst out laughing as well, even though she was practically pissing her pants. No, he would have to hold it. Hold it--
No.
"I'm going to stop you right there."
Colin practically snapped as he whirled right around, still clutching her hand of course. "No Edward. No Bella. I'm not watching you sleep at night. I'm not a 108-year-old virgin." He refused. Julie had been trying to get him to at least consider watching one of the Twilight movies, and he had told her that the only way he would ever do that would be through alcohol. And since he didn't drink yeah right, he was not going to ever do that. "No Romeo and Juliet either. We are not," he seethed, "A bad fictional couple."
This was bringing back war flashbacks of when Julie had started reading Fifty Shades of Grey in front of him, and he had almost cried with the pain and agony.
"We can just be us. At least we'd be happy lazing about." But she was right. He was glad that she dragged him into the occasional mess. It most certainly made his life a lot more interesting. Julie wasn't the kind of person he could ever have seen himself dating-- if they had met under any other circumstances, he wasn't sure whether they would have even cast each other a second glance. "Anyway we're almost at the bakery, and you still don't know how to cross the road."
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 15, 2013 6:20:14 GMT -8
Oops, he was mad.
Perfect.
Her grin only grew wider as he snapped at her, practically seething as he ranted about how they weren't Edward and Bella. They weren't Romeo and Juliet. They were not a bad fictional couple, and that was the end of that. "But Colin, we are!" She declared oh so happily, swinging their hands between the two of them as they walked. He was so easy to enrage if you just knew the right buttons to push.
"So, no Bella and Edward? How about Bella and Jacob then? Or Alice and Jasper, they would work pretty well too." The best part about this was that Julie had read all the Twilight books, and had genuinely liked them. Sure, they got a little weird and creepy at times, but they were a fun read. Great to make fun of too, which was why she wanted to watch the movies. But of course, her no fun boyfriend refused to touch the movies with a 50 foot pole, so she was resigned to her fate; she was probably going to have to drag Cal and/or Bailey into watching them with her. What a shame, Colin would be missing out on all the fun.
She wrinkled her nose at him at the remark on how they should ~*just be themselves.*~ "That's no fun at all. You're no fun." She heaved a great big sigh at the injustice of it all. How did she end up with such a fuddy duddy like Colin? And the worst part is she was stuck with him forever. Ugh, maybe she really would be better off dating a creepy stalker virgin vampire instead. At least he'd watch bad movies with her without complaining about it every minute or demanding more alcohol.
She suddenly turned to Colin, his hand clutched in both of her's as she whispered fervently, "Be the Christian Grey to my Anastasia Steele?"
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 15, 2013 7:01:11 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ "No Bella and Jacob." Okay, there was a simple, surefire way to turn the tables on him, and it was exactly that. "No Twilight. No Romeo and Juliet." If he was going to compare them to a fictional couple, he would probably pick Milo and Kida from Atlantis. Not that he looked at fictional couples and thought about which ones applied to his real life, of course-- okay, perhaps he did once in a while, but he wasn't like, crazy or anything. He wasn't a hopeless romantic, where would you get an idea like that from?
"At least I have good taste in books. And I know how to cross the street." Colin muttered angrily underneath his breath as he continued blazing forward, his pace twenty times faster than it had been before. Everything he had said about taking life slow clearly only applied when he was winning the argument. She wouldn't understand his passion for literature. Nobody really did, except for a couple of his professors who would talk books with him for hours on end.
He really did love literature, though. He'd gotten into Occidental by adding a supplementary document where he'd written a 10,000-word analysis of House of Leaves without needing to for school. Once he'd gotten an A- on an essay and came home and sulked for the rest of the evening. Colin had never felt particularly stimulated or engaged in high school, so now he was in college and doing things he was interested in all he wanted was to do well, to reap the results of his efforts. Which was why he got increasingly testy when Julie brought Twilight up, and then-- okay no.
"If you would like to enter a bad BDSM relationship with an abusive college professor, be my guest." By now his feathers were completely ruffled. To be fair, he was looking into going into academia. To be very fair, he had certain questionable kinks. Though he liked being tied up as much as he lik--
Okay. No more thoughts. Not because he wasn't a pervert, but there was some sort of external force, some sort of law that dictated that his current mindset had to be disgustingly PG-13. Besides, there were more important things to do. Such as continue storming to the bakery at full speed.
"We're almost here," he muttered. "But the implications of Fifty Shades of Grey are awful, disgusting, and we are not going there."
(Someone slap a trigger warning on that shit.)
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 15, 2013 7:55:11 GMT -8
"What happened to slow and steady?" She asked innocently, easily keeping up with him as he began to walk faster. You would think they were running late to some appointment, the way he was blazing down the sidewalk. It was kind of hilarious, especially since they had just been talking about how he'd prefer lazing around when compared to how Julie usually did things. He was probably just mad that she turned the tables.
What a baby.
Of course she caught what he angrily mumbled under his breath, and she couldn't help but laugh. "That's nice, sweetie." She replied, waggling her eyebrows at him with an evil grin. To be fair, most of the books she read (and tried to read) were from his recommendation. Only a select few were ones she had picked out, and they were only because she liked to annoy him with her bad literature choices. Leaving Fifty Shades out in the open for anyone to see had probably been embarrassing for him.
She could agree with him on Fifty Shades, though; it had been pretty fucked up, even she could tell that much. However, randomly inserting 'my inner goddess' into everyday conversation had been a fun challenge, and one that made Colin sigh and place his face in his hands. "Sure, why not, can you recommend anyone from your college to me?" See, it was times like these that she remembered why she was dating him again.
Oh good, they were almost at the bakery. Julie's grin grew wider as she asked, "What's the rush?" He must have been really mad, if he wanted this conversation to end this badly. And all because he wasn't winning anymore. Poor guy, he tried so hard and got so far but in the end it didn't even matter. Oh well, he got an A for effort in her books. |
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Post by COLIN COX on Nov 15, 2013 8:15:46 GMT -8
tagged: knight. time: May 19th, approx. 4 p.m. speech: colin. notes: \m/ "I thought you were hungry." But with her words, he slowed his pace a little, no longer being the one to drag her ahead. It wasn't often that Colin was the one dragging Julie around, but it was nice to sweep her off her feet and take her for a surprise once in a while. It kept their relationship interesting, kept their dynamic interesting, and most of all, it made her smile. Even if it was sometimes at his expense. Her statement about finding someone from his college for her to date made him groan once again, and he let out a loud sigh.
"Never mind."
He wasn't going to introduce her to any of his professors. Especially not the one that looked like Robert Downey Jr. To be fair, they would probably end up talking about math and Colin would end up staring into the distance, but it wasn't as though he wasn't used to spacing out occasionally anyway. Mostly when he was in social situations while he would rather have been reading. However, he had a reputation to maintain around his English professors, and if he was going to graduate with any nice shiny recommendation letters for grad school the last thing he wanted was to introduce them to his girlfriend.
(Not that she would actually embarrass him when it counted, but he was Supposed To Be Mad At Her.)
So he gripped her hand tightly, tugging her closer towards him. "I thought that nothing was going to get in the way between you and your bread? All I was doing was acting like a good boyfriend. I'm not even allowed to do that for your sake?" Worst girlfriend. He really needed a new one.
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Post by JULIETTE DUBOIS on Nov 15, 2013 9:21:01 GMT -8
"I am!" She still hadn't forgotten about her brush with death, after all; she needed to stuff her face with carbs, and soon. Julie honestly hadn't thought much of how fast he was going, she just found it funny that he had sped up as soon as it started to look like she'd win. Even now, he was changing the subject and trying to blame how hungry she was for why he was walking faster. How transparent could he get?
And what was that sigh for, exactly? She squeezed his hand as she asked, her tone full of mischief, "What do you mean, never mind? You just told me to enter a bad BDSM relationship with an abusive college professor, I was only asking you for some recommendations." Like the cute RDJ math professor. She'd love to be introduced to him. Maybe she could sneak into class with him sometime and meet up with him afterwards and then they could go for coffee and talk about theorems and equations and-
Oh wait, right, she was dating Colin.
Never mind.
He grabbed her hand tightly in his and pulled her closer, which only made her laugh again as she retorted, amused, "Absolutely not. If this is you acting like a good boyfriend, I don't even want to know what you'd be like if you stopped acting for a minute." To be fair, for the most part he really was a pretty good boyfriend. He was just kind of dumb sometimes and said things that made her die a little on the inside.
But otherwise, yeah, he was alright. (Of course, she wouldn't have agreed to marry him someday if he was just alright, but you didn't hear that from her. No, for appearances' sake, she hated his guts.) |
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