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Post by Ariel on Aug 11, 2013 21:31:18 GMT -5
"Tobias do you want to get something to drink?" Ariel figured he was confused because he was after all a guy and they are pretty dumb when it comes to things like love.
She felt actually bad for Delilah, "Tobias I think it might help me to under stand you and Delilah a little more can you tell me about you two? Whats your history?" She asked, "If you wish not to talk about it that's okay too but if I understand it a little more maybe it will help a little more."
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 13, 2013 15:39:53 GMT -5
Ariel might have been referring to a soft drink from one of the vendors, but Tobias roughly guided her to a bar. He needed a REAL drink. He ordered one for Ariel and one for himself. They sat in silence for awhile, taking in the atmosphere of the pier, but he finally sighed. This...really wasn't her business. Only Dee was privy to the particulars of his life... and yet... if it would help...
"I was mate to Anita, the original Alpha of our pack, before the curse." He said. "Dee had been a werewolf since she was young... was changed and joined much later... and I climbed the ranks pretty fast... by tumbling down into Anita's bed." He wiped of some condensation from his beer bottle with his thumb. "I was in love... and you can't really fight an Alpha's will... I still feel like I love her... even after she died..."
He took a sip.
"When I was Alpha for a time, Dee was my Beta, my second in command. She... sated my needs... and didn't object to it. I wouldn't have asked that of her if she didn't want to. But I'm not asked, now that the tables are turned. I am told to. It's unsettling. Either she is taking her revenge on me, because maybe she did resent me and I never knew..."
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Post by Ariel on Aug 13, 2013 17:59:24 GMT -5
Ariel took a long sip of her beer besides all the wolf stuff she actually had a pretty good idea how Dee felt. "Well there could be two answers to that one she really is mad at you and making you sleep with her is a good form of revenge. Or two which is more likely she's in love with you and was hurt when you used her before. Many times ..." Ariel didn't want to admit this.
"People will take the moments of intimacy with someone they care about that they can get. If you only showed Dee caring when she was sleeping with you then it makes sense why she might have never complained. She might have not known she loved you or if she did she wouldn't admit it. Trust me I know from experience its sometimes easier to just pretend your okay with sex being all there is to a relationship even if you want more especially if you know it will never happen."
She took another drink, "I guess the question you have to ask yourself now is how do you feel about her. I think its really clear how she feels about you. Can you move on from Anita and accept that she is gone and open yourself up to something that could very well be truly real and amazing?"
How many times had Ariel herself asked that question here she was moving on and yet still a part of her wondered what if? She didn't want that for Tobias she wanted him to know. Because not knowing what could have been was hard.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 14, 2013 20:08:52 GMT -5
He grasped his beer tighter. This train of thought was bothering him. That he might have HURT Dee when he thought they both had an understanding about their casual relationship. He always felt she would be enough for him, but that had been purely in a sexual sense. Though she was loyal, dependable, saw him in some of his most vulnerable moments and didn't judge him... even comforted him...
Until she betrayed him for Alphaship.
"It's not that simple, mermaid." He grunted. He pushed back his jacket sleeve and showed the markings on his arm from when Anita had claimed him as mate. "I feel these scars on my heart. They are beyond healing... and are just... THERE. And they'll never go away... how do I move beyond it?" he asked urgently, as if maybe she would have the answer. "Please tell me how?"
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Post by Ariel on Aug 14, 2013 20:30:57 GMT -5
Ariel nearly choked on her beer, "So your saying your forced to love her even in death? I know how it feels not to be able to stop loving someone so if I had the answer to your question I would tell you.
This was just to strange she didn't have wolf problems but she sure as hell had mermaid issues to deal with. She wondered how much she should share with him.
"Loving someone who will never love you or who never truly loved you in the first place is painful..." She swallowed.
"But if we gave up if we let that control us then we actually set ourselves up to fail. I'm really tired of failing of giving up my happiness because I don't think I can move on I think what am I missing out there because I'm stuck loving someone who can't love me back. I'm cursed just like you however we can't let that stop us from achieving happiness. Are you scared of what might happen if you stop loving her?" Ariel asked carefully.
"There has to be a way to get past it I'm open for ideas."
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 14, 2013 22:03:51 GMT -5
"I can't... imagine NOT loving Anita anymore..." That probably sounded more romantic then it should have, but it was the TRUTH; he couldn't even imagine it because it was so in grained into his mind. It permeated thought his entire being. "But... I DO know that when I think that I might have hurt Dee... I can't stand that... I hurt for her..." Like he was hurting himself. Hell, WHAT DID IT MEAN?
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Post by Ariel on Aug 14, 2013 22:18:35 GMT -5
"Sounds like you care deeply for her even if you don't realize it." Ariel took a long drink of her beer.
"When we finally get Dee to admit her feelings for you I am sure loving her will help you get over Anita. When the time comes in the mean time I guess we drink and try to move on."
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 16, 2013 6:56:56 GMT -5
Dee admitting her feelings? That sounded like a long shot. If anyone was even MORE stubborn then Toby... it was Dee.
"You speak from experience?" He asked. Her cool bare arm was rubbing against his warm shoulder as she moved to get a drink. He COULD take this woman. Give her one hell of a night. Sounded like they both needed it to get their minds off of other people...
But his heart wasn't really in it. Dee was on his mind more then anything. He took a sip of beer. It was odd; When Dee was buzzing around him, he hated it and wanted nothing to do with her. Now that she was no where and sight and he might of damaged what they might have had... it was making him crazy...
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Post by Ariel on Aug 16, 2013 14:22:27 GMT -5
"I do I had a similar relationship the only problem is I was already in love with him when we started it. So looking back on it that was really stupid on my part. Then I found out I was actually cursed into human form by that love. Its a really long story but I will lose human form if I fall out of love with him. So the not being able to let go I get it I really do." Ariel finished her beer.
"The worst part he will never move on from the person he lost and I am stuck loving someone who can't love me. At lease Dee loves you that much is pretty clear." Ariel was grateful when the waitress came back she ordered two more beers.
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 19, 2013 22:25:00 GMT -5
He lowered his eyes at that statement.
"Maybe... he can't. He can't imagine anything but that.... absence in his life." Toby's dark eyes focused on his own bottle. "That filling in that cold space with warmth would be to take away the last shred of..." He sighed, closing his eyes, trying to see if he could word it better. "Having that memory in place, keeps the dead alive... even if it keeps him alone. Forever."
This shit was getting too deep for his taste. He finished off his beer.
"I have to piss." He grunted, just needing to distance himself from people, even if it was a few minutes in the mens room.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Aug 19, 2013 22:52:31 GMT -5
Just as Tobias left the table Hook walked into the bar, ordered himself a drink, and scanned for potential bed mates.... or where ever he could get them to set sail his 'Jolly Rodger'
Blonde, Blonde, Brunette.... did she have.... green hair??? Ugh.... and a vibrant Red head. He grinned, she must be following him.
"'Lo Ariel," he smiled as he approached her," How'd you know i was going to be here?" he teased
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Post by Ariel on Aug 19, 2013 23:23:55 GMT -5
Ariel watched Tobias go as she nursed her beer. She agreed with him hell she had even understood it on some level for a while lifetimes not so much. That was just one of the many reasons they wouldn't work and maybe she didn't even want it anymore? The pang of fear at that thought pushed it far from her mind. No she loved him of course she did.
Suddenly she turned at a filmier voice.
"Killian? What are you doing here?" She asked hoping Tobias wouldn't figure out who he was yeah right he still dressed very much like a pirate. Shit she was so doomed. He was so going to use this against her yeah because Ariel was so good at helping others find love but terrible in her own experiences.
Still she knew Dee was in love with Toby that was so obvious so Ariel felt good about her plan to get them together. Plus she was rather fond of Tobias he was fun.
Ariel took another drink of her beer before running a hand though her hair. She looked back to Killian, "So what's going on?"
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 20, 2013 8:15:31 GMT -5
Toby splashed water on his face after washing his hands. He looked up at his reflection, wondering if his face was really that easy to read. Was that why the mermaid was able to just rattle off what was wrong with him and his lack of love life, even though he gave her vague and less then cooperative answers? He sighed, leaning against the cool sink for a moment before drying his face and striding back out into the bar.
He looked across the area to see some wack job in a pirate costume talking to Ariel... nice jacket though...
Toby too a few steps to the side and slipped a few coins in the jukebox, selecting Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf". As the song started up, he leaned against the machine, watching Ariel's interaction with the mysterious man. It was obvious they knew each other. And there was no uncomfortableness, as if he were hitting on her and the attention was not wanted. But... there was something... sad... to Ariel's eyes. Beneath the smile...
Shit. That was the guy, wasn't it? The guy she had been talking about...
Toby would have usually stood back, let the scene on fold; it didn't involve him, so why should he care? But he found himself walking back towards Ariel. He slung an around her shoulder, drawing her closer to himself, entwining their fingers as her hand went up to steady herself.
"About ready to go, babe?" He said... then pretended to notice the man before her for the first time. "Well....'ello, matey. Pirate Night at the gay bar is a few doors down, if your lost." He informed the man, suppressing a grin.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Aug 20, 2013 15:26:40 GMT -5
Hook was about to answer Ariel, when he was so abruptly interrupted by a man who seemed to be very possessive of his friend. He eyed him a moment then looked back at Ariel,"I apologize, is this poor boy your with a bit, you know, slow in the head?"
He looked back at Tobias with a stare that could kill," Perhaps he should be taught some manners before being allowed in the company of a lady"
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Post by Titus Gray/ Tobias on Aug 20, 2013 16:03:46 GMT -5
Tobias chuckled, his sharp canines slowing. "Not as slow as your ability to adapt to current fashions. It's like 90 degrees outside, dude..." He eyed the pirate before him in his leathery getup. Guy must be roasting. His skin was slightly glistening.
"Oh, and are you going to teach me, old man?" Tobias replied. "Because being a gentlemen has worked out SO WELL for you with the ladies thus far." He looked down at Ariel, eyes slightly softening. "Couldn't be... if you let this fine lady slip right through your-" He looked back and caught sight of the man's attachment. "...Hook. Well, no wonder..." He took off his suit jacket and slung it over his shoulders after pushing up his sleeves.
Revealing some of his favorite scars from Alphaship skirmishes in the past. A display of his might. It did not go un-noticed.
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