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as_damaged) wrote2008-02-04 04:38 pm
as_damaged) wrote2008-02-04 04:38 pm
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☎ voicemail
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[ooc: you know the drill, if you need her and there's no recent post &c &c. whatever. ♥♥♥]
[ooc: you know the drill, if you need her and there's no recent post &c &c. whatever. ♥♥♥]
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Hey.
[The smile warms as he moves in, past her.]
I had to substitute the beef teriyaki with salmon, they were all out.
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[She shuts the door behind him, doing up the locks before heading in towards the kitchen.]
I should have picked up a bottle of sake.
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[Reaching into the bag, he pulls out the bottle first, holding it up as he joins her at the kitchen counter.]
Somebody else thought of that. I thought you were going to be piping in christmas carols for me?
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[She fishes two small ceramic cups from a cabinet and steps back, folding her arms across her stomach.]
I figured I'd leave the carols for dinner.
[There are no carols, but there is a tree in the living room; it's a fairly dignified affair with white lights and classy ornaments, though scattered in among them are smaller, handmade ones. From last year, of course.]
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[His tone is lightly teasing, though he focuses a little more than he needs to on getting the pouring of the sake right, rather than the usual preference of watching her reactions. Any effect he has on her is worth noting and keeping.]
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[Cameron knows her limits, and singing is beyond them.]
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Me, too.
[So does he bring up what he needs to now, or later? Chase has always been a chicken when it comes to facing up to things - he serves the food and settles on later.]
So are we having this on the couch, tonight?
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Why not? It seems more festive.
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[This time he flashes the smile back at her, scooping the plates into alignment along one arm like a seasoned waiter, and passing over her glass.]
Have you made any plans for the day itself, yet?
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[As ever her fun's scheduled in advance. Bottle in tow she heads for the sofa.]
Certainly seasonal.
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[He'd be surprised if Cameron didn't at least have the same quiet interest he's taken in Mindy since that one particular curse. Not that he really knows what to make of the girl - she seems to have a huge imagination.]
I'd been wondering what she was going to be doing. Good.
[If they're together, that's good. None of the kids in the city should be stuck here alone. He delivers their dinner carefully onto each arm of the couch, and settles in next to her.]
Can you skate?
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[More than a little interest, Mindy qualifies as at least half a roommate by now. Or at least a quarter; Cameron doesn't much like her coming and going but it's surely better than her not coming by at all.]
I... think so? I haven't been skating in a long time.
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Rudy? I'm not sure you've got enough hands for that handful. [He leans over his plate and scoops up a mouthful, talking through it.] I could have taken you for practice if I knew earlier.
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[She smiles, takes a moment to take a bite of her food.]
It hasn't been a plan for long, or I might have mentioned it.
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[Though Chase still doesn't know what it is that's different about Mindy, he's been attuned enough from the first to know she hides the same secrets almost everyone here does. Those that he'd class as 'ordinary' -- himself, Cameron, almost House, are few and far between. Rudy is closer to ordinary than Mindy is, as exceptional as he might be in certain ways.]
Still, if you're going to be busy on the day, maybe I should give you your Christmas present now. [As was always the intention, but it's as good a reason as any.]
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I celebrate a secular Christmas anyway, so technically I don't think the date matters.
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[The sarcasm is lightly teasing, one way to cover up anxious traces that might otherwise colour his tone. Maybe he should have waited until they were done with the meal, but he's reaching into his jacket pocket by now and bringing out a small jewellery box, though not small enough to be anything to worry about.]
Then again, I did buy this for you weeks ago.
[He holds it on his palm for her to open (http://www.alexmonroe.com/m2/Bracelets/p849/Flower-Burst-Bangle/product_info.html), worrying at the inner corner of his lip as he watches. It's both more, and perhaps less, than the little pot of snowdrops he'd bought last year.]
I've got something to say, after you open it.
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She opens it and draws a sharp little breath, obviously pleased but more than a little stunned. She picks up the bangle with an appropriate delicacy, balancing it on splayed fingers and turning it to catch the light.]
It's lovely...
[she murmurs, and looks at him. She's trying not to look apprehensive, but Cameron finds trust difficult. She leaves the loop of metal resting on her fingertips.]
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Can I put it on for you?
[And anything to postpone things, although this is an effort he has to make - and it should be a step, in trust terms if nothing else. He's trying the hard path, knowing deception would be the easier. No one ever told him he was worth more than gold for being truthful.]
I wanted to get you something a bit less.... seasonal, this time. Thought it would suit you.
[He smiles, thinking of the shoes, and the flowers that couldn't have lasted. The bracelet wasn't cheap, but isn't careless in the way that expensive gifts can be, to him. Another simple solution to a problem: throwing money at it. He saw this, beautiful and so much more than it looks, and thought of her.]
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She hesitates for half a moment before extending that hand towards him; and when he takes the bracelet from her fingertips she'll let her fingers fall together and her wrist to arch back, straightening.]
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And he should talk. He takes her wrist, first, pressing a smudged thumb print to the gold.]
It's not long until we'll have been in the City two years. Have you noticed we're becoming the old timers?
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