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Everybody's talking
But they don't say a thing
They look at me with sad eyes
But I don't want the sympathy
It's cool you didn't want me
Sometimes you can't go back
But why'd you have to go and make a mess like that?

• He was feeling a little hungover still and after the lastest stint that the media had gotten ahold of dealing with a known cocaine dealer and him well..he had been sent her to chill out for awhile at his parents estates. A yawn escaped his lips as he hung out in the kitchen finding a bottle of water to lessen the hangover that was plaguing him. Wandering out into the living room, he glanced over at the girl, absently noting that she was cute but then paused to note her position. "Wouldn't a rubber band be more effective?" (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:23pm PDT

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• *Her brows raise, signaling she had received the slight interruption his voice caused. She had heard that voice before, he was well known around this area. Knowing his reputation, she simply twisted her hair and slipped the pencil into the mess, causing it to stay up, spikes and curls spilling out all around it. She licked her index finger and turned the page on the book, automatically moving the highlighter behind her ear. Violently green eyes continue to shift over the page.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:28pm PDT

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• "I don't really think thats going to hold." He stated, dropping down into the chair across from her and eyeing her curiously. She looked familiar but the faces here all got blurred a bit since he was out touring a lot of the year - didn't really remember anyone to specifically from this town. His eyes drifted over her absently before he kicked his feet up on the coffee table. "Whatcha reading?" He was bored and needed some entertainment, why not talk to the little bookworm? (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:41pm PDT

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• *She blinked a couple times in pure annoyance, then raised her eyes, the color in them darkening.* I'm not reading. I am studying law. *She lowered her eyes again, but as soon as he had looked away, they returned to him.. she hadn't realized how good looking he was. She definitely wouldn't allow him to see her looking though.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:43pm PDT

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• His brow cocked as he leaned forward, his elbows resting on his knee's and his water bottle dangling between. "Now, I know I didn't get a college education and all that but from what I do remember from school...you gotta be reading to be studying. Kind of a vital step." He smirked. "Less of course your one of those people who just know all the words and don't have to actually read them...but still...at some point, you would have to read something." (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:51pm PDT

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• *She rolled her eyes, taking the chance to look at him some more. What was her problem?* I have read it several times already. I am studying it now, genius. (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:52pm PDT

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• "Your still reading it though." He stated the obvious, like a small child, though he did it with a smirk on his face. "You know, to much studying is said to due an intense amount of damage to the social aspects of a persons personality." Not that he would know, he hadn't done a thing in school his whole life, instead relying on his looks and talent to get him along. He took to much after his father in that way. His mother was incredably intelligent and enjoyed school but he had always despised it. (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 10:57pm PDT

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• *She sighed, letting it drag out.* I guess thats just a chance I am going to have to take. *She said the words with a patronizing aire. Tilting her head from side to side, she cracked her stiff neck before re-reading the previous paragraph three times, her mind was elsewhere for the first time in 2 years and it made her angry.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:03pm PDT

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• "And it can be bad for your muscles and neck." He threw in helpfully, letting out a sigh. He was like a child needing to be entertained, an ADHD child at that. His foot tapped against the table to the beat of a song that he had yet to write but was floating around his brain, begging to be put onto paper and evantually performed in front of screaming fans. He really did have an artists mind, he just chose not to show it most of the time. (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:22pm PDT

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• *She got fed up and slammed the book shut, all 4000 plus pages of it.* You must have some idea of how distracting you are... *She said, trailing off as if seeking a name for those gorgeous ey- that annoyance.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:27pm PDT

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• "I am bored." He stated as if that explained it all. He tipped his head, regarding her for a second before he grinned lightly, cocking a brow towards her. "So darlin', you got a name or should I just call you Harvard?" His voice was teasing, watching her carefully. If he had to be stuck here he might as well be entertained and he wasn't allowed to go back to L.A. under the media dropped the scandel about his last drug bust. His dad was getting on his case too, wanting him to go to a rehab program.... (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:47pm PDT

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• *She resisted the urge to roll her eyes, this kind of behavior was below her, she had much better things to do. Sighing instead, she obliged him, her spanish accent coming out with her annoyance.* Allessandra Marita. *She said simply, wondering why she hadnt gone to Harvard.. she wouldnt be talking to this guy if she was there.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:50pm PDT

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• His head cocked to the side, watching her carefully through dark eyes. "Don't get out much, do you Allessandra?" He could tell she wasn't overly comfortable around him and that was unsual, he was just such an easy going guy that most relaxed immediatly when in his presence. A hand shifted to run over his head as he leaned back into the couch, taking a sip of the water out of the bottle all the while wishing it was a beer instead. (NT) -- Deryk, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:57pm PDT

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• *She eyed him.* Not ever girl you meet will fall at your feet in a puddle of blonde and silicone. *She said, ice in her voice and emerald in her eyes. She had deep seated reasons for hating men like him.* (NT) -- Andi, Sat, Oct 08 2005, 11:59pm PDT

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• A low laugh escaped his lips as he smirked. "Ouch, the kitten has claws. I was just thinking that you must spend a lot of time with your books, studying law and all that...but hey, obviously your thinking about melting..." He grinned with a rogue wink, enjoying flustering her. It was amusing to say the least and was helping him pass along the time. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:10am PDT

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• *She pursed her lips, realizing she had let herself slip. A part of her that she guarded like a lioness guards its cubs was at once allowed to run free and it bothered her immensely. She tilted her head feistily.* Yeah, well I guess you don't get out much either, if you think you can just seduce anyone into liking you. (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:13am PDT

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• "I get out plenty sweetheart and I didn't have the intention of seducing you into anything, just looking for a little company. You should get your mind out of the gutter." He was an incorrigable tease, always joking around and rarely ever serious. He could do that though and get away with it most of the time just because he was who he was - easy going and not to strung out most of the time. Though drugs were a definate past time of his he was pretty sure - in his own mind - that he had a good control over his habits and he intended to keep it that way. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:35am PDT

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• *She was silent for a full minute, her right eyebrow slowly taking a tiny, almost invisible twitch as though she might suddenly boil into an explosion.* **inside** -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:48am PDT

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• He couldn't help but smirk at the situation before he looked down to spot the papers that had fallen out of her book. Great, now she was going to think that he was chasing her down but these could be important he supposed. "Hey, Lessa!" He made up his own nickname for her, cocking a brow as he jogged out onto the porch. "One thing, definately not Marky Mark. 'nother thing, you dropped these." He cocked a brow, watching her for a second before he smirked. "Your hair looks better down anyways, by the way." (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:53am PDT

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• *She was officially so embarassed that she wanted to cry. No, she wanted to dig a very large hole, crawl into it and bury herself.. and then cry. What was her problem? She was over bad boys.. she was done with the dark side of life. But then again, he was right, he wasnt asking her out - merely talking to her. She sighed, opened her mouth to apologize, then shut it again, fire back in her eyes. She looked from his eyes to the papers, then snatched them from him.* Thank you. *She put them on the railing next to her, then put her hair back up just to spite him.* And its Andi. (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 12:56am PDT

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• He tipped his head, smirking as he leaned forward. "Lemme guess, Andi, you were just a kid, you fell in love with some guy and he broke your heart. How did he resemble me, darlin'? He got tattoo's too? Dark hair maybe? In a band?" He smirked, pushing off the railing. "So now you feel you gotta hide your precious little heart behind a wall of stone and text books." It was a classic case and usually the only girls who didn't fall all over him were the ones who had either been hurt in the past or were married. He thought it was sad, to be honest, that these girls let these guys have that much power over them. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:05am PDT

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• *Again with the silence, this time for the purpose of thinking this through. So he wasn't a complete moron.. or a complete loss.. there had to be a catch. Her eyes flicked to the side to eye him with the aire of a caged animal waiting to be punished for its natural behavior in the given situation.* So what if you're right. It doesn't change anything. *He had had tattoos.. several.. and in nice places.. but he had dragged her through fire and glass and she was through with it all. It was easier to become a lawyer and put jackasses like him behind bars.. where they couldnt hurt her. Looking down, she realized that she was stereotyping this guy, but her instinct was screaming at her to be cautious.. he might be different, but he was still a man.* Nevermind, it doesn't matter. *She muttered, a hint of defeat laced in her voice.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:10am PDT

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• "Now, now, kitten, thats not a fair assumption." He tipped his head, watching her before he reached into his pockets, trying to find his cigarettes. He patted down his jacket pockets before finding them on the inside one, withdrawing one and a lighter. "Can't lump every guy with tattoo's into a general catagory...tattoo's don't make people bad..." He looked over her body with a slight smile. "In fact, think you would be a pretty cute little piece for a tatoo, maybe right on your hip..something cute like tinkerbell or something..." (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:16am PDT

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• *She narrowed her eyes at him, part of him was just like every other man she had ever met.. but this other part of him was intruiging.* Why do you keep talking to me like that? *She was mystified. Most of the time she barked and men went back into the doghouse. This one followed her right into and tugged back. Her brow was furrowed in thought, she was analyzing him, something Cameron used to scream at her for.. the memories were so vivid that it was hard for her to believe it had only been two years since.. * Why do you act like you know me? (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:21am PDT

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• "Your easy enough to read." He could have gone into a psychology field if he had the dedication to his studies - he was very insightful and was just good at reading people in general - but he never could be anything but a rock star. Right now of course, he wasn't really world famous though they had gotten onto the warped tour and that really helped spread the name of the band. Rumor was that his band was the 'buzz' band, the next big thing just waiting to break out. One could only hope but he didn't want to push his luck to far so he was taking things at a realistic pace. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:35am PDT

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• *She sighed.* Right. *Swiftly she decided to turn the conversation around to take the focus off her defeat and onto him instead.* Why are you hear, anyways. Aren't you supposed to be out singing about hating your mom and other things like that? *She arched a brow, her hair again escaping the pencil's attempt, this time she let it stay down. Cameron had liked her hair short, so she made a point to grow it out when he was finally gone, and it annoyed her with its weight and the heat it created on the back of her neck was distracting during study time... which made her thing.. perhaps she was using the studying as an excuse.. because she hadn't talking to another male besides her family in two full years.. * (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:40am PDT

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• "I don't hate my mom, she's a great lady, don't hate my dad either, love 'em both to pieces actually." Black clad shoulders shrugged lightly. "Got in a bit of a disagreement with my agent, he decided I needed to take a break and a little hide out back in home sweet home worked perfectly." His eyes dropped down to her books. "You don't really want to be studying, if you did you wouldn't come to the lodge where there are always people, you would be at the library or in your room where you could get some work done." (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:55am PDT

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• *She groaned.* Please stop. *She said, desperation seeping out.. where was her anger when she needed it, she could control the situation when her mothers irish spirit kicked in for her.. but all she wanted to do was go die somewhere. All the horrible memories were pushing her one way, and here this guy was poking holes in her sense of self-strength. Sighing for what seemed the millionth time, she raised her chin.* I would prefer not to talk about.. *She swallowed.. What, Andi? Your self-loathing? Your ex-fiance? The scars, bruised and screaming? What do you want to hide? * Anything.. okay? (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 1:59am PDT

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• He was a little confused as to why talking about her lack of wanting to study was so bad but he just nodded - not liking the way she looked so sad all the sudden. "Anything huh?" He pursed his head. "Kind of limits my options, cuz I like to talk..." He was thoughtfully silent for a moment before he opened his mouth again. "Animals? You like animals?" There was no one else around here for him to bug so she was stuck with him unless she ran off and he couldn't figure an excuse to stop her. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 2:04am PDT

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• *She tilted her head, animals were safe, she supposed and nodded.* Yes, I do like animals. *She suddenly came to the realization of how stupid this conversation was going to become and laughed. Shaking her head, she put her hand up to motion stop.* Ok, Ok.. I give, I am sorry for being a bitch and not wanting to be social. *She looked at him, pleading mutual understanding, surely he was smart enough to know that she had gone through some rough times and didnt necessarily pin it on him.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 2:17am PDT

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• He smirked lightly, nodding a touch. "It's ok, most females have their bitch moments caused by...ovaries...or something else I don't have." He winked lightly, running a hand over his head before he looked at his watch absently. He was trying to wait out this hangover and wait till his 'rents left before he went out to party. It was a big ridiculous, here he was, twenty four years old and he was still sneaking around to get a flippin' beer. Still, the last thing he wanted to do was upset his mom so he just bided his time here with this interesting young lady. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 9:39am PDT

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• *She rolled her eyes, laughing at his words.* Since I am going to pretend I didn't hear that feminine stereotype, I will just smile and nod. *She did just then, and found herself leaning against the railing, her hands resting against the soft cotton of her dorm pants, her feet barely covered by matching flip flops, the cheap kind that she had worn for showering when she lived in the dorms. Chewing her lower lip absently, she mused a while on what it would be like to spend more time with this man.. his humor and ease of going were refreshing to her, she had spent so long playing the role of duck and cover when people came near her, that she was used to people whispering about her, or more recently - completely missing her existence. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to be noticed.. especially by those eyes. She felt like a teenager again, fawning over a bad boy musician.* So why are you hanging around here, anyways? (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 8:24pm PDT

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• "Here as in the lodge or here as in RD?" He questioned with a smile, though he didn't wait for her to answer instead just decided to answer both her questions. "I am here in the lodge because I had a hangover and I didn't want to go home and listen to my 'rents bitch at me for drinking again at very loud levels because, hey, headache here." He tipped his head to the side, brushing his hair out of his eyes. "Here as in RD, because it was time for a bit of a....sabitical..from the busy life I usually lead." (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 8:35pm PDT

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• *She nodded as he spoke, immediately identifying with him and aching with the idea of having someone who understood what it meant to be watched and yelled at.* I understand completely. I am here for the same reasons. *She smiled a little bit, the tension was only in her eyes, but it was there nonetheless. It would take time for her to competely move on from the person she had become.* I used to be quite the groupie.. *She mused quietly, shaking her head.. remembering all the years she had spent in mosh pits, surrounded by friends and having the time of her life. She had never missed a rave, had tried drugs and alcohol once or twice, and even drivin her share of fast cars.. but in her experience, all those things that she had loved had led her straight to hell.. and the loss of herself.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 8:41pm PDT

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• "Never would have guessed." He stated honestly, leaning against the porch railing, his eyes drifting up to the sky. "So now it seems you decided you wouldn't mind chattin' with me but its outside, in the cold, and rain, and I am not so good with the elements..." He shivered as if to prove his point - his thin form wasn't so good with the chill of the wind - he was like a chihauha, shivering whenever there was the slightest breeze in the air. He popped up his collar, hunkering down into it. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 8:52pm PDT

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• *She tilted her head a little to the side and smiled at him, a warm smile for once.* Why didnt you say anything before? *She heaved her bag off the railing and slung it over her shoulder.* We can go back inside. *She stifled a yawn, leading the way, but sending a teasing smile over her shoulder.* You were right about my not wanting to study, by the way. *She went over the couch near the fireplace and dropped the bag again, leaving her sandals on the floor as she crossed her cold feet under her and watched him silently.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 8:56pm PDT

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• He smirked, shrugging his shoulders as he trudged back into the lodge to settle in front of the fire and warm himself from there. "I didn't think you were going to hang around and chat with me so I didn't think the purpose of bringing to point the freezing tundra we were standing in was..well..purposeful." His brow furrowed at his own confusing sentance before he shrugged, moving on with the conversation. "No one ever wants to study, its just something you do because you have too, is all." (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 9:25pm PDT

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• *She nods quietly, unsure of what to say to him now. Banter was nice, she hadn't had a lot of interaction with other lately, but she was unsure of how long she could keep it up before she said something stupid and he realized who she was.* I have a lot of studying to do. The law program here is intense. *Plus books were much better friends.. always consistent and truthful to her. She watched the fire lick at the dark spaces in the fireplace, the gold and red reflected in her green eyes.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 9:29pm PDT

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• "I can imagine - I could never handle that much school...barely made it through highschool much less college. Not like my mom, she was the smart one. My dad may have been smart sometime I guess, but I think he took one to many knocks to the head." he grinned lightly, tipping his head towards her as he ran his hand over his arms, trying to get himself warm again. He was just such a freeze baby - pain he could handle - evident by the tattoo's covering his body - but cold was just his weakness. (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 9:41pm PDT

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• *She smiles at him, liking the look in his eyes when he spoke of his family, it was endearing him to her.* I have my reasons for pursuing a lot of extra schooling. *She absently scratched her ankle, eyes crossing over his face, her mind wandering as she caught herself staring. It had been so long since she had felt comfortable talking to a man other than her brother, and she was having a lot of trouble controlling her raging thoughts.* Not that any of them are important. *She smiles again, they really were important to her, but she'd rather not talk about them yet.* (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 9:45pm PDT

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• "Something to keep your mind busy." He stated softly, strangely insightful. "Its important to you and thats all that matters, yeah?" He smiled lightly, reassuringly. He could be a decent guy when he chose to be but unfortunanlty he had gotten caught up in the rock star mentality and tended to dwell in that - the drugs the women the fast cars...it all appealed to him since he had come from this small no name town with even less excitment. He liked having girls fawn over him when he was in the city, he reveled in it and took advantage of it... (NT) -- Deryk, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 10:16pm PDT

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• *She nodded, smiling.* Yeah, keeping busy is healthy for the mind. *She laughs a little.* Not like I showed that tonight.. *She turned thoughtful as well.* Perhpas I need to find other things to be busy with around here. *She watched the fire again for a while, relaxing a little bit. She knew all about his reputation, but perhaps the stories were as unfounded as the stories written about her.. about how she had been an instigator, and Cameron a victim of lies and deceit. Hurt passed through her eyes for a fleeting moment before she could push the thoughts away and focus on the moment at hand.* Although it is hard when finals are coming up so fast and I have a lot of material to become completely familiar with. (NT) -- Andi, Sun, Oct 09 2005, 10:28pm PDT

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• "All work and no play..." Though he had no room to talk as he shook his head. He had all play and no work and that wasn't very good either. For someone who was so into Taoism and Eastern Philosophies he sure didn't practice the art of balance in his life. His eyes drifted over her, wondering if he should volunteer to keep her busy but not sure how to take this girl. Most girls would be thrilled at his advances but he just wasn't quite sure with this one... (NT) -- Deryk, Mon, Oct 10 2005, 2:24pm PDT

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• *She laughed.* One day, when you realize that all work and no play can lead to all play and no work.. *She shook hear head, smiling.* I will be a millionaire lawyer, and your band will be playing on the oldies station.. *Her old playful nature was coming through as she started to forget her worries about his intentions and settle into the fact that he was amusing, interesting, and perhaps even a very nice, if misunderstood, guy. She locked eyes with him and quieted down, then looked to the fireplace again, a little bit of pink creeping up her cheeks to make her eyes glitter.* (NT) -- Andi, Mon, Oct 10 2005, 6:58pm PDT

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• He smirked, shaking his head. "Yeah, but I will be living off of royalites until I die." He winked a bit, reaching over to grab her book and flip through it absently, taking in the theories and laws and other things that he would never understand - or care to understand - with a bit of intrest. "Doesn't this give you a headache?" He could write beautiful lyrics, enough to make you cry or smile just from hearing them, but as far as book learning went it was way beyond his realm of thinking. (NT) -- Deryk, Mon, Oct 10 2005, 8:37pm PDT