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• The living room had become her new 'space' and she had fallen asleep just a couple hours ago watching television - so it still played, but very softly, the blue light dancing over her figure curled up on the couch and the rest of the room. Though she slept soundly, she woke easily, and so stirred as soon as his door opened, and by the time he was down the hall, she was up. Brows gently furrowed, she tugged a black zip-up hoodie on over her sheer white camisole top - matching pajama pants fitted to her hips - and moved over to him. Her fingers pushed through his hair and then moved to his back, free hand on his arm, gaze concerned but voice a gentle whisper. "Brandon.." (NT) -- Maddy, 06:36:15 08/26/04 Thu

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• He shook his head, trembling as he slid to the floor, his voice a harsh whisper. "I think I am going to die, Maddy..." He let his head fall back, tremors holding his body captive as he shivered. "So cold....fuck...so fucking cold..." He had bit his lip so badly it had bled and his eyes were bloodshot from his lack of sleep the past 72 hours. "Hurts so bad..." (NT) -- Brandon, 06:41:00 08/26/04 Thu

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• "C'mon sweetie..." Seeing him so scared and in so much pain was unsettling, but all she wanted was to do whatever she could to make things better for him. So, she just murmured quietly and firmly urged him back to his feet to help him over to the couch. Shugging off her hoodie - which was actually not hers, and instead some guys from back home so it actually fit him - she draped it around him and grabbed some blankets to cover him up. One hand pushing over his forehead and into his hair, the other wiped at the blood on his lip - the room still dark and lit only by the television. "Can I do anything for you?" (NT) -- Maddy, 06:45:58 08/26/04 Thu

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• He basically collapsed back onto the couch, taking the hoodie gratefully and putting it on before he curled into the fetal position, his eyes closed as he shook his head. "Don't go, don't leave me." He murmured, his hand reaching out to twist in her top, holding her close to him. "Don't want to worry Stacie..." He swallowed heavily, still shaking and biting back cries of pain as the cramps seized him relentlessly. (NT) -- Brandon, 06:48:59 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I'm not going anywhere, honey..." She murmured reassuringly and shifted down to lie down with him without a second thought. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders, holding his head to her chest, and hands soothing through his hair and down one of his arms slowly. "Just try to relax... We won't get Stacie up..." Her voice, although soft, was calm and rational, and her touch warm and tender - she had gotten the same talk as Ryan and Stacie had about what they may encounter and so far, this was all to be expected so she didn't want to wake either her cousin or his wife up yet, knowing there was nothing else they could do for him. (NT) -- Maddy, 06:53:23 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I want...you here..." The words were forced out through chattering teeth as he buried his face in her chest. Thanks to the severe pain and turmoil he was in, he wasn't even thinking anything sexual, just wanting comfort and warmth. "Its gotta stop...oh god." He closed his eyes tightly, his stomache gnawing at him. "Food...I need food...something to drink..." He shifted again as if trying to get up but he just didn't have the strength or the motivation to move. "Something to make it stop." He didn't let her go though, just held on to her as if she was his lifeline to sanity. (NT) -- Brandon, 06:59:57 08/26/04 Thu

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• A hand circled over his back and then rubbed his shoulder and down his arm in an attempt to warm him, eyes sliding lightly shut for a moment - all she wanted was some way to make his pain go away. "I'm not leaving, Brandon..." Her arms tightened around him to keep him there when he shifted to move and she dipped her head a little to speak softly in his ear. "I'll get you something to drink, honey, just stay here and let me up for a second... I'll be right back.." (NT) -- Madison, 07:04:31 08/26/04 Thu

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• "Crackers...something..." He stated quietly, easing his arms from around her and pulling the blanket up tighter around him as he watched her go. The shaking was slowing a little bit - for now at least - he was sure it would occur again in another hour or so. For a moment he had the sense to be embaressed about his condition in front of her, sighing and laying his head back as he gritted his teeth and closed his eyes against the pain in his stomache and the aching that felt like it went all the way down to his bones. (NT) -- Brandon, 07:07:00 08/26/04 Thu

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• She rummaged through the cupboards until she found what he had requested - crackers - and got him a glass of lukewarm water - cold would only cramp him up more. Returning just moments later, she eased herself down to sit with him again and handed him a cracker - the water on the coffee table, fingers twisting in his hair and then trailing down his cheek tenderly, brows softly furrowed. (NT) -- Maddy, 07:10:06 08/26/04 Thu

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• He took the crackers and ate them slowly, sighing in quiet relief as they soothed his stomache. He was quiet for about fifteen minutes as he ate the crackers and then drank the water - both done slowly so as not to shock his system. After the long minutes of silence he shifted to lay out again, his eyes up on her. "This isn't my best moment." He stated softly, with his system calming he was a bit more himself, though it wouldn't last long. (NT) -- Brandon, 07:21:17 08/26/04 Thu

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• All the while, her fingers played continually through his hair and over his back slowly - just quietly soothing him and relieved to find his system relaxing for now. "Hey, it's alright..." Her voice was gentle and she slouched down into the plush couch to hold him to her chest once again - she didn't look down on him for any of this, just wanted everything to be good for him again. (NT) -- Madison, 07:26:12 08/26/04 Thu

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• He sighed softly, his arms going tightly around her to hold her to him, more aware of her closeness now. "I'm in your bed..." He murmured before he looked up from his place against the warm softness of her chest. "I'm glad your here, Maddy." (NT) -- Brandon, 07:33:26 08/26/04 Thu

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• She smiled a touch at that and just smoothed a hand over his forehead and then into his hair - still damp from his cold sweat earlier. "No worries, sweetie... There's room for the both of us." Her voice was still a soft near-whisper, but a little more relaxed for now, honest when she spoke again. "I'm glad I'm here too..." She hated the idea of him going through this alone - though she knew Ryan and Stacie would always be around.. (NT) -- Madison, 07:37:29 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I don't want to freak out my sister, she's not completely back on her feet." He murmured, still holding her closely to his body. He sighed softly, his hand sliding down her side for a moment, a bit more provactively then just a friend or a sick man would. "Your really sixteen?" (NT) -- Brandon, 07:41:05 08/26/04 Thu

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• "Yeah, I know... I understand..." She worried too - mostly because Ryan did - about the other woman, just because she didn't want anything to ever go wrong for him. A soft breath slipped from her lips at his absent touch - still comfortable close to him, hands still soothing over his arms and back and then through his hair, wanting him to be as relaxed as possible while he could. "Yeah..." (NT) -- Madison, 07:44:15 08/26/04 Thu

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• He sighed softly, his head ducking into the curve of her neck, nearly growling. "Figures...." He murmured softly, clearing his throat as he tried to fight his desire to lip and suck at her pulse. He could feel it beneath his cheek and it was making the aching in his bones to a fierce aching somewhere else. (NT) -- Brandon, 07:54:03 08/26/04 Thu

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• "Yeah..." Her arms just tightened around him, one hand twisting gently into his hair and eyes lightly shut as she shifted almost involuntarily closer to him - chilled in her sheer clothing and he had all the blankets and her hoodie. She didn't want to let him go just yet or send him back to his own bed - afraid his tremors would return and he would be alone again. (NT) -- Madison, 07:58:04 08/26/04 Thu

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• He could feel how cool her skin was getting through her barely there clothes so he shifted so that he could pull the cover over both of them, his eyes closed lightly as he held her. "Don't seem sixteen." He muttered lightly, pressing his lips - without him even thinking about it - to her pulse, his lips warm and soft against her neck. (NT) -- Brandon, 08:00:59 08/26/04 Thu

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• She nestled against his chest quietly - the whole situation seemed surreal in the flickering blue light - and her eyes slid slowly shut, lower lip between her teeth for a moment at his kiss. "Yeah?" That didn't surprise her though - she had always been a little old for her age, a little more mature, a little more opinionated and educated on worldly issues, concerned about more important things than who was dating who and who had done what to their hair. (NT) -- Madison, 08:06:25 08/26/04 Thu

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• "Yeah...." He murmured into her hair, taking in the scent of her shampoo before he shifted closer to her - speaking mostly through his delerium - he wouldn't remember saying most of it. "You affected me so much the first time I saw you." He shifted his hips a little bit, giving her a slight hint to how he affect her. "Thought you were so beautiful." (NT) -- Brandon, 08:08:12 08/26/04 Thu

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• She cleared her throat softly, a hand dropped lightly to his side and the other twisted gently into the fabric of his shirt, her eyes lingering lightly shut. "Thank you..." There was little else she could say - he had held her attention, for whatever reason, the moment she had set eyes on him as well, but she knew now that he wasn't in his clearest mind and had to wonder how much of what he was saying was the truth. (NT) -- Madison, 08:16:43 08/26/04 Thu

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• It was all the truth, he just wouldn't remember it in the morning. He shifted a bit, still holding her close but he was obviously, finally, falling asleep. It was much needed, a blessed relief from the constant cravings and pain.... (NT) -- Brandon, 08:19:34 08/26/04 Thu

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• She held him tightly and herself close to him through the whole night - even after she too had drifted off herself. The stress of the early-morning wake-up call and the comfort of being in each others arms had them both sleeping through till mid-morning, entwined in an intimate embrace, burried beneath blankets... // He was the first up - nothing really different for him, he usually got up every morning before everyone else to take the puppies out. Pulling a hoodie over his head as he pushed out of the bedroom, he trailed after the pups who bee-lined it straight for the door - knowing the routine - but stopped in his tracks at the forms on the couch. For a moment, he wasn't too sure what to do, and then he just broke the silence. "Maddy..! Stacie!" (NT) -- Madison / Ryan, 08:26:12 08/26/04 Thu

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• Brandon just shifted, now that he was asleep there wasn't anything that was going to wake up. Stacie on the other hand jumped out of bed - startled and came out. "What? Whats wrong?" She questioned before she was even out of the bedroom. "Ryan?" (NT) -- Brandon/Stacie, 08:29:03 08/26/04 Thu

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• She was following Brandon's lead and just shifted impossibly closer to him - the blankets pulled up half around her head to that all sounds were muffled and she was oblivious to everything around them in her deep sleep... // "Come here!" He just ran his hands over his head, voice hushing for a moment - he was far from keen on seeing his baby cousin asleep in anyone's arms, but they looked so comfortable and this was his Brandon, so he figured it could be worse. "What do I do?" (NT) -- Maddy / Ryan, 08:32:54 08/26/04 Thu

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• She stopped in her tracks as she spotted the two her brow furrowed. "I don't..I don't know.." She frowned, running her hand over her face before she looked around and spotted the box of crackers and the water. She picked up the now empty glass and box before she looked back to Ryan. "She got him to eat, and to sleep....I would just leave them alone I guess...." (NT) -- Stacie, 08:34:45 08/26/04 Thu

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• He frowned and shook his head slowly, fingers brushing through his hair in agitation. "But..." He figured she was right though - neither of them would take well to being woken up and lectured - but it was hard to just let them be. "Not cool, Stacie... So not cool." The only thing that was keeping him from ripping every one of Brandon's limbs from his body and beating him to death with them was the simple fact that it was his best friend and he thought the world of the man, despite all this. (NT) -- Ryan, 08:40:04 08/26/04 Thu

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• She sighed softly, her hand going to his arm. "I highly doubt he's capable of fooling around with her right now Ryan. We'll just ask Maddy later what went out - I am sure there's a logical explanation." She pressed a soft kiss to his cheek before she looked down as the puppies whined. (NT) -- Stacie, 08:49:04 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I'm taking the puppies for a walk." He stated simply with a quiet sigh before grabbing their leashes and heading for the door - not angry so much as just a little distressed. As if all of this wasn't hard enough to swallow - now he had to be worrying about leaving his little cousin alone with his best friend all the time.. (NT) -- Ryan, 08:54:44 08/26/04 Thu

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• She sighed softly, shaking her head. "I am going back to bed." She stated easily, turning and heading back to the bedroom to curl back up in her nice, big warm bed where she could sleep and not stress about anything. (NT) -- Stacie, 09:01:20 08/26/04 Thu

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• It wasn't much longer after Ryan and Stacie had cleared out that she stirred slowly, fingers pushing up his stomach beneath his shirt and then turning to curl into the fabric - the back of her hand resting against his warm skin, her face burrying into his chest.. (NT) -- Madison, 09:11:19 08/26/04 Thu

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• He shifted, pulling her closer, his hand drifting up to curl through her hair before he looked up and saw Stacie come back out. He bit his lip, holding Maddy protectively before Stacie spoke. "I know this innocent, Brandon, but Ryan is about to have an annurism." (NT) -- Stacie, 09:21:41 08/26/04 Thu

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• At the other woman's voice, she blinked lightly against Brandon's chest before slowly looking up as well, a sleepy sigh slipping from her lips. Hidden beneath the blanket, her fingers gently squeezed his side - just a quiet reassurance - before she reluctantly but finally shifted away from him. Out of the warmth of his embrace and their little cocoon beneath the blankets, she shivered lightly and rubbed her arms as she stood - finding a thin grey sweater and pulling it on before speaking, just quietly explaining themselves. "He was feeling pretty sick, and freezing cold..." (NT) -- Maddy, 09:25:51 08/26/04 Thu

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• She nodded a bit, before she shrugged. "You don't have to explain it to me - explain it to Ry when he gets in." She sat down on the edge of the couch, pushing his hair back gently and then pressing a kiss to his forehead. "How you feeling sweetheart?" She questioned, chatting quietly with her groggy brother. (NT) -- Stacie, 09:28:34 08/26/04 Thu

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• She glanced over her shoulder at the two one last time before grabbing some clothes from her stack of folded, clean stack on one of the chairs and then padded silently off to the bathroom to take a shower - long and hot to clear her mind and shake off the sleep and the uncertainty in her stomach.. (NT) -- Maddy, 09:31:01 08/26/04 Thu

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• She talked quietly with Brandon before guiding him up off the couch and into the bedroom to lie back down. The man was tired and achy, though not freaking out like he had been. Stace came back out a moment later - folding up the blankets and straightening up the living room before she went into the kitchen to start breakfast. (NT) -- Stacie, 09:34:55 08/26/04 Thu

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• She lingered in the shower for much longer than her usual quick in-and-outs, but emerged eventually - faded jeans fit to her hips and a thin bright pink sweater to her trim torso, damp ringlets tied back from her face and off her neck. Quietly, she padded still barefoot into the kitchen to pour herself a glass of juice - glancing to Stacie as she made her way around. (NT) -- Maddy, 09:45:07 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I have no real issue here, Maddy." She told her friend quietly as she went about making breakfast. "It's Ryan..." She looked up as she heard the hall door open. "That you need to get to chill out." She spoke quickly to finish the conversation before Ryan came in. (NT) -- Stacie, 09:49:47 08/26/04 Thu

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• She nodded slightly, still a little uncertain, then glanced up as well at the sound of the door. "Thanks.." She wasn't really what for - not freaking out, she supposed was all. Exhaling softly, she watching as Ryan made his way in after the excited puppies, waiting to hear his reaction. // He had chilled out a little for the walk and had decided to let things go - this one time - assuming that she had some sort of excuse. His eyes met hers before shifting to Stacie and then to the fridge as he grabbed himself a bottle of water. (NT) -- Maddy / Ry, 09:53:31 08/26/04 Thu

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• She leaned over to grab his hand and pull him towards her, placing a kiss to his lips softly. "Good walk baby?" She questioned softly, her hand running down his arms. "Eggs ok for breakfast sweetheart?" (NT) -- Stacie, 09:58:01 08/26/04 Thu

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• She watched the two for a moment before waiting for a break to interrupt gently. "Mika has a doctor's appointment at 1 and Jaden's going with her, and I said I'd babysit for the afternoon... So, I'm heading over there..." // His arms slipped around Stacie's waist and he nodded about the eggs before his gaze shifted to Maddy as she spoke. After a moment, his hands slipped down Stacie's arms and he stepped back, gesturing out of the kitchen. "Come talk to me, Maddy." (NT) -- Maddy / Ry, 10:01:59 08/26/04 Thu

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• She watchd them curiously for a moment before she looked down the hallway to where Brandon was leaning against the doorway to his room, his gaze slightly troubled. Smiling briefly at his sister he crossed into the bathroom and locked the door, the shower running now to long after that. (NT) -- Stacie, 10:04:02 08/26/04 Thu

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• The two were outside for a while - Maddy sitting on the railing of the balcony until Ryan gently requested she not, too nervous that she would fall or something awful - and chatted, a little absently at first until Ryan got to his point and Maddy gave him the same excuse she had given Stacie. He accepted the reasonings and was feeling a little better as he made his way back into the kitchen - the young girl lingering out there for little while longer, just quietly curled up on a lounger. (NT) -- Ry & Maddy, 10:08:51 08/26/04 Thu

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• Stacie stopped him for a second, her brow furrowed. "Ryan...don't be to rough on them ok? She's the only he seems to be opening up to right now..." She sighed softly, her eyes concerned as she bit her lip and looked up at him with a furrowed brow. (NT) -- Stacie, 10:13:22 08/26/04 Thu

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• He frowned at her as he rummaged through the fridge, speaking all the while. "I'm not, Stacie. I didn't forbid her to talk to him or to ever be around him, but she's 16 and she's my cousin, and my and Mika's responsibility and I don't think her parents would be happy to hear she's spending nights in the arms of a man my age." (NT) -- Ryan, 10:16:14 08/26/04 Thu

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• She frowned at that again, letting out a low breath. "I am just saying Ryan, Brandon doesn't need to feel any worse then he already does." She frowned heavily, her arms crossing over her chest as she eyed him. (NT) -- Stacie, 10:24:39 08/26/04 Thu

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• "Do you think I would ever do anything to make him feel any worse?" He questioned quite seriously, standing a little straighter as he waited for her response, arms crossing over her his chest. // She would have said a quick goodbye to Brandon, but she heard the shower running when she came in and so just headed straight through the kitchen, waving to the two on her way out. "I'll be home after dinner - Mika'll probably feet me." (NT) -- Ry /Maddy, 10:28:28 08/26/04 Thu

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• She waved her off but then turned her attention back to her husband."Well not on purpose but if you go getting all over protective and making a big deal out of things then you could!" She didn't mean to fight with him but she was stressed out and worried about her brother and if Maddy made him happy then so be it. It's not like they were having sex. (NT) -- Stacie, 10:31:29 08/26/04 Thu

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• He murmured a quiet goodbye before the girl ducked out of the apartment wordlessly - uncertain of a lot of things. "I didn't make a big deal out of anything, Stacie. I think I was pretty reasonnable about it all, to tell you the truth and I think you're being totally unfair." (NT) -- Ryan, 10:38:21 08/26/04 Thu

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• She shook her head. "I know you! You get all worried and then overprotective and then you'll be suspicious of their every move! Thats the first time he has slept in God knows how long Ryan, if thats what it takes, then I don't really care how old she is!" (NT) -- Stacie, 10:44:49 08/26/04 Thu

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• His brows furrowed at that and he shook his head, a hand running through his hair, frowning darkly. "You know that I love your brother like he was my own, Stacie, but she's a human being too and she didn't come here with the sole purpose of rehabilitating Brandon. She's 16, and no matter how tough she is, she has feelings too." (NT) -- Ryan, 10:50:29 08/26/04 Thu

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• "And you think Brandon is going to take advantage of her?" She frowned shaking her head. She didn't know what else to say to him right now, she was aggravated. Her brother looked happy this morning and she just wanted to be happy with that. (NT) -- Stacie, 10:54:03 08/26/04 Thu

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• "No, I don't believe that he would. But he's a heroin addict, Stacie, going through withdrawal. What 16 year old kid is ever ready to deal with that? We can't even deal with it half that time." He meant nothing demeaning about his best friend - that was all the pure and simple truth and something they all had to accept if Brandon was going to get through this. (NT) -- Ryan, 10:56:06 08/26/04 Thu

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• She frowned softly, letting out a low breath and shaking her head - done with the conversation now. "The eggs are done." She stated, turning off the burner. "I am going to go take a shower." (NT) -- Stacie, 10:58:16 08/26/04 Thu

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• He sighed and served himself up a plate before dropping down onto his seat at the table and digging into the meal half-heartedly. It was a complicated situation and truthfully he wouldn't be against Brandon and his cousin befriending each other, but he just wanted everyone to do things rationally. (NT) -- Ryan, 11:02:54 08/26/04 Thu

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• She turned, frustrated now - to head into the bathroom, grabbing a towel on the way before she closed the door but didn't lock it - starting the shower up. (NT) -- Stacie, 11:06:12 08/26/04 Thu

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• He was frustrated too and just glanced up as he heard the door shut before sighing quietly and focussing back on his meal - which was a little less interesting then it had started off as. He didn't really know what to do now and so was content to do nothing. (NT) -- Ry, 11:10:11 08/26/04 Thu

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• She finished up her shower before long and headed into the bedroom to change into some clothes and then stretch out on the bed, gazing out the window absently. (NT) -- Stacie, 11:14:12 08/26/04 Thu

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• He had eaten his fill and then put the leftovers a way incase Brandon wanted them later or something before cleaning up the counterspace, and then was left with nothing more really to do. Pacing a couple laps of the kitchen, he then forced himself to stop and sit down at see about some television to pass the time.. (NT) -- Ry, 12:07:40 08/26/04 Thu

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• She sighed, finally closing her eyes and letting herself to go to sleep to escape the confusion and nervousness of her day so far.... (NT) -- Stacie, 12:09:37 08/26/04 Thu

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• He slouched there for a while before sighing quietly, flipping off the television, and then heading into the bedroom to stretch out - distinctly on his side, but atleast he was there. He was still frustrated by her accusations and not ready to agree with her, but fighting was no fun. (NT) -- Ry, 12:14:39 08/26/04 Thu

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• She shifted as she felt his weight on the bed, eyes fluttering open before she shifted towards him - her head going to rest on his shoulder. "Sorry." She murmured. "For fighting." Not for what she said, but for the way she said it. (NT) -- Stacie, 12:18:20 08/26/04 Thu

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• He nodded a touch before resting his head gently against hers, his own voice soft. "Me too..." Though he wasn't really sure what for, he just was too - for all of it really. They had enough to deal with, they didn't need to be arguing themselves as well. (NT) -- Ry, 12:20:56 08/26/04 Thu

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• "I am so sleepy already." She murmured, her hand shifting to rest on his stomache, her eyes closed again as she let out a soft breath. (NT) -- Stace, 12:22:16 08/26/04 Thu